Finally! I started building my own house. Pt1- foundations and concrete slab
Finally the project I've been waiting for years, my house. I'l be filming the whole process from the start to finish and in this first episode of the series you can see the steps from marking the ground to concrete slab pour. I thought about revealing the 3d renders of it but I think I'ts better to see it going up bit by bit:)
The house itself will be constructed in combination of 3 main materials, concrete, thermo block bricks and glulam wood. hopefully it will be very energy efficient and also look nice:) I don't know how many episodes there will be but I'l try to post as often as possible.
I started by marking a contour where the top layer of 20-30 cm of surface soil should be removed. After that, my fiancee and I again marked the guide lines where foundations should be dug. Foundation trenches were then filled with 30 cm of ground up gravel and compacted. Compaction test is done afterwards to make sure the base is compacted enough. We then made rebar baskets and lowered them into trenches. We also positioned anchors for concrete posts and walls. Sides of footings were lined with hard extruded polystyrene. After the first pour, we trimmed the top 3-4 cm of polystirene into level plane and we made the formwork on top of it for the slab. Space between the footings was also filled with gravel and compacted. On top of it we placed 8cm of xps and polyurethane foam which we covered with plastic membrane. We placed the rebar mesh on top of it and poured the slab..
I hope you like this first part of this project, many more will follow! Please ask any question in the comments and as always, subscribe for more!:D
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I do this professionally in the United States and it's so interesting how strong things are built outside of my country.
Concrete foundations/walls are like the standard across Europe from what I've seen, it's crazy to me how the standard in the US seems to be prefabricated/OSB construction, even worse considering how prone some areas are to hurricanes and earthquakes...
@@pauldusky yeah, we don't build things to last over 100 years, and that's being optimistic.
I’m planning a build up in VT and fully expect the subs to stare at me like I have two heads when they see the plans / scope of work for a bid. I think I need to wait for the market to cool a bit though…
@@angeloc700 good idea. Everything is pretty inflated right now.
Things are starting to change here slowly, we have more and more customers searching for wooden houses, mostly post and beam, especially after the two earthquakes from last year.. Nothing beats wooden houses in an earthquake. I first planned this house to be mostly wood but after prices exploding, I had to think rationally and redistribute material percentages..
Great video! It's amazing how much you can learn just from watching professionals
Interesting. Now I know more about building a house and especially the foundation stage of its construction. Thank you.
Просто шедевр. Строительство под оперную музыку, это что то невероятное. Я смотрел это видео, и с восторгом смотрел на весь процесс. Спасибо.
Amazing channel, with really talented woodworkers. Success and blessings for your new house!
I binged the entire series on Saturday. Absolutely love the project, the craftsmanship?and the attention to detail.
I'm blown away. The perfect musical accompaniment.
Excellent job. just like the quality of materials, in general, all is how it has to be. Good luck and all the best with the project. In the end, old people used to say: "If you see the man walking around talking to himself or he is mad or he is building the house, there is no other." Good luck ...
each time i see your videos my standard for building and making and designing get improved and level up. I really learn a lot from you. Thank you man. God bless you.
Thank you so much Valiany! I appreciate it. :)
Can't wait to see what all that rebar gets tied into! Looking forward to this build...
Thank you Miles! :)
Designing and building your own home: One of the greatest enjoyments of life. Double points for doing it with your better half. Thank you for sharing!
Couldn't agree more! Thank you for watching! :)
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given the amazing structures you've created for everyone else, I can't wait to see what you'll do for yourself!
Thank you Sheldon! I can't wait for it to be finished myself :)
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@@lignumchannel Instead of the music, it would be very nice to tell people who have never built a house, what is going on. I imagine many people saying, "What's that? What are they doing?"
Hi Sheldon. I see you've been tracking Lignum for a while. Perhaps due to your interest, you may be able to help. I'm doing the same and building/expanding my own house. I'd like to build a **NON-live DIGITAL TWIN** to prevent mistakes & plan properly. I'd like to figure out what best practices exist for this. Can you help?
