Addressing water from the outside
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- One of my subscribers designs a solution to keep water out of the basement instead of pumping it after the fact.
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Grading to prevent intrusion is always better than remediation after intrusion. IMHO great work as always.
Watching these professionals is fascinating! Experts at what they do…efficient, accurate and dedicated.
Thank you! The gutter guys are awesome to watch.
@@GCFD and you and your team….love your content and solutions
I agree. Keep the water away from the house with a slope.. I will find out when it rains again. I put 6 buckets of soil in front and on the side of my house, and 7 / 80 pounds of concrete under my front steps.
I have watched your videos for a few years. Love the channel. I learned a lot from them.
Thanks
Aside from making happy customers, the thing I like best about your channel is the way you respond to your crew - always polite and considering their input. Better still when you tell Ronald "whatever you think is best". Great job!
The sense of happiness I got when this notified me it was posted.
Thank you! I'm waiting for rain footage for a bunch of videos and hoping to get them posted soon 👍
Another brilliant video.
Keeping water away from the foundation is the best way.
Thank you Jetpac! I agree. Keep the water away in the first place 👍
yes keeping water away from the foundation is the best way to prevent foundation issues.
If your not using a pump thats going to save you on electricity. Here in the UK though we have damp course proofing which is designed to stop all those kind of issues anything underground has water proofing in mind 👍🏽
Great job! It feels like the French drain guys wanted to do a cash grab. Making sure the water isn’t there in the first place is the only way to do this.
Sean, have you ever just sat down and thought about the countless people that your videos have helped. And how much money you’ve likely saved them ?? I enjoy every video you put out, and gain a better understanding of how things work, just by the way you explain everything. Keep up the great work Sean. You truly are one of a kind.!! Jason from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin..
Always better to keep the water away from the outside. Gravity is your friend...
Another great Job Shawn!
Absolutely keep water away from the foundation! Before I got smart and started watching your channel I had an old duplex in Baltimore with full basement that flooded frequently. I was sold an interior french drain (massive amount of work breaking the concrete and hauling it upstairs to the outside) and although it solved my problem, my neighbor on the other side of the duplex shared wall, had a major flood in their basement. Nightmare.
I'm glad you're benefiting from my content! Water flows downhill! haha
I just wanted to say thank you Shawn!! I’ve studied your videos for awhile now and just installed my own system. A big channel drain and a catch basin all into PVC sent to the end of the driveway. Just waiting on the concrete guys to finish up their part
Your solutions are always spot on!! I would not trust anyone else!!
Thank you for showing property topography at the beginning. I agree with keeping the flow of water away from the foundation.
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@ Matlock--- Showing the layout is (almost) everything (except for the final rain "proof" ) ....Not many do obviously and its tough to see the elevations from the camera.
@@Stratos53100 Completely right.
@@Matlockization Indeed. French drains are for groundwater. In such a hilly area, you won't have a high level of ground water, so there should be no reason to need one unless you somehow collect a serious amount of water on the uphill side - which is what happened and now no longer does.
@@KaiHenningsen Agreed, so the area below the front windows could have been a sloping concrete or clay barrier. However, clay is cheaper lasting years not forever like concrete. I was thinking that Rod could have taken the ground piping around the corner and follow the brick wall down the backyard when I realised it was a wing roof where the gutters only applied to the front and back. I also have a concern with the vertical pipes. I think there should be 3 instead of 2, however 4 might be overkill and appear to ugly the front. However, the advantage with 4 is that there is almost zero chance of flooding when the gutter is overwhelmed in leaf litter. There's a lot to calculate in these projects, but it's a masterpiece in the making.
Good one, He knew ahead of time & thats great progress...The last clip showing that Huge Dry-line was super...
Great work. 👍 I’ve learnt from you it’s always best to take the water away as a priority instead of hoping a pump and/or french drain to do anything.
