Скачать или смотреть How to build an ADU in California as an owner-builder - Episode 5: Foundation Underground & CMU Wall

Welcome to my series on how to build an ADU in California as an owner-builder in Oakland. In this episode we touch on ground preparation, starting to form the foundation and getting it ready to pour. The foundation is then poured and finished and a CMU block wall is built on the property line walls.

In the rest of this 18 part series I'll take you through every step I went through from pre-planning to final inspection of our new detached 620sqft ADU (and some other stuff that came after). At the end of the series I go through a full cost breakdown of the $250,000 build and you can take a look at my spreadsheet here:
http://bit.ly/4oq8xMj

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The process of building an ADU, especially as an owner-builder, is fraught with challenges so hopefully this series will help you on your way. A shout out to @ThatADUGuy @HowToADU @essentialcraftsman @HowToBuildYourOwnHome @OdellCompleteConcrete @ElectricProAcademy @MattBangsWood @HektorCastillo @buildshow whose content and in some cases advice helped make this build possible!

Thanks for watching and my apologies in advance for the low production quality - it wasn't easy trying to film as much as I could while also building something like this for the first time and also working. With all the footage it's taken me almost a year to get my act together and put this video series together. Of course, this is just ONE of a billion ways to make an ADU happen so take it all with a pinch of salt!

If this series is useful please like and subscribe! I'll be posting a few shorter videos soon that address ADU related questions like - most useful tools, pros and cons of owner-building, how does property tax work for ADUs, etc....

If you have any questions please drop a comment! If you want to get in touch feel free to drop me an email at [email protected]

00:00 Gavel base being delivered
00:43 Form lumber delivered
01:23 Rebar delivery
02:00 Ground preparation
05:26 Structural engineering issue
08:00 Underground plumbing
09:39 Plumbing walkthrough
14:52 Ready to pour
18:28 Pour day
27:15 Finished pour
28:52 CMU blocks delivered
30:04 Block wall started