We improve drainage around some new construction
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- In this video we remove builder drainage and install much more effective drainage pipes. We also improve drainage by removing wood chips and grading the soil away from building.
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I'm going to try to get my guys do you watch some of your videos so they can learn how to fix the problems we have around our house 🤗I could watch you guys all day.
Great job guys
Good job.
Your crew is very capable!
It is always interesting watching an older crew work, they have figured out so many trick to just get it done easy. A guy is holding pipes on one end and could just drop them, but he can see the other guy doesn't have a good grip and set them down instead. Real alert and heads up workers are the safest and most efficient while talking smack all the way. You do not have to check after them to make sure the concrete does not have dips or water stops in the wrong place.
I still wonder at what kind of idiots general contractors must be. They are building in a heavy rainfall area and never plan to manage the water. There is no way to leave a "Retaining Wall" where they did unless it was one trully ginormous boulder in which case they should have taken a day to chissel a decent clearance across instead of hiding it with a "Retaining Wall" instead of carting the rocks off into the woods 50 yards away.
Thanks for sharing!
Wow…. 50k! Congratulations. Thanks Shawn
Nice work!
Great vid, thanks for taking the time to make it😀👋🇬🇧
Love your videos…, in fact, I have learned enough to do my own drainage work on two of our houses. Thank you!
That property is so amazing! I would love to own a secluded place like that
Fantastic
Thank you Julie! 👍
What an amazing house that thing is sweet
Congratulations on hitting 50k
And that’s why I hate flowerbeds up against the house. Nothing but problems.
Thanks!
Great video, best yet.
Beautiful home deserved not to drown when it rains. Who you gonna call? Gate City Foundation, that's who. Well done. I've always wondered, do your customers watch your videos?
This is my favorite drainage channel
😂
You should have put some Riprap under the end of the pipes to prevent erosion...
When you showed the system in use after the storm, you can already see channels being dug into the hillside from all the water slamming into it from the pipes...
Sweet
I would find some old Patio stones or something to set where those pipes empty, because that is already making marks in the earth
Great work GCFD crew! Ronald is a trooper. A great example for younger generations. If they see and acknowledge such aptitude at all! No need for popup at the end of the line? All I see is rodent making a timeshare resort there. Also wouldn’t piece of french drain tied into the rest of the system be able to pickup all the left water issue where you did grading along the garage? Hope you don’t mind my rookie questions here. 😜
Another job well done. As usual, the best part is see a downpour and the piping at work. Nothing more satisfying than seeing the final result.
Looks like the orange cable you hit a couple of times could be for the back up genny
Glad you hand dug over the gas. I work for the gas company and it’s law in Ontario to hand dig or vac truck all utilities. Many people don’t. Then I end up dealing with the damages for the repairs. Very costly to the contractors that hit the lines.
It's a testament to your integrity that Ronald wanted to give you the credit for the shortened distance around @19:15. Ronald, Jeremy, & you are a good team.
Thank you! that was 100% Ronald's idea though after he looked at it and brought it up. We pretty much re-created exactly what happened and I loved his idea.
Great video as always. Another home builder being cheap where it matters. Could you have tied the 2 front and run a extra 2 or 3 pieces of pipe to that corner?
Only me that saw / think that you did break one cable of some sort next to the internet line one the first day? Not the one you talked about.
Wow the garage should have been built more on a pad than sunken in like that
For sure! or the grade cut down more to compensate. 👍
gas meters have a little pressure relief thing i believe its why we cant put electric within some feet in some places
Shawn you work with some great guys. making a great trio. nice work. Curios, did you figure out what that thin cut line was next to the internet line?
That was another internet line that was no longer being used.
13:45 It looks like the foundation corrugated pipe is twisted so that it is trying to flow uphill, for the short section connection to the new schedule 40 pvc.
You cut the orange cable 2 times.
Ronald needs a raise for saving you money and working his ass off
He cannot pay Ronald enough!
WOW everything looks great on this job! It is always good to get rid of the corrugated pipe!
16:30 looks like an 8mm carpenter bee :->
It was a big one for sure. They can really damage wooden structures.
What type of pipes did you replace with- you mentioned what was there- thanks! Nice job and so helpful!
@21:33 it looks like another cable about a foot away might have been cut. Unless that is some sort of organic material
Ronald is a powerhouse! 💪💪
Love the mutual respect you all have for each other.
Same! We are all in it together.
41:47 skip to the rain segment
That house looks awesome! Disrespectful of the architect+builder to make the drainage like that. Almost ramping the rain towards the house :(
45:00 CB would help get rid of the water.
You're a lucky guy to have such a good crew. 👍
Another great job!
thank you!
