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JacksonAZ69

How much weight/time can that foam handle before it starts to break down and compress?


easant-Role-3170Pl

it's pretty durable. the main thing is that sunlight does not fall on it


doxtorwhom

Just like the Titans in the walls.


hulkmxl

Oh dude I -just- watched AoT, the timing to understand your reference was spooky, almost Truman-show levels


doxtorwhom

*To you, in 2000 years*


Gingergerbals

!Remind me 2000 years


MetriccStarDestroyer

This is the 24AD Roman Imperial Mail reminding you that yes, the imperial province of Judaea is still fighting a war of extermination.


imacomputr

If it helps, I didn't just watch AoT, so the reference means nothing to me.


Fookyu_315

It's this show about titans attacking but it turns out there are titans in the walls. The whole time. It's pretty self-explanatory.


TheDoktorIsIn

Maybe the real titans were the friends we made along the way? ...wait.


BrazynBlazyn

Technically the truth.


IncognitoErgoCvm

Kinda misses the reference to the importance of sunlight not hitting them.


meatymimic

I just finished AoT yesterday. Don't fuck with the walls bro


TheHypnobrent

Shit, he's on to us


nick2k23

Trueman show? Isnt that the fictional movie based on the hulkmxl show?


cosplay-degenerate

Its time to wake up. They know that you became aware enough to notice them. Get out. If you are ever in trouble scream "i'm a little dirty ladybug" and my comrades will be able to locate you. Behave normal but don't think about how to behave normal. That's like remembering to breath; Switches it to manual Mode. You are welcome.


DarkAeonX7

You could say it would be a Collosal failure.


easant-Role-3170Pl

The Boeing killer came after you, you revealed the corporate secret of the sauce


Jobewan1

So like 10 years?


Vegetama

At least


Noopy9

The bigger problem is this doesn’t do anything to solve the erosion that’s happening under the driveway so it’s just a temporary fix and going to sink again over time.


veringer

This likely isn't erosion. I'd bet it's from pouring the slab on disturbed soil without adequately prepping the site with gravel, tamping, and time for settling. This is why some road projects take so long; they're probing / measuring moisture and compaction and either waiting for settling or accelerating it with heavy machines. Failure to do this leads to roads like this driveway.


paidinboredom

While that one person does all those things what are all the other guys standing around doing?


AzathothsAlarmClock

one is to make sure that he's doing it right, two are to make sure that the guy supervising is being supervised etc etc.


EnderMoleman316

Literally everything is just a temporary fix. It's all gonna sink, given a long enough time frame.


fooliam

Himalayas aren't. They get taller every year! Go Indian subcontinent, go!


AnalTongueDarts

For now. Time’s fun like that.


Tekkzy

Dreading needing a new roof soon


NoReallyLetsBeFriend

My parents house is 50 years old and they just had it lifted 1.5-2 inches. That's not bad all things considered. If it lasts half as long that's impressive. So far, 2 years of seasons/snow and holding strong


vahntitrio

No but polyurethane is an excellent medium for molds and fungi to grow on, and protecting it from sunlight will make that problem worse.


EasilyRekt

Polyurethane is pretty good at resisting stress fatigue, meaning unless it’s crushed the first time, it’s gonna last a while. As for how much is too much? A truck’s weight on a single tire will break it, but if it’s spread out over a whole driveway it’ll be fine.


Anopanda

just until after you flipped it.


iboneyandivory

\~7 years ago I used 5 cans of 'Great Stuff' from Home Depot to lift a part of a concrete apron on the front of my house and it's still perfect. FWIW


infinity187

Foundation specialist/project manager here. It's definitely a bandaid solution. It depends a lot on soil composition and drainage/moisture. The more moisture in soil that is expensive, i.e. clay based soil, the shorter the bandaid fix will work. Ideally, you would demo and re-pour new concrete and tie it into the existing grade beam via #4 rebar ever 16" on center.


OramaBuffin

Our solution was just to asphalt up two little wheel ramps to the top of the lip of the garage lmao. Worked like a charm. Before that we used a plank of wood. Probably 1/1000th of the price. Granted we weren't nearly as bad as OP.


ScrofessorLongHair

It'd be ugly, but would work. Only question is if the additional weight of the asphalt in previously settled areas would cause it to settle more, and throw the unsettled areas up and way.


