I think you have to dig with the dozer blade towards the hole you are digging. When you dig with the blade to the back, the track motors and hoses are exposed to dirt and falling rocks.
I tend to put the blade in the direction of slope (to the rear) to allow me to level off the machine. But you are right if the blade is at the back it exposes the motors so you have to be careful.
Hi Ian, I live in the Allier (Auvergne), I believe that you need to put your new grey conduit for the pump inside a red 40mm conduit for protection. I think that the code requires that with caution tape above the conduit, conduit buried in sand at 50cm depth unless it is under concrete. Your weekly videos are great and I enjoy your careful and methodical approach. Bonne chance David
Our local septic tank inspector told us not to line the base with textile as this would keep in any dirts and grit and in the end block it all up - she made my son remove all of his after he dumped 10 tonne of gravel. This soak away is not washed stone either. Hence me only doing the top.
Hi I guess the inspector has the final say. Stone soak hole is low tech. In New Zealand they are asking for chamber with removable lid for cleaning and a timed drain test .
@@graemescebuphilippines363 if this was a ‘proper’ soak away for a roof down pipe I would have made it a little more accessible but for the French drain and the amount of water it produces this should be ok.
I love your videos. Great to watch what I've seen so far. In Canada when i was an electrical apprentice we buried conduit then backfilled a few inches then placed a 2X6 wrapped in caution tape over top of the conduit then filled in the rest of the trench. But we also buried our stuff fairly deep depending on situation. But that was ages ago when i was an apprentice.
Cheers Curt - the main conduit to the house (big red one) is 50cm down with a red warning tape above it. This little grey spur is buried under the drain pipe do it should be OK. But yes, it should all have warning tape above it 👍🏻
I’m addicted to your show! Hey when you mentioned vacuuming out a dirt hole, it made me think of how I have taken to digging fence posts with a shop vac and electric pressure washer. I can get very precise post holes that only need one bag of concrete premix. Keep up the awesome content you two.
@@HomesteadingUncontained I got the idea from watching city workers here in western Canada. They show up with hydrvac trucks and dig around rocks and roots very quickly! I use a 6.4 CM diameter shop vac hose. Love you projects!
What a fun project, I’ll bet you can’t wait to get started on the house! It’s all coming along great. Well done you two! (Or “you four” if the super short security team is counted…..)
I've just done a similar thing......in case of some mad rain......I built a nice little hole Into which I can drop a big Makita pump that will quickly disperse Any dangerous rains. But just as a back up, now I have the mini digger like yours (only one size up - almost a one tonner)......I took the digger and dug a hole that you could drop a mini (remember them - the original..not the BMW copy) into...filled it with limestone chips and then covered it with the usual driveway gravel.....probably about 500-700 litres as a soakaway....So far so good, had a couple of big rains that would give us a good sized puddle.....but this time nothing.....it all went into the soakaway...and soaked away?😀
I wonder how long it will be before your re digging that soak away as you should have geotech fabric all around the rocks that way it doesn’t fill with the surrounding soil and stop the water soaking away.
The local code here is not to have fabric on the bottom as this can be a cause for silt to build up as it has no where to go. It is only for the French Drain so there is not much going in to it.
Hi Ian an Julie that storm your on about has dumped huge amounts of water just south of you in Spain. So if it hits you it will test out your new drainage system well and might even fill your storage water tank you put in recently. Nice work from you both the property and plan out is coming along nicely enjoyable video thank you
@@HomesteadingUncontained I’m sure it’s time consuming and it may not seem like a lot of progress is being made, however watching these videos is and seeing all the fine detail work is just fantastic. Keep it up!!!
@@HomesteadingUncontained oh you poor thing! Glad it’s nothing to serious as you have so much work ahead of you! On a different note are you still keeping up with the polly tunnel and growing your own? Love everything you guys are doing, you are both so hard working it’s very inspiring xx
Ian, at 7:35 are those socks the Parkside socks from Lidl? They look familiar. I have a pair of those since I am replacing all of my Ryobi cordless tools with the Parkside ones. So fun to observe your progress and see the tools and materials used. I live in Portugal
Thanks Edwin …..you go and start a job then work out there are 10 steps to be done before you can start that one. We are nearly there with the garage now.
You should do long term reviews on the parkside tools, I buy a lot of them myself and they seem to be hit or miss with the robustness, depending on the tool.