You’ve got the best guys for your business, Ronald as the let’s go and get this done , love that work ethic 🇺🇸👍🏻
Nice home and beautiful piece of property! Nice seeing the same folks working on jobs.
Thank you! I've had the same crew for awhile now. I have a few other friends who I call on for bigger jobs.
Watching "The Guys" solve problems is more entertaining than watching "Mid Summer Murders" on Public Tv !
Stunning looking home , your pipe work still above and beyond 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
hey sean great job like always! just remember next time you got to leave at least 6 inches of clearance from the ground so the siding wont rot as fast and get worn by weed wacker. also try not to cover vent holes arround brick walls. Ive learned that from construction over the years. love your videos by the way cant wait for the next one.
Six inches of clearance is idea but sometimes we can't get it. When making decisions about raising grade or having drainage concerns, sometimes we go with raising the grade. Pest control and making sure to keep organic matter from building up are then stepped up in those areas. Great comment Raul!
Thats a big cicrcle driveway from the air and long! Is that all this house driveway?!? Im so jelious!!! I wish i could have a privite drive so i dont see the road or neighbors!!!
Yes! They have 12 acres out there all to themselves. It's an amazing property for sure.
Ronald comes from the old school, their mentality is 'work hard, play hard'. We have a couple old guys like that at work. Can't stop them, they crank some work out.
He is a great to have on any job, that's for sure! 👍
I like that casual grab-the-camera-as-you-drive-by move.
Haha thank you! I wasn’t sure if i should keep that in, but thought it was funny.
Come for the drainage video, stay for the entomology lesson. Excellent work, Sean and crew! Also, a very luck break on not hitting that internet line, it having been installed above the gas line.
At that spot yes, though it still got hit later, unfort yes and that for the internet/cable/fiber type services etc 811 & the other locate service's dont seem to care due to priority costs etc etc.
Love the old uhaul! I used to sell retired uhaul trucks back in the early 2000s, good times!
Builders amaze me. That house is practically built on the side of a mountain, yet they STILL managed to create drainage problems. 😮
Lol - true!
I do see this a lot. If I had free control over the grading, I would go in there with a full size skid loader and fix everything. Unfortunately, it's not possible to do that unless all the utility lines are removed and replaced.
Literally my favorite channel ya'll don't fuck around ya'll do it and do it thick schedule pipe and all hard pipe no collapsible corregated bullshit been subscribed
You can see at 42:57 that the channel water is landing on the concrete patio. Is this of concern? It looks be a high spot and a end to the channel that directs the water into the patio before it continues it's path down the hill.
Good job Shaun, was that cable in use?
Yes the cable was in use. They came and repaired it. 👍
Such a gorgeous home to have such hack work done to a brand new build , great work fixing this place up gentlemen!
What about all the water pooling between the Ac & the back door concrete area?? It was building up there?? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
The area at the end next to the house just needs rocks.
@Gate City Foundation Drainage i wonder if there's a way to use some soil to hide the ends of pipes, not from all points of view, but just from the POV of the house?
the mega-rich country estates of England used to use ha-ha's (trenches) instead of fences, because they wanted to block entry onto the grounds, but without the visible signs of fences. the trenches would drop vertically on the house side, but gradually slope up on the far side, so the trench was much less obvious to the eye.
maybe a speed bump of soil rising about 6 inches on the near side would hide the end of the pipe, as opposed to leaving the ground flat all the way over the pipe?
also, this is all probably more trouble than it's worth, ha. all visual, no function
They are planning to plant some shrubs along the wood chip line. That line is where the land drops off in elevation, so it forms a natural edge. 👍
You must have one of the best fan base of any UA-cam channels. From what I read and see excellent work done .
Water is house enemy #1; therefore, the appearance of any drainage system including above ground is well worth it.
Was curious about why you didn’t catch the little pipe coming from the side of the garage into the downspout it’s in between the air conditioner and the downspout. Lots of time you catch the sump pumps this looks like it might be condensation line from the air conditioning
👍👍👍
36:20 It would look even better with clear cement and not the blue one...
Great video! Always nice seeing the drone shots.
Why didn't you catch the two downspouts at the front corner of the garage, and bring them to the back, with the other downspouts?
I try to take the shortest path to get the water completely gone. We could have taken it along the garage, but there was not much fall over such a long distance. By dropping the water onto the concrete, it was instantly gone and no longer a problem.
Another brilliant episode Shaun!
Ron & Jeremy featuring more is great - you have a great team!
Thank you Jetpac! I love working with them that's for sure. 👍
It is a shame cos they used PVC, but somehow still messed it up.
Extra Kudos to your guys, cos I am younger than them and this is back breaking work.
They might look older than me but for sure they are spring chickens these guys, really strong folk.