@@bobward2322 That's a great idea! In fact, I'd love it if someone has figured out how to use NON-live digital twins to de-risk the project. Can anyone help?
Awesome! Good luck on the rest of the project, I will gladly subscribe and follow along as things start taking shape!
What a cool video! Thanks for sharing. I'm learning how to read blueprints and this is very helpful for understanding foundations.
Compliments for your choice of music. A true feast for the ears!
Glad you enjoy it! :)
Beautiful foundation. This is going to be an amazing series! Please don't skip any part of the process for youtube :)
Thank you! I will try my best to film as much as possible😁
Congratulations on finally making your own home; I'm very happy for you. I'm going to really enjoy this series. Thanks for taking us along with you as you build it. I hope it goes as smoothly as possible for you.
Thank you very much! I really hope so too.. I hope it will all turn out well
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I approve of this. Slab insulation, plastic too stop the capillary effect and most importantly rebar for days. Glad to see that Croatia is very prolific in its building methods.
:D Thank you Arvid!
WOW very impressive beautiful job I noticed in USA we layout the drain the sewer the electrical pipes water lines prior to laying concrete over maybe its done differently here but my hats off to this professional job. ❤❤❤
Exciting project indeed! I hope everything goes smoothly for you, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
I hope so too! Thank you Matt!:)
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Wow, very exciting. Congratulations to you both on your engagement and the new house build. Admire your multi skill set and the fact you are both involved in the build. Thanks for the video. Cheers David.
Thank you David! we are both very excited but the challenge is huge..
Congratulations on starting your build and having a fiancé that wants to be involved with the work. Looking forward to the updates.
Thanks so much!:)
Thanks for the sharing ! Glad to watch this, surely enjoyed watching this
This is definitely one project I'm really looking forward to seeing come together.!!! Having watched many of your video's over past couple or more years I just know that this is going to be something special. I recall about 3 years ago Having watched one of your video's leaving a comment and actually saying that you needed to build your own home, 3 years later your now building it ....Brilliant news. As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
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Amazing quality build, very impressive!!!
Thank you Rick! :D
I like to see this video. Sometimes this kind of style didn't used in my country like ur making huge beam without foundation. And also the green things. Here no one selling it. Im from borneo. ❤️ Tanx for sharing. Nice neighbour view. 👍
Congrats on building your house, it is rewarding work. My wife likes to run a compactor! Thanks for sharing.
It really is rewarding, I love it so far.. Thank you for watching Wingnut 👍
Thanks for posting this. I'm close to start building my own home and is always good to have these kind of references. Much appreciated the background music selection!
Thank you Nicolas! I'm glad you like the music selection;)
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That's shaping up to being the sturdiest building ever conceived.
I sure hope so, It has to withhold all the earthquakes that are going on lately..
enjoyed the whole process. Thanks for sharing
Don't know anything abour building houses or laying founadations but fascinating to watch your project .. & I love the choice of accompanying music! 😄
Wow! Amazing video as always, I can't wait to see how this house progresses. Based on your previous content I have a feeling it will be spectacular :)
I just know it will look quite different than the neighboring houses.. Glad you like the project Chris! :)
That is a strong and well insulated foundation! I am a custom builder in America and I love to see how houses are built in different parts of the world, I will definitely be subscribing. Ps I am VERY jealous of your crane! lol
Thank you very much! My favorite machine after Robots:)
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the progress.
Thank you Scott! Glad to hear you will follow the process:)
Congratulations! Great to see both of you working on it together. Wishing you much happiness and more videos!
Thank you so much Steve!:)
Kanal, iznenađenje godine! U pola videa sam shvatia da jr ovo zapravo u Hrvatskoj. Sretno Lijepo je vidit amere kako hvale/čude gradnju
prvih 30 sekundi gledam kuce nezavrsena fasada , mislim si ovo je u hrvatskoj da ga jebes, ispada da zapravo i je haha
I will lose my house within two months, and I would like to do the same as you, build my own with wood. Unfortunately we don't have money enough to pay for that and are struggling finding something else to live in. Best compliments for this project! It's the dream of an entire life!!! 👍🏻
I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you will build one yourself Duke.
