Wooooooo! Laid down some music. Impressive! 😁 Why would anyone not want a basement in a house? You’d think with tornadoes and hurricanes it would be a must have if not in a flood plain.
I'm guessing that a ground water issue, basements are actually cheap square footage compared to going to a second story house and you see a lot of 2 and 3 story houses in his videos so I'm guessing their whole area is kind of a flood plane.
Thanks for putting out this content! I really enjoyed it, not to mention that I can learn a lot from videos like this. I'm just glad I picked construction management as my major.
I need someone to do this type of work for me. I'm building a house soon, but the pad needs to be built up for sure. Where are you at? I hear some southern accent. SW Arkansas is where I need the work done.
Hey Chris, been subbed to you since 2012. Never missed a upload. I love it! Anyway, in other news I noticed that my notification icon was untapped. Curious. Is YT pulling some sneaky shit on your channel? Thought you should know.
Chris can we have a quick video update on the storage facility you constructed a while back? Also did you you use a laser to establish height of fill for this project? Happy New year from Canada.
Someone asked why Chris did not put in a gantry hoist when he built the workshop, and he replied that he did not intend doing the sort of work that would require one. That makes me think the workshop probably won't be quite so interesting as the likes of Tim (Cotontop3), Jeff (Jpaydirt), or dare I say it, Andrew Camerata's shops. Chris just might be missing a trick though. I rather think that Tim has received significant (in dollar terms) equipment from Milwaukee and Husqvarna, and even attachments for his mini like the big claw we say a couple of weeks ago. Jpaydirt has somehow managed to put it out there that he enjoys getting parcels from his subscribers, and gets a lot of nice stuff that way. Not quite the same as Contontop3's thousand dollar 1" drive cordless impact wrench though.
Youd think Volvo would send him some stuff, given that they featured him in one of their videos, and he sings their praises constantly. Would be a good excuse for him to get rid of his non-volvo stuff if he gets given the volvo equivalents. I think chris is just happy to have stuff that works, and likes to earn his way up. They're all pretty frugal, given the state of maypop (the tire on his volvo dumper), but it seems to pay off.
That is also true, most likely is he'd have to ditch any non-volvo products and put "Sponsored by volvo" somewhere on his video. So yeah its a bit of selling out but I'd be fine with that, cause he'd be potentially getting new machines.
Thanks for the great videos. I have a question, what type of rock do you use for the driveways? I ask cause i have a rock driveway that gets grass and weeds growing in it and the stuff you lay down looks like a solid slab of concrete after your done lol. Anyway thanks again for the great videos i really enjoy them.
Yup over here in ca, most are footing with crawl spaces in em since most of the house in the area are built on hillsides. Theres a good amount of post tension slabs being build too.
@@allanadam4553 I know it, it just seems like slabs are a whole lot more popular these days than ever. I wouldn't have a house that wasn't built on concrete footings with a crawl space underneath. All that plumbing encased in concrete with no way to get to it unless you use a saw and jackhammer. No way. Too cheap for me!!!! Just seems they are a lot more common here in NC, than they were years ago.
Hi Chris, wow that was alot in one day ,it's awesome to watch you operate ! You never waste a move and that skidsteer has some power to it. Great video thanks for sharing!👍👍🇨🇦 Craig
At 18:50 how do you know you’re pushing the fill out level? Is it just by feel/experience or is there a technique to it? I always seem to push it out at a slight uphill slope.
Nice pro level job! Now how about a “History Video” how your family got into business... why equipment Brand choices, (Yanmar over a little VOLVO?) how you got specialized in the work you do....etc...??
Nice videos I enjoy every time. A healthy 2020 is desired. Are you going to shred the trees this year and not burn them anymore? I hope so. Regards, Louk from the Netherlands
Just waiting for Phil? That's so typical. There is always that one slow guy that everyone else ends up waiting for. I guess Phil was driving that black truck.
I try never to miss a video. Love watching, but hate the music. I would rather here you chatting about this or that, or simply the roar of the machine. Not complaining, just voicing my opinion, no matter how insignificant it may be, lol. Keep up the great vids.
Not usually. As Chris mentioned, the water table is high. From Greensboro to Nags head, it can get so high, first floor toilets on slab flush very slowly. Then we go through droughts where it is dusty down 3 to 5 feet and then, back to monsoons. Add to it when a hurricane moves in and one would need a rather complicated and huge sump pump setup in said basement. Forget waterproofing the basement walls, your house would float out of the ground. Right now, 1/07/2002, my well is three foot to water and our pool is over flowing. The red clay is really tight when wet. Out on the islands, it is just as bad, even with all that sand. Out there we built on driven pilings.
I get what you are saying! Where I live here in Southern Alberta, Canada, we almost always do basements. If we can build on enough slope, we do walkout basements where the front looks like a bungalow and the back like a 2 story. We actually count on the extra square footage in the basement. I see homes there that are 1400 square feet in areas of the USA on home shows, and they are so small because there is no basement. Here it is still listed as a 1400 square foot house, but you have another 1400 square feet in the basement. We also have over 4 ft of frost in many of our winters, so our footings go down 6 - 8 ft anyways on all the perimeter walls and any load bearing points in between so it almost doesn’t make sense to NOT build the basement. You dig half of it anyway! Haha. I would be willing to trade that now and be in the Carolinas instead right now! We have snow and temperatures to 10 - 15 below Fahrenheit plus winds up to 25 mph in the forecast for the next 2 weeks!! Ugh. Stay safe out there, Eh!
Pennsylvania Mike - hahaha! I like what you say. I can’t imagine a well so deep as you say!! We complain here when they go deeper than 120 ft! Haha. I was in Texas and Arizona and they didn’t have basements there as well. Apparently it is so rocky it’s not worth dealing with it. Cheaper to build a 2 storey home on slab. I guess that’s the benefit of NO frost! You live in an area that gets sooo much snow! I don’t complain (as much haha) when I see the weather you get out there! There are just huge storms that sweep through your area! Beautiful country when it’s not winter mind you! Stay warm! If I hear from Chris about putting us up for a month or so, I’ll let ya know! Haha
@Pennsylvania Mike It is the 4' frost code that more or less lets a basement make sense to begin with. Bottom of footers at 5', may as well dig 4' more and have a full basement. Deeper on a hill and an outside entry way. A lot of step footers are used in PA. In some PA areas, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg, in the ESU area, are two, sump pumps are a need. I am originally from PA. Allentown area.
@@Rickimusic In Southern California virtually all houses less than 100 years old (which means virtually all houses) are built on slabs. I've even heard stories of contractors telling people that basements are illegal, just to get out of having to construct a house on something other than a slab. The average water table is around 250 feet these days in most places. But that doesn't matter much, since in virtually all incorporated areas local ordinances make private wells illegal, because the City has a monopoly on supplying water to you.
With your equipment spread over a 2-3 hr radius, ever have a situation where you forgot where a piece was? With the high water table, very few basements in that area?
Smoothly done. I always enjoy watching you spread stone and fill out. I'm not a fan of music over the action either, but if it gets you more views I can turn it down! Thanks.
"Just waiting on Phil" ...who is Phil???..lol...Just kidding...man, those truck drivers are hard on their tailgates...I've rewelded a lot of those hinges for guys who slam them like that...nice video tho Chris
Hey chris. Stupid question from a newbie... but when you do these building pads for residential homes are they digging basements after you have done all this work? Or is this type of building pad only for above grade construction?
