Dirtwork: Storm Drain and Approach Ep.108
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2021
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"This tool will make you appreciate your safetyboots" was what the foreman told me. Fresh out of highschool, I had my first real job at Skanska, a big Swedish operator. I was green, no certificates or anything, just a drivers license. So they introduced me to the handshovel and the jumpingjack. Here in Denmark we call it a dirtbug. My partner was a jolly, English boy, who had met a girl here during his summervacation. The work was a bit like being in the army, I suppose. Back from site in the afternoon, the englishman and me always fell asleep in the truck (we didn't drive it). My sister studied geology in Aarhus a few hours away, so she and I didn't see each other on a dayly basis. After a few months she came home, and first thing she told me was, that my arms looked twice the size, as last time we saw each other. That job made me feel like a real man and gave me skills I use today. Even simple things like use your knee and thigh, to lift the shovel and use the big butt - and thigh muscles instead of the back. And when to use the right machinery, that force multiply the work. Like Wadsworth says. These videos make me recall all of that and puts a smile on my face. Thanks and a happy easter to all of you out there
It always makes me happy to hear about a guy like Brian doing well.
Brian and his crew are currently on our new home build. A hundred yards of driveway to the house is almost in, and the crushed rock base for the house starts today. They are incredibly skilled and efficient. It's a joy to see the sheer amount of work they put out with their equipment. Been "in line" for their work since last fall.
THAT’S what I am talking about!!! And his wife Aliza is just as terrific as he is!!
That sounds a lot like the hard working German government officials!
It really is a treat to see someone manipulate a machine like that with such precision and artistry.
I was rescued on a mountain side when the road gave way under my vehicle, leaving me hanging by 2 front wheels and a back hitch. The backhoe that cleared a trail to get to me had an operator that I could swear was conceived in the thing. He and the machine were ONE. Pure artistry in motion!
When I was 16, my best friend and I got a job helping a man build his house. Part of that work involved using a rented jumping jack compactor. I still remember its model number: UR12 -- pronounced "you are one too." After several hours cursing the machine, I understood how it got its model number.
When I was in a heavy equipment trade school the jumping jack took me for a ride. My instructor was a very stern man, but at that moment he was laughing so hard I thought he would never stop. He still tells the story to all his new students.
Scott, you have a whole second career in narrating audio books! Wonderful series this is. Much admired by me and my family! Thanks!
4:40 - Those sound effects just had me bust out laughing. Was not expecting that!
I thought they were real sounds for a second LOL
@@MrRyanCarlo they are.
I had to check my pants a time or two. Farts after 50 aren't fun.
i had to watch it a few times because i didn't expect that on this channel.
Enjoying my morning coffee over another satisfying educational masterpiece. Thanks
Anyone notice the realtor sign on the lot next door? Your rising tide floats everyone’s boat, EC. You’ve improved this harbor.
This series has been absolutely fascinating! You answer so many questions - it would be hard to ask them all, if you were monitoring the construction of your own project.
The reason for taring the concrete and existing asphalt is to allow the new stuff to set uniformly. If you don't tar the existing stuff it can suck the hot oils (specially the concrete) out of the asphalt and cause inconsistency around the edges when it cools. Like the stuff around the edges will look like it wasn't sticky enough it'll look like that really crumbly asphalt you see on really old roads.
Thank you!!!
Could one reheat the edges of the existing asphalt to get a really smooth transition to the new patch?
@@emareaf I don't think it would work well here. You can a few days later or even a month later when the tar and oils are still suspended evenly throughout the aggregate. This stuff looks a few years old though and there's no practical way to reintroduce petroleum in place. It's better at this point to have controlled joints in the surface. Out here in the Midwest we might under cut the existing asphalt so the new stuff keys in. That's the best way to prevent uplift of the new stuff, but it can still sink.
My hat is off to you! You have a really fine set of subcontractors. The good ones are rarely the cheapest either. It takes time to find them and even more time to develop the esprit de corps that makes a job run so much more smoothly.
One thing we learned early on is that you never jerk a sub around when it comes to getting paid. Having your check in their hand within a week (or less) of sending you the bill will do more to cement the relationship than anything. Conversely, if you are not diligent in this, word will spread throughout the contracting community like wildfire. Working my way up as a sub I quickly learn to avoid working for these people, usually by word of mouth.