DIY tiny house on wheels?
This will be fun to watch. The aerial views helped with perspective. Thanks!
Thank you Blake! I'm glad you like it:)
The start into a youtube series from lignum... and the day just started perfectly! Super excited!
:D Thank you Simon!
Easily the best thing I've watched in quite awhile 👌
Thank you Chris!:D
Wow! Amazing! You must have spent alot of resources in your construction. Well, in my country we build quiet differently with simple resources. We don't usually use excavators and concrete pourers on such small projects. Most of the job is done by labourers. Thanks for your amazing video.
Laborers can be more expensive then machines in many countries.
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Croatia may be more expensive than other balkan countrys i build my own house like 8 years ago in kosovo concreete price was 45 euro per m3 its way cheaper and faster
@@DigitalEmbrion In croatia m3 of concrete nowdays is more than 100 euros, and that is without the pump or labour included.
Im so happy for ya!! cant wait to see what it looks like! congrats!
thank you! :)
So, I guess everyone of us looking forward continue this epic building, and of course happy ending of your house!
:) I guess so! Me also hehe.. Thank you Nikolai!
I love watching how different countries go about building a house. Each have their own unique way of doing things due to different circumstances and bylaws.
True :) Most of my audience is from across the ocean so I'm really interested in the comments on how we do it around here..
Damn that's some hefty footings. Some here in the US, don't even need rebar.
Americans can learn from us but they’re to stubborn
I depends on where the house is situated and also the type of structure that goes on the foundations. Concrete and thermo block is quite heavy so it needs heavy footings. We also live in a really seismic active area. there were two earthquakes last year that did a lot of damage, especially in the old city centers so the code is quite rigorous. We still wait for the big earthquake that happens every century or so that leveled Zagreb to the ground last time 100 years ago. Better to be safe than sorry :)
@@lignumchannel Ah, totally makes sense.
@@lignumchannel Those Tin framed houses are supposed to be good in thoses types of areas
The music was a nice touch. Beautiful well orchestrated job!
amzing work ..these are the best professional worker i have ever seen.
Would be great to see it in Construction Days: Day 1, Day 2 in the video to give a time component to the excellent work you have done etc
You would probably say this guy is slooow :D Glad you like it !
Wait, you mean you aren’t going to carve it robotically from a Single peice of laminated multi species wood?! 😢 ok fine I’ll just have to watch you do it the “old” way (and I can’t wait!) congratulations sir!
:D I wish it was that simple.. Thank you Phoeff99!
THAT would have been absolutely awesome, though.
Ill be very surprised if some part of the house isnt "3d'ed" whether its the beams or the kitchen cupboards. Cant wait for future episodes....
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😞i too must share my disappointment but i am sure the roof will be a compound curve to rival the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku
Thank you for taking me out, beyond classroom theories.
the best build foudation I ever watched on you tube.love it.very strong and good made.
Glad you like it!:)
That deflectometer. Took me a while and some google fu to realize what and why this was needed.
:D you are Quick!
@@lignumchannel Is the deflectomer used because you want to be sure, or building code? If it is code, does the inspector himself uses it. o a third party you hire?
you saved me from searching what the hell this thing does :D
We use a pointy rod lol
There used on all road works before tarmacs put down, needs to be compacted correctly 👌
That seems like a hell of a lot of work for anything under 3 floors.
This is how a proper foundation is supposed to be when you are building a home from bricks.
Very helpful video for civil students..thank You
this is great video, thanks for sharing
Greetings from France ! It's a really beautiful video, I really like how neat and proper the differents steps have been made ! I am very interested to know more about how things are done in Croatia. Did you have make a geotechnical/ground/engineering study to come with your foundation + slab solution ?
Bonjour la France
Very excited to see this one! Holy ReBar towers! Are you building a skyscraper?! That’s the most rebar I’ve ever seen for a foundation. Can someone tell me what that bouncing metal thing was. I’m assuming it has something to do with measuring the soil density?
