@rick.mz29
Just wanted to point out. Your playlist of building a house from start to finish is still one of the most valuable pieces of information on YT. I have a personal hard backup of the series and it'll be my reference source for when me and my two boys get started on a project like this.
@garylatture8948
The use string like a pro was one most valuable and informative videos I have seen
@chrishynes6091
Dad was a homebuilder in the 60's - 70's. These vids show me what he would have been doing back then.
@howarthd
Just wanted to express my gratitude for this channel. My grandfather would have loved it. He was cut from the same cloth as you.
@felurfalas4427
Letting yourself getting progressively more perfect is the best advice I have ever heard for new people getting into this kind of work.
@luliluli1471
A master class about one of the most important points before the building starts. It's the stablishing the main datum reference for the rest of the measurements.
@markdorman52
All good points. When laying out commercial buildings, we would always construct batter boards well beyond the building corners. They would be laser level, so no error due to terrain slope. Outside wall line (OWL) was clearly noted. Also, footing lines were marked. Then, as earthwork progressed, lines could be removed, then reestablished when equipment and rockwork and utilities progressed. First layout was never degraded or lost as all these other subcontractors and tasks were completed prior to setting footing and wall forms.
@EdsonAndrusIV
Been watching you for close to 10 years sir . I’ve only been as good as the men before me at these skills I have developed to feed my family and keep the wolves from my door . You are one of them . Thank you from Canada .
@heman5954
7:28 I'm so glad you finally mentioned establishing a level line. I've built houses on foundations that were laid out with the assumption that grade was close enough to level and squared the foundations with this assumption. To square up the floor system, I had to adjust the back of the house with one end of the box band hanging over the block an inch and the other in an inch on the block. Luckily it was brick with a roll lock so the esthetic looks ended up fine but if it was a stucco foundation 😢. This is acceptable for a fence or chicken coop but if it's a house, please use batter boards and invest in a good transit level.
@indianacornbread6407
Didn't shoot grade? Ahhh....what's 4"-5" in a world this size, huh?😂 Brother, seriously though, I love watching your channel! It takes me back to when I was just an apprentice brick mason. My uncle taught me all this stuff. I loved the banter twixt all the guys. It was an awesome time in my life and I didn't even know it. You're awesome EC...keep going!💯🙏💪👍
@dkohler5226
Funny, I was watching you do your layout, I'm a retired Commercial Industrial Electrician and ran jobs occasionally, I learned from Carpenters on the job how to do a proper layout from a blue print and to pull an arche using a tape, something they don't teach us Electricians, now retired 47 years later I'm watching your show and recognize the hills behind you in the video, as being central Oregon, I'm from Snohomish and have family in Clatskanie in the timber industry.
@normanreidy7778
Hey Scott, logic, learning and efficiency of effort - are the most valuable tools in your toolbox. Great video Sir, (as always) Well demonstrated.
@chrisinkansas1362
Well done sir, very informative. I love watching a master of his craft work and explain how he is getting to the end goal! God Bless
@cjschmitt4882
Absolutely the best!!! Would have loved to be an apprentice along side of you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
@emiliohuerta2658
great job, I had always wondered how it was done. God bless you, keep on doing an awesome job.
@A.X.76
This gentleman just squared a form faster than getting a laser level/ transit out of the truck!
@simonmatthiesen1753
To me it seems like, that with the same amout of time and effort, one could measure out two triangles from a base line and get it spot on every time. I work with big tents, and do this drill exactly alot. Big up for the videos, so much good stuff, thanks.
@erinjohnston5441
You saved me so much time!!! Thank you, truly!!
@luimackjohnson302
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
@benjaminwilley3578