#  @hausplans HAUS PLANS ®️ The HAUS PLANS team has been actively sharing various construction-related videos on YouTube, showcasing their building projects and DIY tutorials. The videos range from installing doors and insulation to operating heavy machinery and cooking on the jobsite. 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(PEP)](/topic/$pep) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Milwaukee Hackzall Im really enjoying my Milwaukee Hackzall-Especially like that I can use it for jobs where I need to hold the material with one hand and cut with the other. @hausplans #build #howto #tools #hacksaw #hackzall #review #milwaukeetools #construction #diy #contractor #houseplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-qewc0RxrR4) 2022-10-10T00:14Z 1.6M followers, 754.8K engagements "How To Connect Corrugated Pipe To Schedule [--] PVC Check out my new belt- these are all the rage in Paris So is there a way to connect corrugated pipe like this - to Schedule [--] PVC Yes with a corrugated pipe adapter- this ones made Polylok. One end snaps into the corrugated pipe and the other attaches to the PVC. Technically PVC pipe isnt glued its welded. Im going to start by putting on primer. The primer actually softens the PVC surface and prepares it for the solvent welding. Next I apply cement to both the pipe and the adapter. The cement contains solvents that melt the PVC- when the two" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v0k6SFSdvI0) 2025-09-19T03:29Z 1.6M followers, 702.3K engagements "The Best Way To Put In A New Yard Im going to show you the best and fastest way to put in a new yard. First use machines not hand tools. My father-in-law brought over his Ventrac with power rake- it smooths out all the topsoil and kicks the rocks to the edges so theyre easy to pick up. Next he used a landscape rake in the opposite direction over the yard. This would have taken hours to do by hand. By the time he was done this yard was as smooth as a big city lawyer. Make sure to use contractor mix grass seed that contains some annual rye- it can come up in as fast as [--] days. Use straw" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8XoHVv2QUSU) 2025-10-19T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements "Setting The Posts And Installing The Beam For A New Deck Lets turn this pile of lumber into a brand-new deck. First I need to attach four post bases to the patio. I drilled a 1/2 hole into the concrete and blew out all the dust. We used [--] Titan galvanized screw anchors to install the bases. Next I cut 6x6 pressure treated posts to length and notched them for a beam. I started the cuts with a circular saw and finished the job with a Sawzall. The notch is [--] deep and [--] tall to hold a double 2x10 beam. These posts were measured and cut to be the same height as the ledger board for the deck. We" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DLBgJHDJE50) 2025-11-09T04:30Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements "Fixing A Dented Dishwasher Door One of my employees just dropped a dishwasher and dented it. Now the customer my wife is unhappy let see if I can fix it. I need to remove all these screws around the door- theyre T20. T stands for torques and [--] is the size bit. Therere [--] screws on each side and [--] more across the top. Now Ive never taken the skin of a dishwasher door but how hard can it be Voila And just like that the control panel pops out. Now I need to remove the padding I guess this is probably to help with noise. And finally the handle- its held on with [--] Phillips Head screws. Im going to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FesSUOBFqYY) 2026-01-30T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "Heres How To Build A White Elephant Drill Lets build a white elephant gift that looks just like a drill. First up get a rectangular box of chocolates. Then a New Guy sticker with a gift card on top to reinforce then lid of the chocolate box. I go around both ends of the gift card with electrical tape making sure to stretch it tight as I go. It kind of looks like the New Guys in bed with a Home Depot blanket. Next for the drill handle use a bottle of seasoning. Im going to break out my Christmas electrical tape for this part. Electrical tape stretches like a rubber band; by stretching the tape" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FyxSo2u4OeE) 2025-12-25T04:05Z 1.6M followers, 8M engagements "I Attempted to Grout the Stone On Our New House Using Kitchen Tools I just attempted to grout the stone on our new house using only kitchen tools. First up I had to mix the grout. Four cups of sand two cups of Type S mortar and finally one cup of Type N Graphite. I borrowed my wifes mixer from home this worked really well. In no time at all we had a big bowl of forbidden frosting. Just like grandma used to make. I bought a pastry bag from Hobby Lobby along with some decorating tips. The Type S mortar gives the grout strength and we used Type N for the color. At first I had problems with the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GGFIDdAIEQA) 2025-08-31T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 428.7K engagements "How-To Install A Door Closer This 3-hour fire door is required to have a closer. These things are never fun to install but lets get it done. The kit comes with a paper template that marks everything out so I use a level to make sure its straight and a punch to mark where I need to drill. My one complaint with this kit is that it comes with Phillips Head screws- torques would definitely work better. First I install the closer arm to the top of the door jamb; then I screw the closer to the door. These screws are a pain to use but its not going anywhere. Next I slip the arm over the pinion shaft" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HwW1O-2Nq7A) 2023-10-18T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 427.9K engagements "Turning Our Home Into A Fortress- Fort Knox Vault Door Install #sponsored @Fort-Knox-Inc Its always been a dream of mine to have a vault door in my house; so we finally did it- we ordered a Fort Knox vault door. @Fort-Knox-Inc Now these doors are heavy. The install crew brought a mobile hoist that they had designed and fabricated themselves. Once the vault door was uncrated they used the hoist to stand it up vertically. Then they used two carts with hydraulic jacks to roll it into position. Everything about this door is heavy duty even the way it was packaged. The vault door is bolted into" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia35pE8skuQ) 2025-06-01T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 11.5M engagements "Cooking Chopped Cheese On The Jobsite We just attempted to make chopped cheese sandwiches on the jobsite. I used my cordless drill to power the meat grinder; this was way faster than cranking it by hand. We ground up four pounds of sirloin steak and an entire pack of bacon. You dont want to get your finger in there Next I chopped up white onions and jalapeno peppers. I used the bucket on my new skid steer like a blackstone griddle. We heated the underside with a propane torch to get it good and hot. This is the first time Ive cooked on this bucket- I wanted to wear off all the powder coating" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LwDuAThcsCk) 2025-12-21T04:48Z 1.6M followers, 5.3M engagements "Attaching Ventrac [--] Snowplow Lets see how fast we can unhook the mowing deck on the Ventrac and attach the snowplow. No snow yet but I want to be ready for it. After I raise the attachment locking lever I release the PTO belt tensioning rod and unhook the belt from the pully. I like to block the wheels before I back away it makes it go a lot easier. Time for the snowplow- I figure if I get ready for snow; then it probably wont come but thats ok with me. I drive slowly into the attachment once Im past the lift tabs I raise the hitch till its parallel with the attachment arms. Then I reengaged" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NWbdS9arym4) 2023-12-31T04:36Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "Taco Tuesday on the Jobsite ts Tuesday- Taco Tuesday. Were gonna make Carne Asada Tacos right here on the Jobsite. We put a bed of sand in the bottom of the wheelbarrow to keep the tire and the handles from getting too hot. Next we made a marinade for the Asada. We started with olive oil added plenty of lime juice some fresh garlic- chopped up with my putty knife then my special hot powder made from crushed Red Pepper Ghost Peppers and Trinidad Scorpions- and finally some salt. Once this was all mixed up it was time to marinate the meat. We got this beautiful skirt steak from a local butcher" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PabbjrWek5E) 2024-06-19T03:47Z 1.6M followers, 6.8M engagements "We Just Set A Tub In Gypsum and Installed A Gold Faucet On todays episode of Haus Plans- I sing bathroom karaoke and we install a soaking tub. First the plumbers drilled all the holes for the faucet. This is the kind of thing where you wanna measure twice and drill once. We went with Brizo fixtures and theyre absolutely beautiful. The rough in valves get installed from the bottom. Once they are tightened in place theres a little bit of soldering that has to be done. Its funny when I first started construction gold hardware was out of style now its coming back in I kinda like it. My plumber" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RxLobtAR00A) 2025-11-23T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Fire Blocking Around A Tub Drain I need to fire block around this tub drain thats up on the first floor. This will prevent any draft air from feeding a fire that could start in the basement ceiling or around the tub. To start with Im going to bend some metal and shape it to fit the opening. A lot of people confuse fire blocking with firestopping. In residential construction fire blocking it done using materials look wood drywall metal and fire foam to prevent air movement or flames from spreading in concealed spaces. Basically youre buying time- by slowing the airflow the fire spreads slower." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S8PhgO6J1ao) 2025-11-26T04:50Z 1.6M followers, 595.4K engagements "Installing a [---] lbs Countertop My wife picked a countertop so big it almost didnt fit through the door. It all started with this [--] slab of stone- this is quartzite. Quartzite is harder than granite and its denser and stronger than marble. It took the entire slab for our kitchen island he said it was the second biggest piece they had installed. Once the slab was cut to size he laid off and marked out the area that needed to be removed for the farmhouse sink. This guy actually travels to Italy to select stone for himself- I think he has beautiful taste. I calculated that this piece weighs" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tjwuo4FIIfI) 2025-12-12T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 7.5M engagements "Making A Massive Pan Of Lasagna With Construction Tools We attempted to make a massive pan of lasagna with construction tools. I started by mixing [---] eggs into [--] pounds of flour using a mortar hoe. Once I was done I cut this enormous dough ball into [--] pieces. We used a 14000-pound asphalt roller to roll out the noodles- this worked perfect. I needed a way to cut these noodles into strips so I used an edger attachment on my Ventrac. It works like a giant pizza wheel. So heres how we made our lasagna. A layer of sauce in the bottom of the pan noodles more sauce- I used a concrete float to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZirJ3oxPOCo) 2026-01-09T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 28.1M engagements "These Gold Washers Saved My Gravel Driveway Have you seen the price of gold lately Its over $5000 an ounce. Ive got over $100000 right here in my hand. Actually these are washers and Im going to show you how to adjust a snowplow so you can plow a gravel driveway without destroying it. Each shoe has [--] washers. Im going to put [--] on the bottom and the other [--] on top. The more washers I put on the bottom of bracket the lower the shoe sits and the higher the plow will ride off the ground. I want to raise the plow up so the edge is -5/8 off the driveway. This looks pretty good- lets try it out." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_zirSmcTSOY) 2026-02-04T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements "Composite Decking Install #build #howto #deck #install #compositedecking #construction #contractor #stepbystep #hausplans @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dv8WSq5FH5Y) 2022-06-18T01:22Z 1.6M followers, 1.5M engagements "Building a Table Using a Pepsi Cooler Whats the most youve ever had a friend offer to do for you About [--] years ago during the housing recession we had two houses that wouldnt sell and a building lot we couldnt afford. One of my friends actually offered to take over the lot payment. Now heres the thing about this guy- he loves Pepsi. Weve even joked that some day when he dies instead of a coffin were going to bury him in an old Pepsi machine. Thankfully one of our houses sold and he didnt have to help us with the lot payment but the fact that he was willing to meant the world. Now this guy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ekLWdA7yeYU) 2026-01-18T04:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements "We Used A Broom To Finish The Surface Of Our Concrete Patio How can you pour a concrete patio this straight let me show you Our concrete mason just poured this [--] x [--] patio at the back of our new house. First they snapped a black chalk line along the brick so they knew how deep to place the concrete. Then they hand troweled all the mud along the brick. Next using a straight 2x4 they screed the concrete with one end on the part they hand troweled and the other end on the form board. They used a bull float to smooth out the concrete- it pushes the stones down and brings the cream to the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9OiYpdUr-E) 2025-10-31T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "My Employee Just Bought His First Work Truck One of my employees just bought and paid for his very first work truck and hes so proud of it I had sent him into town to pick up a dishwasher. Were almost done with the new house and one of the last things we need to do is install the appliances. He said he didnt need any help unloading- I think that was a mistake. I was upset about the dents - He said dont worry- those will buff right out. I like to put down cardboard when were installing appliances to protect the hardwood floors. Next we drilled a hole and threaded a 3/8 water line through the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hClKM9JcSXo) 2025-12-10T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 841K engagements "Pro Tips For Installing Deck Joists The first step out of our new house is a real doozy. Lets fix it. The posts and beam are up for the deck now lets install the joists. Were going to install 2x10 joists every [--] on center. These [--] increments are marked in red on a tape so theyre easy to find. Next I crown the lumber- most boards have a curve or a bow to them-this is called the crown and it always goes up when youre building a floor system. I check that the end of the board is square then I pull a tape and mark my measurement at the other end. Speed squares are great but I prefer a framing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iO-nSN7rBp4) 2025-11-12T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "All The Steps To Pouring A Concrete Apron Let me show in under one minute how the guys got this concrete apron poured around this building. They hand floated all the edges then they used a power screed to smooth out the middle. We started at the handicap parking spot and then moved to the apron that runs the length of the building. There was good access for the truck so no pump was needed. They put down tape on the existing shop slab at the garage doors to keep a clean line. After the concrete was placed they went over everything with a bull float. Twisting the handle right or left tilts the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j4Ijcc9GeZ0) 2023-09-17T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 5.1M engagements "Wrapping A Deck With PVC The ends of these deck boards are ugly lets fix it. A lot of people picture frame their composite decks but heres another way thats easy and gives a clean look. Im going to wrap the perimeter with PVC. Its smooth on one side and has a wood texture on the other. I start at the house and work my way out I scribe along the siding so I can get the perfect cut for a tight fit. BOOM- look at that. Next I fasten the PVC in place with [--] Cortex screws. They come with a special bit that countersinks the screws but doesnt scratch the PVC. Then I fill the holes with plugs- these" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qZ83J9uExxE) 2026-01-07T04:23Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements "R.I.P. Old Guy Its been a really sad day here at Haus Plans. We lost a special friend yesterday- you guys know him as the Old Guy. He was actually only in about [--] or [--] videos but I was always blown away with how many people loved him and asked about him. So I thought I might take a minute and talk about all the things he loved. He loved people especially kids. He always enjoyed going for rides in my truck and coming to the jobsite. He was the happiest when he was outdoors with the wind in his face. We decided to bury him at this place where we used to bring him with our family. He was with us" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sgRHH0kVfzI) 2026-01-16T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements "Cutting Rebar The Easy Way Is there a power tool that has the power to change your life For over the past [--] years this is how Ive cut rebar and let me tell you its backbreaking work But now I just do this- a perfect cut with no sharp edges. This is the Milwaukee M18 fuel rebar cutter. It has a blade with teeth to cut through the rebar so theres less sparks and sharp edges than using something like a quickie saw or a grinder. It can cut through number four bar in less than two seconds. So I was curious how it would do with something bigger like number six or number eight.no problem But what" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ug8CixU8HNY) 2026-02-11T04:23Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements "How To Frame A Gable End Overhang Check out this jig the guys made- its used to make [--] blocks for framing a gable roof overhang. Im going to show you how to frame one of these overhangs on our sample roof. This is what the gable end of a roof looks like. The diagonal board on the outside is called a rake and the horizontal board a fascia. I start by cutting two boards the same length and pitch as the last rafter or truss- then I make a mark on them every [--] inches. Now I need to cut some [--] blocks to go between the two boards. Nine inches plus the 3-inch thickness of the two boards will give" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vD3cIiFt0P4) 2024-03-28T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 4M engagements "Protecting Deck Framing With Liquid Waterproofing This is an absolute disaster. I built this cantilever balcony for a customer [--] years ago and some of the pressure treated lumber completely failed. Now this was caused by bad lumber; but I want to take every precaution with the deck on our new home so this doesnt happen again. To start with Im using FastenMasters Deck Frame Coating on top of all the joists. This product is water based and it creates a moisture barrier on top of the lumber that should help extend the life of the deck. I also installed a piece of Z flashing over the ledger" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xoVV6Y-EOAk) 2025-11-14T04:37Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements "How To Frame An Arch Opening Im going to build an arch right here. This is a two-man job and I was planning on the New Guys help but he showed up to work in his fishing clothes and asked for the entire day off. The first thing I did was mark the center of the opening; then I measured down five feet. I installed a board at this height with a screw in the center. I hooked a string to the screw and used it as a fulcrum to mark out a [--] radius for the arch which is technically an ellipse. I used the piece we cut out as a template to mark another piece of OSB for the back side of the arch. You can" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mbNU27GOgnk) 2025-04-27T03:47Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Burying My Downspouts With Schedule [--] PVC If you want to save yourself potentially thousands of dollars in foundation repairs and have a dry basement- do this one thing. Bury your downspouts and pipe the water away from your house. Im using four-inch Schedule [--] PVC pipe. I start with a thin-wall downspout adaptor like this; then I cement it into a 4-inch Schedule [--] coupler. Im using clear primer since these fittings will be visible above grade. The purple primer is only required on jobs that get inspected. The inspector can see the purple primer and know that primer was used on the job. Im" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1FwxClhrstI) 2025-09-12T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "Save Money By Installing Handrail Yourself Im going to teach you how to save money by installing a handrail yourself. Code requires handrails to be between [--] and [--] inches off the stair nosing. Im going to go with [--]. This is for US residential code. Next I measure down and mark [--] 3/8s this is to account for the thickness of the handrail. Then I snap a line through these marks. I use a special chalk for finish work- it wipes right off. Now using this line I can install my handrail brackets. I put one at the bottom one at the top and finally one in the middle. Were using clear red oak" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1vtwwlmfSv4) 2025-11-30T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements "Installing Longer Hinge Screws This is a follow-up video to How to Hang a Door. It shows replacing one of the inner factory hinge screws on a door with a longer [--] screw to secure the door and ensure it wont move. @hausplans #build #howto #door #hinges #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2_8Fpgfio24) 2022-07-02T14:30Z 1.6M followers, 310.8K engagements "We Just Got The Final Inspection On Our New House- Here Are My Favorite Rooms Youve gotta check this out. Just over a year ago I dug out this foundation and now we have a finished house. So come on inside- I want to show you a couple of my favorite rooms in the house. First up the living room. Its got [--] high ceilings with wide hickory plank flooring. We had a local cabinet company stain maple to trim out these posts. Theres a propane fireplace and best of all it has amazing views. Next the garages you cant have too much garage space in my opinion. Theres a three-car garage on the first level" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=44dbQFpcGbQ) 2025-12-17T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 1M engagements "How to hang a door #build #howto #trim #door #construction #carpentry #contractor #install #installation #hangadoor #hausplans @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4r7tXXzBAtQ) 2022-06-17T18:38Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements "Cant Wait to See What the New Guy Does in [----] [----] has been quite the year for our new employee Sure hes been working with us for a while now and hes still accident prone but the New Guy is hoping to move into upper management in 2026.@hausplans #build #howto #construction #humor #newguy #contractor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8xD3Dlg7tt4) 2026-01-11T04:05Z 1.6M followers, 54K engagements "How To Connect Two Framed Walls At A Corner Heres how I connect two framed walls at a corner. In the last video I built a wall in place - Im gonna build this small sample wall on the ground. I make sure to crown all the studs up. Sometimes you get a stud thats twisted so I make a tool to twist them in place. To square the wall I pull a tape measure from corner to corner on both sides. I adjust the wall until the numbers match- then I know Im square. I like to use ring shank galvanized nails on sheathing. We let the OSB extend past the wall [--] -this will help to tie together the corner. After I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BZd_eNOaw0U) 2024-03-14T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 3.7M engagements "Cutting It Close- The Human Track Saw vs. $3600 Worth of Decking Im going to attempt to make a free-hand cut across $3600 of PVC decking because I am a human track saw. First I lift the guard on the saw and plunge cut down into the decking- lining up the blade with the chalk line. Next I line up this notch right here with the chalk line. From this point forward Im only looking at the notch- Im not paying attention to the blade. I press my left hand against the base plate- this helps to steady the saw. Earlier I installed a new [--] tooth finish blade on my saw and raised the blade so that only" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eom1_mssRe4) 2025-11-19T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "I tried out this PRAZI PR-2700 Beam Cutter on my Milwaukee M18 Circular Saw What if a chain saw and circular saw met fell in love got married and decided to have a baby It would probably look something like this. Congratulations it's a PRAZI [--] beam cutter- designed to bolt right on to your circular saw. They made it adjustable so it will fit most [--] 1/4 inch saws. Once I slid it in place I used the hardware they sent to fasten it down just like I would a saw blade. I used my speed square as I tightened everything to keep the chain bar perpendicular to the footplate. It only took about 5" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FA6X_l6fdzE) 2024-05-23T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 4.5M engagements "How To Straighten Crooked Studs These two studs are as crooked as a politician- heres the best way to straighten them. First I mark a level line across the crooked studs and on to the studs on either side of them. Next I use my speed square to mark a [--] by [--] box that Ill cut out with my multi-tool. This will give me the space I need to run a 2x4 through the front of the crooked studs. You really only want to use this method for non-load bearing walls. I take a measurement down at the floor to get the space between all four studs. [--] I cut this out of a straight 2x4; then I transfer the layoff" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FkiXXBi3VjM) 2025-03-16T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 12.2M engagements "Teaching My Wife How To Run A Skid Steer Im going to teach my wife the basics of running a skid steer. Watch this video if you wanna learn how. Ok so the right joy stick controls your bucket. Pull back to raise it up Push forward to lower down. Push away to dump the bucket and pull towards you to curl the bucket. The left joy stick controls your travel. Push it forward to move forward. Pull back to go backwards. Push it left to turn left. Pull it right to turn right. Down here that's your foot throttle. Try scooping up a bucket of dirt. Alright go ahead and make your bucket flat with the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H6hnC8nXoOk) 2025-07-13T03:07Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Mounting An Electrical Box On Uneven Stone Use This PVC Trick Heres the problem- this wall gets stone veneer but I need a flat surface to mount my disconnect boxes. So I glued together two pieces of PVC- this will give me a place to mount the boxes. First Im gonna seal up around the holes the electricians made. I use ZIP tape and make a slit at the bottom- like a pair of pants to fit around the wire. The first piece I install from the bottom up and the next piece from the top down. This will keep out air and water. Next I drill a one-inch hole in the PVC where the wire needs to come through" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4Ob7mIlBA) 2025-06-27T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements "Making Work Bench Chip Dip Why wont this thing start Actually were headed to a party tonight and Im going to show you how to make my favorite dip. Im using two white onions and two jalapeno peppers. My wife bought this chopper over [--] years ago and I love this thing. It has a pull chord just like a chain saw and it chops everything up really fine. If you dont like hot foods you can substitute the jalapenos with a bell pepper. I chop up the white onions and then I add two cups of mayonnaise. I think I have some around here somewhere- here it is. That looks like [--] cups. Next we need margarine-" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HqKuVHFQUsg) 2026-01-01T01:04Z 1.6M followers, 965.8K engagements "How We Flash Brick Walls So The House Stays Dry Brick soaks up water like a sponge. I put this brick wall in front of The New Guys house to show