MasterChiefsasshole

You just repeat the process at that point.


fooliam

this man rednecks


OramaBuffin

Honestly we live in a decent neighborhood and it somehow doesn't actually look that bad. Our driveway is a steep hill anyways and not short so it kind of blends in looking from the road. In all probability, the top of the driveway has settled and rolled up so much any massive renovation would just have to get redone in 20 years anyways.


ScrofessorLongHair

If it were expansive clays, you'd think you would foundation issues too. But I've seen overexcavations done in areas with those problems, where you had to place the soil at 5% above optimum moisture. So yes, it was slightly pumping. Definitely thin lifts and static rolled. But if you built on that, i wouldn't expect the driveway to have settlement, it would be completely fucked from the live loads, and probably have spiderweb cracking. That thing looks like it settled without cracking. So it was probably shitty compaction during initial construction. Dirt guys are often lazy as hell on things like driveways.


infinity187

I willing to bet there will be issues in the future, if this is expansive clay. In the 9 yrs of me doing foundation work, I've noticed, here in central Tx (512 represent!) we typically begin to see foundation failure starting between the 15-20 year mark. Of course, there are a multitude of variables that can change that. I will say, some newer track homes are failing within the 10 yr foundation warranty, but builders do fuck-all to service them. Company's like Lenner, DR Horton, KB Homes, Meritage and Centex are company's NOT to buy homes from.


ScrofessorLongHair

I got started in inspection 20 years ago doing QC for mostly Lenner, but also DR Horton and KB. And yep, they're shit. And i can only imagine how much worse they are now. I got into bridges. And thank God, since residential and commercial are a nightmare with quality.


PerritoMasNasty

It’s better than the other bandaid, mud jacking


big_duo3674

Thanks for confirming, I was super confused at first. That stuff can be durable as hell but not constantly-driving-on-while-supporting-a-concrete-slab durable. I suppose once it raised up by the foam and it has cured that you could insert some kind of supports, although that just seems slightly less temporary than the foam itself. What would be the reason then in paying for this repair (provided it was professionally done) if it would pretty quickly end up cheaper to just have poured a new slab right away?


Cpt_sneakmouse

I'm guessing the biggest customer for this are people flipping houses. Cheapest solution to the problem and it can be easily hidden with a minor landscaping project along the sides of the driveway. 


infinity187

That's a great question. If your selling a house and it's a time sensitive situation? It's less than half a days worth of work as opposed to 2 or even 3 days. Weather has no bearing on the work either, so this can be done during rain or shine. I don't really know the costs between one or the other as I mainly build new pier and beam foundations and level existing PnB and monolithic slab-on-grade.


BaconJacobs

From what I've hears, anecdotally, is that none of these firms warranty their work. They could not care how long it lasts


redassedchimp

Also put gutters on the house and more importantly direct the water far from the foundation, not just 3 feet away.


Conch-Republic

If it was done properly, it can last about 5 years before starting to sink, providing you don't park heavy trucks on it constantly. But this doesn't fix the underlying drainage issue that is causing that driveway to sink in the first place, so it'll happen again. Foam jacking is a fairly reliable bandaid, but it's still a bandaid. That said, this wasn't done properly unless they filled the rest of the driveway out of frame. It has to be filled all the way down, otherwise it will eventually crack.


funnystuff79

They've started filling approach roads for flyovers with expanded polystyrene and they plan for those to last decades. Different material yes, but the stresses and strains of vehicles are taken into account when engineering a material.


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tinny123

Could u pls post a link


fuishaltiena

A fair bit. We've used it to reinforce the floor under some fairly heavy machinery at work, many tons of weight. It mostly helped but the floor still moved a tiny bit (a couple tenths of a milimetre) as the machine did its job, so eventually we decided to go for other options.


FiniteLuckWithAmmo

In NC, we use a similar method to fix settled bridge approaches (basically a concrete ramp on the road that gets you onto the bridge deck). They have lasted for many years successfully on interstate routes.


Pyreknight

Ten years so far on my uncle's. He's got some hideous RV on it. Ymmv.


StatusOmega

You'd be surprised. This usually ends up being a permanent solution.


drmarting25102

Yeah neat video but the cyclic fatigue resistance will be terrible. This will not last.


Hitsoka

Do yourself a favor and play this on mute.


MechanicalHorse

I just keep my videos muted by default.


Ginkachuuuuu

The Internet has sound?


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emergency_poncho

there are parts of the internet that aren't for porn?


foovancleef

are u not on MySpace?