I'm here until this house is finished. I'm 100% invested in seeing this project through. I also can't wait to see what the next project is after this.
Your gonna be waiting for a few more years.
I hope this series is taken all the way to the logical end. The final episode should be "Closing the sale".
First time I’ve heard about the property owner being responsible for constructing the sidewalk. Anywhere in Europe that I’m aware of you are responsible for keeping it clean or gritted in winter, but construction and maintenance is entirely up to the city.
Standard operating procedure, in the PNW anyway.
In Europe I never saw poured in place concrete sidewalks. Always pavers and stone.
I was about to ask the same. It's city business around here as well. Thanks for the constructive comments gentlemen!
In the UK (although many are not aware of it ..) the property owner is responsible right up to the middle of the road!
Having said that, once local authorities have "adopted" the road they are responsible for the upkeep. The different utilities have wayleves that allow them to dig for repair or replacement Without the owners consent and they do have to make good to a set of standards. There is a different set of rules once you get inside the property though ;0)
I think this is frontier land where urban sprawl is happening with the destroying of nature and all that.
Cities don't want people living here, but citizens still want to.
A compromise is made, they provide their own services and build according to the city's rules by paying out the ass for everything that a city usually builds.
These things a city usually builds is much cheaper when built near an urban core since 1 unit of city service is useful for more people than 1 house far away in the middle of nowhere.
It's why they build subways in city centres instead of in the countryside.
@@totherarf I was going to mention the middle of the road thing, it's the same here in Canada. There are some neighbourhoods where the patchwork of old properties and new houses on the same street has resulted in a road which alternates between a modern wide thoroughfare and an old narrow country lane every few hundred feet without warning (and sometimes only on half the road). Looks incredibly janky to anyone who doesn't know why it's built like that, but once you pick out the new houses it's obvious that the municipality is asking a lot more of builders now than 40 years ago. The amount of infrastructure upgrades that must be done are signed into the contract of every building permit.
13:45 I have never seen a man that has done a uphill-wheele with steering imput with a bobcat and then having a look on his face like its the most normal thing in the world
Dexter is part of any machine he operates!
Great song.. square plum and true..Lord let me live for you!
You know the name of that song?
plumb, not the fruit.
Probably one of my favourite videos of the whole series. These guys get through some serious work and Scott's voiceover is pitched perfectly to explain the rationale behind the activities. A huge moment for the house being connected to the city storm drain system. Congratulations on this milestone.
The "Square Plumb and True" song really jumped out at me.
Same here!! Who sings it?
It's been a while since they used it, but it was almost every video early on the series, and I think some of them mentioned the artist in the descriptions.
@@emsroks Dustin Ruth composed and sings the song. I don't think he has it published anywhere though. This is the most complete version of the song that I've heard so far. That might mean he has it complete enough to publish.
I think Dustin is related to the Wadsworth family, but I'm not quite sure on how.
Here's another song by Dustin with a very cheesy but heartwarming video to go with it -- ua-cam.com/video/F2rIP0kjwE0/v-deo.html
Jonathan Kipps thank you! Hopefully he comes out with this one at some point. What a great great song!
FANTASTIC video! The civil contractor I work for we do all of the work in this vide. Today I was working on the storm water system for the City of Gig Harbor Washington. I'll be back there tomorrow too. I'm just the truck driver that delivers the aggregates to the jobsite, & hauls away the spoils. The folks on the pipe crews do the difficult work!
Man I love those ole case Skidsteers I have the little brother to that 1840 and I love it Orange iron
Interesting about that slurry mix backfill around the drain connection, I never knew about that type of pour. It's always a good day when you learn something new. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this series... Amazing to see everything from picking land, to soil compaction reports and permitting and architecture design and allowing your viewers to put in input! This has been an amazing series to watch and once you are done, please put this in a single playlist! I want to re-watch from the beginning and binge watch every episode, lol.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
The public works nerds would point out that asphalt is also a type of concrete (an aggregate and a binder), I remember my dad telling me after a conference once. But indeed it is a whole different animal from the Portland cement concrete we usually just call concrete.
