HOW CAN A PORCH CAUSE US SO MUCH STRESS....MORE DRAIN MISERY..OUR PORCH PART 2

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • IN THIS WEEKS VIDEO...
    HOW CAN A PORCH CAUSE US SO MUCH STRESS....MORE DRAIN MISERY 😒..OUR PORCH PART 2 WE ARE BACK DIGGING. THIS TIME WE ARE DIGGING THE FOUNDATION AND RE ROUTING AN ANNOYING SURFACE WATER PIPE WHICH RUNS DIRECTLY WHERE THE WALL IS GOING.
    WE FINISHED THE DIG TO OUR DEPTH THEN WE CUT THE PIPE AND RE DIRECTED IT THROUGH THE PORCH.
    WE THEN SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY SHUTTERING OFF THE PIPE SO THE CONCRETE DIDN'T COME INTO CONTACT WITH IT.
    FINALLY AL LEVELLED THE CONCRETE WHICH WAS BARROWED IN BY THE GREAT LADS FROM THE CONCRETE COMPANY...
    ENJOY.. WE DIDN'T 🤪
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 105

  • @guygfm4243
    @guygfm4243 Місяць тому +5

    Good to hear your contract is carrying on, you show all their tools doing good hard work.

  • @Ste2023
    @Ste2023 Місяць тому +2

    You did a brilliant job Steve & Alex 👍👏🎉

  • @tomstovell7425
    @tomstovell7425 Місяць тому +1

    Being a pro and a perfectionist is why you said it looks crappy Steve. In reality it was a complicated dig and the pour showed that what you did was spot on. Water meter is a pain but unless you want to pay ££££ you probably have the best work around. Nice to see Al doing a bit of solo work too with the pour. Top work all round.

  • @darrenpodger7294
    @darrenpodger7294 Місяць тому +2

    I like that a lot tidy , the thermal bridging on floor is a great tip thanks , great video , thank you for the time .

  • @JayKTS
    @JayKTS Місяць тому +1

    Yes sometimes it’s hard to price a job where you don’t know all the difficulties.. it can be a pain .. form and concrete looking great ! Awesome job guys 👌🏼

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Cheers Jay , yea below ground is a night mare 🤦🏻🧱👍🏽

  • @Nodrog269
    @Nodrog269 Місяць тому +1

    Great example of working around a natural environment of problems. Love the trenching spade and circular saw. Well done lads ,well done. Nod UK

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Cheers buddy, the right tools really help 🧱👍🏽😁

  • @Joe-jv5mm
    @Joe-jv5mm Місяць тому +4

    Look lad's it's a 💔 Job, But you Learnt from it, A lot of work in Renovation is in the Sub Structure (pipes/cable's Gas and water, Shuttering ,under Pining etc) 🧱 You Know how to price, Always Price Extra for below ground, if you're going to Get 🔥 it's below ground. Great content, your Lucky to Have the Good Weather, normally it be raining 🐈 and 🐕 on ground work 😉

  • @sgtmark8844
    @sgtmark8844 Місяць тому +2

    Cute future bricky. Home projects are always a pain but satisfying when they’re complete. Cheers

  • @liamking524
    @liamking524 Місяць тому +3

    Well, hopefully we can see start to finish of your video and your extension outside your house will be interesting to see what it looks like when it’s finished

  • @davecooke914
    @davecooke914 Місяць тому +2

    Great job Steve you were unlucky having them pipes in the way look forward to nx video 👍👍

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Oh we had all the bad luck on this one 😒🧱👍🏽

  • @dccowell56
    @dccowell56 Місяць тому +1

    great job lads, l had the same, my 6m-3m extension was going to take three of us 1 day, hit the water pipe, sewer pipe and rainwater pipe. absolute nightmare, glad you got a new contract keep it up Dave.

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Cheers Dave. It’s soul destroying when you start finding pipes etc 😫🧱👍🏽

  • @spacewalla3574
    @spacewalla3574 25 днів тому

    Tough job guys. The double bend in the surface water pipe is a worry, any debris from the roof could cause a blockage.