ShadowRonin0

This is the way!


Ddsw13

I unmuted and was so confused


Cosmic_Quasar

The AI program I want is one that knows me and knows what audio is worth listening to and mutes/unmutes on a video to video basis automatically.


mwd11b

I down vote when the musical is garbage


FibroBitch96

I turned it on after reading this comment. What the actual fuck even


TheGamecock

Sounded like Sloth from the Goonies attempting to spark a rap career.


ultralium

... how many genres have we gone through, and how did they fuck up every one of them?


OnceMoreAndAgain

It wasn't that bad for the first 12 seconds, but holy shit after that it's ridiculous lol. I started laughing for real near the end.


logicdsign

Yeah that slowdown is pretty trash. The actual track goes hard af tho.


OcelotWolf

I’m usually tolerant of annoying audio, but I physically cringed at this one. This is the first time I’ve ever felt strongly enough about it to comment


WanderWut

Oi this song is pure trash innit m8???


dugfordbuckabeer

it got blood coming out my ears blud


rumncokeguy

I played it on mute the first time and after your comment I had to play it without. I still blame you.


Rfreaky

I played it on mute and had to check what you meant. I regret that decision deeply.


LesBoots

There were so many comments about how bad the music was, I had to watch it a second time with the sound on. Some kind of sadistic curiosity.


Pancake_Nom

Masochistic\* Sadistic curiosity would be encouraging others to turn the sound on to see how they react.


horriblemonkey

Turn the sound WAY UP everyone


TheSwedishSeal

🤬


smellycoat

Plot twist: they’re on a bus


multiarmform

it didnt used to be so bad but has gotten worse in the last couple years i think. oh look, a short clip of a momma cat with kittens, lets add distorted death metal for no reason at all


totalfarkuser

Same


Von_Jelway

This music is sensationally terrible.


Suninabottle

How much time before the slab starts cracking above the floating areas?


Mike_Littoris69

The idea is that the foam expands and fills all voids under the slab so that doesn't happen. I used to do this for a living. Foam jacking is far superior to mud jacking as you aren't adding weight to the slab and the foam doesn't break down as long as it isn't exposed to sunlight


Maykko_

Personally, I prefer jacking without mud, it gets into my urethra and I would get UTI's on a regular basis. I haven't tried foam, but I think it might just block things up.


ViperTheLoud

Once had a can of foam sealant pop through the bottom of a box on a pallet. Coworker nailed it with a fork, and it exploded all over the front of his forklift. He got pissed and started scraping it off with his hands while it expanded. Later we heard him screaming trying to get it off cause he was too impatient to learn the proper way to release it, and it even took some skin. So yeah, don't apply to yo dick.


deadbalconytree

Oh man that’s sounds awful. I was using it one day with gloves on and the glove broke and got on the side of my finger. I had to scrape it off with skin. And it took months to heal. It would heal and then the skin would bubble up and reopen again like I kept getting a chemical burn from beneath the healed skin or something. It was literally maybe a half inch patch, but man was it painful.


shicken684

Why would you type this?


Maykko_

You must be new to reddit.


weldit86

Until you drive on it!


MysteriousLeader6187

And this is why we have microplastics in our semen.


Aunt_Slappy_Squirrel

Foam jacking taken literally.


Itheinfantry

Fucking hell this website is cursed.


nomisum

for real, this stuff desintegrates sooner or later and no way to prevent it spoiling the surroundings. i'd rather have no driveway than this.


Shifty_Cow69

🎶Life is plastic, it's fantastic 🎶


coffeebuzzbuzzz

That music is the opposite of satisfying.


FuqUrBackgroundMusic

Fuck your background music!


Ok-Resolve-7556

Fuck that background music


LordCommander94

Wtf is this shit music?


totallynotpoggers

what the fuck is that audio


wholesome_pineapple

Da ting go skibidi skibidi BANG


Scared_Midnight_2823

The result of giving kids tablets at age 3 and tiktok making 2 second attention spans so they they can't listen to a song without it having 5 million different effects and tape stops every millisecond


Stairwayunicorn

but can you drive over it?


smurf1776

Yes, most cold storage warehouses have concrete that sits on a layer of 3 poly sheets and you have racking,product, forklifts driving over it and never deforming unless moisture gets in there, freezes and heaves the concrete. Similar concept but used for leveling rather than thermal insulation. Poly is quite strong.


tehringworm

Those poly sheets don’t provide any structural support and are only to prevent moisture wicking through the slab.