It's basically used to measure the comapction of the soil - the one in the video is used to measure the dynamic elastic modulus which can be directly corelated with soil stiffness so that you can be sure that soil was compacted enough to do concrete work. So in a way yes, it measures soil density.
That's cool, congrats! Looking forward to this serie!
thank you very much :D
Well I definitely enjoyed watching that. On to part 2
this is gonna be the best house build on youtube :D
I hope it will be good! :D
@@lignumchannel i hope there will be robots on site :P
Waiting for pt 2
will come soon :)
Still waiting for PT 2 ??
what a process
the best constructions. very good
That foundation is no joke. Looks like it would cost more than my entire house!
What do you mean? Is concrete that expensive? In my country and region every house is built like this. I wonder where do you live?
@@thekraken1173 most likely australia, where every bit of concrete you use must be offset by green energy efficiency, so you have to add solar, battery, etc... so less concrete you use cheaper house overall and easy to pass inspection, but you end up with poorly built housing.
@@juz882010 Big shipping companies, concrete companies, mining companies etc don’t do anything for the environment but the people has to? Thats bad. Australia has way better living standarts than my country but thats really dumb.
In most parts of the US .this would be overkill for a residential foundation. Probably good reason for it. Maybe soil isn't as good as it seems. For a timber frame Probably overkill.
Ain’t helping wid them tornados 🌪 then is it
@@strictlybusiness734 in most parts of the US. You don't have to worry about that.
The foundations in the states are for houses made of timber. This foundation is for a solid brick home very different and much heavier.
@@goranbencic3502 yep. Maybe in places like Florida where they build with masonry blocks it would be needed.
Can’t wait to get my family out of this 2bedroom pooper I live in few more years of saving and I’m going to go for this thank you 🙏
Fascinating
You do such beautiful work! I am really looking forward to seeing this home emerge from the construction. Also, it's great to see your fiance working on the house as well; there's nothing that works better than this kind of work on a big project to solidify a relationship. A question: did you consider putting in a basement? Here in southern California, where land is very expensive, people build swimming pools all the time, but hardly anyone puts in basements. In the midwestern U.S., land is much less expensive, and people gain much more usable space in their homes by putting in basements all the time (counterintuitive, I know). Is there much frost and ground-heave in Croatia? Another question: Your architecture is excellent, but it looks like you situated the house to be parallel to other houses and the street. Did you have a chance to consider sight lines to hills, water, etc., or did lot line restrictions motivate your layout? Thanks for posting!
Hello steve! Glad you like it! Yes I love working on this project with my fiancee, there is something special in building our home together.:) Here some houses have basements but most don't. We both grew up in houses without basements so we honestly didn't even consider it. I know a few people that have basement's and they have problems with water. They have older houses though and water insulation technology have gone along way since then but we just don't feel we have a need for it. We positioned the house so we have optimal sun trajectory during the year to heath the house thru glass panels during the winter months and to keep it in shade during summer. we will try to achieve it with a large roof overhang on the south side.
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sorry for my poor english.. can i asked u? how much the land price over there? and what size of wide and long?
@@reginaariella7582 Hello in my par of Croatia the price is like 12.000 euros for 1000 m2 .
And “she” wins “BEST HAT” award handsdown!
yup:)
Though YT is full of house building videos this one has a different flavour ... maybe because it's made by not only a master fabricator but a master builder also ... following you untill final video.
Thank you so much FOMI1970! I'm glad you are with us on this one!
During the video I thought to be watching a bunker being built. What a foundation. Congratulations for your achievement.
:D Thank you Diego! Yeah, we live in a seismic active area so there is no such thing as too much iron hehe :)
What size of reinforcement rebars was used in the foundation of this building? And how many centimeters is the distance between the stirrups?