  • @stuartfarrell6729
    @stuartfarrell6729 Місяць тому +1

    a lerning experance i had my share keep up the great work

  • @jamescorke3799
    @jamescorke3799 Місяць тому +4

    Nice work but the water supply might cause an issue in the future if that boundary box fails you are going to struggle to repair it,what I would have done dug on the point of entry extended the duct and move the boundary box/ stopgap a meter back👍

  • @andrewbrocklehurst1625
    @andrewbrocklehurst1625 Місяць тому +2

    At least you now know if a neighbour ask for you to do theirs you can firmly say NO and run for the hills
    Well done lads one of best go to you tube channels

  • @johntovey3928
    @johntovey3928 Місяць тому +1

    I have to say that I’m very impressed with your Milwaukee tools

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому +1

      They are brilliant John, making life so much easier 🧱👍🏽

  • @Richard-gk3kq
    @Richard-gk3kq Місяць тому +7

    Not an easy job to do with the drains and water pipe in the way.
    I think I would have bit the bullet and had the water meter moved away from the wall and then ducted the water pipe into the house wall. I was a water engineer with the local Water Company for 50yrs and it’s surprising how many people have built extensions over water pipes and then had a burst in later years. If they had ducted the pipe or diverted it then would have saved having to dig up the floor.

  • @ianlawrenson5147
    @ianlawrenson5147 Місяць тому +1

    Hi lads I know you said it looks crap but it's fine and serves a purpose and when the concrete is poured it will become apparent I come across this all the time I build porches for a living the last one had all 4 services and 3 different pipes in the footing nightmare job but like I say your doing a great job and love the channel ps get rid of those shovels and get long handle pointed ones for digging out best of luck guys 😊

  • @micklarkin1434
    @micklarkin1434 Місяць тому +1

    what a wicked video you boys don't give up do ya fair play well done boys 🎉🎉🎉

  • @eddieMurphy11111
    @eddieMurphy11111 Місяць тому +1

    it causes more stress because you know if you do not get it right then you are in really BIG trouble with the Mrs and you know you are in the dog house both of you ,thanks for the video

  • @KingstonHomeMaintenance
    @KingstonHomeMaintenance Місяць тому +2

    Some jobs tou just think " why did I start this" this is where a lot of time in the ground can be swallowed up, you will be out soon, I think i would have been tempted to just do the strip to the front and use spanlites to bridge to the house.

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому +1

      So glad the superstructure is done …. Roof next (first time ) 😬🧱👍🏽

  • @bobx2387
    @bobx2387 Місяць тому +1

    Hi Lads, I do share your pain.... Have been there and at times felt miserable at the end of a working day. Just keep soldiering on. Best Regards, Bob (Weston super Mare)

  • @HoverdogBrewery
    @HoverdogBrewery Місяць тому +1

    I just placed an order for a porch. There is an inspection/rodding access point right in the middle of where I want the porch, the architect came round and seems unkeen to move it but I said "hey look at Steve and Alex's vid" - he went away to talk to building control to see if it can be moved.

  • @malcolmcroll
    @malcolmcroll Місяць тому +1

    have you ever thought of letting someone do the drains & you do just the brickwork & other light work ;;

  • @robertalford9604
    @robertalford9604 Місяць тому +1

    Rear handle circles away is the way to go blade on left side so right handed people are looking at blade and being rear handled you have a longer reach keep the videos coming

  • @liamking524
    @liamking524 Місяць тому +2

    If I was local to you, then I would have come and moved it for you and be on your video

  • @gordonburns8731
    @gordonburns8731 Місяць тому +1

    Personally, I'd have set on a subbie for the pipework.

  • @rayblackdog8742
    @rayblackdog8742 Місяць тому

    Easier to move the house back to make room for the porch 😅😂

  • @user-hg5jm3ef4r
    @user-hg5jm3ef4r Місяць тому +1

    Wooden foundations won’t catch on 😂😂

  • @richardfitzgerald4812
    @richardfitzgerald4812 Місяць тому +2

    Hard going. It's all down to money and bad planning. When houses are being drawn, any drainage running parallel to the house front and back should be 3.5m minimum from the house.

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Yeah these clowns didn’t get that memo 😒🧱👍🏽

  • @brickrightbuildinglandscaping
    @brickrightbuildinglandscaping Місяць тому +2

    Pigs ear of a job guys always happens on our own house luckily i suppose. Get out of ground and your away then boys .Great persistence as always 👍🧱🧱

  • @tonydalton6756
    @tonydalton6756 Місяць тому +1

    What a job guys! I was wondering how you were going to shutter that Gordian knot. 😅

  • @MrGvdmast
    @MrGvdmast Місяць тому +1

    Best holiday wishes from the Eifel in Germany. Even here Am Laachersee I keep following you. Keep up the good work 👊

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Thanks for the support and have a nice holiday 😎🧱👍🏽

