My names Dane, and I'm a remodeler. I love tools and showing the work my company does. This a a channel showing many aspects of my life as a remodeler. Projects, tools, things from my personal life. Its all part of my life!
The previous owner of my home converted a porch over 25 years ago and then converted the porch into living space. The room is 12’x18’ and uses 6- 4x6 post plus the leadger board on the house to hold it up. There is approximately 30” crawl space underneath the room. I would like to add additional supports and was wondering how I could dig footings under the room and saw these piers that I think would be much easier to install. Do you think these would be my answer? Thank you and nice video!
Dewalt Flexvolt are duds when using as 20v and you max drain the battery… good luck getting any longevity. Also the plate on the dewalt saw is not parallel with the blade from factory and using any guide, doesn’t make accurate cuts. Dewalt should be ashamed with this tool. Their jigsaw is one of their defining tools though between Makita and Milwaukee.
Do you have to have the pivoting arm on one of these? I can see nicer looking in drawer power points for much less in price but no arm attached. Will that still work? I am imagining the power cord getting all tangled up in the drawers as they move in and out.
I smashed my trash on a dumpster and the dumpster company charged me more because they said I overloaded the dumpster when they had a full line on the dumpster and I didn’t overfill it, but I smashed it and I had to pay extra because it was too heavy
What about water ingress on the pipes themselves, lets say you get a flashfood and water rises above the pier will those little rubber booties stop water from going inside the galvanized pipe? Wont that compromise the pipe and the entire pier? Just thinking outloud here...
Interesting, a little high on price, so for now since I have the tractor with the post hole digger, rebar, and concrete, I will stay with that, but I can see where a remodel job, these would be great, where, someone could not bring in the tractor. The U.S. used to be mass production, but hey, if you selling out at those prices more power to you, that is after all the American dream. congrats on a great idea. Great Show.
Still don’t understand how the pipes in the dirt going support the concrete foot and weight is pushing on it .. the whole thing with the pipe and footer will sink all together into dirt or am I missing something ??
i have been looking at these as a base for a mini pavilion project that i am trying to plan for my campground. pouring concrete is not allowed for most projects, at most campgrounds, so these seem to be the way to go.
I dont know i haven't used the 185, The GEX is more slim and is very smooth in operation, having you hand on top allows for more even pressure or control, the 185 you had is more on the side.
I'm planning to install one of these soon for a basement kitchen. It will just be a sink and dishwasher going into it. Would it be a good idea to install a valve on one of the unused lower inlets to drain it for servicing? Wasn't sure how much water remained in the tank with the pump off.
Here is a copy of Pin Foundations disclaimers and warranty; --- Pin Foundations, Inc., is not responsible for performance failure if: (1) The Diamond Pier product has not been installed according to the current full published Diamond Pier Installation Manual, or not installed in Normal Soil Conditions, or not used in compliance with PFI’s published requirements or stated capacities. (2) The cause of failure is due to related parts not supplied by PFI (PFI supplies the Diamond Pier concrete head with embedded anchor bolt, steel bearing pins, inspection plugs, and caps). (3) The cause is due to poor or unsound soils or to special conditions that require additional measures above and beyond those typically or prescriptively required in the local code jurisdiction. Such conditions may include but are not limited to soil bearing strengths below 1500 psf, hydric soils, unconsolidated or uncompacted soils, fill soils, aggressive or contaminated soils, peats, highly expansive soils, severe frost susceptible soils, soils not properly drained, structures with asymmetric, rotational, overturning, or dynamic loads, sites with steep slopes or sliding or shifting soils, sites with historic evidence of conventional foundation failure, or sites in frost zones exceeding those published per specific pier application. (4) The cause of failure is due to an action beyond PFI’s control, such as a tornado, hurricane, flood, landslide, earthquake, etc. This warranty applies only to Diamond Pier products that have not been misused or damaged, intentionally or unintentionally. This warranty does not cover cosmetic issues, such as weathering, staining, pitting, or chipping, or general maintenance issues, such as adjusting the pins or resetting the pin caps. Nor does it cover products that have been mishandled during installation, or discontinued or are outdated. PFI shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential, special loss, or other damages, including injury to persons or property, however caused. No other warranties are express or implied. --- Hydric soils, also known as wet soils, are soils that have been saturated by water for one or more weeks during the growing season. So if you have snow melt or rain for more than one week of the year on the soil that you placed your Diamond pier they will not cover anything. "highly expansive soils" are soils that contain any water that may freeze and expand. In other words they are not responsible for any application of their product that causes damage. They exempt pretty much all soil conditions that could possibly exist and the only thing they MAY do, if pressed, is replace the product. Don't be stupid. This warranty is worthless .
obviously its a good idea to get the water away from any pier solution using drainage/swails etc. Also 1 inch of blue board is 12" of dirt. So 2" of blueboard would help significantly in eliminating frost problems. My father in law worked at Cold Regions Research for Army corps of engineers. He had a water line that wen t over ledge....covered it with blue board....never froze in Vermont. He was an expert in Permafrost and more than one beer was consumed in the discussion about blue board performance. So if the conditions are right, go with the blue board in Cold states. 2 factors, water, soil temperature. Eliminate either one then its OK. Eliminate both for best performance.
The worst application of these surface piers is the common practice of supporting half the deck with piers and half the deck with a ledger board bolted to the house. When the deep frost comes and the earth under the piers expands and lifts, the force will tear the ledger board off the home and do a lot of damage not only to the deck itself but to the home as well. Siding, frame and foundation all stand to have thousands of dollars worth of damage done to them. If the deck is second story high, complete collapse and danger to life and limb is immanently possible if anyone is on the deck when it falls. I suggest to anyone who wants to use these things, thoroughly read the disclaimers and warranty fine print that comes with diamond piers. If you can't understand the legalese have someone who does interpret it for you. The warranty is limited to the original property owner and *does not apply to additions, renovations, or remodels* . Ask yourself, What is left? A PDF of the limited lifetime warranty and an application form are available for download on the Diamond Pier website, and the application must be submitted within 30 days of the project or replacement of the piers themselves is not even covered.. Basically they tell you that YOU are taking full responsibility for any failure that occurs in the structure you build and the company will only replace the piers that are damaged and they in no way back up any of the expressed or implied claims they make about resistance to frost heaves and the damage it can do. You are on your own when they fail because of winter frost. Don't be stupid.
They are surface piers. If the moisture in the ground freezes beneath them and rises, there is no way they will not lift up. Frost heaves can easily bend pipe.or lift a whole house . Do not get Duped into calling these pipes "footings" they do not come close to fitting the definition of a construction footing.
Can this be used if I want to install a kitchen sink in my basement???? Right now where I would like to put it my laundry machines are connected to an ejector pump which I was told I can't connect a sink to.
Buy a sono tube and a shovel. If you hit ledge it makes a good footing you can pour concrete right onto the ledge. These things have no footing, they just have crossed pipes in the topsoil.