you what can happen over time with a driving rain -eventually the water goes through the brick and runs down the wall. So how do we stop this We flash the brick above all the windows and doors and at each story. Here Im using vinyl flashing. I tuck this up behind the cut in the house wrap and bend it out ninety-degrees on top of the brick. The flashing can be held into position with cap nails Im actually gonna use house wrap tape to tape top and the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I64GyMkH3n8) 2025-07-03T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 7.8M engagements "We Used Great Stuff Wide Spray To Foam Our Tub For A Hotter Bath #sponsored @greatstufffoam Disclaimer: This can only be done before the tub is put into place. The product cannot be used for filling closed cavities or voids such as behind walls and under tub surrounds that are already built into the space. https://www.greatstuff.dupont.com/where-to-buy-great-stuff.html @greatstufffoam I love taking a good hot bath. Weve had a couple builders tell us in the comments that they like to spray foam their tubs so the bath water stays hot longer. Im going to try it on the tub were putting in our new" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J80Dg65S1Dc) 2025-08-01T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements "The New Guy Gets A Cat Generator To Power His House @CatElectricPower #sponsored Link to Cat XQ20 Generator: https://bit.ly/4izqpQZ @CatElectricPower #sponsored Its been a long cold winter and the New Guy doesnt have electricity. He heats his house with an antique woodstove and uses candles for light. So he decided to write a letter to Cat and ask for help. They have a full line of mobile generators; and in less than a week look what showed up- a brand-new Cat XQ20. This is the most light-weight and compact model in their line-up. Its the baby of the family. With a 38-gallon fuel tank it can" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JHwVtkL2fCo) 2025-03-23T03:19Z 1.6M followers, 959.7K engagements "Game Changer Testing the LockNLube XL Grease Coupler I accidentally ran over my grease gun with the skid steer- the gun itself is okay but the LockNLube coupler is destroyed. One thing Ive learned- dont set tools on the skid steer tracks and forget about them- Ive already ran over a leaf blower this grease gun and a couple of measuring tapes. Now Ive had this LockNLube coupler for a couple of years and I love it; so Im going to replace it with another one. Only this is the XL version. Its a little longer so that you can reach recessed grease fittings. This is [---] percent not an ad Ive never" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JMKBA4Ac3f8) 2025-06-08T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 772.5K engagements "Install Porch Posts-Decorative Hardware #build #construction #install #carpentry #porchposts #porch #decorative #hardware #diy #contractor #simpsonhardware We used Simpson's Outdoor Accents Decorative Hardware to install these porch posts. Great system and easy to install @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KL1pp-axSyA) 2022-06-01T01:59Z 1.6M followers, 135.8K engagements "Im This Close To Firing The New Guy The New Guy has literally been late [--] days in a row now. I dont know what to do to motivate this guy. Im all out of carrots; Im all out of sticks. So today I got to thinking what if I move his house into the house were building then hed have no excuse for being late. Hes gonna have a hard time sleeping in when the guys are hammering and running power tools outside of his bedroom window first thing in the morning. Ive thought about just firing him but the problem is it would take so long to train someone new. When he does show up hes actually really good at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M-lrfTZkg4U) 2025-05-25T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "We Flew To Montana and Rented a Snowmobile to Climb Mount Two Top Have you ever seen a snow ghost These are absolutely beautiful- and Im going to show you how to find them for yourself. First fly to Montana and rent a snowmobile. I rented this Polaris [---] RMK Khaos its got a [---] track that can go through deep powder. Next follow the trail system out of Montana and into Idaho. Then turn off the trail and climb all the way to the top of Mount Two Top. This mountain can have snow depths over [--] deep and temperatures as cold as [--] degrees below Fahrenheit. Now if youve never snowmobiled you might" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MYXeKLrcHJE) 2026-01-14T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 406.2K engagements "We Installed Pine Risers and Treads Using Advantech Subfloor Adhesive Check out how I installed the pine risers and treads on the stairs in this warehouse. I needed to cut [--] risers [--] long. Earlier I had ripped these boards on the table saw to [--] 11/16. I had cut one inch off the bottom of the stringers to allow for the one-inch-thick tread. This meant the first riser board had to be cut an inch less; then once I add the one-inch tread all the steps are the exact same height. I decided to use Advantechs subfloor adhesive to glue everything together. It comes out as foam and then turns into a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MthRA5s6f-w) 2024-06-09T03:57Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "How To Install A Door Looks like I need a new door- its a good thing I just picked one up. Were finishing the basement on our new house and Im going to show you how to install a door. First I mark the location of all three hinges on the hinge side of the rough opening. Then I nail two shims at each location. The shims are wedge shape- I can control the thickness by sliding them further apart or closer to together. Im using a level to make sure the shims at all three locations are plumb. Its good at this point to check and see if the floor is level- this one is perfect. I slide the door into" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NKzV2KpN93o) 2026-01-04T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements "Easy Hack for Installing Beams Against a Sloped Ceiling I ran into a problem installing maple beams on our new house. I screwed a [--] x [--] to the ceiling so Id have something to nail the side boards into; but because of the sloped ceilings my nail gun wont fit. I think I came up with a solution. First I made a jig so I could mark a line an inch and a half down on the side boards. Next I ripped an 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 piece of spruce with my table saw. I ran a bead of glue the entire length of the 1x8 maple boards. Then I used my trim gun to nail on the piece I had ripped. Once this glue dries the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_4qKN9RGuc) 2026-02-13T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "How To Insulate A Floor With No Access We were insulating our new house and ran into a problem. Theres a space between this joist right here and the exterior wall but no way to get insulation in there. The insulators came up with a solution and I made this drawing to show you what they did. Its a cut-through of our floor system. We need to get insulation in this space right here but its blocked off by the wall below. The first thing the guys did was stuff insulation between the floor joist and the wall. Next they drilled some one-inch holes in the side of this joist. The holes are spaced" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QDfH5EiYM9Y) 2025-10-24T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "How To Build Deck Steps - Part [--] In this video see how to trim out deck steps with PVC and install composite decking for treads. This is Part [--] in a series of how to build deck steps. @hausplans #build #howto #construction #deck #steps #risers #compositedecking #treads #pvc #trim #stepbystep #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sggq6JZAqug) 2022-06-22T01:36Z 1.6M followers, 390.3K engagements "How To Dig Out A Basement We just dug out the basement for our new house and youll never believe what we found. First my foundation contractor came by and staked out all of the corners of the basement. Then I measured out three feet from the stakes and sprayed a white line the whole way around the perimeter- this is called an overdig. Were going to dig to the white line so theres room to work on the outside of the foundation walls. Next I started stripping off all the topsoil and putting it in a pile- well use all of this later when we grade up and put in a yard. Topsoil is expensive so I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Voqxl4U1Z_g) 2024-11-03T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 5.4M engagements "Digging Out an Entire Basement with the All-New Cat [---] @catconstructiontrade #sponsored Can you dig out an entire basement with a skid steer Lets find out. @catconstructiontrade Cat just introduced their all new [---] and its massive. Its the largest CTL theyve ever made- you can see here how it dwarfs my 259B3. Even the bucket is huge- big enough to take a nap in. Seriously its over [--] wide. The first thing I do when Im excavating a basement is strip off all the topsoil. I like to pile it far away from the building site so its not in the way. Well spread this topsoil around at the end of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W90vUA4sEjI) 2025-02-16T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 1.9M engagements "Using ZIP System Wall & Roof Sheathing This was our first time using Huber ZIP System for a house we are building. In this video we talk about the ZIP sheathing flashing tape tape roller and liquid flash and explain a little about how it's installed. @hausplans #build #building #Huber #zip #zipsystem #framing #carpentry #construction #howto #sheathing #tape #ziptape #ziproller #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wzi2FqG9toE) 2022-11-02T15:41Z 1.6M followers, 582.5K engagements "Cooking Shovel Pockets On The Jobsite We just fried shovel pockets right here on the jobsite. All you need is pancake batter a shovel and an excavator bucket full of hot oil. We put [--] gallons of oil in the bucket and heated it with a propane torch. You gotta leave the pocket in till it turns nice and golden brown then drain off the extra grease. Next go back to the pancake batter and dip the shovel a second time. Make sure its coated all the way. Then put it right back into the oil and fry it again. Now I know what everyones thinking. I dont have an excavator- can I make these at home in my" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XPzLwXWdwU0) 2025-07-30T03:37Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements "Installing A Linear Shower Drain Weve got a problem the plumbers forgot to install a drain in the master shower- or did they Check it out- this is a Brizo linear drain. Let me show you exactly how we installed it. First we trimmed the width of it to fit our shower. This drain is made out of stainless steel so I chose to use a grinder with a cut-off wheel to trim it. Next I tested it to make sure it fit like I wanted it to. I like how they included this small lifting handle which makes it easy to remove the drain for cleaning. This drain is designed to have tile thin set right into it. Our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_ZsbWHx76i8) 2025-10-08T03:16Z 1.6M followers, 795.6K engagements "Sunday Evening Building A Rebar Christmas Tree Have you ever been screwed over by someone in business or maybe even by a family member Its Sunday Evening almost time to start a brand-new work week and I want to take a minute to read a few scriptures about forgiveness. I was talking to someone recently about a businessman in our town and he said that guy screwed my dad over years ago and thats not the kind of thing I forget. Honestly I think weve all had someone treat us wrong at one point or another and its definitely easy to hold a grudge. But heres what the Bible has to say about" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cwritIEpmW0) 2025-12-15T03:48Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements "Full Tour Of The New House- Its Finally Done Over the past year we built this house from the ground up and videoed the entire process. And now its finally done and we want to give you a full tour. So welcome and come on in. One of my favorite things on this house is the arched entryway. Off the foyer to the right is my wifes office- she designed this house and tried as much as possible to take advantage of natural light. Once I exit the bathroom and head back the hallway we have a small coat closet to the right. Here to the left theres a door for an elevator. We put a shaft all the way from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dioH-fFT_DA) 2026-01-08T03:19Z 1.6M followers, 86.5K engagements "Trying Out The Newest BOSCH Tools What was the first expensive tool you ever bought Mine was this BOSCH table saw. I bought it [--] years ago and its still running strong. Then as more and more tools started to go cordless I gradually switched over to Milwaukee. The thing with cordless tools is once you invest in a bunch of batteries and chargers its really hard to change brands. We were recently at World of Concrete and stopped by the Bosch booth to try out a bunch of their new tools. I love the displays they had built; you could drill and jackhammer concrete just like a real-life situation." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0jlKKqkrCA) 2025-02-21T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements "How To Frame A Wall Let me show you how we frame a wall on a concrete foundation. First we put down sill seal- this keeps air from leaking between the sill plate and the foundation. Then I mark and drill the location of each anchor bolt in the pressure-treated sill plate. 1/2 anchor bolts are used every [--] foot to fasten the wall system to the foundation. Next I lay off the wall studs- every [--] inches on center. Most of the time these walls are framed on the ground and then stood up but Im going frame this small sample wall in place. When working with pressure treated lumber its important to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gyLe-FfzuiA) 2024-03-10T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 16.5M engagements "Installing A Complicated Tile Backsplash I just hired a guy I found living in the woods behind our jobsite to install a tile backsplash. Right away I could tell this guy knew what he was doing. This backsplash had a super complicated design so he made a bunch of cuts and laid everything out on the garage floor before doing anything on the wall. He said the thing about tile work is youre always dealing with imperfections: the wall is never straight the tile is different sizes and the way these decorative tiles get put on the mesh at the factory is sometimes off. Once he had the decorative tile" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h9snVDsItdQ) 2025-11-21T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 649.3K engagements "Installing Beams In Our New House So why am I setting up scaffolding in the living room of our brand-new house The plans called for beams on the ceiling in this room and now we have the time to finally get it done. Plus we can clean the ceiling fan while were up here. The first thing I do is measure in [--] from the slope part of the ceiling and then snap a line. Next I use my stud detector to find where each roof truss is- these are on two-foot centers. Were gonna start building the beams by screwing 2x8s to the ceiling- Im using Spruce because its so much lighter than Southern Yellow Pine. I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=he2CVLSSykA) 2026-02-01T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements "How To Pour Concrete Basement Walls We just poured the concrete walls for our new house foundation. Let me show you exactly how we did it. Using 5/8s vertical and horizontal rebar the guys made a grid exactly where the foundation walls go. Next they set their aluminum form panels in place. These are held together with pins and wedges. The wedge goes through the pin and is tapped in place with a hammer- drawing the forms tight. The inner and outer forms are held together with wall ties like these. The guys used four-inch-thick pieces of foam to make the wall narrow from [--] to [--] to create a 4" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ixCLaLmjGdk) 2024-12-06T04:46Z 1.6M followers, 961.3K engagements "Stripping Forms And Sealing Our New Concrete Patio Digging Ive gotta a bunch of hand digging to do; so I told The New Guy if hed come out and help me I would buy him tacos for lunch. We need to get to the screws so I can strip off these forms on the patio we just poured. He jumped right down in the hole and started digging like crazy as soon as one hole was dug he went on to the next one. I guess Im buying lunch. Now I could remove all the screws. Next I had to cut a couple of the strong backs I had put on the forms to keep them straight. I used a digging iron to pry up the form boards you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=njWE6y6hLfc) 2025-11-05T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements "Why Its Important To Vibrate Concrete Ok so that definitely didnt go like I planned. The reason its important to vibrate concrete is to bring all the air bubbles and voids to the surface. Concrete with air bubbles and voids is not nearly as dense or strong as concrete that has been vibrated. This is especially important for structural things like walls or support columns. We built this form to represent a column and put a piece of clear plexi-glass on the front so we could see what happens when the concrete is vibrated. I tried to mix this concrete fairly dry you can see how hard it was to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ohOoL-usZdY) 2023-11-23T04:33Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "How To Trim the Bottom of a Door #build #construction #trim #carpenter #contractor #door #howto #flooring Is your door rubbing the carpet In this video we show how to trim the bottom of a door so that you get a nice clean edge without damaging the door. @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pl_kEetwUL8) 2022-06-02T02:07Z 1.6M followers, 1.5M engagements "How To Trim Out A Window Let me show you in under one minute how a professional carpenter trimmed out this window. First he measured the width and height of the window along with the jamb depth. He cut all the jamb boards to length and then ripped them on the table saw to [--] 1/8. Next he glued and nailed all the jambs together to make a box. There will be a [--] 1/2 reveal the whole way around the window. He marked all the corners a 1/4" in- this will help him know where to put the casing later. He started by shimming up both bottom corners- making sure he had an [--] reveal on both sides of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q-JQxmuU5e4) 2024-07-14T03:53Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements "Can You Make $130k A Year With A Skid Steer Can you make $130000 a year with a skid steer Lets do the math and find out. The hourly rate for skid steer work including the operator in most areas ranges between [---] to [---] dollars an hour. Using [---] dollars and hour- If you can average four 8-hour days a week leaving out one day a week for bad weather maintenance and vacation time- thats $183040 per year. Now lets subtract all the costs: You can buy a decent used track skid steer for around $60000. If you borrow the full amount on a 3-year loan at a 6% interest rate it will cost $21900 a year." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rYuCpGTJXgk) 2023-11-30T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 8.3M engagements "Cooking Chicken Shawarma On The Jobsite We just attempted to make chicken shawarma on the jobsite with a drill and a blow torch to celebrate The New Guys birthday. We seasoned the meat with salt and pepper cumin turmeric paprika coriander cayenne and garlic; then mixed it all together with olive oil. I coated both sides of each chicken thigh before placing them on the spit. I built the spit using lazy Susan hardware and a water heater drip pan. It felt like I was making some sort of weird 3-dimensional chicken sculpture. I used a hose clamp to adjust the trigger on the drill so the chicken" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tYmAXOkeA_8) 2025-10-26T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements "DITRA-HEAT for Tile Floors In this video we show a master bathroom tile floor where we used Ditra-Heat. We find their system to be user-friendly and economical. @hausplans #build #howto #tile #floor #bathroom #design #construction #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vnXrfAUrP1s) 2022-07-11T02:03Z 1.6M followers, 137K engagements "Making Ice Cream On The Jobsite With A Concrete Mixer We just made ice cream on the jobsite with paint cans and a concrete mixer and all the flavors were construction inspired. First up Full Dumpster someone forgot to call and have it emptied again. We found the plumbers spit bottle half full of juice. An empty smoke alarm box with scrap wire from the electricians. And finally a partially used tube of 3-hour Fire Caulk- cant let that go to waste. The next flavor we made was Concrete Crunch all concrete is made with three basic materials: sand Portland cement and gravel. And our final flavor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xBGFTNetkQk) 2025-09-07T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 6.8M engagements "Full-View Garage Doors Yes or No We were really pleased with the full-view garage doors that we used on this job. Full-View Aluminum Garage Doors let in lots of natural light and can be tinted or frosted for privacy. @hausplans #garage #garagedoors #overheaddoors #build #howto #construction #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4lvuyJGtU_E) 2022-07-26T00:28Z 1.6M followers, 56.9K engagements "Installing Stair Stringers with Simpson Connectors Im going to use these Simpson stringer connectors for the stairs in this warehouse. First I measure down and mark the height of where I want the stringers to land. Then I mark off their spacing from left to right. Next I install the connectors using joist hanger nails. I screw a pressure treated 2x4 to the concrete at the bottom of the stringers- this helps to hold them in place and makes the install easier. I staple sill seal to the bottom of the stringer where it contacts the concrete. Once the stringers in place at the bottom I fasten it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9s8GS0gG4s8) 2024-06-07T02:47Z 1.6M followers, 961.4K engagements "We Just Buried a [---] Gallon Propane Tank For Our New House Im going to bury a propane tank right here and connect the gas line to the house. I like to use a trencher for gas lines. Because it only makes a [--] wide ditch I can drive over it with heavy trucks without damaging the tubing. Next I used a CAT [---] to dig the hole for the tank. The hole needs to be [--] foot wide and [--] foot long. This leaves extra room around the tank so I can backfill with sand. Soon after I started I felt the bucket snagging on something. Luckily it was just some galvanized water line from an old barn. I lined the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUMOQMpXEUM) 2025-09-26T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 3.4M engagements "All the Steps for Prepping a Concrete Floor The guys rake a recessed area for [--] foam insulation that goes at the edge of the foundation. Theres a two-foot vertical piece and two-foot horizontal piece. We take 4x8 sheets of foam and split them in half to get the rips we need. This keeps the frost from coming through the floor. Next using a laser level the guys rake all the gravel perfectly flat. We put in our under-slab plumbing and get it inspected. Then we put down a 6-mil poly vapor barrier everywhere. I like to tape the seams. The guys use spray paint to mark out the rebar grid on the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbgFdtsFiA8) 2023-04-19T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements "Framing on Concrete Slabs In this video we show how framers cut studs to different heights to allow for variations in a concrete slab. @hausplans #build #building #howto #framing #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F1mWmzz58d4) 2022-09-04T13:15Z 1.6M followers, 469.4K engagements "Fixing Problem Areas In Our New House With Great Stuff Wide Spray #sponsored @greatstufffoam You better scroll quick Im about to foam your screen. Alright seriously were ready to insulate the new house were building but first I need to take care of a few problem areas- like this corner in the garage. There are some gaps between it and the porch wall outside. Im going to seal up these areas with Great Stuff Wide Spray. @greatstufffoam There are two types of nozzles in the kit a cone for precision and a fan for wide applications. First Im going to use the cone nozzle to seal up the gap between" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FdYHc1fETOw) 2025-07-16T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements "Stripping Topsoil and Compacting Gravel to Build a Parking Lot I need to add three additional parking spots for this warehouse were building. I take the measurements from the plans and start laying everything out using spray paint and strings. I like to use a stake and a string to get my radiuses this works great when youre working by yourself. Next I get in my skid steer and start stripping the topsoil off. Its important to get rid of all the topsoil so were building up from a clay base. Here you can see the color difference between the dark topsoil and the lighter yellowish clay. Once Im" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fuyqrs1Bre8) 2023-06-11T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Installing Teeth on a Skid Steer Bucket We just ran into shale rock hard shale trying to dig this basement. So what do we do Well to start with I had bolted teeth onto the bucket Im using. I always use the loader arm safety lock when Im working on a machine with the arms up and I test the bucket to make sure its attached properly. The first thing I did was remove this cutting edge- its held on by [--] bolts. These bolts are [--] mm Allen head with a [--] mm nut on top. These were on crazy tight- its almost like CAT didnt want them coming loose. Once I got them started with my breaker bar I used my" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JCDVwCqPkK8) 2024-11-01T02:41Z 1.6M followers, 8.7M engagements "How To Check Grade with a Rotary Laser Level Heres how to use a rotary laser level. Start by securing it to a tripod or a stable surface. This laser will automatically self-level up to [--] degrees. Turn it on while the laser adjusts the light blinks; then it starts. I set my grade rod on the top of this floor and adjusted the receiver until it aligns with the laser. There are up and down arrows and a solid tone lets you know youre on the mark. The laser is set at [--] [--] above the floor. The bottom of the pit I dug needed to be exactly [--] feet lower than the top of the floor so to get this depth I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KW5UYwqPWvw) 2023-04-30T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 290K engagements "Trying out Milwaukee M18 Transfer Pump We plan to use the Milwaukee M18 Transfer Pump for shower pan tests pumping water off the footers after a rain and for times when there's no water at the house- as was the case in this video. Check out all the features of this tool @hausplans #build #building #tools #milwaukeetools #pump #water #howto #construction #diy #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5dbcm4OEo) 2022-11-08T00:13Z 1.6M followers, 2.1M engagements "Milwaukee M18 LED Search Light We had a great time trying out the Milwaukee M18 Search Light to see how far the light would shine at the mountain. Planning to use this light for when we have to check on the job after dark or finish up work a little bit late. @hausplans #build #building #howto #tools #milwaukeetools #searchlight #construction #diy #contractor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NpqaAIQ23fo) 2022-12-04T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements "Building a Crawl Space Door We used leftover PVC to construct a crawl space door. The hardware was purchased from Lowes. #build #building #howto #door #hardware #crawlspace #construction #diy #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XR11RZT_BMs) 2022-08-11T00:23Z 1.6M followers, 38K engagements "Installing 8x8 Douglas Fir Posts on This Porch First I mounted these Simpson Concealed Bases so I could get an exact measurement for the post length. No wait- the first thing I did was use my laser to mark the exact location for the post base. Once I had my measurement I carefully marked and cut each post. I cut all four sides since the blade wouldnt fit the whole way through and finished the middle with a hand saw. We used a post base as template so we knew exactly where to drill the holes for the pins. After all three holes were drilled- I marked the location for the bracket slot. I first" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YBh-oRinjeg) 2023-05-25T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 3.6M engagements "Unexpected Equipment Break Down and Repair I was surprised to find a snap ring laying in the dirt and found out that my CAT skid steer needed a new rear axle bearing replaced. While it was at the shop I also had them reseal one of the loader arm cylinders and do the thousand hour service. @hausplans #build #building #howto #heavyequipment #repair #bearing #construction #contractor #caterpillarequipment #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQXsN9XUOM) 2022-10-02T23:50Z 1.6M followers, 716.8K engagements "How To Keep A Concrete Slab From Settling How hot is too hot to work - lets just say its absolutely cooking out here. But Ive got a problem the back of this house is jacked out of the ground. We need to build up over [--] feet in this area and pour a concrete slab level with the door to the basement. First I need to dry stack these [--] block columns against the foundation. The plans call for a column every [--] foot on center. These block columns will support the slab at the house so it will never settle. Here you can see the block is supported by the footing below and will hold the weight of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fygabD1UwKI) 2025-08-24T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 654.5K engagements "The City Required Us To Pour This Sidewalk To Nowhere Youre probably wondering whats going on there Well get to that at the end. One of the requirements for the warehouse we just built is that we pour a sidewalk the entire length of the property- all [---] feet. After the guys got done floating the concrete they snapped lines every [--] feet and put in control joints with a groover tool. Then they broom finished the concrete for traction. Our city required that we apply a curing compound to the sidewalk this stuff went on easy with a roller and left it with a bright white finish. Next I used my" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gnrddd7EMgA) 2023-10-22T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 10.1M engagements "How To Change The Oil On A Chainsaw Its that time of year again. Firewood Season. The one thing that often gets overlooked is chainsaw maintenance. Let me show you how I change the engine oil on my saw. The drain plug is located on the side of the saw and is easily removed without any tools. Next I grab a small pan to drain the engine oil into. I like to run the saw and get the oil good and hot before I change it. This makes it thinner so it all drains out. I grab a funnel and dump in the new oil. This saw doesnt have a dipstick- I just pour it in till its full. Now its ready to get back to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h1fJxeFOIEs) 2023-10-25T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 473.2K engagements "Building a [---] amp [--] phase Electrical Service The electricians started building the electrical service for the warehouse today. First they mounted this trough for the wires to pass through. Then they installed three pieces of rigid conduit with weatherproof connectors called myers hubs. They punched three holes in the CT cabinet for the hubs to connect to with this hydraulic punch. Just select the size punch you need for the conduit and start pumping. It slowly pulls the punch through the metal and cuts a perfect hole. This building gets 600-amp [--] phase power with [--] 200-amp panels. One in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qI8jfmP8raA) 2023-06-29T03:17Z 1.6M followers, 276.9K engagements "Using Piers and Grade Beams to Support a Garage Slab This big hole in the ground with [--] walls is going to be the [--] car garage for our new house. Let me show you how were going to build the floor so its strong enough to hold the weight of cars and will never settle. We poured two piers centered from front to back in the garage these piers will support columns with grade beams above them. A grade beam is basically a ditch in the slab where the concrete is extra thick. They will be a foot thick verses the slab thats only four inches thick. The grade beams are supported by the piers in the middle" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qM6JP5SIFJM) 2025-01-16T04:49Z 1.6M followers, 360.3K engagements "Cordless Grease Gun In this video we talk about the use of a cordless grease gun as a surprising improvement over having to pump your own grease. @hausplans #build #tools #greasegun #howto #construction #contractor #review #hausplans #milwaukeetools" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qPrIJjt4HAI) 2022-07-18T23:59Z 1.6M followers, 7M engagements "How to Tie Rebar A quick video showing a technique for how to tie rebar. @hausplans #build #howto #tierebar #rebar #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=shTWR3RPXG4) 2022-07-27T01:18Z 1.6M followers, 1M engagements "Installing LP SmartSide On Our New House Im installing cheap OSB siding on my house to save money. No were actually using LP SmartSide and its designed to be resilient to moisture. The manufacturer recommends priming and painting all cut ends before installing. You can get prefinished LP SmartSide but we ordered primed material and will have our painters paint it after its installed. For the look were after we installed thick 4x8 sheets and then added [--] x [--] trim boards on top. Were going for an English Tudor look. The siding is installed with hot-dipped galvanized nails that are shot on with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-V0xbU-aGb0) 2025-08-10T03:58Z 1.6M followers, 820K engagements "Heres Exactly What You Need To Repair A Garden Hose This hose has a leak. Im going to show you exactly what you need to fix it. Starting with a toaster a chainsaw a hose repair kit a box of blueberry pop tarts a screwdriver a clamp a tiny assistant a brand-new hose and finally some marking paint. First things first use the clamp to shut off the water- I cant think of a better way. Next use the paint to mark the bad section of hose. Then cut this section out using the chainsaw. This is by far the safest way. Now grab the new hose and cut out a section the same length as the one you removed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4-06akI2OTQ) 2025-08-17T03:16Z 1.6M followers, 794.2K engagements "This Rebar Tying Tool is Super Fast-Is it Worth the Cost Look how fast I can tie rebar. The foundation guys were putting rebar in for the spray booth pit walls and they were using this tying tool; so I decided to check it out. Its a MAX RB398 It weighs just over [--] pounds and can tie [----] ties per charge. The guys said theyve had this tool for over [--] years and its been super reliable. It feeds from a spool in the back and you can get [---] ties with one spool. The spools cost around $7.00 a piece. Its really easy to change the spools you just push this lever and feed the wire through- once you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9OW6Z1UFxdU) 2023-05-18T11:35Z 1.6M followers, 9.5M engagements "Tried this New Trend to Get Rid of Wasps I got a text from my renter last night letting me know there was a yellow jacket nest on the soffit of the front porch. In the past Ive used different hornet sprays and found that some of them discolored my shingles and siding; so I thought Id try this new trend where you put gasoline in a jar and hold it under the nest. The fumes from the gasoline cause the yellow jackets to fall into the jar. I was concerned with the holes in the soffit that the fumes might not get to them but it actually worked really well. Once they fell into the jar I just slid it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AVBjatxntzY) 2023-07-22T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 280.1K engagements "How To Build A Shelf Between Two Walls Heres the fastest and easiest way to build a shelf between two walls. Using a level I mark a line on all three walls at the bottom of the shelf. And yes- a laser would work great for this but I want to show how you can do basic jobs with simple tools. Next I measure the depth of the shelves and cut two cleats out of 2x4s- I left room to add a face board later. Then I cut [--] more 2x4s to run between the cleats making a ladder wall. Three-inch deck screws work great for jobs like this- I put two per stud. Its important to measure the width of the shelf at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AmZleTKYYQI) 2024-10-27T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 11.8M engagements "Cooking Hibachi On The Jobsite We hired a Hibachi chef to come out to the jobsite and cook lunch- He was like wheres your grill I just pointed and said right here - were going to use the skid steer bucket. I set it up on some blocks and put a propane torch underneath for heat. This guy was so fast it was awesome to watch- I should hire him to frame my next house- its be done in like a day and a half. He started out by frying eggs for the rice- it got seasoned with salt pepper and plenty of soy sauce. With all the stuff he brought he actually forgot a knife- so I gave him my Milwaukee fastback" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DfbqFjpZGss) 2024-06-02T03:48Z 1.6M followers, 33.7M engagements "How to Bury Downspouts #build #construction #howto #downspouts #diy #contractor @hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FSvZRDsuvjM) 2022-06-07T01:08Z 1.6M followers, 312.2K engagements "Installing A Custom-Built PVC Louver I need to install this louver at the very top of that gable so Im going to be using a lift. I had one of my friends build this louver. He used PVC so it would be completely maintenance free. First I mark where I want to predrill for the screws Ill use to mount the louver. Predrilling should keep the PVC from splitting. I go ahead and start all the screws- this way I can hold the louver with one hand and drive the screws with the other. This louvers just decorative; so my friend put black metal behind it to give the appearance that youre looking into the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HYGpZiyMiIo) 2025-07-27T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 721.4K engagements "Installing A New Extension Cord Plug I hate it when that happens- I just cut the cord off my cordless saw. Actually this plug has a broken ground prong- Lets fix it. I picked up this watertight repair plug- it comes with different sized grommets. The white grommet fits my chord. You want a snug fit so it will be watertight. And the extra grommets work great for a fashion accessory. Next I measure and make a mark an inch and an eighth from the end of the cord and then I strip off the jacket. Im careful not to cut the insulation on the wires inside when Im doing this. The directions say to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JSLYXwiqwW8) 2025-01-26T04:22Z 1.6M followers, 5.4M engagements "Making A Watermelon Keg On The Jobsite Its hotter than blue blazes so we just attempted to make a watermelon keg right here on the jobsite. We had this melon in the fridge all night so its nice and cold. First thing I did was blend it up. I used a paint mixing attachment with my drill- it worked a little too good We added some strawberry flavor to our watermelon. I chopped up about [--] dozen strawberries and loaded them into the caulk gun. This made a nice strawberry paste for the punch. Then I dumped in a strawberry and watermelon Jarritos soda for a little fiz. These drinks are amazing if" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LbtvhosWwFc) 2025-07-09T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 19M engagements "How Footings Work In A Foundation A footing in construction is the lowest part of the foundation that makes contact with the ground. Without it the structure will eventually settle and fall apart. Usually made with concrete and rebar they are placed underneath loadbearing walls to distribute the weight of a house or a building. Trench footers like these are dug into the ground using a backhoe or an excavator. The ditch itself becomes the form for the concrete. Footings sometimes called footers can also be formed using [--] x [--] s or other materials like Form-a-drain. Its critical that footings" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MehI2POdRzk) 2024-02-25T04:34Z 1.6M followers, 8.2M engagements "Cooking a Massive Burger on the Jobsite I just got a Big Mac for lunch but Im super hungry. This got me to thinking- I wonder if I could build a bigger Big Mac right here on the jobsite. I started out by using a torch to fry up a couple of 1-pound beef patties on the roller drum. Next I used my Milwaukee Hackzall with a [--] blade to cut up the bun. If you want it to taste like a Big Mac its gotta have sauce. A handful of Lettuce Yellow American Cheese a Burger Diced Onions then a middle bun more sauce- I used up an entire caulk tube. Lettuce a fistful of Pickles another Burger more Onions and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NFTFQkhUmnc) 2025-03-28T03:11Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements "Framing A Fireplace For Our New House Im going to frame the fireplace for our new house right here. First I marked all the measurements on the floor this fireplace is [--] feet deep and [--] feet wide. My wife ordered a modern linear gas fireplace. We wanted it up off the floor so I built a [--] box platform for the unit to sit on. Then I built the two side walls- these are [--] feet tall. I used a laser to transfer the marks from the floor up to the trusses above. This way I knew exactly where to put the walls so they would be plumb. I put a piece of OSB at the top for fire blocking and then added" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UVUWs4Eu-Z0) 2025-05-15T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "3 Snowplowing Tips We recently had a couple of inches of snow in our area and Ive been blown away by how much damage Ive seen around town caused by snowplowing. Here you can see an entire section of curb was completely ripped out of the ground by someone plowing. Keep in mind this was only about [--] or [--] inches of snow. Heres three things you can do to save your equipment and to keep from damaging property. Number one I love these driveway markers. Theyre really cheap and easy to install. They work great for marking the edge of roads and parking lots. I especially like them on gravel lots so Im" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WyMnwKb9ZHw) 2024-01-28T04:26Z 1.6M followers, 2.6M engagements "Cooking Breakfast on the Jobsite We made breakfast for lunch right here on the jobsite. Up first- an entire skid steer bucket of bacon. Weve actually got one guy who asks to be paid in bacon. Next we made a 4-foot omelet using green onions some mushrooms we found right here on the property one hard hat of shredded cheese ghost peppers- you dont want to get these on your skin dont ask me how I know and finally we smashed up some salt and peppercorns. I cracked [--] eggs into a five-gallon bucket added milk and blended it all up with my drill- adding the spices straight into the mix. Then I thew" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aO4E2_eoipc) 2024-07-28T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 14.2M engagements "The Guys Put Down [--] Yards Of Concrete This Morning Concrete ASMR @hausplans #build #building #howto #concrete #construction #diy #contractor #asmr #warehouse" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bjFvAx-xRfk) 2023-06-07T03:03Z 1.6M followers, 16.2M engagements "How To Remove Stripped Screws Using An Extractor I ran into several stripped screws when I was trying to replace the joists underneath this old deck so I picked up this extractor set. Now Ive never used one of these before so I was super curious to see how it would work. I paid [--] bucks for it- theres [--] different sizes in the kit. One end has a drill bit and the other has an extractor. The first thing you do is drill out the head of the screw. This bit is designed to be used in reverse- it didnt take long at all to drill out the head of the screw. The number [--] bit seemed to fit the best. Next" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dM47RoD10uA) 2024-04-12T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 846.8K engagements "What is a Walk Out Basement A walkout basement is a basement where at least one section usually the back of the house is above ground. Unlike a traditional basement that is completely below grade a walkout basement takes advantage of the slope of the land- allowing for exterior doors and egress windows for bedrooms. These types of basements are great for separate living spaces or rentals. On the new house were building I dug the front part of the basement down [--] feet and the back part is almost level with the ground. This will leave about [--] feet of foundation sticking up at the front of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dSjD-B6x5SY) 2024-11-10T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements "Is it worth it- Milwaukee Tower Light For years and years if you wanted good light on the jobsite these halogen work lights were pretty much your only choice. They got super-hot so hot they had to have a cage around them and they had tiny little cords. Worst of all they had these expensive bulbs the broke and burned out constantly. Well not anymore- I just bought this Milwaukee M18 Rocket Dual Power Tower. This LED light puts out [----] lumens. It can be set up for low head room places like this crawlspace or extend all the way up to [--] feet tall. This tower transforms the entire room filling it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewGNShH6i7g) 2023-02-06T01:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements "Hilti Powder Actuated Fastener Say Hello to my little friend This is the Hilti DX36M powder actuated fastening tool. It shoots fasteners into solid concrete and even into steel. So how does it work Its powered by [--] caliber powder cartridges. They come in plastic strips of [--] like this and feed through the bottom of the grip on the fastener. This tool is pump actuated- each time you pump it feeds in a new cartridge. It uses fasteners with a plastic ring around them. The ring centers the nail in the nose of the tool and keeps it from falling out. It also has a built-in safety- it wont go off" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f6rQu8npjTk) 2025-05-07T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements "Making A Massive Cake With Construction Tools #sponsored @5hourenergyshot #5hourambassador #confetticraze @5hourenergyshot We just attempted to make a massive cake using construction tools. First we poured all the wet ingredients straight into a concrete mixer. Next we added some of 5-hour ENERGYs New Confetti Craze shots. They have a rich buttery vanilla flavor that tastes just like a birthday cake. Finally we dumped in the flour. The mixer actually did a great job. We wanted this cake to be huge so we filled [--] eighteen-inch pans with batter and baked them in the oven. When you build a cake" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fcFkzK6FLIA) 2025-08-08T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 14.6M engagements "Installing Straw Blankets with a Sod Staple Driver There arent many jobs I hate as much as installing these straw blankets. Dont get me wrong they work great- especially on a slope. When you get down to the end of the roll- theyre just a pain to install. The netting sticks to itself and it turns into a tangled-up mess. Now I had the new guy helping me but I think his mind must have been somewhere else because he wasnt doing a whole lot. We use these [--] round sod staples so it doesn't blow away. Sometimes you can just stick these in the ground and step on them- but our ground is so hard I have" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fu7GcVhnl8I) 2024-09-15T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 14.7M engagements "How To Drill A Well Ok so whats going on here and whats all over the ground Were getting ready to build a house on [--] acres and the first thing we want to do is drill a well. Its hard to budget for the cost of a well because you dont know how deep you must go to get water so I like to get this out of the way early. The guys grabbed 20-foot sections of drill rod our of the carousel and thread them onto the previous piece. They use non-polluting grease on the threads so they wont seize. This rig uses [---] PSI of air to power a pneumatic rotary hammer to drill into the bedrock. At [---] feet we hit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iFEJLDTbBZw) 2024-10-17T03:52Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements "Installing Hurricane Ties So Our Roof Wont Fly Off In A Storm This sixty-cent piece of metal could keep the roof from blowing off your house. Its a hurricane tie and it ties the roof truss to the top of the wall. Typically roof trusses are installed with a nail gun- with two nails on one side and one on the other. This metal clip uses five nails on the side of the truss and five more on the double plate at the top of the wall. Now these work great but they do take some time to install and they can hold the drywall out a bit. Another option is these Simpson Truss Screws. These are installed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l58avXamxR0) 2025-07-18T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements "Making Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot Use Promo Code HAUS10 to grab your Pumpkin Spice at 5hourenergy.com We just attempted to make a massive pan of Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls right here on the jobsite. First we cut up three large pumpkins took out the guts and put them in boiling hot water till they were nice and soft. Next we added some of 5-hour ENERGYs new Pumpkin Spice shots- they have a warm spicy flavor that taste like fall with a boost of energy. Then we mixed in butter brown sugar and cinnamon. Now for the dough we wanted to use our [-----] pound roller" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mTFUAGAIEjI) 2025-09-21T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements "Learning to Fly A Helicopter I love learning how to run new machines. Today I got to take a lesson in this Robinson R44 helicopter. Soon after we took off- the instructor let me take over. Theres three basic controls for the helicopter: You have the cyclic which moves the helicopter forward backwards right and left. The collective which moves the helicopter up and down- with a twist throttle on the end. And the anti-torque pedals they control the tail roter and allow you to turn the helicopter in a hover. The views were amazing we got to fly over the Hudson River Valley and the Bannerman" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=siO7_ERkI6g) 2024-07-07T03:50Z 1.6M followers, 324K engagements "How To Fix A Sagging Door Got a door thats sagging This one is rubbing at the top. Let me show you the best way to fix it. First pick out a [--] long screw that is the same color and diameter as your hinge screws. Youre going to need a bit for the screw- this one is Phillips. Im using an extension to clear the door and youll need a drill or an impact driver. We just moved into this apartment while we are building our new house and this is a repair that needed to be done. These hinge screws were loose and completely stripped out and they were only long enough to go into the door jamb. I replaced" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vA6XTDJ-TV4) 2024-01-07T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 840.4K engagements "Heres An Easy Way To Remove and Replace Studs Ive got a problem- this shower unit wont fit through the bathroom door. No matter which way I turn it its just a little bit too big. So heres what Im going to do Im going to cut out these two studs. I position my hacksaw blade between the plate and the bottom of the stud the goal isnt to cut any wood; but to cut the two nails holding the stud in place. The steel in the nails is soft and these blades have no problem cutting right through it. To get the studs out- I angle them away from the bottom plate and pull straight so that I dont bend the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vswmB7UwT_g) 2025-05-21T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 17.9M engagements "The Swirly Surface Cleaner- A Tractor Mounted Pressure Washer #sponsored @swirlysurfacecleaner7673 #sponsored vapressurewasher.com Have you ever done a job thats so satisfying you would actually do it for free Check this out- its the Swirly Surface Cleaner. This 50-inch-wide stainless-steel cleaning deck has [--] rotating pressure washing tips. Its perfect for cleaning parking garages sidewalks tennis courts and other hard surfaces. I looked for the dirtiest sidewalk I could find in our city to try it out- just look at the difference it made. Its got a place for detergent concentrate that sprays" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wo0dCsWylEk) 2025-04-13T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements "Installing Guard Rail Posts Using Simpson Deck Tension Ties Ive been super busy so I called up one of my friends thats a builder and asked him is there any way that you and your guys could come and install the railing here at the warehouse. Today they showed up in force and got a ton done. They attached a temporary block to the side of the posts- this held them at the exact height we needed to bolt them onto the side of the mezzanine. We used these [--] truss screws to hold the posts plumb and keep them from moving while we drilled the holes for the bolts. The plans called for (2) bolts- one 2" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0pwWQHKtnLg) 2024-06-13T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 5.9M engagements "Pouring A Concrete Sidewalk That Looks Like A Solid Piece Of Slate How can you make a sidewalk that looks like a solid piece of slate Let me show you. I formed up the sidewalk myself and put rebar [--] on center. Then I hired my friend hes a concrete contractor whos been doing our work for [--] years. We paid extra to have gray dye added to this concrete at the plant. Once the concrete was placed they used a groover tool to cut the sidewalk. This creates a weak spot in the concrete so that hopefully when it cracks- it will crack in this groove. Now for the fun part he used a brush to coat the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3PhKw2aCgt4) 2025-10-29T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 13.9M engagements "My Go-To Vacuum For Cleaning Construction This RIDGID wet dry vac really sucks but in a good way. It has a [---] horsepower engine and holds [--] gallons and theres a small bag to store the attachments or a small dog. I just used it with a Honda Generator to vacuum out the spray booth pit at the warehouse were building. You can see it sucks up the large rocks and debris with no trouble at all. This is not a sponsored ad- - Im not even sure they make this model anymore but I love RIDGID vacs. Before I found these I went through a different vacuum about every house we built. Since then Ive owned 2" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3WQsCxK1ASA) 2023-06-02T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 353K engagements "We Tried Out the Ventrac Boom Mower This is crazy is really crazy. Check out this boom mower attachment from Ventrac. It has a dual action sickle bar that can reach over [--] feet up from the ground and [--] feet away from the tractor. I borrowed this attachment from a friend and I was curious to see how it would do mowing the grass along our fence line. This area is hard to get under with a mower because there are so many branches hanging down. Next I wanted to try trimming some tree branches- its rated to cut up to diameter material. Everything on the boom can be controlled with one hand. This" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=46_OcyBcw6U) 2024-09-12T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Installing Glass Stair Railing For some dumb reason code requires a railing on the side of stairs. But these stairs are beautiful and we dont want to cover them up with an ugly railing. So were going to use glass. The first thing I did was put down painters tape and mark out where the brackets go. This wood is maple and its hard so I drilled pilot holes to make sure it wouldnt split. I used [--] T30 screws to install the hardware. Theres solid wood blocking behind the maple. Next I used suction cups to move the glass- you want to pump them up till you dont see the red line. If you see red youre" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6IAW_gMgMaM) 2025-12-31T04:43Z 1.6M followers, 16.5M engagements "Cooking A Pizza On The Jobsite We attempted to cook a massive pizza on the jobsite using a custom 4-foot pan and our vibratory roller to roll the dough. First I blew flour all over the drum with the leaf blower. We didnt want [--] pounds of dough sticking to the roller. Now I know what youre thinking yes we cleaned the roller drum at least the part that would touch the dough. I stacked two quarter inch boards on either side minus the thickness of the pan that gave us 3/8 crust- which worked