I don’t have many parkside tools but they seem ok and for the price you don’t mind if they do fail but the warranty is good with direct replacement. I will be buying the 8ah battery on Monday though😀
@@HomesteadingUncontained I find the 20V range mostly good (I'm only up to 4ah batteries though) The worst battery tool I have is the standard angle grinder which cuts out a lot and I need to let it cool down for a few minutes before it can be used again.
We plan on setting out for the house in the next month. We are finishing up on the garage first so that is all tidy and complete and then the main show starts - we can't wait.
I think you have to dig with the dozer blade towards the hole you are digging. When you dig with the blade to the back, the track motors and hoses are exposed to dirt and falling rocks.
I tend to put the blade in the direction of slope (to the rear) to allow me to level off the machine. But you are right if the blade is at the back it exposes the motors so you have to be careful.
Hi Ian, I live in the Allier (Auvergne), I believe that you need to put your new grey conduit for the pump inside a red 40mm conduit for protection. I think that the code requires that with caution tape above the conduit, conduit buried in sand at 50cm depth unless it is under concrete. Your weekly videos are great and I enjoy your careful and methodical approach. Bonne chance David
I tucked the conduit under the drainage pipe and put sand around it. The main conduit it the red one with tape over the top. It should be ok.
That mini-digger turned out to be a great investment. Nice progress.
I am very happy Il bought it. Just means we can do projects that otherwise we would put off due to manual digging 😂
A beautiful display of wild flowers, nice one.
I need them to seed and wilt very soon as we have to get in there to work ☹️
Hey mate you should line your soak hole with geotech fabric first
Our local septic tank inspector told us not to line the base with textile as this would keep in any dirts and grit and in the end block it all up - she made my son remove all of his after he dumped 10 tonne of gravel. This soak away is not washed stone either. Hence me only doing the top.
Hi I guess the inspector has the final say. Stone soak hole is low tech.
In New Zealand they are asking for chamber with removable lid for cleaning and a timed drain test .
@@graemescebuphilippines363 if this was a ‘proper’ soak away for a roof down pipe I would have made it a little more accessible but for the French drain and the amount of water it produces this should be ok.
I love your videos. Great to watch what I've seen so far.
In Canada when i was an electrical apprentice we buried conduit then backfilled a few inches then placed a 2X6 wrapped in caution tape over top of the conduit then filled in the rest of the trench. But we also buried our stuff fairly deep depending on situation. But that was ages ago when i was an apprentice.
Cheers Curt - the main conduit to the house (big red one) is 50cm down with a red warning tape above it. This little grey spur is buried under the drain pipe do it should be OK. But yes, it should all have warning tape above it 👍🏻
Great job! Thanks for another entertaining Sunday from USA Texas!
Thanks Brian …… as they say ‘Keep it Country🎶💙
Julie xx
Looking awesome you two. 👏👏👏
Thank you - we have one more week of work and then back on the project 100%....
I’m addicted to your show! Hey when you mentioned vacuuming out a dirt hole, it made me think of how I have taken to digging fence posts with a shop vac and electric pressure washer. I can get very precise post holes that only need one bag of concrete premix.
Keep up the awesome content you two.
That is an upcoming project for us, the fence posts so I might keep the vac handy 😀
@@HomesteadingUncontained I got the idea from watching city workers here in western Canada. They show up with hydrvac trucks and dig around rocks and roots very quickly!
I use a 6.4 CM diameter shop vac hose.
Love you projects!
China Blue got a good workout. That has to be one of your best investments! Great progress and Cheers from the USA 👍
Just allows you to do lots more projects - I would have put off digging that soak away for ever but 30 mins and all done with the this little machine.
What a fun project, I’ll bet you can’t wait to get started on the house! It’s all coming along great. Well done you two!
(Or “you four” if the super short security team is counted…..)
Cheers Jim. I told Julie we need to finish up everything on the garage first before we start the house. But hoping to start layout in the next month 😀
Nice work I like to visit your country looks beautiful
It is nice here in the mountains - we do feel lucky 😀
well done you two brill video as usual
Thank you - hoping to start the big project very soon.
Hi guys Kevin from Massachusetts USA 🎉
Hi Kevin, cheers for watching 😀
Julie your T shirt matched the digger great vlog
I told her to wear orange to match the dumper... 🤣
Thanks
👍🏻 Thanks
Hi Ian and Julie. It's coming along very well and will work. Always like to watch the videos and see the progress. Great job my friends.