That was just a handsome little excavator! (And such a cute and versatile skid steer loader, jealous) I wish I hadn't seen the gas line so much, though... Good to see they put a tracer wire down with your storm drain, did they forget that with the gas line or was there just no avoiding crossing those lines?
If the city sends out a letter asking about any drainage problems because they're going to improve storm drains, etc as part of road reconstruction soon, it really is worthwhile to provide a detailed response. My yard was a mess for a while, and has more storm drains in it than I'd have expected (was already on a drainage easement though apparently), but the "pond" in the spring is gone, and not everyone's pond is gone because not everyone bothered to or was able to reply. They even offered to let us plumb our sump pump right into the storm drain (around here they run all year, very frequently) but we've got the newest and best-draining house in the immediate area, so unlike our neighbors, our sump pump never runs. Interestingly, they pointed out that sump pumps going into the curb is actually a safety issue when they run all year in a place with freezing weather...
I'm impressed with the quality of the residential street pavement in your area. Where I live, the asphalt pavement is less than 1/2 the thickness on main roads that see an insane amount of truck traffic all day. We also have multiple freeze-thaw cycles every winter. Right now, our streets are pockmarked with potholes up to 24 inches in diameter and 2 to 8 inches deep.. It's like driving on the surface of the moon or through a war torn foreign country.
Wait until they add a few layers. Luckily, asphalt makes a great sub-base for asphalt.
At 12:40 that song by Dustin Ruth is awesome !!!!!!
Square, plum and true 👍
Keep up the great work Dustin
That Square, Plumb, True is an amazing song. I wish I could download it. Its going to be a huge hit.
Amanda, do you know the artist? I want it!
Me too
No wonder houses cost so much. There is so much work that we can't see buried under ground, in the walls or in the attic.
Ive been educated and inspired by every video your team has produced. I truly enjoy and find comfort in your content and that's what keeps me coming back. I am elated every time you post. It was great seeing the drywall go up, but this has been one of my favorites as of late. Keep up the good work!
So much work goes into keeping everything where it was designed to be. Love that you are showing that too.
This type of work just fascinates me. Thank you so much for this production, I have been watching since episode 1.
With all the videos pouring out on YT, you get picky. I have a few times looked at your thumbnail and though, well maybe not this one. However, when I end up clicking it (cause I will end up doing just that) I'm never disappointed. Subjects I didn't think I would find interesting, I'll be drawn into and fascinated by. Thanks for producing high quality, every time. Stay safe.
Looking great!!!! Gotta feel good to be at this stage and tying in to utilities. You’re lucky to have good contractors to choose from. Not always the case in my neck of the woods.
Another great video, about how and why things are done.
Thank you both for another great video.
This episode hit close to home for me, as it is 100% the same type of work I’ve been doing since right out of high school. Excited to see the project getting so close!
How many noticed the big bearded guy was wearing a Essential Craftsman hoodie ;)
You mean the one doing the "wheelie"?
@@totherarf Yep.
How'd Scott get Big Clive to come over from Isle of Man?
Sir. I just love watching your episodes. The way you explain how its done, it just makes it unique to the other channels.
Glad to see you back on the landscape/site work 👍🏼
So satisfying watching true craftsman ply their trade.
loved the sound effects on the plumbing :P also what a lovely lovely song that was! square, plumb and true! I immediately stopped the video to shazam it but it wasn't found, so I checked the description, and sure enough, it's a demo. I rarely stop videos to look for the music. This song was particularly moving. Great work, great editing, great music, as always. Thanks for sharing!!
This is definitely where I come to see heavy equipment move dirt! Thanks and keep up the good work.
Thank you sir for the positive affirmations
When you said “we’ve been working on this since before the foundation of the house...” I thought you were going to say “before the foundation of the world” haha
Little kid: 12:36 you can tell that kid wanted to play in the slurry mix, a natural reaction for all kids.
Like how they are drawn to jump in a puddle.
Little Jimmy Hoffa... I wonder where he'll be in 20 years.
I'm from a City in Florida that would never permit private residences tieing into the municipal storm system. I was shocked they let you cut into the roadway to make this connection. So interesting!! thank you!
