Fixing an International Harvester 3414 Backhoe – 4 – My Garage Build HD Time Lapse
Second Floor Build
Build Weekend #2 This was a weekend without the kids and some pretty decent weather scheduled, and I was ready to GO! The whole weekend is documented pretty well in the videos. But the short version is I got all
Foundation Day 2 – Mid Wall Footings
Day 2: Came back to strip the footing forms. They built forms for the middle wall. Then poured that same wall. And they started to build the forms for the walls
Foundation Day 1 – Footings
Today my concrete guys started building the foundation. They are doing the perimeter today and then pouring the middle wall probably tomorrow. 36 x 36 feet square. Here are some sketchs I did in Google Sketch-up to illustrate what it
Build Concrete Foundation Footings – Foundation Day 1
Today my concrete guys started building the foundation. They are doing the perimeter today and then pouring the middle wall probably tomorrow. What is a foundation? So glad you asked… A foundation is the lowest and supporting layer of a structure. Foundations in
Concrete Foundation Decisions
The Foundation. This is the thing that holds the building up. It needs to not move preferably. Not in winter because of frost, or summer due to rain. We were going to pour it our selves. Ourselves meaning my buddy
Dig the Foundation Hole
Step 1. Get Backhoe Step 2. Fill it up with Gas Step 3. Fill it full with hydraulic fluid Step 4. Try to get it to run right Step 5. Find cleared spot of land Step 6. Dig dirt with
Plywood Over Sand Mass Radiant Floor
Ok, so first off. Use thicker plywood. I wasn’t happy with how bendy and warpy this plywood was.
Sand Thermal Mass Radiant Floor
Next step! Fill it in with sand.
New Sleepers for Sand Thermal Mass Radiant Floor
So after nailing all those sleepers down, I found out almost instantly that they were not holding.