Building a Scandinavian garage foundation & rolling out the red carpet for the king

M. Bjoernstroem October 30, 2024
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M. Bjoernstroem

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My name is Mattias, living in Northern Sweden close to the Arctic Circle. Most things I do are based on a feeling — planning has never been my thing.

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*English subtitle available* 00:00 Intro 02:41 Digging test holes to see dirt quality 04:37 staking out the foundation 06:37 Starting to dig out for foundation 11:41 Taking down trees 18:25 Pushing dirt with the skid steer 21:01 Unloading fabric from trailer 21:51 Using the laser to set hight 24:39 Lowering the dirt level 27:02 Talking and moving pile 32:47 fixing road 35:33 Getting a culvertpipe 36:24 Breaking my car's rearview mirror 37:15 rolling out geotextile fabric for road 38:57 Hauling in gravel for culvert overpass 50:41 rolling out geotextile fabric for foundation 53:27 Hauling in and spreading gravel for foundation 1:09:00 Digging a ditch to drain water 1:12:29 Getting finer material and renting a compactor 1:15:02 Tamping / Compacting the gravel bed 1:16:37 Laying out top layer for foundation 1:27:29 Replacing a hose in the excavator 1:32:27 quick what to do talk 1:34:40 Climbing and moving dirt pile with excavator 1:36:46 Picking up insulation and rebar with the volvo fh12 truck 1:46:37 Taking down and cutting up more trees 1:51:45 Putting in the drainage for the foundation 2:20:13 Working in the Airport tower 2:21:49 Replacing rearview mirror for caddy car 2:23:44 Moving takeuchi excavator to sandpit with fh12 truck 2:26:31 Hauling in sand from the forest for the garage foundation 2:31:19 Spreading out sand with takeuchi tl 230 skid steer 2:34:52 Reason for using sand 2:36:06 Broken back windscreen in caddy car 2:37:05 Taking volvo fh12 truck on yearly inspection and picking up concrete elements 2:41:17 icecream break by the river 2:43:03 Unloading bed with concrete elements and reciving the trusses for the garage 2:45:37 Putting on gravelbed and getting a last load of finer material 2:47:26 Putting a tarp over the garage trusses 2:48:08 Quick talk about next step in garage build 2:49:06 Returning the excavator from the site 2:51:24 Digging for sewerpipe/geotermal and electric installation in garage foundation 3:02:46 prepering foundation for concrete element installation 3:06:36 Installing the concrete element for foundation 3:13:12 Installing sewerpipe in foundation 3:15:00 Installing last concrete element 3:16:21 Preparing foundation for insulation 3:17:38 Laying out floor insulation for garage 3:18:49 Rolling out the red carpet for the Swedish King 3:20:52 Picking up roof sheeting with fh12 truck 3:23:05 Putting out insulation for garage 3:26:58 Prepairing the indoor garage drainage 3:27:58 Mishap on the foundation wall 3:29:03 Next layer of garage floor insulation 3:35:07 Installing the garage indoor drainage 3:52:11 Installing the garage indoor piping / drainage 3:56:04 Cutting out the insulation around the pipes 4:03:42 Installing floor heating hose to garage 4:15:25 Replacing the back windscreen on my caddy car 4:17:28 Floor heating install to garage 4:27:00 Getting garage foundation ready for rebar installation 4:31:29 Putting in the rebar in garage foundation 4:47:08 quick shift at airport before concrete truck arrives 4:48:30 Filling the foundation with concrete 4:56:29 Finishing the concrete pour 5:02:01 Day after concrete pour, putting out plastic 5:05:06 Reached Youtubes maximum file size limit 5:05:11 Drone footage of Moses running across swampy terrain

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