out perfect. I used a concrete float to spread the sauce- this worked awesome; honestly if I had my own" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUznHKlekm8) 2024-04-21T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 55.2M engagements "I Save Money By Trimming Out A Window Myself Im going to show you how to save money by trimming out a window yourself. First lets do the extension jambs. I start by measuring the distance between the window jamb and the edge of the drywall. I also measure the width and the height between the window jambs. I add a to these measurements- this will give me a reveal on both sides. Next I rip the extension jambs to the width I need; then I used glue and nails to put it all together. Basically Im building a box. 18-gauge brad nails are fine for this once the glue dries it will be super strong. I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AgnEkGGJCq8) 2026-01-21T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements "Installing Rebar In A Concrete Patio Im going to show you the best way to install rebar in this patio on the new house were building. First we need to bend these pieces down. I intentionally left this rebar long sticking out of the piers so they could be bent down and tied into the grid. The concrete in this area of the patio gets poured a foot thick creating a grade beam over the piers. This will support the front edge of the slab. I like to use these slab bolster rebar chairs so you might be asking why dont I use plastic chairs. Well this is why- because they break. When Im cutting rebar to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BCVwFpPdrHE) 2025-10-22T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 993.6K engagements "Framing A Support Wall Under Stairs These stairs have a lot of bounce to them Im going to frame a support wall in the middle to fix it. First I measure and lay off where the wall will go. Then I cut a pressure treated 2x4 to the width of the stairs- [--]. I fasten it to the floor using three masonry screws. Next I use my 4-foot level to plumb up and mark where the top of the wall will meet the stairs. I make a mark on both ends and connect them with a level. Now I need to figure out the angle of the steps- I start by making a plumb line on the stringer; then I take my speed square and rotate it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BTyUAC4OE5w) 2024-06-28T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 17.3M engagements "We Just Power Washed and Sealed Our Stamped Concrete- Here Are The Results We stamped the concrete sidewalk on our new house so it would look like its made of slate. The masons threw down colored release powder on the fresh concrete and then tamped in stamps with a slate pattern to get this look. Now we have to power wash off the release powder to see the final result. The goal is to remove about [--] percent of the powder. The powder is darker than the concrete- by leaving some behind it creates variations in color so it looks like natural slate. Next were going to seal the sidewalk. Because" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CEgm7Z3ioe8) 2025-11-02T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 30.8M engagements "Making Giant Donuts On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We attempted to make giant donuts using only construction tools. First we dumped a hard hat full of eggs into the cement mixer. Then we added a 5-hour ENERGY Confetti Craze shot for rich buttery vanilla flavor- its perfect for cake donuts. @5hourenergyshot Next we added sugar and melted butter. We combined the butter with buttermilk before dumping it in the mixer. Finally several shovels full of flour. We ended up with a huge dough ball that we needed to flatten. So we decided to use our 14000-pound asphalt roller. Heres where" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D8PB6wklFTs) 2026-02-06T04:36Z 1.6M followers, 9.1M engagements "5000 Sq Ft Shop Tour We just got the final inspection on this warehouse- and man its such a good feeling to be done. Let me give you a quick tour. Its [----] square feet: [--] long and [--] deep with 16-foot-high ceilings. Theres a mezzanine for storage above the office and bathroom. Its got a tri-ply ceiling with R49 insulation above. High output LED light throughout. Four 12x14 garage doors on the front two 12x12 garage doors on the back and side-mount lift motors. A [---] amp three-phase electric service with conduit around the building so we can easily add receptacles if needed. There are airline" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EuPdB8hmSEk) 2024-08-18T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements "We Just Installed A Radon Fan In The New House Were Building Who wants cancer Not me. Thats why were installing a radon mitigation system in the new house were building. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that leaks out of the ground and its known to be one of the leading causes of lung cancer. We have high levels in our area- it seeps into houses through openings and cracks in the foundation. Here you can see Im installing a radon fan in the attic. This fan will suck air from the foundation and blow it out the roof. It plugs into a dedicated outlet and will run 24/7. The four-inch pipe" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I3CjkLv5elk) 2025-07-06T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 4.6M engagements "Building An Affordable House New houses are way too expensive Im going to show you how to build a cheap house and all you need is a chainsaw a tape measure and spray paint. First cut lines in the snow about [--] apart. Next cut the rows into building blocks- make sure to taper the ends. The great thing about this type of house- you dont need a permit and when the tax man comes out next spring to assess the value it will be melted away. I start by building a circle about [--] in diameter. Place the blocks so the narrow part is facing in. Some of the blocks might need to be cut so you get a nice" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ISzja9IxgG8) 2026-01-28T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 3.6M engagements "Installing Stone Veneer on Concrete Walls The Stone Masons just got started laying up stone veneer on the concrete walls at the job were working on. What a transformation Its great to see the exterior finishes coming together. Watch to see the steps they go through to prepare and lay the stone. @hausplans #build #building #howto #stone #stoneveneer #masonry #mason #construction #diy #cntractor #house #exterior" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IiBLNmcikBw) 2022-12-11T04:35Z 1.6M followers, 389.3K engagements "Improve The Look Of Your Deck With PVC Post Wraps Pressure treated deck posts are ugly- Im going to show you how to go from this to this. Were using Versawrap Canvas; its PVC with a colored laminate on the outside. These 4-piece kits are designed to wrap around [--] x [--] posts. I measured each post and cut the PVC to length. Right away I ran into a problem. These brackets are wider than the inside of the post covers. So I used my planer to remove just enough material so they would fit. Next I used Christys Red Hot Vinyl Adhesive to glue everything together. This stuffs not red its not hot and Im" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iw10oNTUFh4) 2025-12-28T04:19Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Installing A Steel Dryer Vent Cap How would you like to sleep at night with this clanging around outside your house Im going to show you the best way to install a dryer vent cap. To start with dont buy the cheap plastic ones get one made of steel. I like to put a magnet in mine so the flapper doesnt chatter when its windy. Im going to cut this [--] dryer duct flush with the wall. I installed this duct before the masons came so that I wouldn't have to drill through the brick later. This vent cap wouldnt slide in place because of these three prongs so I cut this section off. And for all you young" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J4OviFG5tMI) 2025-07-25T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 3.4M engagements "Why Cant I Own This This is the forbidden 4-wheel drive Im not allowed to own. Thats right this Suzuki Jimny is not sold in the US. We recently rented one to drive around Iceland for a week and absolutely fell in love with it. Its got a 5-speed manual transmission and can go almost anywhere while only sipping fuel. We drove over a [----] miles on dirt roads ice roads highways and steep mountain passes with no problems at all. Ive owned Jeeps and currently have a Toyota Land Cruiser but I love how simple this thing is. It has an old-school four-wheel drive lever and emergency brake and a key" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JGK9bpRiX54) 2024-10-06T03:46Z 1.6M followers, 2.6M engagements "What Europeans Think of American Construction This is what Europeans think of American construction. Im going to build my house with cheap pine sticks. First I lay off the walls- [--] on center. I refuse to use the metric system even though it makes more sense. Every board gets at least one nail and no noggins. I dont even know what a noggin is. Im using an entire piece of 2x4 for my window header- thisll be super strong which is important because we get hurricanes and tornados at least once a month everywhere in America. All this work has made me hungry time for a light snack. Now its time to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L2hzqUqteN0) 2025-04-06T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 11.4M engagements "I Just Installed This RAD Truck Strap Alright guys- check this out. Someone recently said in the comments that I should get one of these RAD Truck Straps. Its an auto-retracting rachet strap that bolts right into the bed of the F series pick-up trucks. First you remove the factory mounting plate. These screws take a T-30 bit- the kit comes with new hardware that has a bigger head and a washer on it. I start by putting two bolts in the left side. I also bought their hook plate- Im going to install it on the right side. This gives me an additional tie off location. Im always hauling long" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L31F1xAzqxY) 2024-02-04T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 7M engagements "How To Operate A Mini Excavator This is more fun than video games and you can get paid to do it- Heres how to run a mini-excavator. Go ahead and start it up- youll notice the controls are dead that s because you need to release the safety lock lever. To go forward- push the track levers forward. Pull them back to go backwards. Push the left lever forward and youll turn right. Push the right lever forward and youll turn left. Once you get good you can use your feet to control the pedals. The left joystick controls both the swing and the stick. Pull it to the right to swing right and push to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MdXAGteMgWo) 2025-05-11T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements "How To Waterproof Basement Walls Using Rub-R-Wall Im gonna show you how to waterproof a foundation so the basement will be [---] percent bone dry. The first thing the guys do is chip off the rough edges on the poured walls and then they clean up all the loose concrete. Next they use a torch to dry off any moisture they find on the footings. Just like painting a car the job is only as good as the quality of your prep work. They apply a mastic over top of all the wall ties- this is an extra layer of precaution to make sure no water would ever leak around the ties. This company sprays Rub-R-Wall-" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PC_uPnv-AOQ) 2024-12-27T04:33Z 1.6M followers, 8.2M engagements "Pouring Concrete For Our Front Porch I just poured this small front porch on the new house were building and I decided to pour it myself. As a general contractor I usually sub out all my concrete flat work- especially something big like a basement or a garage. I have poured a few sidewalks and a couple of small slabs over the years so I thought it would be fun to do this little porch by myself. I used a hand float to get the concrete level with my chalk line around the edges and then I got a straight 2x4 to screed off the middle. This porch is actually going to have pavers on top of it so the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QVEXWyPt9fQ) 2025-04-02T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 44.9M engagements "Why We Use Rebar To Reinforce Concrete Concrete has amazing compressive strength but poor tensile strength. Compressive strength resists compression being pushed together whereas Tensile strength resists tension being pulled apart. I made two concrete beams. One reinforced with 3- 1/2 pieces of rebar and one with no reinforcement. Driving on the unreinforced beam thats supported by the ground causes no damage because it has good compressive strength. However when I suspend both ends of the beam it creates tensile stress on the bottom causing the block with no reinforcement to break under the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RjGob7KFyhY) 2023-11-12T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 31.8M engagements "Why we use LVL for beams and headers LVL- Laminated Veneer Lumber is an engineered wood product made up of multiple layers of wood glued together. Because its manmade its stronger and more consistent than conventional lumber. Its used for such things as headers and beams. A bunch of people commented on my header video asking about this exact shot- thinking it two separate beams but you can see this is just a splice in the outer veneer. Here you can see a splice on the opposite side. Since you can special order these beams up to [--] the veneers have splices but they are always staggered. To" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SEBVGnn-LKE) 2023-04-02T03:46Z 1.6M followers, 374.5K engagements "Cooking Cranberry Lime Chicken Wings On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We just attempted to cook [--] pounds of chicken wings on the jobsite. And made the sauce with 5-hour Energy Cranberry Lime shots. @5hourenergyshot #sponsored First I used a propane torch to heat the bucket on the excavator and filled it with seven gallons of oil. Next I mixed up the wing sauce: cranberry jelly hot sauce and honey; then I added 5-hour ENERGY Cranberry Lime. This new flavor is one of my favorites Once the oil was hot I pitched the wings into the excavator bucket. While we were waiting for the wings" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WUhoqMaYbQQ) 2025-10-10T02:53Z 1.6M followers, 5.9M engagements "Teaching The New Guy to Fire Block We had to fire block the warehouse to get ready for rough-in inspections. @hausplans #howto #build #fireblock #construction #diy #contractor #tools #foam" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YeUuT86FtYE) 2024-06-16T03:25Z 1.6M followers, 3.5M engagements "Opening A Strange Package At Our New House There was a strange package in the driveway when I came home today and youre definitely going to want to see what was inside. It was super heavy and the crate just said HAUS PLANS. I didnt order anything big like this and I sure hoped my wife hadnt. It looked like concrete but why I thought maybe there would be something else underneath but it was just a big block of concrete. I decided to beat it with a sledgehammer to see if it was solid all the way through- it definitely was. Time to get serious. I was going to find out what was inside or at least" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZNytaIoFERY) 2026-01-25T04:22Z 1.6M followers, 3.2M engagements "Forming Up A Concrete Patio So how do I support the weight of a 4-ton concrete patio and a deck Let me show you. First I poured [--] concrete piers on top of footings that rest on solid ground. Next I filled in the area between the house and the piers with [--] crusher run and compacted it in [--] lifts. I stretched a string along the piers to see how straight they were- not bad. I used plywood to form up the patio. Once I got the form boards to the right height using a laser level I fastened them to the piers with a hammer drill and an masonree screw. When I stretched the string earlier I saw that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aKjuZJ1cSns) 2025-10-17T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 7.4M engagements "I Just Built A Road To The Back Of Our House I need a better way to get around to the back of our new house. So Im going to build a road actually lets call it a highway that goes down to the basement garage. First I marked out the road with spray paint- Im making it [--] feet wide. Next I jumped in the skid steer and started stripping away all the topsoil. Topsoil contains organic material and doesnt make a good base for a road so I need to get down to solid clay. Ill save the topsoil and use it for the yard later. We trucked in [---] tons of [--] crusher run. It contains [--] stone fines and stone" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=adWJwX7VVDQ) 2025-09-28T03:21Z 1.6M followers, 14.1M engagements "We Made Ice Cream In A Cement Mixer On A Hot Jobsite We just made ice cream on the jobsite with paint cans and a cement mixer and all the flavors were construction inspired. First up Insulation Sensation -we added insulation pulled right out of the wall. Half a can of Monster Pipeline Punch for caffeine three packs of candy cigarettes and four bags of Pop Rocks; so your mouth will tingle like your skin does after installing insulation. Next up Angry Roofer-we poured in shingle grit two scoops of roof tar and then some crushed cinnamon candy- youd be angry too if you had to spend all day on a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cCgt_-DOaug) 2025-06-29T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 28.8M engagements "Grilling Gingerbread Ribs On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We just grilled rebar ribs on the jobsite and used 5-hour ENERGYs new Gingerbread Snap for the sauce. @5hourenergyshot First I trenched a 10-foot-long ditch and filled it with charcoal. Once the fire was going I cut up [--] pounds of ribs and threw them in a 5-gallon bucket. We made a rub out of salt cayenne allspice and some of my homemade pepper powder- this stuff is deadly. Then we laid them out on our rebar grill- it looked like a train track of meat. I tied two more pieces of rebar on top so we could easily flip the ribs." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cWoQ6gqOsh4) 2025-11-07T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 22.3M engagements "Installing A Floor Receptacle In Front Of Large Windows Ive got a problem code says you cant be more than [--] from an outlet and these windows are [--] so I need a floor receptacle. I put down painters tape to protect the floor then used the template from the kit to mark where I needed to cut. Heres a tip when youre using a multi-tool to cut make sure you constantly keep it moving so the blade doesnt get hot. This engineered hardwood is thick; once I got it out of the way I cut through the subfloor thats thick. This box is adjustable- Im going to raise it all the way up since were installing it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dMydzfB-ZYA) 2025-12-03T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 16.6M engagements "I Had To Replace All Four 6V Batteries in this Scissor Lift Lets replace the batteries on this scissor lift- Theyre over [--] years old and wont take a charge anymore. Initially I couldnt decide whether to buy new batteries for this lift or rent one for an entire month for the same cost. But then I decided we could use two lifts for the work on the warehouse so I rented one and fixed this one. It takes four 6-volt golf cart batteries- I bought a lifting strap so I could move them around without using pliers and vice grips. These batteries are wired in series which means the positive terminal of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=efPXgVkEpFI) 2023-06-15T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 640.5K engagements "I Built A Vault Room Under Our Garage Floor And Just Drove On it For The First Time I built a vault room underneath the garage on the new house were building and half the internet told me it would collapse the first time I drive on it. So what happened First let me show you the room. Its got a 1500-pound steel Fort Knox door. All four walls are solid [--] thick reinforced concrete. And the ceiling The ceiling is my garage floor. Theres no beams just galvanized metal decking and [--] of concrete. Now this floor was designed by an engineer and we had it inspected. We built two temporary support" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fBOyiG4mjVQ) 2025-10-03T03:28Z 1.6M followers, 14.1M engagements "Installing Seamless Gutter We just made seamless gutter the entire length of the warehouse. First the guys loaded a roll of black aluminum into the gutter machine and just like magic gutter came out of the other end. After they rolled out [--] to [--] feet they installed an end cap that got crimped in place and then caulked. Next they used an outlet punch to make a hole for the downspout. Then they installed a rectangular outlet- this got a layer of caulk around the bottom. Once they got it in place they put another layer of caulk all over the top- this way theres no leaks. At this point they just" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fHCttdzhaQM) 2024-05-16T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 4.8M engagements "Mixing Concrete To Pour The Piers On Our New House @HomeDepot #ad I just poured these four piers on the new house were building and I decided to do it myself. I went online and ordered a palette of concrete and the tools I needed from The Home Depot. @HomeDepot When I showed up they had everything ready to go and loaded it right into my truck. I also rented this concrete mixer; I like that The Home Depot has a Rental Center. This is a great option for tools and equipment you only need every now and then. In my area redi-mix concrete has gotten extremely expensive and its also a nightmare to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iudwUyEgNtg) 2025-10-15T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 932.4K engagements "How To Install A Window Were installing the windows in our new house- let me show you how its done. First I use flex tape to make a waterproof pan at the bottom of the opening. Next I cut and fold up a section of house wrap at the top. Then I run a bead of silicone around the perimeter. These windows come with a nailing flange that needs to be folded out at a 90-degree angle. I put shims underneath so I can adjust the window if its not sitting level. Once I check that the bottom is level- I fasten it with screws. I make sure the sides are plumb and then screw everything in place. I like to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kuN7h6-i9hY) 2025-05-01T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements "This Tiny Home Has Big Foundation Problems I got into a huge fight with one of my workers today. I built this guy a tiny home about a year ago and told him he could live on the jobsite for free. But now I need the topsoil that his house sits on. He came out right away yelling at me- Ive never seen him this mad. He was like You have no right to dig that close to my house And I was like This is my land and you havent mowed your yard once in a years time. Then I said Dont worry Im going to move your house somewhere else on the property. He said he had some rare collectibles and wanted me to get" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oV7HCKMi-sI) 2025-10-12T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements "How To Measure And Cut Stair Stringers We just finished framing this warehouse and now I need to build a set of stairs up to the storage space above the office. The distance from the floor to the top of the platform is [---] 3/8. For commercial stairs the SEVEN ELEVEN rule applies- no more than a [--] rise and no less than an [--] run. [---] 3/8 divided by [--] risers gives me a riser height of [--] 11/16. Here I set the inside of my square at [--] 11/16 and [--] to mark out the rise and run. I like to use these stair guides- once theyre tightened down- they hold the square in place so I dont have to check the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u3sIALGuyTA) 2024-05-31T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 2.1M engagements "How To Install A Pocket Door Kit Im going to show you how to install a pocket door frame and this is Pinky hell be shadowing me for training purposes. First the rough opening needs to be twice the width of the door plus one inch. Next I mark both jambs at [--] off the floor. This should leave me about of clearance under the door. Then I drive a nail at the center of each mark leaving about an 1/8 protruding. I slip the ends of the frame header over the nails to hold it in place. Youve gotta make sure the header is perfectly level so that the door wont roll open or shut on its own. Once its good" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uN2ODHbB6mQ) 2025-06-20T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements "Installing Lights In An Underground Vault We installed an underground vault in the new house were building but theres one problem- its completely dark inside. So I ordered this HexGlow light kit. I built [--] hexagons using the Y connectors and elbows that they sent in the kit- everything just snaps together. The kit I ordered has [--] hexagons. It comes with this tool you can use to take it back apart if you make a mistake. These lights can be suspended from the ceiling with wires but I wanted to flush mount mine. I carefully lined up my laser with the mounting holes on the connectors. The laser" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w58YtrQyhXU) 2025-12-07T04:34Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements "How to Grout Stone Veneer The masons started grouting the stone on the house were building- its amazing what a difference it makes. We used one part Type N charcoal-dyed mortar with two parts Type S to get the color we wanted. They use a trowel to fill their grout bag then twist and squeeze to get the grout to come out. These guys make it look easy. Ive done it myself and its a lot harder than it looks. Once the grout starts to set-up they use a striker or slicker tool to push the grout back into any voids and to shape it. Next they use a stiff paint brush to smooth it out and clean it up." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6ddnc2sPg) 2023-04-06T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 9M engagements "#sponsored CAT [---] Loading Trucks @catconstructiontrade This new CAT [---] is amazing- theres only one problem. Ive hardly gotten a chance to run it. I was curious to see how it would do loading a truck. Weve got a pile of dirt and gravel leftover from hooking up our water and sewer lines that needs to be hauled off. Right away I was impressed with how much clearance I had over the sideboard of the truck. The distance from the ground to the bucket pin height on this machine is [--] feet. Not only that but it feels really stable when the bucket is all the way up. This machine has a low center of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x5gQzKXMVao) 2024-09-22T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 683.8K engagements "I Used $200 of Metal Connectors to Make a Super Strong Deck I used $200 worth of connectors to make my deck virtually indestructible. First up joist hangers. I put one on every joist. These have a tab you can hammer in to hold them in place. Next I used [--] 1/2 joist hanger nails to attach the face of the hanger to the beam Then I used [--] hanger nails for the holes in the sides. Hammering these nails in is slow and tedious so youre probably thinking there has to be a better way. There is-- joist hanger screws. These are way faster than nails and for some reason if you need to remove a hanger its" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xMC6Sz8S1Xg) 2025-11-29T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 7.9M engagements "Installing Deck Boards With Hidden Fasteners What if you could build a deck where all the screws were completely invisible so it looks like the boards are just floating in place. Were installing TimberTech PVC decking that looks like real wood but its entirely maintenance free. To fasten down the first row Im using Cortex screws and plugs. They come with a special bit that has a ring of felt on the end- the felt acts like a depth stop so that every screw is countersunk. Now I take the color matched plugs that come with the kit line up the wood grain and tap them flush. Once I had the first" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8QyvWbA6jU) 2025-11-16T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements "Check Out This HILTI Exoskeleton Check this out -were out here in Las Vegas at world of Concrete and one of the coolest things I got to try out was this Hilti exo skeleton tool balancer. Its like your own personal crane. This thing only weighs [--] pounds and you wear it like a backpack. Hilti uses their nuron battery platform to power the software and motorized pullies. The Exo-T-22 can lift tools as heavy as [--] pounds and make them feel almost weightless. It does this by redistributing the weight from the tool to your hips- Just like a hiking backpack. Once youre hooked on to the tool you hit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ykx_tzWN3nk) 2025-01-24T04:31Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements "Klein Tools Flip Impact Socket Set Since I needed an impact socket set I decided to try out Klein Tools Flip Impact Socket Set. The set is a great compact design- [--] sockets have the capability of [--] and the 1/4 driver fits into the 1/2 driver so that all [--] sockets work with a 1/4 impact driver. @hausplans #build #howto #tools #kleintools #socketset #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QhNB5UFQ470) 2022-09-08T00:11Z 1.6M followers, 2.4M engagements "Pouring A Suspended Garage Floor Were putting a room underneath the garage floor on our new house and half the internet told me its going to collapse. Theres no support beams underneath- only these two temporary walls that well remove once the concrete cures. The rebar grid and the entire suspended slab were designed by a structural engineer and it was inspected before we poured. The metal decking is attached to the foundation walls on all four sides and the laps screwed together. Only the front portion of this garage is suspended but the rebar grid ties everything together. The metal decking" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UjqQwMTyXdg) 2025-02-27T04:43Z 1.6M followers, 4.1M engagements "Cooking Flying Dutchman Burgers in the Skid Steer Bucket Have you guys seen this Flying Dutchman In-and-Out Burger that everyone is making right now. I wanted to try to make one on the jobsite and I figured this skid steer bucket would work like a giant gridle. Now I know what youre thinking- yes I did clean the bucket before we started and the paint is completely worn away its just steel. My Milwaukee hacksaw did a great job slicing the onions and once I had everything in the bucket I hit it with salt and pepper. Next while it was cooking I went ahead and made the sauce: Mayonnaise Relish" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=erwoFNDBC2U) 2024-02-08T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 11.2M engagements "How Stem Walls Work in a Foundation A stem wall in construction is a short foundation wall that transfers the weight of the building to the footings. For this warehouse the stem walls are [--] inches thick and [--] feet tall. The guys started by nailing spreader cleats to the footing. Were using these 2-foot-tall plywood forms- they slide right into the cleats. The same cleats are used on the top to hold it all together. We screwed [--] 2x6s together on the inside this creates a ledge in the wall to support the slab. Because the walls were so short the guys were able to pour right out of the truck" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hPSx0wPbYrU) 2024-03-03T04:37Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements "Hooking Up The Well To Our New House We just ran the water line to the new house were building. I started by digging a ditch from the well to the corner of the house. The water line needs to be at least [--] inches deep in our area so it wont freeze. We had sleeved the foundation for the water line but it was covered up by waterproofing; so I tapped a piece of rebar from the basement side through to find the sleeve. Next my plumber drilled a hole through the well casing at the bottom of the ditch. Then he installed a pitless adapter in the hole. The adapter holds the pump and this is where the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rVi1p5VZSVI) 2025-08-06T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 881.3K engagements "We Attempted to Cook Massive Pancakes on the Jobsite We attempted to cook a giant pancake on the job site- Dont worry that was our first try We made the batter from scratch- [--] cups of flour- or [--] full hardhats [--] cups of sugar [--] Tablespoons of Salt and a cup of baking powder. Next I cracked open [--] eggs and used my drill to beat them up. Time for the butter- [--] full sticks melted. I used my blow torch for this and it worked awesome. Now if youre wondering- we did [--] times the normal measurements for this recipe. I combined the eggs melted butter and [--] cups of milk all together and dumped it" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zYVUBm2iTDQ) 2024-05-26T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 6.9M engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Milwaukee Hackzall Im really enjoying my Milwaukee Hackzall-Especially like that I can use it for jobs where I need to hold the material with one hand and cut with the other. @hausplans #build #howto #tools #hacksaw #hackzall #review #milwaukeetools #construction #diy #contractor #houseplans"
YouTube Link 2022-10-10T00:14Z 1.6M followers, 754.8K engagements
"How To Connect Corrugated Pipe To Schedule [--] PVC Check out my new belt- these are all the rage in Paris So is there a way to connect corrugated pipe like this - to Schedule [--] PVC Yes with a corrugated pipe adapter- this ones made Polylok. One end snaps into the corrugated pipe and the other attaches to the PVC. Technically PVC pipe isnt glued its welded. Im going to start by putting on primer. The primer actually softens the PVC surface and prepares it for the solvent welding. Next I apply cement to both the pipe and the adapter. The cement contains solvents that melt the PVC- when the two"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T03:29Z 1.6M followers, 702.3K engagements
"The Best Way To Put In A New Yard Im going to show you the best and fastest way to put in a new yard. First use machines not hand tools. My father-in-law brought over his Ventrac with power rake- it smooths out all the topsoil and kicks the rocks to the edges so theyre easy to pick up. Next he used a landscape rake in the opposite direction over the yard. This would have taken hours to do by hand. By the time he was done this yard was as smooth as a big city lawyer. Make sure to use contractor mix grass seed that contains some annual rye- it can come up in as fast as [--] days. Use straw"
YouTube Link 2025-10-19T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements
"Setting The Posts And Installing The Beam For A New Deck Lets turn this pile of lumber into a brand-new deck. First I need to attach four post bases to the patio. I drilled a 1/2 hole into the concrete and blew out all the dust. We used [--] Titan galvanized screw anchors to install the bases. Next I cut 6x6 pressure treated posts to length and notched them for a beam. I started the cuts with a circular saw and finished the job with a Sawzall. The notch is [--] deep and [--] tall to hold a double 2x10 beam. These posts were measured and cut to be the same height as the ledger board for the deck. We"
YouTube Link 2025-11-09T04:30Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Fixing A Dented Dishwasher Door One of my employees just dropped a dishwasher and dented it. Now the customer my wife is unhappy let see if I can fix it. I need to remove all these screws around the door- theyre T20. T stands for torques and [--] is the size bit. Therere [--] screws on each side and [--] more across the top. Now Ive never taken the skin of a dishwasher door but how hard can it be Voila And just like that the control panel pops out. Now I need to remove the padding I guess this is probably to help with noise. And finally the handle- its held on with [--] Phillips Head screws. Im going to"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Heres How To Build A White Elephant Drill Lets build a white elephant gift that looks just like a drill. First up get a rectangular box of chocolates. Then a New Guy sticker with a gift card on top to reinforce then lid of the chocolate box. I go around both ends of the gift card with electrical tape making sure to stretch it tight as I go. It kind of looks like the New Guys in bed with a Home Depot blanket. Next for the drill handle use a bottle of seasoning. Im going to break out my Christmas electrical tape for this part. Electrical tape stretches like a rubber band; by stretching the tape"
YouTube Link 2025-12-25T04:05Z 1.6M followers, 8M engagements
"I Attempted to Grout the Stone On Our New House Using Kitchen Tools I just attempted to grout the stone on our new house using only kitchen tools. First up I had to mix the grout. Four cups of sand two cups of Type S mortar and finally one cup of Type N Graphite. I borrowed my wifes mixer from home this worked really well. In no time at all we had a big bowl of forbidden frosting. Just like grandma used to make. I bought a pastry bag from Hobby Lobby along with some decorating tips. The Type S mortar gives the grout strength and we used Type N for the color. At first I had problems with the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-31T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 428.7K engagements
"How-To Install A Door Closer This 3-hour fire door is required to have a closer. These things are never fun to install but lets get it done. The kit comes with a paper template that marks everything out so I use a level to make sure its straight and a punch to mark where I need to drill. My one complaint with this kit is that it comes with Phillips Head screws- torques would definitely work better. First I install the closer arm to the top of the door jamb; then I screw the closer to the door. These screws are a pain to use but its not going anywhere. Next I slip the arm over the pinion shaft"
YouTube Link 2023-10-18T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 427.9K engagements
"Turning Our Home Into A Fortress- Fort Knox Vault Door Install #sponsored @Fort-Knox-Inc Its always been a dream of mine to have a vault door in my house; so we finally did it- we ordered a Fort Knox vault door. @Fort-Knox-Inc Now these doors are heavy. The install crew brought a mobile hoist that they had designed and fabricated themselves. Once the vault door was uncrated they used the hoist to stand it up vertically. Then they used two carts with hydraulic jacks to roll it into position. Everything about this door is heavy duty even the way it was packaged. The vault door is bolted into"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 11.5M engagements
"Cooking Chopped Cheese On The Jobsite We just attempted to make chopped cheese sandwiches on the jobsite. I used my cordless drill to power the meat grinder; this was way faster than cranking it by hand. We ground up four pounds of sirloin steak and an entire pack of bacon. You dont want to get your finger in there Next I chopped up white onions and jalapeno peppers. I used the bucket on my new skid steer like a blackstone griddle. We heated the underside with a propane torch to get it good and hot. This is the first time Ive cooked on this bucket- I wanted to wear off all the powder coating"
YouTube Link 2025-12-21T04:48Z 1.6M followers, 5.3M engagements
"Attaching Ventrac [--] Snowplow Lets see how fast we can unhook the mowing deck on the Ventrac and attach the snowplow. No snow yet but I want to be ready for it. After I raise the attachment locking lever I release the PTO belt tensioning rod and unhook the belt from the pully. I like to block the wheels before I back away it makes it go a lot easier. Time for the snowplow- I figure if I get ready for snow; then it probably wont come but thats ok with me. I drive slowly into the attachment once Im past the lift tabs I raise the hitch till its parallel with the attachment arms. Then I reengaged"
YouTube Link 2023-12-31T04:36Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"Taco Tuesday on the Jobsite ts Tuesday- Taco Tuesday. Were gonna make Carne Asada Tacos right here on the Jobsite. We put a bed of sand in the bottom of the wheelbarrow to keep the tire and the handles from getting too hot. Next we made a marinade for the Asada. We started with olive oil added plenty of lime juice some fresh garlic- chopped up with my putty knife then my special hot powder made from crushed Red Pepper Ghost Peppers and Trinidad Scorpions- and finally some salt. Once this was all mixed up it was time to marinate the meat. We got this beautiful skirt steak from a local butcher"
YouTube Link 2024-06-19T03:47Z 1.6M followers, 6.8M engagements
"We Just Set A Tub In Gypsum and Installed A Gold Faucet On todays episode of Haus Plans- I sing bathroom karaoke and we install a soaking tub. First the plumbers drilled all the holes for the faucet. This is the kind of thing where you wanna measure twice and drill once. We went with Brizo fixtures and theyre absolutely beautiful. The rough in valves get installed from the bottom. Once they are tightened in place theres a little bit of soldering that has to be done. Its funny when I first started construction gold hardware was out of style now its coming back in I kinda like it. My plumber"
YouTube Link 2025-11-23T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Fire Blocking Around A Tub Drain I need to fire block around this tub drain thats up on the first floor. This will prevent any draft air from feeding a fire that could start in the basement ceiling or around the tub. To start with Im going to bend some metal and shape it to fit the opening. A lot of people confuse fire blocking with firestopping. In residential construction fire blocking it done using materials look wood drywall metal and fire foam to prevent air movement or flames from spreading in concealed spaces. Basically youre buying time- by slowing the airflow the fire spreads slower."
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T04:50Z 1.6M followers, 595.4K engagements
"Installing a [---] lbs Countertop My wife picked a countertop so big it almost didnt fit through the door. It all started with this [--] slab of stone- this is quartzite. Quartzite is harder than granite and its denser and stronger than marble. It took the entire slab for our kitchen island he said it was the second biggest piece they had installed. Once the slab was cut to size he laid off and marked out the area that needed to be removed for the farmhouse sink. This guy actually travels to Italy to select stone for himself- I think he has beautiful taste. I calculated that this piece weighs"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 7.5M engagements
"Making A Massive Pan Of Lasagna With Construction Tools We attempted to make a massive pan of lasagna with construction tools. I started by mixing [---] eggs into [--] pounds of flour using a mortar hoe. Once I was done I cut this enormous dough ball into [--] pieces. We used a 14000-pound asphalt roller to roll out the noodles- this worked perfect. I needed a way to cut these noodles into strips so I used an edger attachment on my Ventrac. It works like a giant pizza wheel. So heres how we made our lasagna. A layer of sauce in the bottom of the pan noodles more sauce- I used a concrete float to"
YouTube Link 2026-01-09T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 28.1M engagements
"These Gold Washers Saved My Gravel Driveway Have you seen the price of gold lately Its over $5000 an ounce. Ive got over $100000 right here in my hand. Actually these are washers and Im going to show you how to adjust a snowplow so you can plow a gravel driveway without destroying it. Each shoe has [--] washers. Im going to put [--] on the bottom and the other [--] on top. The more washers I put on the bottom of bracket the lower the shoe sits and the higher the plow will ride off the ground. I want to raise the plow up so the edge is -5/8 off the driveway. This looks pretty good- lets try it out."
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Composite Decking Install #build #howto #deck #install #compositedecking #construction #contractor #stepbystep #hausplans @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-18T01:22Z 1.6M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Building a Table Using a Pepsi Cooler Whats the most youve ever had a friend offer to do for you About [--] years ago during the housing recession we had two houses that wouldnt sell and a building lot we couldnt afford. One of my friends actually offered to take over the lot payment. Now heres the thing about this guy- he loves Pepsi. Weve even joked that some day when he dies instead of a coffin were going to bury him in an old Pepsi machine. Thankfully one of our houses sold and he didnt have to help us with the lot payment but the fact that he was willing to meant the world. Now this guy"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T04:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements
"We Used A Broom To Finish The Surface Of Our Concrete Patio How can you pour a concrete patio this straight let me show you Our concrete mason just poured this [--] x [--] patio at the back of our new house. First they snapped a black chalk line along the brick so they knew how deep to place the concrete. Then they hand troweled all the mud along the brick. Next using a straight 2x4 they screed the concrete with one end on the part they hand troweled and the other end on the form board. They used a bull float to smooth out the concrete- it pushes the stones down and brings the cream to the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-31T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"My Employee Just Bought His First Work Truck One of my employees just bought and paid for his very first work truck and hes so proud of it I had sent him into town to pick up a dishwasher. Were almost done with the new house and one of the last things we need to do is install the appliances. He said he didnt need any help unloading- I think that was a mistake. I was upset about the dents - He said dont worry- those will buff right out. I like to put down cardboard when were installing appliances to protect the hardwood floors. Next we drilled a hole and threaded a 3/8 water line through the"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 841K engagements
"Pro Tips For Installing Deck Joists The first step out of our new house is a real doozy. Lets fix it. The posts and beam are up for the deck now lets install the joists. Were going to install 2x10 joists every [--] on center. These [--] increments are marked in red on a tape so theyre easy to find. Next I crown the lumber- most boards have a curve or a bow to them-this is called the crown and it always goes up when youre building a floor system. I check that the end of the board is square then I pull a tape and mark my measurement at the other end. Speed squares are great but I prefer a framing"
YouTube Link 2025-11-12T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"All The Steps To Pouring A Concrete Apron Let me show in under one minute how the guys got this concrete apron poured around this building. They hand floated all the edges then they used a power screed to smooth out the middle. We started at the handicap parking spot and then moved to the apron that runs the length of the building. There was good access for the truck so no pump was needed. They put down tape on the existing shop slab at the garage doors to keep a clean line. After the concrete was placed they went over everything with a bull float. Twisting the handle right or left tilts the"
YouTube Link 2023-09-17T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 5.1M engagements
"Wrapping A Deck With PVC The ends of these deck boards are ugly lets fix it. A lot of people picture frame their composite decks but heres another way thats easy and gives a clean look. Im going to wrap the perimeter with PVC. Its smooth on one side and has a wood texture on the other. I start at the house and work my way out I scribe along the siding so I can get the perfect cut for a tight fit. BOOM- look at that. Next I fasten the PVC in place with [--] Cortex screws. They come with a special bit that countersinks the screws but doesnt scratch the PVC. Then I fill the holes with plugs- these"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T04:23Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements
"R.I.P. Old Guy Its been a really sad day here at Haus Plans. We lost a special friend yesterday- you guys know him as the Old Guy. He was actually only in about [--] or [--] videos but I was always blown away with how many people loved him and asked about him. So I thought I might take a minute and talk about all the things he loved. He loved people especially kids. He always enjoyed going for rides in my truck and coming to the jobsite. He was the happiest when he was outdoors with the wind in his face. We decided to bury him at this place where we used to bring him with our family. He was with us"
YouTube Link 2026-01-16T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Cutting Rebar The Easy Way Is there a power tool that has the power to change your life For over the past [--] years this is how Ive cut rebar and let me tell you its backbreaking work But now I just do this- a perfect cut with no sharp edges. This is the Milwaukee M18 fuel rebar cutter. It has a blade with teeth to cut through the rebar so theres less sparks and sharp edges than using something like a quickie saw or a grinder. It can cut through number four bar in less than two seconds. So I was curious how it would do with something bigger like number six or number eight.no problem But what"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T04:23Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements
"How To Frame A Gable End Overhang Check out this jig the guys made- its used to make [--] blocks for framing a gable roof overhang. Im going to show you how to frame one of these overhangs on our sample roof. This is what the gable end of a roof looks like. The diagonal board on the outside is called a rake and the horizontal board a fascia. I start by cutting two boards the same length and pitch as the last rafter or truss- then I make a mark on them every [--] inches. Now I need to cut some [--] blocks to go between the two boards. Nine inches plus the 3-inch thickness of the two boards will give"
YouTube Link 2024-03-28T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 4M engagements
"Protecting Deck Framing With Liquid Waterproofing This is an absolute disaster. I built this cantilever balcony for a customer [--] years ago and some of the pressure treated lumber completely failed. Now this was caused by bad lumber; but I want to take every precaution with the deck on our new home so this doesnt happen again. To start with Im using FastenMasters Deck Frame Coating on top of all the joists. This product is water based and it creates a moisture barrier on top of the lumber that should help extend the life of the deck. I also installed a piece of Z flashing over the ledger"
YouTube Link 2025-11-14T04:37Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements
"How To Frame An Arch Opening Im going to build an arch right here. This is a two-man job and I was planning on the New Guys help but he showed up to work in his fishing clothes and asked for the entire day off. The first thing I did was mark the center of the opening; then I measured down five feet. I installed a board at this height with a screw in the center. I hooked a string to the screw and used it as a fulcrum to mark out a [--] radius for the arch which is technically an ellipse. I used the piece we cut out as a template to mark another piece of OSB for the back side of the arch. You can"
YouTube Link 2025-04-27T03:47Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Burying My Downspouts With Schedule [--] PVC If you want to save yourself potentially thousands of dollars in foundation repairs and have a dry basement- do this one thing. Bury your downspouts and pipe the water away from your house. Im using four-inch Schedule [--] PVC pipe. I start with a thin-wall downspout adaptor like this; then I cement it into a 4-inch Schedule [--] coupler. Im using clear primer since these fittings will be visible above grade. The purple primer is only required on jobs that get inspected. The inspector can see the purple primer and know that primer was used on the job. Im"
YouTube Link 2025-09-12T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Save Money By Installing Handrail Yourself Im going to teach you how to save money by installing a handrail yourself. Code requires handrails to be between [--] and [--] inches off the stair nosing. Im going to go with [--]. This is for US residential code. Next I measure down and mark [--] 3/8s this is to account for the thickness of the handrail. Then I snap a line through these marks. I use a special chalk for finish work- it wipes right off. Now using this line I can install my handrail brackets. I put one at the bottom one at the top and finally one in the middle. Were using clear red oak"
YouTube Link 2025-11-30T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Installing Longer Hinge Screws This is a follow-up video to How to Hang a Door. It shows replacing one of the inner factory hinge screws on a door with a longer [--] screw to secure the door and ensure it wont move. @hausplans #build #howto #door #hinges #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-07-02T14:30Z 1.6M followers, 310.8K engagements
"We Just Got The Final Inspection On Our New House- Here Are My Favorite Rooms Youve gotta check this out. Just over a year ago I dug out this foundation and now we have a finished house. So come on inside- I want to show you a couple of my favorite rooms in the house. First up the living room. Its got [--] high ceilings with wide hickory plank flooring. We had a local cabinet company stain maple to trim out these posts. Theres a propane fireplace and best of all it has amazing views. Next the garages you cant have too much garage space in my opinion. Theres a three-car garage on the first level"
YouTube Link 2025-12-17T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 1M engagements
"How to hang a door #build #howto #trim #door #construction #carpentry #contractor #install #installation #hangadoor #hausplans @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-17T18:38Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Cant Wait to See What the New Guy Does in [----] [----] has been quite the year for our new employee Sure hes been working with us for a while now and hes still accident prone but the New Guy is hoping to move into upper management in 2026.@hausplans #build #howto #construction #humor #newguy #contractor"
YouTube Link 2026-01-11T04:05Z 1.6M followers, 54K engagements
"How To Connect Two Framed Walls At A Corner Heres how I connect two framed walls at a corner. In the last video I built a wall in place - Im gonna build this small sample wall on the ground. I make sure to crown all the studs up. Sometimes you get a stud thats twisted so I make a tool to twist them in place. To square the wall I pull a tape measure from corner to corner on both sides. I adjust the wall until the numbers match- then I know Im square. I like to use ring shank galvanized nails on sheathing. We let the OSB extend past the wall [--] -this will help to tie together the corner. After I"
YouTube Link 2024-03-14T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 3.7M engagements
"Cutting It Close- The Human Track Saw vs. $3600 Worth of Decking Im going to attempt to make a free-hand cut across $3600 of PVC decking because I am a human track saw. First I lift the guard on the saw and plunge cut down into the decking- lining up the blade with the chalk line. Next I line up this notch right here with the chalk line. From this point forward Im only looking at the notch- Im not paying attention to the blade. I press my left hand against the base plate- this helps to steady the saw. Earlier I installed a new [--] tooth finish blade on my saw and raised the blade so that only"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"I tried out this PRAZI PR-2700 Beam Cutter on my Milwaukee M18 Circular Saw What if a chain saw and circular saw met fell in love got married and decided to have a baby It would probably look something like this. Congratulations it's a PRAZI [--] beam cutter- designed to bolt right on to your circular saw. They made it adjustable so it will fit most [--] 1/4 inch saws. Once I slid it in place I used the hardware they sent to fasten it down just like I would a saw blade. I used my speed square as I tightened everything to keep the chain bar perpendicular to the footplate. It only took about 5"
YouTube Link 2024-05-23T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 4.5M engagements
"How To Straighten Crooked Studs These two studs are as crooked as a politician- heres the best way to straighten them. First I mark a level line across the crooked studs and on to the studs on either side of them. Next I use my speed square to mark a [--] by [--] box that Ill cut out with my multi-tool. This will give me the space I need to run a 2x4 through the front of the crooked studs. You really only want to use this method for non-load bearing walls. I take a measurement down at the floor to get the space between all four studs. [--] I cut this out of a straight 2x4; then I transfer the layoff"
