Foundation basics

So you want to build a foundation well there’s a lot more to it than I can tell you obviously but I’ll do the best I can yes start with the footing 2 x 6 are you going to want to run those parallel and then put cleats on which are just one by four nail them in with 22 inch nails on each side letting them stick out a little bit so they’re easy to pull after you want to layer footings in your your foundation will be pinned by a survey or once your footings are in I mean there’s a lot more to this site it’s hard to explain then you’re going to go up with plywood or you can use boards which is re-sign basically one by eight you gonna put them on top of each other you want to throw up right to buy fours up and then you know your boards into that they sit on the footings no a lot of people will pour footings first then do your walls on top I’ve mostly done mono poor but some people prefer depending if you’re using plywood you want to pour your footings first if your are using boards then it doesn’t matter you can do a mono the chances of your walls floating is slim as long as you stick down your footings good yeah normally on a foundation like that you’re gonna want to put rebar in depending on how high your walls are I mean if you gonna go over 6 feet you want to put a 1 foot grid in two rows of steel and the footings tied up to the cleats now when you’re putting your footings down you want to make sure that your ground is hard pan otherwise it won’t be approved and your footings of sink later on in life so yeah that’s a huge thing make sure that your ground is hard I’m see if your walls are under for 5 feet he just put one roll of steel on the topJust to keep it from chipping away or breaking put an upright every 4 feet No there’s little tricks you can do you are use finishing nails because when you pull your forms apart are they come out with a 2 x 4’s that you have up right and it makes it a lot easier you live when you’re pulling boards on the nails in the flopping around it’s just not easy no you want to save all the wood from this use it when you’re building your house some people don’t why not why I don’t know I mean it’s a huge waste are you going to want to Greta a good concrete company some companies have different textures different slump different just their concrete is not a good quality it’s got more rock for me I like itPasty it’s good to have a floor bought a 4 inch slump it’s all preferably what you want to much water to get brittle concrete not enough you get brittle concrete There’s obviously a lot more to it but that’s all I can really explain to me and be careful obviously you don’t need a lot of tools you need a level a Skil saw you need to hire wire and lotta labour basically your foundation in your concrete is very labour-intensive so bring the young guys I can’t really explain much more I mean that’s about it from the basics of foundation