Thank Joel - it is a little bit at a time at the moment - can't wait to start the house this autumn (fall)
I've just done a similar thing......in case of some mad rain......I built a nice little hole Into which I can drop a big Makita pump that will quickly disperse Any dangerous rains. But just as a back up, now I have the mini digger like yours (only one size up - almost a one tonner)......I took the digger and dug a hole that you could drop a mini (remember them - the original..not the BMW copy) into...filled it with limestone chips and then covered it with the usual driveway gravel.....probably about 500-700 litres as a soakaway....So far so good, had a couple of big rains that would give us a good sized puddle.....but this time nothing.....it all went into the soakaway...and soaked away?😀
We know the old mini - my son has a 1978 and we have a 1969..... try to sell the 69 to pay for the the house build. 😉
I wonder how long it will be before your re digging that soak away as you should have geotech fabric all around the rocks that way it doesn’t fill with the surrounding soil and stop the water soaking away.
The local code here is not to have fabric on the bottom as this can be a cause for silt to build up as it has no where to go. It is only for the French Drain so there is not much going in to it.
Hi Ian an Julie that storm your on about has dumped huge amounts of water just south of you in Spain. So if it hits you it will test out your new drainage system well and might even fill your storage water tank you put in recently. Nice work from you both the property and plan out is coming along nicely enjoyable video thank you
Oh yes, we got 3 days of constant downpour and it has filled the tank 95% this week (we managed to get the pipes connected - next video) 👍🏻
Haven't seen cement for a while, you are a pro at digging. Hope it rains soon to test it out and fill up your tank.
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It rained for 3 days straight this week - it is 95% full already....need a bigger tank 🤣
@@HomesteadingUncontained well, you know the drill by now alright, rinse and repeat 😊😉
Fantastic work you guys are just amazing.
Thank you so much 😀 Harry, it is all the little things that take the time.
@@HomesteadingUncontained I’m sure it’s time consuming and it may not seem like a lot of progress is being made, however watching these videos is and seeing all the fine detail work is just fantastic. Keep it up!!!
I like your lawnmower , remote cool. Wish my wife would help me she a keeper your lucky, can’t get my wife to help clean the house 😂😂😂
hahaha, she only does it in front of the camera..........aaaaah, she just hit me 🤣
Brilliant progress! Julie is your arm OK I hope your not over doing it?? Xx
It is a little bit of dermatitis, I think from some rubber gloves I wore, but the sun makes it worse so I just try and keep it covered up. ☹️ J.♥️
@@HomesteadingUncontained oh you poor thing! Glad it’s nothing to serious as you have so much work ahead of you! On a different note are you still keeping up with the polly tunnel and growing your own? Love everything you guys are doing, you are both so hard working it’s very inspiring xx
Ian, at 7:35 are those socks the Parkside socks from Lidl? They look familiar.
I have a pair of those since I am replacing all of my Ryobi cordless tools with the Parkside ones.
So fun to observe your progress and see the tools and materials used. I live in Portugal
Jay…. Too funny you noticed Ian’s socks he has the full set got the matching boxer short undies too 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you guys do make me giggle xJ
Great to see, that you always take care of the details. Not just dig a hole and throw it in! It’s a please to watch.
Thanks Edwin …..you go and start a job then work out there are 10 steps to be done before you can start that one. We are nearly there with the garage now.
You should do long term reviews on the parkside tools, I buy a lot of them myself and they seem to be hit or miss with the robustness, depending on the tool.
I don’t have many parkside tools but they seem ok and for the price you don’t mind if they do fail but the warranty is good with direct replacement. I will be buying the 8ah battery on Monday though😀
@@HomesteadingUncontained I find the 20V range mostly good (I'm only up to 4ah batteries though) The worst battery tool I have is the standard angle grinder which cuts out a lot and I need to let it cool down for a few minutes before it can be used again.
Actually I also have one of the Pro jigsaws which cuts out a lot. :(
@@demonhighwayman9403 yes, I bought that for Julie and we found exactly the same issue.
@@HomesteadingUncontained I's a weird problem, it seems like the battery cant put out enough power fast enough for some tools and overheats.
Hi Julie & Ian excellent as allways so absorbing and interesting, can you remember the name of the tape you used to reseal the conduit ? thanks .
Thank you - it is a flashing tape like Butal tape - I am using it on everything at the moment.
@@HomesteadingUncontained thanks regards david
Since you're in the Pyrenees, wouldn't French drains just be called "drains?" 😜
😂 yep, they are just drainage pipes
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Cheers Jurgen 👍🏻
Are you still planning to do the container house?
We plan on setting out for the house in the next month. We are finishing up on the garage first so that is all tidy and complete and then the main show starts - we can't wait.