I had a similar issue with land sloping towards the home slightly and water pooling up against the foundation in heavy rain. I cleared the entire length of the wall, concreted and put a grate to take the water away. I couldn’t put dirt up against the wall due to the weep holes and the possibility of dampness.
Thanks again for being an inspiration and for sharing your knowledge so freely ! -- It's great to watch what you and your crews do.
Great job with this. When you were talking about the length of the gutter and the need for another downspout, I said the new one should be here and the next thing you said was the need to add a downspout exactly when I pointed to on the screen. You are a great teacher. I agree that it is better to get the water away from the. foundation on the surface rather than dealing with it in the ground. The follow up video from property management showed how dry the dirt behind the roof line/gutters was!
Thank you! Drainage doesn't seem that difficult but so many people can't seem to get it right. I noticed the dry line too but he didn't point it out. Great eye Steve!
You can’t post these fast enough for me but I know your work takes time and editing ! Thanks
Thank you! These videos to take a long time to edit, plus I'm usually waiting for rain footage. I have probably two weeks of editing work right now...
@@GCFDthank you! Love your work and you’re one of my favourite channels.
This job is finished satisfactory. Now, on to the next one. Cheers.
You really are the 'Water Whisperer', Shawn!😁😎👍
Haha it doesn't seem that hard. In a whispering voice to the water: "flow downhill..."
Very interesting! I really enjoy watching these videos and the way you think about solving the problems.
Thanks for another great video Shawn! Seems like everyone wants to treat the symptom, you treat the disease.
Thank you Adam! It does make sense to me to identify the problem water and deal with it simply.
I looked at several houses before buying my home now and noticed basement water issues corrected by letting the water in and pumping out. I never understood that other than cost of digging around the whole foundation. I am with your solution 100%. If you keep the water from ever getting in, that is the way to go. Thanks for the videos!
A awesome work shawn, alway like your work and video, i am a fan of your channel for few years now . keep up the good work. love your professionalism and your freindlyness attittude. I am in the IT industry and but i am fascinated by your work and attention for details. You nver never desappointed your fan etc. A hello fron the UK
I agree with your method. It seems to resolve the issue at hand. Great video.
Thank you! I think so too!
As always doing an excellent job,
Working on an older farm house for the in-laws... horrible basement wall pour in the 60's... varying thickness and curved / bowing in places... looks stable but they had moisture / water on floor in unfinished basement... a lot of things led to that... 3 basement windows with bottom of sills right at their grade... and ground on 3 sides of house all sloping to it... argh... i immediately went to attaching window wells half submerged, dug another 4" lower and put in rocks... then i was able to grade the ground putting in about 10" of fill to within 1" of the top of the window wells... still have to do a bit of a final nice "grade" on it but i'm happy - i was able to slope and channel the water away from the house and not into it...
That along with opeing up the air intake on the furnace so now there are intakes to the basement now... there wasn't any... i gather that was common in old houses, the intakes were only upstairs... Basement is no longer damp and i haven't seen any water / wet spots this last few months.
When they put the drain pipe on my gutter, I asked the to put a extra T fitting right at the end of the house, a plug was installed on the straight through end, this way, if the pipe up to the down spouts can be easily cleaned if ever needed. But if you install the micro mesh stainless steel gutter guards, they will stay clean. They also installed popup valves to keep all the frogs, snakes, lizards and whatever else out of the end of that pipe. 5 years later, everything looks great, the mesh kept all leaves, straw grit out of the gutter.
You & Mr. Ronald make a pretty good team. I'm sure the job goes a lot smoother when he's on site.
I flashed back to the day when your truck fell through an old septic the second you backed up onto the lot. Nice outcome here👍.
Gutter clean outs would be a nice addition just few more fittings.
Excellent solution!
Great upload as always
Another good one Sean. I have 1 suggestion: when you say the town or city you are in that day, include the state. You've got enough viewers now (and I can tell from the comments) that some folks might not know. Keep up the great vids, I always learn something from them. Thanks for that!!