It is interesting, not only did they allow it, they required it!
@@essentialcraftsman So wild. Our NPDES permit would require surface flow. I guess that's the difference when you have mountains!!
@@backyardgarage912 Yeah over there on the Left Coast they have wacky water rights laws. You don't own the water that flows off your roof. God forbid you should let it run into your yard and water your grass. That's basically stealing from the government!
@@jej3451 Depends on location. In Seattle the city doesn't claim it, but I suspect in most of California they do.
@@jej3451
Somebody in the 60th did not guard their rights closely enough. We hiked through the Everglades with our 22 rifle and when we wanted some fish, we just got up early and cought some! And it was not us „overfishing“ the oceans, but now you have to have a fishing permit and measure the fish and go fishing with a bookkeeper because „you are stealing the fish from the government“. When has the U.S.A. become a dictatorship oppressing their citizens? I was tought differently in my senior class in American History (Americanism v. Communism).
Nothing like watching good tradesmen work with their God given talent . Good stuff !
That was very very interesting you keep up the good work you’re doing fantastic and you always have thank you again I learned some stuff
Good song selection on this one.
I enjoyed seeing that Case 1840. I've spent years of my life on an identical loader, and it feels like an extension of my own arm. Solid, cheap, and easy to repair.
One of the jobs I worked at, we had a loader backhoe that had a breaker attachment. That tool had several different "tools" for it. A point, a spade and a homemade compactor plate, (similar to the "jumping jack"). When we had that plate on, you could just watch the ground just settle down. If the operator let it, could settle down close to a foot at a time, if not deeper. Took a while to compact an area with it since it was a 10" x 12" steel plate. Took a lot of grease too. Cheers :)
a good way to start my morning
The best way to start the day!
It’s funny, because I live in London so this is a good way for me to start the afternoon.
Indeed.
At 13:54 you can see one of the lugnuts is missing
The whole stud is broken it looks like
One down, five to go
Love the sound effects. Watched that part twice.
This is so satisfying! Keep up the good work!
God Bless you sir. Keep up the great videos!
Thank you again for a most entertaining and informative video...,
I’m a Plumber out of Philadelphia and we’re only allowed to use PVC up to two feet underground past the property, then the rest of the system is cast iron. Incredible and productive work here. Excavation in areas like this are a breeze. You don’t have to worry about the dozen of neighbors complaining.
I’m in SoCal. Thank you for the upload! Long time viewer !
Lol, your foley artist did a great job! Great video, thank you for sharing.
I do all of this and more for a living and I must say, these guys do a damn fine job!
I lay asphalt for a living. Made me cry a little bit to watch the beginning. Perfectly good asphalt being torn up. It will never ride the same once patched.
As usual, a great video (topic, image, sound quality..). Always very inspiring and awesome to learn how construction is done in other countries (I’m located in France). I was surprised to see the gas pipe without any specific protection. In France, you need to place a yellow net 8 inches above the pipe to signal its location when you dig (the pipe itself is at least 20 inches deep) and fill these 8 inches between the yellow net and the pipe with sand or stone-pelted earth.
Learned a lot from just this video alone. 👍
why do I sometimes get a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye watching essential craftsman
Another informative episode... learnt something new today.
And even though I will likely not be doing these jobs; it's good to know just in case...
Proper compaction is something that is often overlooked/ignored. The extra care and time spent on it leads to a superior product. So if you have cracks due to settlement, drains that separate or just a curb top that is 6”+ above the settled topsoil, not only do you look bad as a contractor, but word will spread. Negligence with compaction will save time in the short run, but down the road, it could cost you a lot more. Great video!
Oh man, this video makes me squirm! In Milwaukee where I live, they used to do this except they connected it to the main sanitary sewer. Years of housing booms later, every time it rained people's basements would flood with sewage and the utility would have no choice but to dump raw sewage into Lake Michigan. Now, they are trying as fast as they can to get people to disconnect their storm sewer from the sanitary sewer!
Here in the Netherlands many municipalities are facing a similar issue, interestingly enough many also decided to take an approach where the rainwater is lead into basins where it then has time to actually sink into the ground. The idea being that this is better for groundwater levels.
