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I'm your host Jerry Hanson hey I got something to say about this cement block foundation this
is actually in Oregon it loaded as a cement block skirting the difference is the dimensions of the
footing the footing for a skirting is only 12 inches wide and the footing dimensions
for a foundation is actually 18 inches wide so this is coated as a cement block skirting
not a cement block foundation however the cement blocks do support the perimeter of the house and
it is anchored into the ground as per code for our zone for earthquake proofing the residents
foundation as well as all the other features in the building were inspected by the code
enforcement team through our county and they meet or exceed all of the federal and state and local
codes otherwise I would not have been able to occupy the house we had to put a vapor barrier
under the double-wide manufactured home before we even began the laying of the footing for the
foundation or the cement block skirting the cement block pier blocks were placed underneath the home
according to the course state code and once those were done the tongues were removed from
the manufactured home the trench was hand dug around the perimeter of the manufactured home
to accommodate the footing the plank forms were placed and spaced and supported around
the perimeter of the home to support the footing cement as it was poured I then placed the rebar
rod reinforcement rod within these as per our codes the cement was accumulated in stockpiled
a friend loaned me their cement mixer and I was able to mix the cement and hand mix and
pour the cement around the whole perimeter of the structure then we waited for the footing to dry
giving it about a week to thoroughly dry and cure now moving on to the cement block wall I had to
accumulate several cement blocks cinder blocks I also went down and purchased a load of mortar on
which to glue these things together with their the tools you'll need will be a level a trowel
a trim tool for the spacing between the cement blocks as you apply the border and clean them
up and make nice even grooves after a while to c-clamps I'll show you how how and why I use
them in a minute you'll need some string a tape me a good pair of kneepads you spent a lot of
time on your knees and a good pair of gloves to protect your hands from the mortar you're going
to need a shovel you're going to need a will Bend you're going to need your stack of mortar I have
my cement block all laid out this is the amount of blocks that we'll be putting on the footing
going up this these blocks will be the vent I will mortar in some screen behind them to keep the bugs
from getting through and these short pieces these thin pieces are what's going on top like this
because they'll be facing across the front of this steel plate now I've created a space from the top
of the footing to the bottom of the house of 26 and a half inches the reason for 26 and a half
inches is just going to accommodate approximately an inch and a half to two inches of your shims
which go against the house your steel plate which the shims rest on and rest on top of the cement
block and three layers of cement blocks that are eight inches wide eight inches high 16 inches
wide so let's get started in lining up our first corner block I've marked here where the corner
of the block is going to go and this lines up right perfectly with the corner of the house
here I had to put the block on its side in you have inserted my dryer vent and
in behind it around that I sprayed that expanding foam insulation in from a can
it's when I'm spraying under the seal plate here to seal in the gap this is a access hole
to reach in and grab get to my water shut-off which is back there and then that's an access
port for the line set for the heat pump that has to be hooked up yet and then there's the
gas line you'll notice I put a anchoring strap here every four feet and then we poured some
in in there here you see the cement block the sill plate the wedges which support the house
and then we have spray foam insulation and a house tie strap every four foot
the foundation in the footing is finished we're sealing up the ends right now my wife
painted up the trim boards that will go on the on that space there I built the access
door there's the access door for underneath the crawlspace and this completed the cement block
skirting that we built for this manufacture at home I'm your host Jerry Hanson here at
pine Meadows hobby farm I want to thank you for joining me on this little adventure of building
a cement block throw at the foundation or a cement block skirting remember mind you
the only difference between this cement block skirting and a cement block foundation is the
footing a foundation footing is 18 inches wide and a skirting footing is only 12 inches wide
and this is coated as a cement block rooting we'll see you guys in other videos bye-bye