YouTube Link 2025-03-16T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 12.2M engagements
"Teaching My Wife How To Run A Skid Steer Im going to teach my wife the basics of running a skid steer. Watch this video if you wanna learn how. Ok so the right joy stick controls your bucket. Pull back to raise it up Push forward to lower down. Push away to dump the bucket and pull towards you to curl the bucket. The left joy stick controls your travel. Push it forward to move forward. Pull back to go backwards. Push it left to turn left. Pull it right to turn right. Down here that's your foot throttle. Try scooping up a bucket of dirt. Alright go ahead and make your bucket flat with the"
YouTube Link 2025-07-13T03:07Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Mounting An Electrical Box On Uneven Stone Use This PVC Trick Heres the problem- this wall gets stone veneer but I need a flat surface to mount my disconnect boxes. So I glued together two pieces of PVC- this will give me a place to mount the boxes. First Im gonna seal up around the holes the electricians made. I use ZIP tape and make a slit at the bottom- like a pair of pants to fit around the wire. The first piece I install from the bottom up and the next piece from the top down. This will keep out air and water. Next I drill a one-inch hole in the PVC where the wire needs to come through"
YouTube Link 2025-06-27T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Making Work Bench Chip Dip Why wont this thing start Actually were headed to a party tonight and Im going to show you how to make my favorite dip. Im using two white onions and two jalapeno peppers. My wife bought this chopper over [--] years ago and I love this thing. It has a pull chord just like a chain saw and it chops everything up really fine. If you dont like hot foods you can substitute the jalapenos with a bell pepper. I chop up the white onions and then I add two cups of mayonnaise. I think I have some around here somewhere- here it is. That looks like [--] cups. Next we need margarine-"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T01:04Z 1.6M followers, 965.8K engagements
"How We Flash Brick Walls So The House Stays Dry Brick soaks up water like a sponge. I put this brick wall in front of The New Guys house to show you what can happen over time with a driving rain -eventually the water goes through the brick and runs down the wall. So how do we stop this We flash the brick above all the windows and doors and at each story. Here Im using vinyl flashing. I tuck this up behind the cut in the house wrap and bend it out ninety-degrees on top of the brick. The flashing can be held into position with cap nails Im actually gonna use house wrap tape to tape top and the"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 7.8M engagements
"We Used Great Stuff Wide Spray To Foam Our Tub For A Hotter Bath #sponsored @greatstufffoam Disclaimer: This can only be done before the tub is put into place. The product cannot be used for filling closed cavities or voids such as behind walls and under tub surrounds that are already built into the space. https://www.greatstuff.dupont.com/where-to-buy-great-stuff.html @greatstufffoam I love taking a good hot bath. Weve had a couple builders tell us in the comments that they like to spray foam their tubs so the bath water stays hot longer. Im going to try it on the tub were putting in our new"
YouTube Link 2025-08-01T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements
"The New Guy Gets A Cat Generator To Power His House @CatElectricPower #sponsored Link to Cat XQ20 Generator: https://bit.ly/4izqpQZ @CatElectricPower #sponsored Its been a long cold winter and the New Guy doesnt have electricity. He heats his house with an antique woodstove and uses candles for light. So he decided to write a letter to Cat and ask for help. They have a full line of mobile generators; and in less than a week look what showed up- a brand-new Cat XQ20. This is the most light-weight and compact model in their line-up. Its the baby of the family. With a 38-gallon fuel tank it can"
YouTube Link 2025-03-23T03:19Z 1.6M followers, 959.7K engagements
"Game Changer Testing the LockNLube XL Grease Coupler I accidentally ran over my grease gun with the skid steer- the gun itself is okay but the LockNLube coupler is destroyed. One thing Ive learned- dont set tools on the skid steer tracks and forget about them- Ive already ran over a leaf blower this grease gun and a couple of measuring tapes. Now Ive had this LockNLube coupler for a couple of years and I love it; so Im going to replace it with another one. Only this is the XL version. Its a little longer so that you can reach recessed grease fittings. This is [---] percent not an ad Ive never"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 772.5K engagements
"Install Porch Posts-Decorative Hardware #build #construction #install #carpentry #porchposts #porch #decorative #hardware #diy #contractor #simpsonhardware We used Simpson's Outdoor Accents Decorative Hardware to install these porch posts. Great system and easy to install @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-01T01:59Z 1.6M followers, 135.8K engagements
"Im This Close To Firing The New Guy The New Guy has literally been late [--] days in a row now. I dont know what to do to motivate this guy. Im all out of carrots; Im all out of sticks. So today I got to thinking what if I move his house into the house were building then hed have no excuse for being late. Hes gonna have a hard time sleeping in when the guys are hammering and running power tools outside of his bedroom window first thing in the morning. Ive thought about just firing him but the problem is it would take so long to train someone new. When he does show up hes actually really good at"
YouTube Link 2025-05-25T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"We Flew To Montana and Rented a Snowmobile to Climb Mount Two Top Have you ever seen a snow ghost These are absolutely beautiful- and Im going to show you how to find them for yourself. First fly to Montana and rent a snowmobile. I rented this Polaris [---] RMK Khaos its got a [---] track that can go through deep powder. Next follow the trail system out of Montana and into Idaho. Then turn off the trail and climb all the way to the top of Mount Two Top. This mountain can have snow depths over [--] deep and temperatures as cold as [--] degrees below Fahrenheit. Now if youve never snowmobiled you might"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 406.2K engagements
"We Installed Pine Risers and Treads Using Advantech Subfloor Adhesive Check out how I installed the pine risers and treads on the stairs in this warehouse. I needed to cut [--] risers [--] long. Earlier I had ripped these boards on the table saw to [--] 11/16. I had cut one inch off the bottom of the stringers to allow for the one-inch-thick tread. This meant the first riser board had to be cut an inch less; then once I add the one-inch tread all the steps are the exact same height. I decided to use Advantechs subfloor adhesive to glue everything together. It comes out as foam and then turns into a"
YouTube Link 2024-06-09T03:57Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"How To Install A Door Looks like I need a new door- its a good thing I just picked one up. Were finishing the basement on our new house and Im going to show you how to install a door. First I mark the location of all three hinges on the hinge side of the rough opening. Then I nail two shims at each location. The shims are wedge shape- I can control the thickness by sliding them further apart or closer to together. Im using a level to make sure the shims at all three locations are plumb. Its good at this point to check and see if the floor is level- this one is perfect. I slide the door into"
YouTube Link 2026-01-04T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Easy Hack for Installing Beams Against a Sloped Ceiling I ran into a problem installing maple beams on our new house. I screwed a [--] x [--] to the ceiling so Id have something to nail the side boards into; but because of the sloped ceilings my nail gun wont fit. I think I came up with a solution. First I made a jig so I could mark a line an inch and a half down on the side boards. Next I ripped an 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 piece of spruce with my table saw. I ran a bead of glue the entire length of the 1x8 maple boards. Then I used my trim gun to nail on the piece I had ripped. Once this glue dries the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"How To Insulate A Floor With No Access We were insulating our new house and ran into a problem. Theres a space between this joist right here and the exterior wall but no way to get insulation in there. The insulators came up with a solution and I made this drawing to show you what they did. Its a cut-through of our floor system. We need to get insulation in this space right here but its blocked off by the wall below. The first thing the guys did was stuff insulation between the floor joist and the wall. Next they drilled some one-inch holes in the side of this joist. The holes are spaced"
YouTube Link 2025-10-24T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"How To Build Deck Steps - Part [--] In this video see how to trim out deck steps with PVC and install composite decking for treads. This is Part [--] in a series of how to build deck steps. @hausplans #build #howto #construction #deck #steps #risers #compositedecking #treads #pvc #trim #stepbystep #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-22T01:36Z 1.6M followers, 390.3K engagements
"How To Dig Out A Basement We just dug out the basement for our new house and youll never believe what we found. First my foundation contractor came by and staked out all of the corners of the basement. Then I measured out three feet from the stakes and sprayed a white line the whole way around the perimeter- this is called an overdig. Were going to dig to the white line so theres room to work on the outside of the foundation walls. Next I started stripping off all the topsoil and putting it in a pile- well use all of this later when we grade up and put in a yard. Topsoil is expensive so I"
YouTube Link 2024-11-03T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 5.4M engagements
"Digging Out an Entire Basement with the All-New Cat [---] @catconstructiontrade #sponsored Can you dig out an entire basement with a skid steer Lets find out. @catconstructiontrade Cat just introduced their all new [---] and its massive. Its the largest CTL theyve ever made- you can see here how it dwarfs my 259B3. Even the bucket is huge- big enough to take a nap in. Seriously its over [--] wide. The first thing I do when Im excavating a basement is strip off all the topsoil. I like to pile it far away from the building site so its not in the way. Well spread this topsoil around at the end of the"
YouTube Link 2025-02-16T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Using ZIP System Wall & Roof Sheathing This was our first time using Huber ZIP System for a house we are building. In this video we talk about the ZIP sheathing flashing tape tape roller and liquid flash and explain a little about how it's installed. @hausplans #build #building #Huber #zip #zipsystem #framing #carpentry #construction #howto #sheathing #tape #ziptape #ziproller #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-11-02T15:41Z 1.6M followers, 582.5K engagements
"Cooking Shovel Pockets On The Jobsite We just fried shovel pockets right here on the jobsite. All you need is pancake batter a shovel and an excavator bucket full of hot oil. We put [--] gallons of oil in the bucket and heated it with a propane torch. You gotta leave the pocket in till it turns nice and golden brown then drain off the extra grease. Next go back to the pancake batter and dip the shovel a second time. Make sure its coated all the way. Then put it right back into the oil and fry it again. Now I know what everyones thinking. I dont have an excavator- can I make these at home in my"
YouTube Link 2025-07-30T03:37Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements
"Installing A Linear Shower Drain Weve got a problem the plumbers forgot to install a drain in the master shower- or did they Check it out- this is a Brizo linear drain. Let me show you exactly how we installed it. First we trimmed the width of it to fit our shower. This drain is made out of stainless steel so I chose to use a grinder with a cut-off wheel to trim it. Next I tested it to make sure it fit like I wanted it to. I like how they included this small lifting handle which makes it easy to remove the drain for cleaning. This drain is designed to have tile thin set right into it. Our"
YouTube Link 2025-10-08T03:16Z 1.6M followers, 795.6K engagements
"Sunday Evening Building A Rebar Christmas Tree Have you ever been screwed over by someone in business or maybe even by a family member Its Sunday Evening almost time to start a brand-new work week and I want to take a minute to read a few scriptures about forgiveness. I was talking to someone recently about a businessman in our town and he said that guy screwed my dad over years ago and thats not the kind of thing I forget. Honestly I think weve all had someone treat us wrong at one point or another and its definitely easy to hold a grudge. But heres what the Bible has to say about"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T03:48Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements
"Full Tour Of The New House- Its Finally Done Over the past year we built this house from the ground up and videoed the entire process. And now its finally done and we want to give you a full tour. So welcome and come on in. One of my favorite things on this house is the arched entryway. Off the foyer to the right is my wifes office- she designed this house and tried as much as possible to take advantage of natural light. Once I exit the bathroom and head back the hallway we have a small coat closet to the right. Here to the left theres a door for an elevator. We put a shaft all the way from"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T03:19Z 1.6M followers, 86.5K engagements
"Trying Out The Newest BOSCH Tools What was the first expensive tool you ever bought Mine was this BOSCH table saw. I bought it [--] years ago and its still running strong. Then as more and more tools started to go cordless I gradually switched over to Milwaukee. The thing with cordless tools is once you invest in a bunch of batteries and chargers its really hard to change brands. We were recently at World of Concrete and stopped by the Bosch booth to try out a bunch of their new tools. I love the displays they had built; you could drill and jackhammer concrete just like a real-life situation."
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T04:45Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements
"How To Frame A Wall Let me show you how we frame a wall on a concrete foundation. First we put down sill seal- this keeps air from leaking between the sill plate and the foundation. Then I mark and drill the location of each anchor bolt in the pressure-treated sill plate. 1/2 anchor bolts are used every [--] foot to fasten the wall system to the foundation. Next I lay off the wall studs- every [--] inches on center. Most of the time these walls are framed on the ground and then stood up but Im going frame this small sample wall in place. When working with pressure treated lumber its important to"
YouTube Link 2024-03-10T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 16.5M engagements
"Installing A Complicated Tile Backsplash I just hired a guy I found living in the woods behind our jobsite to install a tile backsplash. Right away I could tell this guy knew what he was doing. This backsplash had a super complicated design so he made a bunch of cuts and laid everything out on the garage floor before doing anything on the wall. He said the thing about tile work is youre always dealing with imperfections: the wall is never straight the tile is different sizes and the way these decorative tiles get put on the mesh at the factory is sometimes off. Once he had the decorative tile"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 649.3K engagements
"Installing Beams In Our New House So why am I setting up scaffolding in the living room of our brand-new house The plans called for beams on the ceiling in this room and now we have the time to finally get it done. Plus we can clean the ceiling fan while were up here. The first thing I do is measure in [--] from the slope part of the ceiling and then snap a line. Next I use my stud detector to find where each roof truss is- these are on two-foot centers. Were gonna start building the beams by screwing 2x8s to the ceiling- Im using Spruce because its so much lighter than Southern Yellow Pine. I"
YouTube Link 2026-02-01T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements
"How To Pour Concrete Basement Walls We just poured the concrete walls for our new house foundation. Let me show you exactly how we did it. Using 5/8s vertical and horizontal rebar the guys made a grid exactly where the foundation walls go. Next they set their aluminum form panels in place. These are held together with pins and wedges. The wedge goes through the pin and is tapped in place with a hammer- drawing the forms tight. The inner and outer forms are held together with wall ties like these. The guys used four-inch-thick pieces of foam to make the wall narrow from [--] to [--] to create a 4"
YouTube Link 2024-12-06T04:46Z 1.6M followers, 961.3K engagements
"Stripping Forms And Sealing Our New Concrete Patio Digging Ive gotta a bunch of hand digging to do; so I told The New Guy if hed come out and help me I would buy him tacos for lunch. We need to get to the screws so I can strip off these forms on the patio we just poured. He jumped right down in the hole and started digging like crazy as soon as one hole was dug he went on to the next one. I guess Im buying lunch. Now I could remove all the screws. Next I had to cut a couple of the strong backs I had put on the forms to keep them straight. I used a digging iron to pry up the form boards you"
YouTube Link 2025-11-05T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Why Its Important To Vibrate Concrete Ok so that definitely didnt go like I planned. The reason its important to vibrate concrete is to bring all the air bubbles and voids to the surface. Concrete with air bubbles and voids is not nearly as dense or strong as concrete that has been vibrated. This is especially important for structural things like walls or support columns. We built this form to represent a column and put a piece of clear plexi-glass on the front so we could see what happens when the concrete is vibrated. I tried to mix this concrete fairly dry you can see how hard it was to"
YouTube Link 2023-11-23T04:33Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"How To Trim the Bottom of a Door #build #construction #trim #carpenter #contractor #door #howto #flooring Is your door rubbing the carpet In this video we show how to trim the bottom of a door so that you get a nice clean edge without damaging the door. @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-02T02:07Z 1.6M followers, 1.5M engagements
"How To Trim Out A Window Let me show you in under one minute how a professional carpenter trimmed out this window. First he measured the width and height of the window along with the jamb depth. He cut all the jamb boards to length and then ripped them on the table saw to [--] 1/8. Next he glued and nailed all the jambs together to make a box. There will be a [--] 1/2 reveal the whole way around the window. He marked all the corners a 1/4" in- this will help him know where to put the casing later. He started by shimming up both bottom corners- making sure he had an [--] reveal on both sides of the"
YouTube Link 2024-07-14T03:53Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements
"Can You Make $130k A Year With A Skid Steer Can you make $130000 a year with a skid steer Lets do the math and find out. The hourly rate for skid steer work including the operator in most areas ranges between [---] to [---] dollars an hour. Using [---] dollars and hour- If you can average four 8-hour days a week leaving out one day a week for bad weather maintenance and vacation time- thats $183040 per year. Now lets subtract all the costs: You can buy a decent used track skid steer for around $60000. If you borrow the full amount on a 3-year loan at a 6% interest rate it will cost $21900 a year."
YouTube Link 2023-11-30T04:21Z 1.6M followers, 8.3M engagements
"Cooking Chicken Shawarma On The Jobsite We just attempted to make chicken shawarma on the jobsite with a drill and a blow torch to celebrate The New Guys birthday. We seasoned the meat with salt and pepper cumin turmeric paprika coriander cayenne and garlic; then mixed it all together with olive oil. I coated both sides of each chicken thigh before placing them on the spit. I built the spit using lazy Susan hardware and a water heater drip pan. It felt like I was making some sort of weird 3-dimensional chicken sculpture. I used a hose clamp to adjust the trigger on the drill so the chicken"
YouTube Link 2025-10-26T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 1.3M engagements
"DITRA-HEAT for Tile Floors In this video we show a master bathroom tile floor where we used Ditra-Heat. We find their system to be user-friendly and economical. @hausplans #build #howto #tile #floor #bathroom #design #construction #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-07-11T02:03Z 1.6M followers, 137K engagements
"Making Ice Cream On The Jobsite With A Concrete Mixer We just made ice cream on the jobsite with paint cans and a concrete mixer and all the flavors were construction inspired. First up Full Dumpster someone forgot to call and have it emptied again. We found the plumbers spit bottle half full of juice. An empty smoke alarm box with scrap wire from the electricians. And finally a partially used tube of 3-hour Fire Caulk- cant let that go to waste. The next flavor we made was Concrete Crunch all concrete is made with three basic materials: sand Portland cement and gravel. And our final flavor"
YouTube Link 2025-09-07T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 6.8M engagements
"Full-View Garage Doors Yes or No We were really pleased with the full-view garage doors that we used on this job. Full-View Aluminum Garage Doors let in lots of natural light and can be tinted or frosted for privacy. @hausplans #garage #garagedoors #overheaddoors #build #howto #construction #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-07-26T00:28Z 1.6M followers, 56.9K engagements
"Installing Stair Stringers with Simpson Connectors Im going to use these Simpson stringer connectors for the stairs in this warehouse. First I measure down and mark the height of where I want the stringers to land. Then I mark off their spacing from left to right. Next I install the connectors using joist hanger nails. I screw a pressure treated 2x4 to the concrete at the bottom of the stringers- this helps to hold them in place and makes the install easier. I staple sill seal to the bottom of the stringer where it contacts the concrete. Once the stringers in place at the bottom I fasten it"
YouTube Link 2024-06-07T02:47Z 1.6M followers, 961.4K engagements
"We Just Buried a [---] Gallon Propane Tank For Our New House Im going to bury a propane tank right here and connect the gas line to the house. I like to use a trencher for gas lines. Because it only makes a [--] wide ditch I can drive over it with heavy trucks without damaging the tubing. Next I used a CAT [---] to dig the hole for the tank. The hole needs to be [--] foot wide and [--] foot long. This leaves extra room around the tank so I can backfill with sand. Soon after I started I felt the bucket snagging on something. Luckily it was just some galvanized water line from an old barn. I lined the"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 3.4M engagements
"All the Steps for Prepping a Concrete Floor The guys rake a recessed area for [--] foam insulation that goes at the edge of the foundation. Theres a two-foot vertical piece and two-foot horizontal piece. We take 4x8 sheets of foam and split them in half to get the rips we need. This keeps the frost from coming through the floor. Next using a laser level the guys rake all the gravel perfectly flat. We put in our under-slab plumbing and get it inspected. Then we put down a 6-mil poly vapor barrier everywhere. I like to tape the seams. The guys use spray paint to mark out the rebar grid on the"
YouTube Link 2023-04-19T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements
"Framing on Concrete Slabs In this video we show how framers cut studs to different heights to allow for variations in a concrete slab. @hausplans #build #building #howto #framing #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-09-04T13:15Z 1.6M followers, 469.4K engagements
"Fixing Problem Areas In Our New House With Great Stuff Wide Spray #sponsored @greatstufffoam You better scroll quick Im about to foam your screen. Alright seriously were ready to insulate the new house were building but first I need to take care of a few problem areas- like this corner in the garage. There are some gaps between it and the porch wall outside. Im going to seal up these areas with Great Stuff Wide Spray. @greatstufffoam There are two types of nozzles in the kit a cone for precision and a fan for wide applications. First Im going to use the cone nozzle to seal up the gap between"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Stripping Topsoil and Compacting Gravel to Build a Parking Lot I need to add three additional parking spots for this warehouse were building. I take the measurements from the plans and start laying everything out using spray paint and strings. I like to use a stake and a string to get my radiuses this works great when youre working by yourself. Next I get in my skid steer and start stripping the topsoil off. Its important to get rid of all the topsoil so were building up from a clay base. Here you can see the color difference between the dark topsoil and the lighter yellowish clay. Once Im"
YouTube Link 2023-06-11T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Installing Teeth on a Skid Steer Bucket We just ran into shale rock hard shale trying to dig this basement. So what do we do Well to start with I had bolted teeth onto the bucket Im using. I always use the loader arm safety lock when Im working on a machine with the arms up and I test the bucket to make sure its attached properly. The first thing I did was remove this cutting edge- its held on by [--] bolts. These bolts are [--] mm Allen head with a [--] mm nut on top. These were on crazy tight- its almost like CAT didnt want them coming loose. Once I got them started with my breaker bar I used my"
YouTube Link 2024-11-01T02:41Z 1.6M followers, 8.7M engagements
"How To Check Grade with a Rotary Laser Level Heres how to use a rotary laser level. Start by securing it to a tripod or a stable surface. This laser will automatically self-level up to [--] degrees. Turn it on while the laser adjusts the light blinks; then it starts. I set my grade rod on the top of this floor and adjusted the receiver until it aligns with the laser. There are up and down arrows and a solid tone lets you know youre on the mark. The laser is set at [--] [--] above the floor. The bottom of the pit I dug needed to be exactly [--] feet lower than the top of the floor so to get this depth I"
YouTube Link 2023-04-30T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 290K engagements
"Trying out Milwaukee M18 Transfer Pump We plan to use the Milwaukee M18 Transfer Pump for shower pan tests pumping water off the footers after a rain and for times when there's no water at the house- as was the case in this video. Check out all the features of this tool @hausplans #build #building #tools #milwaukeetools #pump #water #howto #construction #diy #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-11-08T00:13Z 1.6M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Milwaukee M18 LED Search Light We had a great time trying out the Milwaukee M18 Search Light to see how far the light would shine at the mountain. Planning to use this light for when we have to check on the job after dark or finish up work a little bit late. @hausplans #build #building #howto #tools #milwaukeetools #searchlight #construction #diy #contractor"
YouTube Link 2022-12-04T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Building a Crawl Space Door We used leftover PVC to construct a crawl space door. The hardware was purchased from Lowes. #build #building #howto #door #hardware #crawlspace #construction #diy #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-08-11T00:23Z 1.6M followers, 38K engagements
"Installing 8x8 Douglas Fir Posts on This Porch First I mounted these Simpson Concealed Bases so I could get an exact measurement for the post length. No wait- the first thing I did was use my laser to mark the exact location for the post base. Once I had my measurement I carefully marked and cut each post. I cut all four sides since the blade wouldnt fit the whole way through and finished the middle with a hand saw. We used a post base as template so we knew exactly where to drill the holes for the pins. After all three holes were drilled- I marked the location for the bracket slot. I first"