That turned out all right. Stopped the water problems up here where I am. We got to have sump pumps in the basement. Mine finally shut off. It ran for about a month straight with all the rain we had and the thaw and it stopped now. But yeah that's a good way to do it. No, you don't want to be cutting the floor and adding it after the fact getting it from the outside. It's a way to go. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
I think all basements should have a sump pump just in case. But the idea of using a sump pump to continually pump out surface water is crazy to me! Redirect that water and watch it flowing away 👍
I'm pretty sure up in Ontario here. You have to have a sump pump no matter what, which is a good idea and all new constructions. Having one on the outside. No that's not good
I have a 50x100 building with seamless gutters on the long sides. They are 102 feet long end to end. They are a bit undersized for the amount of roof, but they work just fine. The amount of water that comes off that roof is pretty incredible.
Pumps fail, gravity doesn’t! Thanks for the insight.
My college English professor always said, "Keep It Simple Stupid," when writing/story telling Your solution was the most basic & the most effective vs going in the basement & atracking the problem there.
It's called KISS.
Keep It Simple Stupid.
Good stuff
I knew somebody who had dryer vents that where made from heat resistant PVC like a p-trap it came out of ground next to the house and went up about two feet and then made a round 90° and went down about a foot and there was a flapper inside that would open when the dryer was on and close when it was off to keep critters out.
19:07 pro move
Great job 🙂
I saw the Dry Line on the foundation grading after the rain !
To tackle it from the outside makes much more sense then spenidng the time and money to cut a channel, in the slab. Then install a sump pump which can fail, they all do.
Solved the problem for less dollars, provided a nice bed for bushes and a daylight for the outfall.
I forgot to mention that, but yes, my work was way less cost!
12:00 always amazes me how the roll turns into a gutter with no scratches.
Great video...do enjoy them. Your gutter guys just reinforce the solution is sometimes more than pipe and dirt. Surprising how often they are overlooked. BTW...was wondering if you get the name of the gutter sealant your guys use, especially the end caps. Had terrible luck with sealants around here.
Ronald is a beast. I pray to God I have the energy he has at that age 💪💪🤘💪💪🤘🤘💪💪
And the knees!!
I love this strategy, however there are two ways water gets into your basement, from rain and poor grading or hydrostatic pressure coming up from the ground beneath the slab.
How the water comes is should determine the strategy, I had hydrostatic pressure forcing water in from underneath the slab of my foundation so I was forced to put in a sump pump.
I think all houses should have a pump in the basement in case of ground water. Look around your house for any water that might be contributing to your hydrostatic pressure 👍
Really? All you had to do is to put in a footer drain with EX flow or gravel perforated pipe, attach existing downspouts, add a few catch basins and exit to daylight using non perforated pipe. Really simple job you have made into a huge production.
Another successful job.......of course
Keeping water out of the dwelling is always the way to go, pumping it out even if it was contained in a controlled manner it’s done damage.
The first time I saw a gutter machine.,when the guy pulled 25 foot gutter out of a 10 foot truck bed I almost drove into a parked car.
Hey, how many episodes of Mike Holmes, did they solve it from outside whenever possible... inside was only when outside was not an option.
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I wish you worked in my state. I have a backyard flooding due to previous owner who put a sloppy useless French drain with that corrugated garbage, plus catching the downspouts too 😡. It would make a good video. Oh well
Don't let your gutter water go into a FD.
RIP it out + rebuild a wider trench with 1 dedicated solid pipe for gutter roof water & at least 1 secondary perforated pipe for groundwater collection. Ensure to backfill with rocks so the entire channel additionally becomes a conduit for rapid water movement, and consider a geo-textile filter fabric to keep the dirt out! Sean uses Schedule 40 PVC because he can & buys in bulk volume; however, cheaper SDR35 green sewer pipe is just as good if you are not directly driving over it. Stay away from thinwall, and if the ground actually freezes you may need double-walled corrugated with smooth inside layer.
why the backfill above the foundation. It is get the water through the brick and get termite get inside the house
Great work, my question since you raised the grade in the front and now dirt is riding over the brick veneer, isnt that a cause for concern from critters, ants, and termites to possibly get in and reach the wood behind the brick veneer? Im guessing as long as the tuckpointing was in great condition than no problem ?