Atworkwasalreadytake

Maybe he’s using the wrong terminology, but putting foam board under concrete is very common. You don’t put anything load bearing on it, but it absolutely can handle the concrete and non-load-bearing walls.  Foam board has compressive strength of 15-25 psi. Which is about 2000 to 3600 psf. For comparison, generally you size a living area at 10-25 psf and a deck at 50-80psf depending on many factors. 4” deep concrete is about 45 psf.


smurf1776

I did use the wrong terminology. Thanks for the correction.


saltedfish

This is it. This actually the worst song I've ever heard. This is the most arrhythmic and hard to follow song I think I've ever heard. Jesus wept.


rustyphish

how can it be satisfying if it's destroying my ears?


binkkit

I would think rats could get right under that stuff, chew themselves a nice little nest and raise a family.


Att1cus

Is the foam appetizing for the rats? If they weren’t there before this I doubt the foam would attract them.


PerritoMasNasty

No, it’s not cheese.


Aerodynamic_Soda_Can

How can you be sure?


I_Think_I_Cant

The American dream.


and0au

Surely they’re taking the piss with background music 🙉


error404_potato

Playing this video with the sound on has ruined my day


-audacity_

why do mfers doing these timelapses always have the most atrocious taste in music


Both-Home-6235

Fucking horrible music


Truly_Meaningless

Petition to ban posts that have music that isn't relevant to the video itself


Alert_Philosophy74

This is how u fix ur driveway right before u put the For Sale sign up.


SkepticalZack

It’s fine I already have plastic in my balls apparently


TwilightKeystroker

Lots of hate here, but when you compare this to mud jacking and concrete replacement (which is also done wrong quite often) then all you can do is let the property owner choose which option works best for them. Cost differences are dramatic Mid jacking ~$400+ Poly foam ~ $2k+ Concrete replacement ~$7k+


onlinepresenceofdan

Putting things like polyurethan into the ground is why we deserve global warming.


whomad1215

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn/comments/dv7hs9/environmentally_unsound_1963_popular_science_used/?rdt=48960 1963, just dig a hole in the ground and pour your dirty oil in it


Hammerhil

I can't decide if the music is worse at regular speed or slowed down.


davidbanner_

Until the soil underneath starts to erode and wash away and it drops again


Obecny75

No one said it's a permanent fix.... it gets the job done for a decent amount of time at a price WAY less than tearing up the driveway


CaptainSneakers

My last HOA had this done under the sidewalk and it SUCKED. Sidewalk lifted way up and bent my garage siding when the ground contracted and then dropped back down and buckled when it released. So that was my experience and why I would not do this in any place that experiences any kind of seasonal temperature changes. Every year, it was just unbelievable to see. HOA claimed it wasn't effecting anything else, but also couldn't give firm answers about how far the foam extended in any direction.


LouisRielsAR-15

Wouldn’t it now be more expensive to redo the entire driveway properly once it loses shape & starts cracking in the future.


Solid-Bridge-3911

You already flipped the house and it's someone else's problem now.


shotsallover

This foam has to be some sort of environmental hazard, right? Way worse than the original cement/concrete?


carlos2127

We did this with our driveway and it's SO much better than mudjacking. As long as is not exposed to sunlight, you're all set.


FandomMenace

Landlord/flipper special. The savings to risk ratio for this aren't worth it for a homeowner. I had a place that did this before me, and it didn't last. I also had weird cracking in the garage slab which makes me wonder if this caused it.


Oranges13

We had this done last year and it's been great. Would absolutely do it again.


giverous

Foam lifting can actually be more expensive than stone slurry or mudjacking. It has it's pros and cons depending on the application, but it's not some cheap con.


marino1310

It shouldn’t, the foam expands to fill voids specifically. Done correctly there shouldn’t be unsupported spots


Dawn-of-Destiny

Watching this is like watching someone put a band-aid over a cut that would require stitches. The fix will not last


hwofufrerr

Silly question probably... but why use this instead of raising it by adding more concrete under it or (probably more expensive option) tearing it out and redoing it? Something like a small garage ramp shouldn't be hard to fix compared to like steps or something... right? (I know nothing about this stuff so please educate instead of hate)


TyronePowerr

Is it strong enough to take cars driving up and down it?