YouTube Link 2023-05-25T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 3.6M engagements
"Unexpected Equipment Break Down and Repair I was surprised to find a snap ring laying in the dirt and found out that my CAT skid steer needed a new rear axle bearing replaced. While it was at the shop I also had them reseal one of the loader arm cylinders and do the thousand hour service. @hausplans #build #building #howto #heavyequipment #repair #bearing #construction #contractor #caterpillarequipment #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-10-02T23:50Z 1.6M followers, 716.8K engagements
"How To Keep A Concrete Slab From Settling How hot is too hot to work - lets just say its absolutely cooking out here. But Ive got a problem the back of this house is jacked out of the ground. We need to build up over [--] feet in this area and pour a concrete slab level with the door to the basement. First I need to dry stack these [--] block columns against the foundation. The plans call for a column every [--] foot on center. These block columns will support the slab at the house so it will never settle. Here you can see the block is supported by the footing below and will hold the weight of the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-24T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 654.5K engagements
"The City Required Us To Pour This Sidewalk To Nowhere Youre probably wondering whats going on there Well get to that at the end. One of the requirements for the warehouse we just built is that we pour a sidewalk the entire length of the property- all [---] feet. After the guys got done floating the concrete they snapped lines every [--] feet and put in control joints with a groover tool. Then they broom finished the concrete for traction. Our city required that we apply a curing compound to the sidewalk this stuff went on easy with a roller and left it with a bright white finish. Next I used my"
YouTube Link 2023-10-22T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 10.1M engagements
"How To Change The Oil On A Chainsaw Its that time of year again. Firewood Season. The one thing that often gets overlooked is chainsaw maintenance. Let me show you how I change the engine oil on my saw. The drain plug is located on the side of the saw and is easily removed without any tools. Next I grab a small pan to drain the engine oil into. I like to run the saw and get the oil good and hot before I change it. This makes it thinner so it all drains out. I grab a funnel and dump in the new oil. This saw doesnt have a dipstick- I just pour it in till its full. Now its ready to get back to"
YouTube Link 2023-10-25T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 473.2K engagements
"Building a [---] amp [--] phase Electrical Service The electricians started building the electrical service for the warehouse today. First they mounted this trough for the wires to pass through. Then they installed three pieces of rigid conduit with weatherproof connectors called myers hubs. They punched three holes in the CT cabinet for the hubs to connect to with this hydraulic punch. Just select the size punch you need for the conduit and start pumping. It slowly pulls the punch through the metal and cuts a perfect hole. This building gets 600-amp [--] phase power with [--] 200-amp panels. One in the"
YouTube Link 2023-06-29T03:17Z 1.6M followers, 276.9K engagements
"Using Piers and Grade Beams to Support a Garage Slab This big hole in the ground with [--] walls is going to be the [--] car garage for our new house. Let me show you how were going to build the floor so its strong enough to hold the weight of cars and will never settle. We poured two piers centered from front to back in the garage these piers will support columns with grade beams above them. A grade beam is basically a ditch in the slab where the concrete is extra thick. They will be a foot thick verses the slab thats only four inches thick. The grade beams are supported by the piers in the middle"
YouTube Link 2025-01-16T04:49Z 1.6M followers, 360.3K engagements
"Cordless Grease Gun In this video we talk about the use of a cordless grease gun as a surprising improvement over having to pump your own grease. @hausplans #build #tools #greasegun #howto #construction #contractor #review #hausplans #milwaukeetools"
YouTube Link 2022-07-18T23:59Z 1.6M followers, 7M engagements
"How to Tie Rebar A quick video showing a technique for how to tie rebar. @hausplans #build #howto #tierebar #rebar #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-07-27T01:18Z 1.6M followers, 1M engagements
"Installing LP SmartSide On Our New House Im installing cheap OSB siding on my house to save money. No were actually using LP SmartSide and its designed to be resilient to moisture. The manufacturer recommends priming and painting all cut ends before installing. You can get prefinished LP SmartSide but we ordered primed material and will have our painters paint it after its installed. For the look were after we installed thick 4x8 sheets and then added [--] x [--] trim boards on top. Were going for an English Tudor look. The siding is installed with hot-dipped galvanized nails that are shot on with"
YouTube Link 2025-08-10T03:58Z 1.6M followers, 820K engagements
"Heres Exactly What You Need To Repair A Garden Hose This hose has a leak. Im going to show you exactly what you need to fix it. Starting with a toaster a chainsaw a hose repair kit a box of blueberry pop tarts a screwdriver a clamp a tiny assistant a brand-new hose and finally some marking paint. First things first use the clamp to shut off the water- I cant think of a better way. Next use the paint to mark the bad section of hose. Then cut this section out using the chainsaw. This is by far the safest way. Now grab the new hose and cut out a section the same length as the one you removed"
YouTube Link 2025-08-17T03:16Z 1.6M followers, 794.2K engagements
"This Rebar Tying Tool is Super Fast-Is it Worth the Cost Look how fast I can tie rebar. The foundation guys were putting rebar in for the spray booth pit walls and they were using this tying tool; so I decided to check it out. Its a MAX RB398 It weighs just over [--] pounds and can tie [----] ties per charge. The guys said theyve had this tool for over [--] years and its been super reliable. It feeds from a spool in the back and you can get [---] ties with one spool. The spools cost around $7.00 a piece. Its really easy to change the spools you just push this lever and feed the wire through- once you"
YouTube Link 2023-05-18T11:35Z 1.6M followers, 9.5M engagements
"Tried this New Trend to Get Rid of Wasps I got a text from my renter last night letting me know there was a yellow jacket nest on the soffit of the front porch. In the past Ive used different hornet sprays and found that some of them discolored my shingles and siding; so I thought Id try this new trend where you put gasoline in a jar and hold it under the nest. The fumes from the gasoline cause the yellow jackets to fall into the jar. I was concerned with the holes in the soffit that the fumes might not get to them but it actually worked really well. Once they fell into the jar I just slid it"
YouTube Link 2023-07-22T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 280.1K engagements
"How To Build A Shelf Between Two Walls Heres the fastest and easiest way to build a shelf between two walls. Using a level I mark a line on all three walls at the bottom of the shelf. And yes- a laser would work great for this but I want to show how you can do basic jobs with simple tools. Next I measure the depth of the shelves and cut two cleats out of 2x4s- I left room to add a face board later. Then I cut [--] more 2x4s to run between the cleats making a ladder wall. Three-inch deck screws work great for jobs like this- I put two per stud. Its important to measure the width of the shelf at"
YouTube Link 2024-10-27T03:31Z 1.6M followers, 11.8M engagements
"Cooking Hibachi On The Jobsite We hired a Hibachi chef to come out to the jobsite and cook lunch- He was like wheres your grill I just pointed and said right here - were going to use the skid steer bucket. I set it up on some blocks and put a propane torch underneath for heat. This guy was so fast it was awesome to watch- I should hire him to frame my next house- its be done in like a day and a half. He started out by frying eggs for the rice- it got seasoned with salt pepper and plenty of soy sauce. With all the stuff he brought he actually forgot a knife- so I gave him my Milwaukee fastback"
YouTube Link 2024-06-02T03:48Z 1.6M followers, 33.7M engagements
"How to Bury Downspouts #build #construction #howto #downspouts #diy #contractor @hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-06-07T01:08Z 1.6M followers, 312.2K engagements
"Installing A Custom-Built PVC Louver I need to install this louver at the very top of that gable so Im going to be using a lift. I had one of my friends build this louver. He used PVC so it would be completely maintenance free. First I mark where I want to predrill for the screws Ill use to mount the louver. Predrilling should keep the PVC from splitting. I go ahead and start all the screws- this way I can hold the louver with one hand and drive the screws with the other. This louvers just decorative; so my friend put black metal behind it to give the appearance that youre looking into the"
YouTube Link 2025-07-27T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 721.4K engagements
"Installing A New Extension Cord Plug I hate it when that happens- I just cut the cord off my cordless saw. Actually this plug has a broken ground prong- Lets fix it. I picked up this watertight repair plug- it comes with different sized grommets. The white grommet fits my chord. You want a snug fit so it will be watertight. And the extra grommets work great for a fashion accessory. Next I measure and make a mark an inch and an eighth from the end of the cord and then I strip off the jacket. Im careful not to cut the insulation on the wires inside when Im doing this. The directions say to"
YouTube Link 2025-01-26T04:22Z 1.6M followers, 5.4M engagements
"Making A Watermelon Keg On The Jobsite Its hotter than blue blazes so we just attempted to make a watermelon keg right here on the jobsite. We had this melon in the fridge all night so its nice and cold. First thing I did was blend it up. I used a paint mixing attachment with my drill- it worked a little too good We added some strawberry flavor to our watermelon. I chopped up about [--] dozen strawberries and loaded them into the caulk gun. This made a nice strawberry paste for the punch. Then I dumped in a strawberry and watermelon Jarritos soda for a little fiz. These drinks are amazing if"
YouTube Link 2025-07-09T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 19M engagements
"How Footings Work In A Foundation A footing in construction is the lowest part of the foundation that makes contact with the ground. Without it the structure will eventually settle and fall apart. Usually made with concrete and rebar they are placed underneath loadbearing walls to distribute the weight of a house or a building. Trench footers like these are dug into the ground using a backhoe or an excavator. The ditch itself becomes the form for the concrete. Footings sometimes called footers can also be formed using [--] x [--] s or other materials like Form-a-drain. Its critical that footings"
YouTube Link 2024-02-25T04:34Z 1.6M followers, 8.2M engagements
"Cooking a Massive Burger on the Jobsite I just got a Big Mac for lunch but Im super hungry. This got me to thinking- I wonder if I could build a bigger Big Mac right here on the jobsite. I started out by using a torch to fry up a couple of 1-pound beef patties on the roller drum. Next I used my Milwaukee Hackzall with a [--] blade to cut up the bun. If you want it to taste like a Big Mac its gotta have sauce. A handful of Lettuce Yellow American Cheese a Burger Diced Onions then a middle bun more sauce- I used up an entire caulk tube. Lettuce a fistful of Pickles another Burger more Onions and"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T03:11Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements
"Framing A Fireplace For Our New House Im going to frame the fireplace for our new house right here. First I marked all the measurements on the floor this fireplace is [--] feet deep and [--] feet wide. My wife ordered a modern linear gas fireplace. We wanted it up off the floor so I built a [--] box platform for the unit to sit on. Then I built the two side walls- these are [--] feet tall. I used a laser to transfer the marks from the floor up to the trusses above. This way I knew exactly where to put the walls so they would be plumb. I put a piece of OSB at the top for fire blocking and then added"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"3 Snowplowing Tips We recently had a couple of inches of snow in our area and Ive been blown away by how much damage Ive seen around town caused by snowplowing. Here you can see an entire section of curb was completely ripped out of the ground by someone plowing. Keep in mind this was only about [--] or [--] inches of snow. Heres three things you can do to save your equipment and to keep from damaging property. Number one I love these driveway markers. Theyre really cheap and easy to install. They work great for marking the edge of roads and parking lots. I especially like them on gravel lots so Im"
YouTube Link 2024-01-28T04:26Z 1.6M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Cooking Breakfast on the Jobsite We made breakfast for lunch right here on the jobsite. Up first- an entire skid steer bucket of bacon. Weve actually got one guy who asks to be paid in bacon. Next we made a 4-foot omelet using green onions some mushrooms we found right here on the property one hard hat of shredded cheese ghost peppers- you dont want to get these on your skin dont ask me how I know and finally we smashed up some salt and peppercorns. I cracked [--] eggs into a five-gallon bucket added milk and blended it all up with my drill- adding the spices straight into the mix. Then I thew"
YouTube Link 2024-07-28T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 14.2M engagements
"The Guys Put Down [--] Yards Of Concrete This Morning Concrete ASMR @hausplans #build #building #howto #concrete #construction #diy #contractor #asmr #warehouse"
YouTube Link 2023-06-07T03:03Z 1.6M followers, 16.2M engagements
"How To Remove Stripped Screws Using An Extractor I ran into several stripped screws when I was trying to replace the joists underneath this old deck so I picked up this extractor set. Now Ive never used one of these before so I was super curious to see how it would work. I paid [--] bucks for it- theres [--] different sizes in the kit. One end has a drill bit and the other has an extractor. The first thing you do is drill out the head of the screw. This bit is designed to be used in reverse- it didnt take long at all to drill out the head of the screw. The number [--] bit seemed to fit the best. Next"
YouTube Link 2024-04-12T03:30Z 1.6M followers, 846.8K engagements
"What is a Walk Out Basement A walkout basement is a basement where at least one section usually the back of the house is above ground. Unlike a traditional basement that is completely below grade a walkout basement takes advantage of the slope of the land- allowing for exterior doors and egress windows for bedrooms. These types of basements are great for separate living spaces or rentals. On the new house were building I dug the front part of the basement down [--] feet and the back part is almost level with the ground. This will leave about [--] feet of foundation sticking up at the front of the"
YouTube Link 2024-11-10T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Is it worth it- Milwaukee Tower Light For years and years if you wanted good light on the jobsite these halogen work lights were pretty much your only choice. They got super-hot so hot they had to have a cage around them and they had tiny little cords. Worst of all they had these expensive bulbs the broke and burned out constantly. Well not anymore- I just bought this Milwaukee M18 Rocket Dual Power Tower. This LED light puts out [----] lumens. It can be set up for low head room places like this crawlspace or extend all the way up to [--] feet tall. This tower transforms the entire room filling it"
YouTube Link 2023-02-06T01:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Hilti Powder Actuated Fastener Say Hello to my little friend This is the Hilti DX36M powder actuated fastening tool. It shoots fasteners into solid concrete and even into steel. So how does it work Its powered by [--] caliber powder cartridges. They come in plastic strips of [--] like this and feed through the bottom of the grip on the fastener. This tool is pump actuated- each time you pump it feeds in a new cartridge. It uses fasteners with a plastic ring around them. The ring centers the nail in the nose of the tool and keeps it from falling out. It also has a built-in safety- it wont go off"
YouTube Link 2025-05-07T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements
"Making A Massive Cake With Construction Tools #sponsored @5hourenergyshot #5hourambassador #confetticraze @5hourenergyshot We just attempted to make a massive cake using construction tools. First we poured all the wet ingredients straight into a concrete mixer. Next we added some of 5-hour ENERGYs New Confetti Craze shots. They have a rich buttery vanilla flavor that tastes just like a birthday cake. Finally we dumped in the flour. The mixer actually did a great job. We wanted this cake to be huge so we filled [--] eighteen-inch pans with batter and baked them in the oven. When you build a cake"
YouTube Link 2025-08-08T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 14.6M engagements
"Installing Straw Blankets with a Sod Staple Driver There arent many jobs I hate as much as installing these straw blankets. Dont get me wrong they work great- especially on a slope. When you get down to the end of the roll- theyre just a pain to install. The netting sticks to itself and it turns into a tangled-up mess. Now I had the new guy helping me but I think his mind must have been somewhere else because he wasnt doing a whole lot. We use these [--] round sod staples so it doesn't blow away. Sometimes you can just stick these in the ground and step on them- but our ground is so hard I have"
YouTube Link 2024-09-15T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 14.7M engagements
"How To Drill A Well Ok so whats going on here and whats all over the ground Were getting ready to build a house on [--] acres and the first thing we want to do is drill a well. Its hard to budget for the cost of a well because you dont know how deep you must go to get water so I like to get this out of the way early. The guys grabbed 20-foot sections of drill rod our of the carousel and thread them onto the previous piece. They use non-polluting grease on the threads so they wont seize. This rig uses [---] PSI of air to power a pneumatic rotary hammer to drill into the bedrock. At [---] feet we hit"
YouTube Link 2024-10-17T03:52Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements
"Installing Hurricane Ties So Our Roof Wont Fly Off In A Storm This sixty-cent piece of metal could keep the roof from blowing off your house. Its a hurricane tie and it ties the roof truss to the top of the wall. Typically roof trusses are installed with a nail gun- with two nails on one side and one on the other. This metal clip uses five nails on the side of the truss and five more on the double plate at the top of the wall. Now these work great but they do take some time to install and they can hold the drywall out a bit. Another option is these Simpson Truss Screws. These are installed"
YouTube Link 2025-07-18T03:42Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements
"Making Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot Use Promo Code HAUS10 to grab your Pumpkin Spice at 5hourenergy.com We just attempted to make a massive pan of Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls right here on the jobsite. First we cut up three large pumpkins took out the guts and put them in boiling hot water till they were nice and soft. Next we added some of 5-hour ENERGYs new Pumpkin Spice shots- they have a warm spicy flavor that taste like fall with a boost of energy. Then we mixed in butter brown sugar and cinnamon. Now for the dough we wanted to use our [-----] pound roller"
YouTube Link 2025-09-21T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Learning to Fly A Helicopter I love learning how to run new machines. Today I got to take a lesson in this Robinson R44 helicopter. Soon after we took off- the instructor let me take over. Theres three basic controls for the helicopter: You have the cyclic which moves the helicopter forward backwards right and left. The collective which moves the helicopter up and down- with a twist throttle on the end. And the anti-torque pedals they control the tail roter and allow you to turn the helicopter in a hover. The views were amazing we got to fly over the Hudson River Valley and the Bannerman"
YouTube Link 2024-07-07T03:50Z 1.6M followers, 324K engagements
"How To Fix A Sagging Door Got a door thats sagging This one is rubbing at the top. Let me show you the best way to fix it. First pick out a [--] long screw that is the same color and diameter as your hinge screws. Youre going to need a bit for the screw- this one is Phillips. Im using an extension to clear the door and youll need a drill or an impact driver. We just moved into this apartment while we are building our new house and this is a repair that needed to be done. These hinge screws were loose and completely stripped out and they were only long enough to go into the door jamb. I replaced"
YouTube Link 2024-01-07T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 840.4K engagements
"Heres An Easy Way To Remove and Replace Studs Ive got a problem- this shower unit wont fit through the bathroom door. No matter which way I turn it its just a little bit too big. So heres what Im going to do Im going to cut out these two studs. I position my hacksaw blade between the plate and the bottom of the stud the goal isnt to cut any wood; but to cut the two nails holding the stud in place. The steel in the nails is soft and these blades have no problem cutting right through it. To get the studs out- I angle them away from the bottom plate and pull straight so that I dont bend the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-21T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 17.9M engagements
"The Swirly Surface Cleaner- A Tractor Mounted Pressure Washer #sponsored @swirlysurfacecleaner7673 #sponsored vapressurewasher.com Have you ever done a job thats so satisfying you would actually do it for free Check this out- its the Swirly Surface Cleaner. This 50-inch-wide stainless-steel cleaning deck has [--] rotating pressure washing tips. Its perfect for cleaning parking garages sidewalks tennis courts and other hard surfaces. I looked for the dirtiest sidewalk I could find in our city to try it out- just look at the difference it made. Its got a place for detergent concentrate that sprays"
YouTube Link 2025-04-13T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Installing Guard Rail Posts Using Simpson Deck Tension Ties Ive been super busy so I called up one of my friends thats a builder and asked him is there any way that you and your guys could come and install the railing here at the warehouse. Today they showed up in force and got a ton done. They attached a temporary block to the side of the posts- this held them at the exact height we needed to bolt them onto the side of the mezzanine. We used these [--] truss screws to hold the posts plumb and keep them from moving while we drilled the holes for the bolts. The plans called for (2) bolts- one 2"
YouTube Link 2024-06-13T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 5.9M engagements
"Pouring A Concrete Sidewalk That Looks Like A Solid Piece Of Slate How can you make a sidewalk that looks like a solid piece of slate Let me show you. I formed up the sidewalk myself and put rebar [--] on center. Then I hired my friend hes a concrete contractor whos been doing our work for [--] years. We paid extra to have gray dye added to this concrete at the plant. Once the concrete was placed they used a groover tool to cut the sidewalk. This creates a weak spot in the concrete so that hopefully when it cracks- it will crack in this groove. Now for the fun part he used a brush to coat the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 13.9M engagements
"My Go-To Vacuum For Cleaning Construction This RIDGID wet dry vac really sucks but in a good way. It has a [---] horsepower engine and holds [--] gallons and theres a small bag to store the attachments or a small dog. I just used it with a Honda Generator to vacuum out the spray booth pit at the warehouse were building. You can see it sucks up the large rocks and debris with no trouble at all. This is not a sponsored ad- - Im not even sure they make this model anymore but I love RIDGID vacs. Before I found these I went through a different vacuum about every house we built. Since then Ive owned 2"
YouTube Link 2023-06-02T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 353K engagements
"We Tried Out the Ventrac Boom Mower This is crazy is really crazy. Check out this boom mower attachment from Ventrac. It has a dual action sickle bar that can reach over [--] feet up from the ground and [--] feet away from the tractor. I borrowed this attachment from a friend and I was curious to see how it would do mowing the grass along our fence line. This area is hard to get under with a mower because there are so many branches hanging down. Next I wanted to try trimming some tree branches- its rated to cut up to diameter material. Everything on the boom can be controlled with one hand. This"
YouTube Link 2024-09-12T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Installing Glass Stair Railing For some dumb reason code requires a railing on the side of stairs. But these stairs are beautiful and we dont want to cover them up with an ugly railing. So were going to use glass. The first thing I did was put down painters tape and mark out where the brackets go. This wood is maple and its hard so I drilled pilot holes to make sure it wouldnt split. I used [--] T30 screws to install the hardware. Theres solid wood blocking behind the maple. Next I used suction cups to move the glass- you want to pump them up till you dont see the red line. If you see red youre"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T04:43Z 1.6M followers, 16.5M engagements
"Cooking A Pizza On The Jobsite We attempted to cook a massive pizza on the jobsite using a custom 4-foot pan and our vibratory roller to roll the dough. First I blew flour all over the drum with the leaf blower. We didnt want [--] pounds of dough sticking to the roller. Now I know what youre thinking yes we cleaned the roller drum at least the part that would touch the dough. I stacked two quarter inch boards on either side minus the thickness of the pan that gave us 3/8 crust- which worked out perfect. I used a concrete float to spread the sauce- this worked awesome; honestly if I had my own"
YouTube Link 2024-04-21T03:45Z 1.6M followers, 55.2M engagements
"I Save Money By Trimming Out A Window Myself Im going to show you how to save money by trimming out a window yourself. First lets do the extension jambs. I start by measuring the distance between the window jamb and the edge of the drywall. I also measure the width and the height between the window jambs. I add a to these measurements- this will give me a reveal on both sides. Next I rip the extension jambs to the width I need; then I used glue and nails to put it all together. Basically Im building a box. 18-gauge brad nails are fine for this once the glue dries it will be super strong. I"
YouTube Link 2026-01-21T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Installing Rebar In A Concrete Patio Im going to show you the best way to install rebar in this patio on the new house were building. First we need to bend these pieces down. I intentionally left this rebar long sticking out of the piers so they could be bent down and tied into the grid. The concrete in this area of the patio gets poured a foot thick creating a grade beam over the piers. This will support the front edge of the slab. I like to use these slab bolster rebar chairs so you might be asking why dont I use plastic chairs. Well this is why- because they break. When Im cutting rebar to"
YouTube Link 2025-10-22T03:36Z 1.6M followers, 993.6K engagements
"Framing A Support Wall Under Stairs These stairs have a lot of bounce to them Im going to frame a support wall in the middle to fix it. First I measure and lay off where the wall will go. Then I cut a pressure treated 2x4 to the width of the stairs- [--]. I fasten it to the floor using three masonry screws. Next I use my 4-foot level to plumb up and mark where the top of the wall will meet the stairs. I make a mark on both ends and connect them with a level. Now I need to figure out the angle of the steps- I start by making a plumb line on the stringer; then I take my speed square and rotate it"
