Bigfoot tips & how-to animations
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Step 1:
Gather the tools required, trim the Bigfoot, cut your tube, clean tube edge, screw tube to Bigfoot
base. You're on your way! Watch Step 1 Movie length: 1 min 20 sec |
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Step 2:
Place the footing form in the excavation, place earth around the base, backfill, then fill with concrete.
You're done! Watch Step 2 Movie length: 1 min 2 sec |
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Tip 1:
Using a utility knife, remove any fraying on the edge of
the sono tube that will connect to the Bigfoot. Watch Tip 1 Movie length: 13 sec |
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Tip 2:
Use batterboard to suspend a line over your work area.
Tie red tape or string at equal increments to space out the Bigfoot forms evenly.
Watch Tip 2 Movie length: 12 sec |
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Tip 3:
Cut two notches into the tube at the level that the
concrete should reach. This easily allows you to avoid the problem of trying to estimate,
as concrete will flow out of the tube when it's at the right height!
Watch Tip 3 Movie length: 20 sec |
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Tip 4:
Use a Bigfoot as a funnel when pouring the concrete into
the mold! Watch Tip 4 Movie length: 33 sec |