Maybe you should start bringing the Trencher on every job involving 4+" PVC pipework...
Just in case you end up needing to bury one because you figured out a better path mid-job like this one...
Shawn, I need to add some soil along the front of my house. Do you feel it's necessary to dig down along the entirety of the front and roll on the black water repellant/sealant on the brick?
Do you always use straight pvc pipe or the foam core pvc pipe. Would foam core work just as well. Just wondering which one to use in my little project after watching your videos. 😁
Shaun, would it help if you put plastic up along wall and lay flat on garden bed before you pile your dirt up against basement wall.. curious...
ok, you are professional and definitely know what you're doing but this is the second video I have seen where the dirt is compacted next to the foundation , higher than the foundation. I was always told that the soil should preferably be 6" below top of foundation and definitely not covering brick. Is this wrong?
Keeping it away. I'm trying to convince my niece that she needs to regrade her back yard before all this water ruins her property. I can't even find where to get clay soil to build up berms along the side yard to keep the neighbor's overflowing gutters from flooding the side yard.
Talk to a grading company about clay. They may call it subsoil or compactable fill 👍
Looked like a good job. Pumping water out is not a solution. Solution is always achieved from the outside and in this case a relatively inexpensive fix . Hope you got straw down before the rain to prevent dirt stains on the brick and windows. Good job
Thank you!
German word for have not drank too much yet: farfrompuken
The only time you should feench drain inside the basement is when the water table is higher than the basement slab. Getting the problem water away from the foundation keeps erosion, settling, and cracking from happening.
Don't the stormwater pipes come with a socket at one end? Do you need to use joiners when connecting lengths?
If they replace those basement tiles hopefully they'll check them for asbestos
Is there also a membrane that you can put on the outside side of the house before you put the dirt to keep the basement dry?,
prevention is always better than cure
With as much fall as there was in the back, would it been possible to trench more and bury that pipe in the front?
Eliminating water that is already inside should be the last line of defense. Prevention is the best resolution.
Does the house have a damp proof course? Won't the mounded soil bridge it?
That was such a pretty house. I don’t believe in interior drainage systems. Water should be managed outside.
Agreed 👍
When you put dirt against a wall does it ever cause damp in that wall?
Why did you need to replace gutters? Thanks!
Where did the dryer vent end up coming out? (no vent around corner to right side)
*Im asking because I dont know not crtitizing* I was told not to have dirt (mulch, etc) covering brick due to the weep/breathing holes. Is that just a Texas thing?
What’s your intake on French drain man UA-cam channel and their work? Noticed you guys do things completely different
One of these day i will fix my leaking basement. I think there is a high water table. I have had water running in my basement for several weeks now. I need to dig up the foundation, retuckpoint the brick, and lay some drain tile.
In Australia, you would be a world of pain.... Building up the level of the ground above the level of the dampcourse and above the level of the floor in the house.... Letting moisture ingress up through the exterior wall of the house and radiate into the internal structure of the house and walls.... Causing damp and then mould. And installing guttering without a natural level fall to the downpipes.... WTF!!!
I was wondering if that is an issue but looks like no damp course anyway?
Great points! Make sure to mind your soil types. Here we have clay.
Shawn do they slope those gutters down and out from the middle? Looks like they work well
Is the footer CBS underground? Could have done overkill, spent double and dug that down & sealed it + backfill with drainage rocks and put decorative landscape rock on top layer for maintenance free assurance accumulation of groundwater that will never breach again 😂😂😂🎉
I like what you do but I believe how you’re putting soil against the foundation is probably breaking a lot of gold codes. I agree with catching the water in a downspouts, but I will say I believe you could grade the landscaping with less slope up against the house with a little more work done into the yard.