YouTube Link 2024-06-28T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 17.3M engagements
"We Just Power Washed and Sealed Our Stamped Concrete- Here Are The Results We stamped the concrete sidewalk on our new house so it would look like its made of slate. The masons threw down colored release powder on the fresh concrete and then tamped in stamps with a slate pattern to get this look. Now we have to power wash off the release powder to see the final result. The goal is to remove about [--] percent of the powder. The powder is darker than the concrete- by leaving some behind it creates variations in color so it looks like natural slate. Next were going to seal the sidewalk. Because"
YouTube Link 2025-11-02T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 30.8M engagements
"Making Giant Donuts On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We attempted to make giant donuts using only construction tools. First we dumped a hard hat full of eggs into the cement mixer. Then we added a 5-hour ENERGY Confetti Craze shot for rich buttery vanilla flavor- its perfect for cake donuts. @5hourenergyshot Next we added sugar and melted butter. We combined the butter with buttermilk before dumping it in the mixer. Finally several shovels full of flour. We ended up with a huge dough ball that we needed to flatten. So we decided to use our 14000-pound asphalt roller. Heres where"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T04:36Z 1.6M followers, 9.1M engagements
"5000 Sq Ft Shop Tour We just got the final inspection on this warehouse- and man its such a good feeling to be done. Let me give you a quick tour. Its [----] square feet: [--] long and [--] deep with 16-foot-high ceilings. Theres a mezzanine for storage above the office and bathroom. Its got a tri-ply ceiling with R49 insulation above. High output LED light throughout. Four 12x14 garage doors on the front two 12x12 garage doors on the back and side-mount lift motors. A [---] amp three-phase electric service with conduit around the building so we can easily add receptacles if needed. There are airline"
YouTube Link 2024-08-18T03:34Z 1.6M followers, 3.1M engagements
"We Just Installed A Radon Fan In The New House Were Building Who wants cancer Not me. Thats why were installing a radon mitigation system in the new house were building. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that leaks out of the ground and its known to be one of the leading causes of lung cancer. We have high levels in our area- it seeps into houses through openings and cracks in the foundation. Here you can see Im installing a radon fan in the attic. This fan will suck air from the foundation and blow it out the roof. It plugs into a dedicated outlet and will run 24/7. The four-inch pipe"
YouTube Link 2025-07-06T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 4.6M engagements
"Building An Affordable House New houses are way too expensive Im going to show you how to build a cheap house and all you need is a chainsaw a tape measure and spray paint. First cut lines in the snow about [--] apart. Next cut the rows into building blocks- make sure to taper the ends. The great thing about this type of house- you dont need a permit and when the tax man comes out next spring to assess the value it will be melted away. I start by building a circle about [--] in diameter. Place the blocks so the narrow part is facing in. Some of the blocks might need to be cut so you get a nice"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 3.6M engagements
"Installing Stone Veneer on Concrete Walls The Stone Masons just got started laying up stone veneer on the concrete walls at the job were working on. What a transformation Its great to see the exterior finishes coming together. Watch to see the steps they go through to prepare and lay the stone. @hausplans #build #building #howto #stone #stoneveneer #masonry #mason #construction #diy #cntractor #house #exterior"
YouTube Link 2022-12-11T04:35Z 1.6M followers, 389.3K engagements
"Improve The Look Of Your Deck With PVC Post Wraps Pressure treated deck posts are ugly- Im going to show you how to go from this to this. Were using Versawrap Canvas; its PVC with a colored laminate on the outside. These 4-piece kits are designed to wrap around [--] x [--] posts. I measured each post and cut the PVC to length. Right away I ran into a problem. These brackets are wider than the inside of the post covers. So I used my planer to remove just enough material so they would fit. Next I used Christys Red Hot Vinyl Adhesive to glue everything together. This stuffs not red its not hot and Im"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T04:19Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Installing A Steel Dryer Vent Cap How would you like to sleep at night with this clanging around outside your house Im going to show you the best way to install a dryer vent cap. To start with dont buy the cheap plastic ones get one made of steel. I like to put a magnet in mine so the flapper doesnt chatter when its windy. Im going to cut this [--] dryer duct flush with the wall. I installed this duct before the masons came so that I wouldn't have to drill through the brick later. This vent cap wouldnt slide in place because of these three prongs so I cut this section off. And for all you young"
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 3.4M engagements
"Why Cant I Own This This is the forbidden 4-wheel drive Im not allowed to own. Thats right this Suzuki Jimny is not sold in the US. We recently rented one to drive around Iceland for a week and absolutely fell in love with it. Its got a 5-speed manual transmission and can go almost anywhere while only sipping fuel. We drove over a [----] miles on dirt roads ice roads highways and steep mountain passes with no problems at all. Ive owned Jeeps and currently have a Toyota Land Cruiser but I love how simple this thing is. It has an old-school four-wheel drive lever and emergency brake and a key"
YouTube Link 2024-10-06T03:46Z 1.6M followers, 2.6M engagements
"What Europeans Think of American Construction This is what Europeans think of American construction. Im going to build my house with cheap pine sticks. First I lay off the walls- [--] on center. I refuse to use the metric system even though it makes more sense. Every board gets at least one nail and no noggins. I dont even know what a noggin is. Im using an entire piece of 2x4 for my window header- thisll be super strong which is important because we get hurricanes and tornados at least once a month everywhere in America. All this work has made me hungry time for a light snack. Now its time to"
YouTube Link 2025-04-06T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 11.4M engagements
"I Just Installed This RAD Truck Strap Alright guys- check this out. Someone recently said in the comments that I should get one of these RAD Truck Straps. Its an auto-retracting rachet strap that bolts right into the bed of the F series pick-up trucks. First you remove the factory mounting plate. These screws take a T-30 bit- the kit comes with new hardware that has a bigger head and a washer on it. I start by putting two bolts in the left side. I also bought their hook plate- Im going to install it on the right side. This gives me an additional tie off location. Im always hauling long"
YouTube Link 2024-02-04T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 7M engagements
"How To Operate A Mini Excavator This is more fun than video games and you can get paid to do it- Heres how to run a mini-excavator. Go ahead and start it up- youll notice the controls are dead that s because you need to release the safety lock lever. To go forward- push the track levers forward. Pull them back to go backwards. Push the left lever forward and youll turn right. Push the right lever forward and youll turn left. Once you get good you can use your feet to control the pedals. The left joystick controls both the swing and the stick. Pull it to the right to swing right and push to"
YouTube Link 2025-05-11T03:39Z 1.6M followers, 2.9M engagements
"How To Waterproof Basement Walls Using Rub-R-Wall Im gonna show you how to waterproof a foundation so the basement will be [---] percent bone dry. The first thing the guys do is chip off the rough edges on the poured walls and then they clean up all the loose concrete. Next they use a torch to dry off any moisture they find on the footings. Just like painting a car the job is only as good as the quality of your prep work. They apply a mastic over top of all the wall ties- this is an extra layer of precaution to make sure no water would ever leak around the ties. This company sprays Rub-R-Wall-"
YouTube Link 2024-12-27T04:33Z 1.6M followers, 8.2M engagements
"Pouring Concrete For Our Front Porch I just poured this small front porch on the new house were building and I decided to pour it myself. As a general contractor I usually sub out all my concrete flat work- especially something big like a basement or a garage. I have poured a few sidewalks and a couple of small slabs over the years so I thought it would be fun to do this little porch by myself. I used a hand float to get the concrete level with my chalk line around the edges and then I got a straight 2x4 to screed off the middle. This porch is actually going to have pavers on top of it so the"
YouTube Link 2025-04-02T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 44.9M engagements
"Why We Use Rebar To Reinforce Concrete Concrete has amazing compressive strength but poor tensile strength. Compressive strength resists compression being pushed together whereas Tensile strength resists tension being pulled apart. I made two concrete beams. One reinforced with 3- 1/2 pieces of rebar and one with no reinforcement. Driving on the unreinforced beam thats supported by the ground causes no damage because it has good compressive strength. However when I suspend both ends of the beam it creates tensile stress on the bottom causing the block with no reinforcement to break under the"
YouTube Link 2023-11-12T04:39Z 1.6M followers, 31.8M engagements
"Why we use LVL for beams and headers LVL- Laminated Veneer Lumber is an engineered wood product made up of multiple layers of wood glued together. Because its manmade its stronger and more consistent than conventional lumber. Its used for such things as headers and beams. A bunch of people commented on my header video asking about this exact shot- thinking it two separate beams but you can see this is just a splice in the outer veneer. Here you can see a splice on the opposite side. Since you can special order these beams up to [--] the veneers have splices but they are always staggered. To"
YouTube Link 2023-04-02T03:46Z 1.6M followers, 374.5K engagements
"Cooking Cranberry Lime Chicken Wings On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We just attempted to cook [--] pounds of chicken wings on the jobsite. And made the sauce with 5-hour Energy Cranberry Lime shots. @5hourenergyshot #sponsored First I used a propane torch to heat the bucket on the excavator and filled it with seven gallons of oil. Next I mixed up the wing sauce: cranberry jelly hot sauce and honey; then I added 5-hour ENERGY Cranberry Lime. This new flavor is one of my favorites Once the oil was hot I pitched the wings into the excavator bucket. While we were waiting for the wings"
YouTube Link 2025-10-10T02:53Z 1.6M followers, 5.9M engagements
"Teaching The New Guy to Fire Block We had to fire block the warehouse to get ready for rough-in inspections. @hausplans #howto #build #fireblock #construction #diy #contractor #tools #foam"
YouTube Link 2024-06-16T03:25Z 1.6M followers, 3.5M engagements
"Opening A Strange Package At Our New House There was a strange package in the driveway when I came home today and youre definitely going to want to see what was inside. It was super heavy and the crate just said HAUS PLANS. I didnt order anything big like this and I sure hoped my wife hadnt. It looked like concrete but why I thought maybe there would be something else underneath but it was just a big block of concrete. I decided to beat it with a sledgehammer to see if it was solid all the way through- it definitely was. Time to get serious. I was going to find out what was inside or at least"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T04:22Z 1.6M followers, 3.2M engagements
"Forming Up A Concrete Patio So how do I support the weight of a 4-ton concrete patio and a deck Let me show you. First I poured [--] concrete piers on top of footings that rest on solid ground. Next I filled in the area between the house and the piers with [--] crusher run and compacted it in [--] lifts. I stretched a string along the piers to see how straight they were- not bad. I used plywood to form up the patio. Once I got the form boards to the right height using a laser level I fastened them to the piers with a hammer drill and an masonree screw. When I stretched the string earlier I saw that"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T03:33Z 1.6M followers, 7.4M engagements
"I Just Built A Road To The Back Of Our House I need a better way to get around to the back of our new house. So Im going to build a road actually lets call it a highway that goes down to the basement garage. First I marked out the road with spray paint- Im making it [--] feet wide. Next I jumped in the skid steer and started stripping away all the topsoil. Topsoil contains organic material and doesnt make a good base for a road so I need to get down to solid clay. Ill save the topsoil and use it for the yard later. We trucked in [---] tons of [--] crusher run. It contains [--] stone fines and stone"
YouTube Link 2025-09-28T03:21Z 1.6M followers, 14.1M engagements
"We Made Ice Cream In A Cement Mixer On A Hot Jobsite We just made ice cream on the jobsite with paint cans and a cement mixer and all the flavors were construction inspired. First up Insulation Sensation -we added insulation pulled right out of the wall. Half a can of Monster Pipeline Punch for caffeine three packs of candy cigarettes and four bags of Pop Rocks; so your mouth will tingle like your skin does after installing insulation. Next up Angry Roofer-we poured in shingle grit two scoops of roof tar and then some crushed cinnamon candy- youd be angry too if you had to spend all day on a"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T03:43Z 1.6M followers, 28.8M engagements
"Grilling Gingerbread Ribs On The Jobsite #sponsored @5hourenergyshot We just grilled rebar ribs on the jobsite and used 5-hour ENERGYs new Gingerbread Snap for the sauce. @5hourenergyshot First I trenched a 10-foot-long ditch and filled it with charcoal. Once the fire was going I cut up [--] pounds of ribs and threw them in a 5-gallon bucket. We made a rub out of salt cayenne allspice and some of my homemade pepper powder- this stuff is deadly. Then we laid them out on our rebar grill- it looked like a train track of meat. I tied two more pieces of rebar on top so we could easily flip the ribs."
YouTube Link 2025-11-07T04:18Z 1.6M followers, 22.3M engagements
"Installing A Floor Receptacle In Front Of Large Windows Ive got a problem code says you cant be more than [--] from an outlet and these windows are [--] so I need a floor receptacle. I put down painters tape to protect the floor then used the template from the kit to mark where I needed to cut. Heres a tip when youre using a multi-tool to cut make sure you constantly keep it moving so the blade doesnt get hot. This engineered hardwood is thick; once I got it out of the way I cut through the subfloor thats thick. This box is adjustable- Im going to raise it all the way up since were installing it"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T04:44Z 1.6M followers, 16.6M engagements
"I Had To Replace All Four 6V Batteries in this Scissor Lift Lets replace the batteries on this scissor lift- Theyre over [--] years old and wont take a charge anymore. Initially I couldnt decide whether to buy new batteries for this lift or rent one for an entire month for the same cost. But then I decided we could use two lifts for the work on the warehouse so I rented one and fixed this one. It takes four 6-volt golf cart batteries- I bought a lifting strap so I could move them around without using pliers and vice grips. These batteries are wired in series which means the positive terminal of"
YouTube Link 2023-06-15T03:32Z 1.6M followers, 640.5K engagements
"I Built A Vault Room Under Our Garage Floor And Just Drove On it For The First Time I built a vault room underneath the garage on the new house were building and half the internet told me it would collapse the first time I drive on it. So what happened First let me show you the room. Its got a 1500-pound steel Fort Knox door. All four walls are solid [--] thick reinforced concrete. And the ceiling The ceiling is my garage floor. Theres no beams just galvanized metal decking and [--] of concrete. Now this floor was designed by an engineer and we had it inspected. We built two temporary support"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T03:28Z 1.6M followers, 14.1M engagements
"Installing Seamless Gutter We just made seamless gutter the entire length of the warehouse. First the guys loaded a roll of black aluminum into the gutter machine and just like magic gutter came out of the other end. After they rolled out [--] to [--] feet they installed an end cap that got crimped in place and then caulked. Next they used an outlet punch to make a hole for the downspout. Then they installed a rectangular outlet- this got a layer of caulk around the bottom. Once they got it in place they put another layer of caulk all over the top- this way theres no leaks. At this point they just"
YouTube Link 2024-05-16T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 4.8M engagements
"Mixing Concrete To Pour The Piers On Our New House @HomeDepot #ad I just poured these four piers on the new house were building and I decided to do it myself. I went online and ordered a palette of concrete and the tools I needed from The Home Depot. @HomeDepot When I showed up they had everything ready to go and loaded it right into my truck. I also rented this concrete mixer; I like that The Home Depot has a Rental Center. This is a great option for tools and equipment you only need every now and then. In my area redi-mix concrete has gotten extremely expensive and its also a nightmare to"
YouTube Link 2025-10-15T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 932.4K engagements
"How To Install A Window Were installing the windows in our new house- let me show you how its done. First I use flex tape to make a waterproof pan at the bottom of the opening. Next I cut and fold up a section of house wrap at the top. Then I run a bead of silicone around the perimeter. These windows come with a nailing flange that needs to be folded out at a 90-degree angle. I put shims underneath so I can adjust the window if its not sitting level. Once I check that the bottom is level- I fasten it with screws. I make sure the sides are plumb and then screw everything in place. I like to"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T03:44Z 1.6M followers, 3.8M engagements
"This Tiny Home Has Big Foundation Problems I got into a huge fight with one of my workers today. I built this guy a tiny home about a year ago and told him he could live on the jobsite for free. But now I need the topsoil that his house sits on. He came out right away yelling at me- Ive never seen him this mad. He was like You have no right to dig that close to my house And I was like This is my land and you havent mowed your yard once in a years time. Then I said Dont worry Im going to move your house somewhere else on the property. He said he had some rare collectibles and wanted me to get"
YouTube Link 2025-10-12T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 2.5M engagements
"How To Measure And Cut Stair Stringers We just finished framing this warehouse and now I need to build a set of stairs up to the storage space above the office. The distance from the floor to the top of the platform is [---] 3/8. For commercial stairs the SEVEN ELEVEN rule applies- no more than a [--] rise and no less than an [--] run. [---] 3/8 divided by [--] risers gives me a riser height of [--] 11/16. Here I set the inside of my square at [--] 11/16 and [--] to mark out the rise and run. I like to use these stair guides- once theyre tightened down- they hold the square in place so I dont have to check the"
YouTube Link 2024-05-31T03:38Z 1.6M followers, 2.1M engagements
"How To Install A Pocket Door Kit Im going to show you how to install a pocket door frame and this is Pinky hell be shadowing me for training purposes. First the rough opening needs to be twice the width of the door plus one inch. Next I mark both jambs at [--] off the floor. This should leave me about of clearance under the door. Then I drive a nail at the center of each mark leaving about an 1/8 protruding. I slip the ends of the frame header over the nails to hold it in place. Youve gotta make sure the header is perfectly level so that the door wont roll open or shut on its own. Once its good"
YouTube Link 2025-06-20T03:41Z 1.6M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Installing Lights In An Underground Vault We installed an underground vault in the new house were building but theres one problem- its completely dark inside. So I ordered this HexGlow light kit. I built [--] hexagons using the Y connectors and elbows that they sent in the kit- everything just snaps together. The kit I ordered has [--] hexagons. It comes with this tool you can use to take it back apart if you make a mistake. These lights can be suspended from the ceiling with wires but I wanted to flush mount mine. I carefully lined up my laser with the mounting holes on the connectors. The laser"
YouTube Link 2025-12-07T04:34Z 1.6M followers, 2.7M engagements
"How to Grout Stone Veneer The masons started grouting the stone on the house were building- its amazing what a difference it makes. We used one part Type N charcoal-dyed mortar with two parts Type S to get the color we wanted. They use a trowel to fill their grout bag then twist and squeeze to get the grout to come out. These guys make it look easy. Ive done it myself and its a lot harder than it looks. Once the grout starts to set-up they use a striker or slicker tool to push the grout back into any voids and to shape it. Next they use a stiff paint brush to smooth it out and clean it up."
YouTube Link 2023-04-06T03:12Z 1.6M followers, 9M engagements
"#sponsored CAT [---] Loading Trucks @catconstructiontrade This new CAT [---] is amazing- theres only one problem. Ive hardly gotten a chance to run it. I was curious to see how it would do loading a truck. Weve got a pile of dirt and gravel leftover from hooking up our water and sewer lines that needs to be hauled off. Right away I was impressed with how much clearance I had over the sideboard of the truck. The distance from the ground to the bucket pin height on this machine is [--] feet. Not only that but it feels really stable when the bucket is all the way up. This machine has a low center of"
YouTube Link 2024-09-22T03:27Z 1.6M followers, 683.8K engagements
"I Used $200 of Metal Connectors to Make a Super Strong Deck I used $200 worth of connectors to make my deck virtually indestructible. First up joist hangers. I put one on every joist. These have a tab you can hammer in to hold them in place. Next I used [--] 1/2 joist hanger nails to attach the face of the hanger to the beam Then I used [--] hanger nails for the holes in the sides. Hammering these nails in is slow and tedious so youre probably thinking there has to be a better way. There is-- joist hanger screws. These are way faster than nails and for some reason if you need to remove a hanger its"
YouTube Link 2025-11-29T04:42Z 1.6M followers, 7.9M engagements
"Installing Deck Boards With Hidden Fasteners What if you could build a deck where all the screws were completely invisible so it looks like the boards are just floating in place. Were installing TimberTech PVC decking that looks like real wood but its entirely maintenance free. To fasten down the first row Im using Cortex screws and plugs. They come with a special bit that has a ring of felt on the end- the felt acts like a depth stop so that every screw is countersunk. Now I take the color matched plugs that come with the kit line up the wood grain and tap them flush. Once I had the first"
YouTube Link 2025-11-16T04:38Z 1.6M followers, 4.7M engagements
"Check Out This HILTI Exoskeleton Check this out -were out here in Las Vegas at world of Concrete and one of the coolest things I got to try out was this Hilti exo skeleton tool balancer. Its like your own personal crane. This thing only weighs [--] pounds and you wear it like a backpack. Hilti uses their nuron battery platform to power the software and motorized pullies. The Exo-T-22 can lift tools as heavy as [--] pounds and make them feel almost weightless. It does this by redistributing the weight from the tool to your hips- Just like a hiking backpack. Once youre hooked on to the tool you hit"
YouTube Link 2025-01-24T04:31Z 1.6M followers, 1.6M engagements
"Klein Tools Flip Impact Socket Set Since I needed an impact socket set I decided to try out Klein Tools Flip Impact Socket Set. The set is a great compact design- [--] sockets have the capability of [--] and the 1/4 driver fits into the 1/2 driver so that all [--] sockets work with a 1/4 impact driver. @hausplans #build #howto #tools #kleintools #socketset #diy #construction #contractor #hausplans"
YouTube Link 2022-09-08T00:11Z 1.6M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Pouring A Suspended Garage Floor Were putting a room underneath the garage floor on our new house and half the internet told me its going to collapse. Theres no support beams underneath- only these two temporary walls that well remove once the concrete cures. The rebar grid and the entire suspended slab were designed by a structural engineer and it was inspected before we poured. The metal decking is attached to the foundation walls on all four sides and the laps screwed together. Only the front portion of this garage is suspended but the rebar grid ties everything together. The metal decking"
YouTube Link 2025-02-27T04:43Z 1.6M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Cooking Flying Dutchman Burgers in the Skid Steer Bucket Have you guys seen this Flying Dutchman In-and-Out Burger that everyone is making right now. I wanted to try to make one on the jobsite and I figured this skid steer bucket would work like a giant gridle. Now I know what youre thinking- yes I did clean the bucket before we started and the paint is completely worn away its just steel. My Milwaukee hacksaw did a great job slicing the onions and once I had everything in the bucket I hit it with salt and pepper. Next while it was cooking I went ahead and made the sauce: Mayonnaise Relish"
YouTube Link 2024-02-08T04:40Z 1.6M followers, 11.2M engagements
"How Stem Walls Work in a Foundation A stem wall in construction is a short foundation wall that transfers the weight of the building to the footings. For this warehouse the stem walls are [--] inches thick and [--] feet tall. The guys started by nailing spreader cleats to the footing. Were using these 2-foot-tall plywood forms- they slide right into the cleats. The same cleats are used on the top to hold it all together. We screwed [--] 2x6s together on the inside this creates a ledge in the wall to support the slab. Because the walls were so short the guys were able to pour right out of the truck"
YouTube Link 2024-03-03T04:37Z 1.6M followers, 2M engagements
"Hooking Up The Well To Our New House We just ran the water line to the new house were building. I started by digging a ditch from the well to the corner of the house. The water line needs to be at least [--] inches deep in our area so it wont freeze. We had sleeved the foundation for the water line but it was covered up by waterproofing; so I tapped a piece of rebar from the basement side through to find the sleeve. Next my plumber drilled a hole through the well casing at the bottom of the ditch. Then he installed a pitless adapter in the hole. The adapter holds the pump and this is where the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-06T03:35Z 1.6M followers, 881.3K engagements
"We Attempted to Cook Massive Pancakes on the Jobsite We attempted to cook a giant pancake on the job site- Dont worry that was our first try We made the batter from scratch- [--] cups of flour- or [--] full hardhats [--] cups of sugar [--] Tablespoons of Salt and a cup of baking powder. Next I cracked open [--] eggs and used my drill to beat them up. Time for the butter- [--] full sticks melted. I used my blow torch for this and it worked awesome. Now if youre wondering- we did [--] times the normal measurements for this recipe. I combined the eggs melted butter and [--] cups of milk all together and dumped it"
YouTube Link 2024-05-26T03:40Z 1.6M followers, 6.9M engagements
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