How To Build A House: Getting The Contractors Lined Up Ep 12
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Roman Lucha provides step-by-step guidance on the initial stages of building a house. He emphasizes the importance of securing building permits, contacting an excavator and forming company, and working with a surveyor to mark excavation points. Lucha also stresses the need for builder’s risk insurance before any digging starts. Additionally, he explains the roles of the gas and hydro companies in determining utility placements. This video is a practical guide for anyone preparing to break ground on a construction project.
Takeaways
- 📜 Secure all necessary building permits from the city before proceeding.
- 📞 Call the excavator and forming company to schedule them once you have the permits.
- 📏 Before excavation, have a surveyor do an outside pinning of the excavation site to mark where the basement will be dug.
- 📐 The surveyor will mark the corners of the plot and the height of the footing for the excavator to follow.
- 🚜 Once the excavation is complete, call the surveyor again to do an inside pinning to mark the placement of the basement walls.
- 🏗️ The inside pinning ensures the concrete forming company knows exactly where to place walls and footings, and checks the elevation.
- 🔒 Before excavation, notify your insurance company and secure a builder’s risk insurance package for liability and coverage during construction.
- 💧 The builder’s risk insurance should cover damages like theft, fire, flooding, and accidents.
- 💡 Contact the gas and hydro companies for layout planning, determining where the utilities and meters will be placed on the property.
- 🏡 For cost efficiency, consider placing the hydro meter on the house side instead of the garage side.
Q & A
What should be done after obtaining the building permits from the city?
-After obtaining the building permits, you need to call your excavator and forming company to get them lined up. Also, contact your surveyor to do an outside pinning of the excavation.
What is the purpose of outside pinning in the construction process?
-Outside pinning involves the surveyor placing stakes at the corners of the site and marking the elevation. This shows the excavator where to dig the basement and ensures that the excavation aligns with the plot plan.
Why is it important to mark the elevation for the excavator?
-Marking the elevation ensures that the excavator knows how deep to dig for the basement, following the precise measurements in the plot plan.
What should be done once the excavator has dug the basement?
-After the basement is dug, you need to call the surveyor again to perform inside pinning. This helps the concrete forming company know exactly where to place the walls and footings.
What does inside pinning involve?
-Inside pinning is when the surveyor places pins in the corners of the basement to guide the concrete forming company in placing the walls and footings accurately.
Why does the surveyor need to double-check the basement's elevation?
-The surveyor double-checks the basement’s elevation to ensure it conforms to the plot plan, ensuring the heights and dimensions are correct.
When should the insurance company be contacted, and why?
-Before excavation begins, the insurance company should be contacted to set up a builder's risk insurance policy. This covers damages, liabilities, theft, fire, and flood risks during construction.
What does builder's risk insurance typically cover?
-Builder's risk insurance covers damage, liability, theft, fire, and flood risks that might occur during the construction process.
What role do the gas and hydro companies play in the construction process?
-The gas and hydro companies come to the site to do a layout, showing where the gas lines and electrical meters will be placed. You can often decide which side of the house these will go on.
Why is it preferable to place the meters on the house side rather than the garage side?
-It is generally more cost-effective to place the meters on the house side rather than the garage side, as placing them on the garage side may incur additional costs.
Outlines
🚜 Getting Building Permits and Initial Steps
Roman Lucha introduces the video by explaining that they've acquired building permits from the city, allowing them to proceed with construction. The next step is to call the excavator and forming company, but before that, it's crucial to contact the surveyor to perform an outside pinning. The surveyor will use the plot plan submitted with the permit to mark the corners of the site and indicate the correct elevation for the basement excavation.
🕳️ Surveyor's Role in Basement Excavation
The surveyor's markers, including stakes, guide the excavator on where to dig the basement and at what depth. These markers include elevation lines to ensure the excavation is at the right height for the building's footings. Before the excavator starts, the surveyor must complete this critical task.
🏠 Inside Pinning for Basement Walls
Once the excavator completes the basement digging, the surveyor returns to perform inside pinning. This involves placing markers inside the basement corners to help the concrete forming company align the basement walls accurately. The surveyor double-checks the elevation to ensure it matches the plot plan's specifications, ensuring precision before proceeding to the next steps.
🔍 Final Survey for Elevation and Grading
Roman notes that after the house is built, the surveyor will return again for a final survey to confirm the grading of the property. This ensures the house's elevation and ground levels comply with the plot plan. This step will occur later in the building process and is not yet required.