Hi, Great job you did there with your wife! I'm Amazed on how skillful you both are. Just q quick questing assuming you are building in Croatia. What is the code for foundation depth there? I saw geologic engineer did tested the pressure of the surface after digging but I'm curious if there is any strict code there or you need to pass the geological tests only. I'm building a house here in Bulgaria and the constructor wanted me to go 1.4m depth without any geological tests or smth since he wanted to be on the safe side which I found fine. Had to ask the contractor company that do the initial job to dig deeper then the initial project and we added some bottom concrete to fill the 40cm deeper that the constructor required. I'm just curious how things goes in Croatia on foundation topic since we have similar climate zone in Europe.
Hi, Thank you! Here you have to go below the freezing depth, which is 90 cm here if I remember correctly. When all the site work will be completed, the depth of these foundations will be around one meter deep. In the project, i had a choice to add some bottom concrete or 30 cm of compacted gravel underneath the foundation.
fantastic, Thanks a lot for sharing this video
Congratulations, I'm pretty sure it won't be an ordinary house. I'm looking for another episode.
I hope it will stand out in the neighborhood:)
I did notice any plumbing. How will put piping through the floor for incoming potable water and out going sewage?
I notice the same thing ,surley he has a plan .
Hello Steve:) The pipes are installed thru the corner of the house, You can see them at 9:26. I was on short 4 days vacation and my father installed them when I was away so I didn't film it unfortunately..
Great video. Have 3 questions. What is the need for the soil after excavating. The name of the machine you used in checking the soil The lemon coloured board retained after concrete
we remived 30 cm of clay with not so good properties and put in gravel sand with good compacting properties. Machine is called deflectometer and it measures level of compaction. Boards are three layered spruce form work panels from "lip bohinj".
Good luck with it! I just finished building my own house with basement at the age of 27! Crazy amount of money gone into it but well worth it now after all the nerve wrecking moments
Congratulations! I know what you mean, stress..
Congratulations. Well earned. I look forward to watching this
Hope you enjoy it! Thank you!
Fascinating build of your foundation in Croatia - very well engineered. I look forward to watching the build. I'm curious about the spread of building techniques from one country to another. For example, would your local building control officer ever agree to something like FastFoot, that seems widely used in the USA kzhead.info/sun/os-iqtl9oZqYnX0/bejne.html. I'm in the UK, and have not seen it here yet. Just wondering what your take is on something like that? The reason I ask the question is because you had to put a lot of effort in, I'm just curious if something like Fast Foot could speed things up....if acceptable to building control.
In Croatia we never heard or see that. Also when we build a family houses we usually build without permission. We legalize later.
@@zeljkomikulicic4378 Kako mislite da se u Hrvatskoj gradi bez dozvole ?
@@marailinovic1550 HAHAHAHAHHA , klasika, pola istre ilegalno izgradeno
Wonderful video and great job
Satisfying
wonderful and inspirational
Fantastic! Can’t wait to see how this turns out!
Me too Daniel :D Glad you like it!
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Excelente trabajo
Thankyou to share Bro!!!!
Out of random curiosity I stated watching this and it kinda looks like it could be an amazing experience to build your own house from the bottom up
:) Thank you very much for watching Jorge! Yes it is amazing, but now after more than a year has passed, I just want to move in and start living in it!
I started watching without reading your description and the first thing I noticed was the young lady must have a vested interest ! I think you have found a special lady to start a life with. Best wishes on your house and upcoming marriage 👍👏
Yes we we are in this together and there is something special in building your own home, I think we will appreciate it a lot.. Actually we should have married 4 months ago but the covid restrictions had other plans so we had to postpone it.. Thank you for the wishes! :D
So I believe amazing videos as always I can't wait to see another next video
Ay wow ang galing, sa umpisa palang ng pag gawa, nakaka amaze talaga, masusing pinag aralan habang ginagawa
very strong construction😮.it is so good.
Glad you approve!:)
Amazing!!!!👏
Wow great
its going to be a great build - best of luck with it and best of wishes to you and your Fiance
Much appreciated! Thank you Peter:)
I am also building my own house your foundations are looks really strong 👍🏼
Very impressive ❤
Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day! Keep it up! +thumb up3!
Haaaaaay, congratulations. Very exciting.
Lignum, you’re amazing dude.