LOL!!! Is there a guarantee in writing it won't leak for 10 - 20 years? 1 or 3 rains hardly establishes a dry basement from this point forward.
The beauty of my solutions is you can SEE the problematic water flowing away. We don't disappear water.
@@GCFD guarantee in writing for 10, 20 years? just asking
Will there be issue with the dirt setting up against the brick? Shouldn't the dirt only go to the top of the concrete foundation?
Yes - I cringed when I saw a foot of dirt up against brick veneer. Textbook place for a french drain.
Makes me mad that where I live in Los Angeles this is a 40k job. If you can get someone.
Holy crap!
Away from foundations 💯
For sure!
Now hw just has to keep the gutters clean!
How are you able to compact earth up against the house like you do. Here in England we have a damp proof course which has to be 150mm above ground with NOTHING touching it or you'll get damp 🇬🇧
Man the best part was left out. Im sure it sucks going out in the rain and getting footage but man thats what sets your videos apart from all the rest. Always a good video but step it back up man. If you get home iwner footage that doesnt have rain include both. Today you get a pass. ✌️👍🤙
I agree for sure. I have at least 15 videos waiting for rain footage. I went out today and got nothing because the storm deflected.
If you wore a hat like that to my house, you would be gone!! What a dork!!
I will have to 100% disagree with the owner on the dryer vent movement! That should be just a small pipe straight up in that location. If that gets clogged with lint … and is not a matter of “if” is when…. That will be very hard to clean!
There just isn't any room at the front because the house sits so low. He will definitely use straight pipe and only one 90 for the vent.
Rocks are better than organic matter and additionally act as another channel for water
Those railroad ties all need changed the one he was noticing out is rotten
👍 Good eye Jacob!
Did you buy out Harvey ?
Harvey is still working! We did a walkway recently that he helped with. That video is complete but waiting for rain footage.
@@GCFD I’m glad I was just curious because of the dump truck
took a while, but a simple solution.
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Question for anyone able to answer.. So my house/backyard is essentially on wet/swamplands, in a low lying area it tends to gather a large amount of water in a small area of the backyard, especially recently with all the rain we got the past month.. So to mitigate it ive been using a pump to transfer it to another area, come to find out water is actually flowing from the ground which then pools up in that spot. How would i resolve that, aside from filling it in with dirt (which i would if i knew where to get cheap dirt from)?
I took a video of what its doing if anyones interested in it.
French drain bro
Drain outlet either to street or off your property
Where's your video? Post on UA-cam?
@@user-lh5kn8tv4f ill see what i can do, give me a moment.. to the other person i cant do a french drain let alone drain it to the street, im in whats "considered" a rural area.
@@user-lh5kn8tv4f Okay i added it to the list on the account, the hurricane video from 12 years ago shows how the back yard used to look before i cleared it all up, but it essentially floods the same so you should get an idea of that particular area.
Since my first post got deleted for some reason i guess, this is why a french drain isnt possible and why having it drain to the street also is not possible as i do not live in a development, i'm in whats considered a rural area.
I added a vid showing the area, you can tell how much i cleared up the back yard compared to the one from 12 years ago.
I’ve always wondered,is there a story about your hat?
Does your subcontractor ever use 5” gutters? I think that downspout by the front door is not very attractive. Th Shawn.
Why do you use such "High-risers" of the PVC pipe instead of longer gutter drain pipes (especially when new gutters are being installed at the same time) when it isn't necessary for flow? IT IS SO UGLY!!!
I like the sealed risers which will create a little head pressure if needed. I prioritize looks and no maintenance over looks, but I know opinions vary. 👍
Hello
You forgot to put rip rap rock at the end of the pipe.
I guess I should have said 6” gutters.