Freestila

So instead of repairing it correct you use garbage that is toxic to some extend and put that in your ground and hope nothing breaks... Yeah...


armykcz

It is way faster and cheaper…


FlutterKree

The long term cost is having microplastics in your balls.


Mike_Littoris69

The reddit brigade doesn't like the truth


arivas26

Mmmm… PFAS


proscriptus

That's just trillions of little plastics in direct contact with the ground, right?


RoundSilverButtons

So we’re going to ignore the underlying issue with the ground underneath?


Then_Version9768

It's not a good fix. The foam disintegrates. It's foam. Don't waste your time or money.


genericdeveloper

Not sure why they didn't tear it up and just relay the foundation correctly without crappy foam.


bjornofosaka

Does this break down into the soil and get in the water or anything like that?


Naethe

This is why microplastics are inside us


FuzzInspector

u/that-1-lame-kid


that-1-lame-kid

Did it to one of the rentals o own, it was very interesting to watch lol


FuzzInspector

Yaaaaaaassss


hatecuzaint

Why do you people have audio play on default? Half the complaints!


SatchBoogie1

We have a similar need like this. We were told the foam wouldn't last very long compared to completely re-doing the concrete slab in question.


2word4numeros

Bot post


Top-Letterhead-6026

Been there, done that—the foam held up for years under a camper. Shade is def your friend on this one.


orficebots

so what happens to it over time? Recyclable?


Hopeful_Nihilism

Why do people put the worst fucking music on these things. It doesnt fit at all. Fucking mental disorder.


45LongSlidee

Any lurkers here who can say from experience how much this costs? Typical cost per sqft?


SoBeDragon0

fuck your background music


ZenithGamage

I'm now convinced that a lot of these videos purposely use shitty music just so they can get people in the comments to talk about it.


SandVir

Doubtful


EspikCZ

Sooo? Same time, next year?


john217

Nice way to level up


Trollimperator

So OP took an old as fuck video, reposted it for the 1000th time and put some terrible music on it? I hate to say it OP. But you are beyond useless.


geruetzel

in German this is called 'Pfusch'


mthrfcknhotrod

This doesn't work as well as it seems. It is very much a band aid. Best thing to do is rip the slab and repour.


laughtrey

I bet this is super good for the environment.


Menes009

Americans will do anything but to do proper construction


velosaurus_rex2

And people wonder why we have micro plastics in every facet of our lives…


Stonn

yes, let's put plastic straight into the fucking ground. Great idea


Beat9

injecting micro plastics straight into the earth


DepGrez

sweet sweet microplastics.


Not-So-Logitech

This will go to shit after 3-5 years. They didn't pin the concrete to the foundation, there's no compression pad between the driveway and the foundation, and I can tell that concrete was not poured with a proper bed of rebar, mesh, and gravel. Source: have had this done twice and then decided to just replace it.


CallEmAsISeeEm1986

Our descendants are going to be so, so fucking mad at us.


sawyouoverthere

Descendants?


CallEmAsISeeEm1986

Fuck. Yes. I’m dumb. My ancestors are disappointed. Our descendants will be disappointed.


Splizmaster

So how poisonous is this stuff? Not to be a Debby Downer but every other post is about the micro plastics in everything nook and cranny of our biology so maybe we should chill out? lol who am I kidding, yolo maybe!


3string

Is this just a huge source of environmental microplastics? It's spray foam too so you get atmospheric pollution when you deploy it and environmental pollution when it breaks apart, which it will. We can do better than this as a society!


mombi

How good is this for the environment?


IncorporateThings

That shit's literally toxic and typically full of BPA and leeches it all into the dirt and eventually the ground water, where we drink it and it causes great reproductive harm. This shouldn't even be legal.


TittlesTheWinker

Polyurethane was found in seman.


Initial-Ad-1782

What's the backlash? 


dirnir

Came here to understand what the material is and how is it used. Instead you guys bamboozled me into unmuting the video.


Wrhabbel

Nice "music" OP. Did you really edited this under the video yourself? And do you listen to it often? In any of thr cases above, please snip it so you won't reproduce.


firewhite1234

Don't turn the audio on in this one...


anxiety_filter

Dang


mildobamacare

Terrible music choice


avoqado

I was so ready for the 180bpm breakdown. Slowing down to 60bpm killed it. It's grime, try to be a dj.


funkybside

had "mud jacking" done on a similar drive condition years back. worked and looked great after it was done. lasted maybe 1-2y before it collapsed in halfway through the lift pivot.