📑 Builder's Risk Insurance
Before starting excavation, it's crucial to inform the insurance company about the construction. The insurance provider will offer a special 'builder's risk' insurance package, which covers damages, liabilities, theft, fire, and flood. It's important to have this coverage in place before the excavator arrives on site to protect the project.
⚡ Utility Layout and Connections
Roman advises contacting the gas and hydro companies to schedule a layout for utility installations. The gas company will indicate which side of the house the gas line will run on, and the hydro company will provide guidance on meter placement. It's typically cheaper to have the utilities on the house side rather than the garage side, so this step is crucial for cost-saving.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Building Permit
💡Excavator
💡Surveyor
💡Plot Plan
💡Pinning
💡Elevation
💡Concrete Forming
💡Builder's Risk Insurance
💡Gas Layout
💡Hydro Layout
Highlights
Picked up building permits and received all necessary city clearances to start construction.
Before starting, the surveyor must perform an outside pinning of the excavation using the plot plan to guide the excavator.
The stakes set by the surveyor mark the boundaries for digging the basement and show the height for the underside of the footing.
Surveyor marks a cut line for the excavator, indicating how deep to dig, such as two and a half meters.
Once the excavator digs the basement, the surveyor returns to perform an inside pinning to guide the concrete forming company.
The inside pinning precisely marks the placement of the house walls and footings for the concrete company.
The surveyor also double-checks the basement elevation to ensure it aligns with the plot plan.
After the house is built, a final survey and grading check is needed.
Before excavation, notify the insurance company to secure builder's risk insurance covering liability, theft, fire, and flood.
Builder’s risk insurance must be in place before the excavator arrives.
Coordinate with the gas company for a layout of where the gas line will enter the house.
Coordinate with the hydro (electric) company for a layout to determine the meter placement, which can be on either side of the house.
If possible, choose the house side for the electric meter layout to save on costs, as the garage side can be more expensive.
Ensure all preliminary steps, such as surveys, insurance, and utility layouts, are completed before moving to the next stage of construction.
Transcripts
hi roman lucha here on how to build a
health series okay so we just came back
from the city and we picked up our
building permits all right so we've got
all clearances from the city to go ahead
and build
so at this time you want to call your
excavator and your forming company and
get them lined up now before you do
anything you have to call your surveyor
again and tell him to do an outside
pinning of the excavation what that is
is he'll take your plot plan that you
that you've
uh submitted with your permit and from
the plot plan he will go to the site and
he will put stakes in the corners and
also showing elevation for the excavator
okay now the stakes are there to show
the excavator where to dig the basement
okay on the lot and also the height of
the underside of the footing so he'll
mark a line it'll give you an elevation
and it'll
give a cut line on there to tell the
excavator from this line dig down
two and a half meters or whatever is
marked on that so it's very important
before your excavator starts you call
the surveyor to do an outside excavation
of the penny now once the excavator
shows up and digs the basement okay you
have to call the surveyor again and to
call and call him and do an inside
pinning of the basement what that means
is he'll come into the basement and
you'll put pins in the corners of the
house
to show the concrete forming company
exactly where the walls are to be placed
okay and that's very precise it'll tell
the concrete company and the foreman
company to show them exactly where to
put the walls and the footings okay and
they'll also double check the cut what
that what i mean by that is they'll
double check the elevation of the
basement to make sure that it conforms
to the plot plan because on your plot
plan it shows you all the elevations
and all the the height so he'll double
check all that and then later on when
the house is up you need to call him to
do a final survey of the property and to
check the grading but that's at another
stage
but that's what we need to do right now
also before you dig very important you
need to call your insurance company now
your insurance company um you have to
tell them what you're doing and what
you're proposing and they'll put a
package that's called the builder's risk
okay they'll put a separate insured
insurance
on your bill okay
it'll cover any damage that could happen
any liability insurance any theft
insurance any fire insurance
and any flood insurance that's usually a
separate thing but
make sure you get your builders risk put
on before the excavator shows up okay
and that's that's
that's what you have to do at this
moment now you can also go ahead and
call the gas company and to do a layout
now and they'll come and do a layout and
show you
what side of the house the gas is going
to go on
if you go on either side you can tell
them what side you want to put it on and
also the hydro company they'll also give
you the layout and they'll they will
tell you what side the meters to go on
in most cases if you can go on either
side then you usually want to get it on
the house side because it costs a little
bit more if you go on the garage side so
that's what you have to do now see you
at the next stage
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