They are both older than me too and they work hard! Seriously, we work at our own pace and don't try and work too hard.
Video composition is really getting good, it seems when the house was being built a dozer or excavator could have done a better job of cutting a swooping swale around that garage. Your drains will help a ton.
Yes for sure Mike. If the utility lines weren't already in place, I could have taken a lot of dirt out and sloped things away from the garage. Builders love retaining walls and I like grading things away.
You could see the erosion channel and hole forming at the end of each pipe, from where the water had been landing after leaving the pipe. You might be back out there to give that water a place to land and disperse. The one at 43:15 is pretty big already.
Looks like the back patio was still collecting water too.
small french drain there also that then ties in?
I don’t mind watching a 2 hours video from these guys 😂 there are so amusing
I thought they would have put some stones underneath to prevent erosion.
Adding riprap at discharge locations might have been a line item the owners passed on
Incredible, all those $$$ spent on a new construction house and contractor flubbed a small but critical item. Homeowner did the right thing and solved the problem!
PS - thanks for posting an interesting video
Thank you William! I've been behind on making these videos as they take all day to edit. It's a lot!
Looks like a lot of “easy” work with plenty of work space,fall,access and a cooperative owner. Nice job guys. Not typically a fan of blue houses, but this one is beautiful.
Boy this was a DOOSIE!! Enjoyed every minute. Love how your guys just go to town and get 'er done!! 🏆🏆🏆So enjoyable. 🙂
Thank you Sheena! This was a big project and the video took all day to edit. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love this channel, I’ve learned so much from you guys…thanks ❤
Love, love, love this video ❤ excellent job!
thank you JAK!
A lot of work on this house, nice material showing all the work and operation.
Regards
Love the drone skills, awesome. Nice job on this one. I'm giving you 5 gold stars, lol.
Another good one Sean. Good grief 4 AC units? How many sq feet is that home to need four of them? I wish I had the money they are spending on power bills. 😁Nothing worse than a boss or supervisor that steals credit for work or an idea done by one of their subordinates. Sean is a good boss though. One that gives credit where it is due. Ronald so humble not wanting to claim credit was sweet.👍
'Drain Your Troubles Away with GCFD'. Cheers.
Hahah! That's the goal 👍
Great work and great solutions implemented. 👍
How did the builders manage to build a house on top of a giant hill and still have the yard end up sloping towards the house?
Probably an engineer that never leaves his desk.
And, allow the blue clapboards to continue down to grade on that window wall? Gotta leave 4-6” of concrete exposed there. Not incompetent building, but not really smart either.
IKR
@@dock_yard1149 clapboards stop appropriately, what is showing are painted CMU foundation blocks
A guy comes in with a dozer or skidsteer and grades the lot and a guy with a grade rake follows around and touches up. But everyone's a damn expert these days and thinks builder every time.
Great job
👍 Thank you!
Excellent overhead views, Extreme pitch angles on that roof, my family's business back in the day would have had a field day with that..Heck of a place there w 4 car custom garage and 5 Air Cond units, geesh... Haha, Pizza + Qty count, Minus the points quota....A lot of work there for 2 days
It was a great property to work at that's for sure. I usually don't leave my equipment on the job either, but no problems here.
What are your go to pizza choices Shawn?
We usually like Hungry Howie and Marcos Pizza. Pizza Hut is good as well.
Yess another new video love your work and it's good to learn how the other trades work
what would this cost? great work
The fact that AT&T Internet was there and marked it "clear" (the "ATT/D" marking) means they did come out but failed to mark the fiber optic cable, so the break is on the locating service. Either way, you're not on the hook for it.
treated with cyanide in as far in as the green colour goes. I guess if you leave a deep countersink hole in your deck, you'll get carpenter bees. :)
Are those rental apartments/owned condos? (I noticed each one has a two car garage); good lower cost housing idea if it isn't.
Why couldn’t you have done a French drain along the garage and tied into the system going down hill?
We definitely could have done that. The customer wanted to keep grass and plants there though so we went with grading and eliminating the gutter water from the area. So far it's working well.
I’m surprised you didn’t put a couple inches of river rock at the end of each of your drain pipes??
Excellent job team.
They are the best!
35:03 I think you also hit that cable @21:29 (there are 2 of them)
Can you open the swale so water drains down the drive way instead of back towards the concrete slab?
Would it be a good idea to put some rocks where the pipes exit, so it does not wash away the dirt and make a hole.
That turned out really good. I can see why the owners are happy with that job. You'd be surprised you're on top of the hill and you got all that water around your house. But no great job. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Thank you! they are happy!
Another great video Sean and crew!! Why didn't you add your signature splash box with stones and pavers on the outpipes?