Yeah now they just make us pour gutter water into our yards, which will flood your basement if you don't have a sump pump. And even with a sump pump, only discharges into the yard again, not allowed to hook it up to the sewer (and there's no dedicated rain water system). Stinks. Things get WET. Have to aim things as far away from the house as possible (and still far away enough from city property/neighbors per regulation).
@@colinstu You could always put in a catch basin or dry well. They cost money but not as much as a flooded basement! Plus it allows the rain water to stay where it fell rather than dry out the soil by your house while saturating some other place.
@@colinstu I am responsible for any water that falls on my property. We have dry sumps just for the summer downpour( 1/10 of the years water in an afternoon think flash flood). All the new development has a"depressed open space" to act as a basin not a big deal just the price of building.
In my area they've gotten to the point that if they suspect someone has tied rainwater into the sewer system, they can do a video inspection during a rain event. If they see water pouring into the sewer then they know you are feeding rainwater into the sewer, which has never been allowed in my area.
Always educational and entertaining. 😃👌👏👏👏👏❤️
holy excavator skills batman!
Nate, kudos on the silly sound effects. Missed Phil when I saw the glue going on the pipes, though. Scott, as always, your narrating is wonderful.
As a landscaper, I was amazed how shallow those pipes are buried! We have to call and have utilities marked before digging, but I'm not sure I've seen the water line marked and I could easily dig down deep enough to hit that pipe just planting a tree!
This guy is solid ! No wonder he has so many jobs !
Very informative and not the kind of work I would want to do at my age. It's a younger mans game for sure. That is some of the best work I have ever witnessed.
Brian is my role model I aspire to his level of success!
rofl - Nate had fun with the foley :D great vid as always!
For me, this is one of the most interesting videos yet. And they’ve all been great.👍🇦🇺🇦🇺
Every time I see the purple PVC glue I think of Phil Rokus.
Nice added sound effects, btw.
he used the wet dry pvc cement, which is all blue.
Nice work. Interesting to see the pipework. Pretty much the same here in Ireland.
Nice episode!
Sound effects were awesome
Excellent work very excellent
Thank you so much 😊
Most welcome!
Local we use a "bandage" to seal ashfault but it is make sure water can get under and push out fines that will cause pot holes and lower the life of the road.
We "paint" any gear being used on ashfault with diesel to prevent sticking
Very nice street cut out, very clean the way it should be.
These guys have excellent skills, masterful I’ll say.
Thanks Scott & Nate.
Keep up those Good News tunes!
As always Enjoy Elohim.
That chamfer action at 4:50 tho!!!! Love when they work the tip like that
Love the videos! And theres a good chance I welded up the dcg bucket used to smooth out the dirt,made in Findlay, Ohio. It'll have a "39" stamped somewhere on it if I did 😁
I’ve been meaning to listen to the recent podcast. Enjoying so much of your content! Especially this kind of work. So interesting. Hey..I don’t often give constructive feedback but the extra soundboard work was..interesting..ha! Anyways, keep up the good work!
That song square plumb and true is excellent!
I see Nate was having some fun with the sound effects on this one Haha
I enjoy your channel very much
I didn't realize you have a podcast. I just subscribed. Excited to see you had Matt Risinger on. I pick up nuggets of wisdom from his channel also.
I’ve long wondered what the drain system looks like in detail. Never did I imagine the sounds would be the most interesting part! I think there might have been some enhancements sprinkled in, but fantastic all the same.
Still loving this series.
Always an education! It keeps us young:)
Bonus points for the AA Bondy song!
Asphalt = Bituminous Concrete
Concrete or cement = Portland Cement Concrete
That’s the way I learned them and according to an old timer, both are placed not poured. “You can’t pour a solid and they are solids in their plastic form.”
Our man is going to be at 1000000 subs soon!
Well deserved.
Great job
Thank for sharing
Another excellent video.
I was surprised to see they used those rubber hose fittings with metal ring clamps on the drain lines. In my mind those are only used for temporary fixes. I thought they would use glue fittings everywhere for something so permanent.
The slurry mix makes it pretty permanent.
@@essentialcraftsman I was wondering about the same. Thank you for chiming and and clarifying it. It makes perfect sense.