Equipment used in DIY Underpin 

Yes, it all sold within a few weeks of the project completion. End result was - I was fortunate that we sold it all for about $3k US more than I paid for it to begin with. Thanks for watching and participating. Good information for the next guy.

Thank you for watching. Re: the rebar - it is not pounded into the ground. 1/2" holes are drilled up into the old foundation, & 1/2" rods are pounded into the hole. Re; water seal, we are fortunate not to have ANY water seepage, since our house is on a big, low ridge of course sand that the glaciers put here. If we needed water protection, I would have put vapor barrier & tile in as we went, then, after the project was complete, dig 4' down around the house to lap vapor barrier down over the top of the barrier on the new wall panels. Re: the wall sleeve, The sleeve was made by slitting a scrap pipe Joe got from a city sewer contractor. We are just going to take a bag of redi-mixed ( I hate that stuff,) Mix in a little crumbled up EPS insulation in the mix, pound it in, & finish w/ 1.5" of 6 bag mix, then parge the wall. It is doubtful the pipes would ever need to be changed, but it was right there & easy to do. On your project, remember dust masks, good lighting & ventilation, & don't make the common mistake of over-excavating. Thanks for watching.

Lee Vikingson thank you, I wasn’t very clear. The part about the rebar was the sides of the 4 foot sections. I think you used a key way connection for strength, I have see others run rebar into the dirt from the sides to tie the 4 foot sections together.

there are 4 horizontal rebar extending horizontally through the end form, 2 on either side of the keyway. Rebar spec states that rebar should project 10X bar diameter into the adjacent pour. The rebar should be sufficient, but the keyway was easy to do, and removes all lateral alignment load from the rebar.

Thank you. Glad you found us. Love Racine. I built some automation equipment for O&H bakery some time ago. I did the engineering, project plans, & pulled permits myself with no problem. The process actually helps solidify the concept & details. I was also the general contractor. The only other contractors were commercially available plumbers, HVAC,, & the guys who poured the floor. I talked to some basement contractors around here, but none had the balls to take a project like this on, even though there is a market. Obviously, I would openly share detail in the process with anyone who wants to know. Let me know how I can help further. Thanks for watching.

It originally was a JCB8008 CTS. There is a company called Crete Buster. They bought these JCBs, pulled the diesel engines, & installed an electric motor & controls. The motor is industrial current 3 phase, so I built a converter so I could run it off household single phase. You can see some detail on that in video titled "phase 1 recap" on this channel.