  • @garrydickinson4839
    @garrydickinson4839 Місяць тому

    Your definitely not Izzy the brickie speed but that's why we love watching you, everybody loves an underdog

  • @guygfm4243
    @guygfm4243 Місяць тому +1

    Builder and drains 🫣

  • @johnrobinson8364
    @johnrobinson8364 Місяць тому +1

    Hi Lads you should watch RR building there went to the Milwaukee show showing the latest stuff from Milwaukee

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      I watch the Tool Show abc they were there and also live streamed it 🟥😍🧱👍🏽

  • @martin2466
    @martin2466 Місяць тому +2

    Chaps,
    Just a quick comment on the description for the video. Its "surface" water pipe...!
    👍

  • @Aaronsx8px4ki3z
    @Aaronsx8px4ki3z Місяць тому +1

    intresting video guys thanks just a thought why not have the rain water pipe on the outside of the wall so you dident need to have a head ach trying to get forms around it

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Cheers Aron we did explain it in the video 🧱👍🏽

  • @RS-ei3yt
    @RS-ei3yt Місяць тому +1

    Interesting video, very well explained.
    Some ppl hv the brick frogs up but u have them down …any reason, as I think the proper way is to have them laid up..pls explain if u can…thx v much

  • @liamking524
    @liamking524 Місяць тому +3

    You must not be into Plumbing because to move the stop tap is so easy extremely easy

  • @xredden07
    @xredden07 Місяць тому +1

    Could you not use a raft and leave the pipe there?

  • @user-yl6fq3cd3q
    @user-yl6fq3cd3q Місяць тому +2

    Been there done that a nightmare?

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Same here but we keep doing them 😫🤣🧱👍🏽

  • @davecleggett9371
    @davecleggett9371 Місяць тому +1

    Love the 'Ticking Clock' as Steve mentally searches a distant memory for the correct terminology! Not fair to take the mick out of the wrinklies Al! And it's only a porch! BTW, DeWalt or Milwaukee for the average DIY'er?

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      I do the editing Dave 😏.
      I’d say De Walt is like Toyota Prius
      Milwaukee is like Tesla 😏🧱👍🏽

    • @davecleggett9371
      @davecleggett9371 Місяць тому +1

      @@SteveAndAlexBuild I know you do the editing Steve - just me taking the mick. Good explanation re De Walt and Milwaukee, bloody expensive but I guess you get what you pay for eh? Thanks.

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      @davecleggett9371 absolutely 🟥👌🏼🧱👍🏽

  • @keithr3682
    @keithr3682 Місяць тому +1

    Hi chaps do you need building regs or planning permission for the porch ??

  • @scottmcdonald5896
    @scottmcdonald5896 Місяць тому +1

    Hi both brilliant vids as ever can I ask I’m about to dig a foundation 0.9 deep by 0.6 width however the next door single storey wall is roughly 0.5m away from my trench should I be worried digging out the trench if I try and do the job as quickly as possible ? You advise would be most grateful

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Hi Scott thanks but
      sorry pal we can’t give advice on stuff like without being there in person .
      Good luck 🧱👍🏽

  • @paullindsay4798
    @paullindsay4798 Місяць тому +1

    Haha love you guys but thats horrendous couldn't you just move manhole then put a renforced slab to build off drains can run under slabs as the weight is spread as long as you have rodding access. Would have saved you a load of heart ache. Sure it will look nice once finished

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      Cheers Paul only finished the brickwork 2 days ago 😆😆🧱👍🏽

    • @paullindsay4798
      @paullindsay4798 Місяць тому +1

      When you finish work out how much it would of cost. I just priced a porch 15k customer nearly had heart attack but I checked it and couldn't get price down. It was max size hipped roof fancy front door and side window. Complete job plasterered, joinery electrics ect. Let me know what you get it to

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому

      @paullindsay4798 Done a few and that’s about right 😬🧱👍🏽

  • @rayterry8599
    @rayterry8599 Місяць тому +2

    Is it your daughters house

    • @SteveAndAlexBuild
      @SteveAndAlexBuild  Місяць тому +2

      No its ours , same shite house builder 😒😒🧱🧱👍🏽

  • @martin2466
    @martin2466 Місяць тому +7

    Good afternoon Chaps,
    Stressful jobs indeed. Sometimes it is the big sites/jobs. Sometimes it is the small jobs...
    Quite a few "unknowns," when pricing for work - and one of the biggest is the question what is underground on the job site? If only we were blessed with x-ray vision eh?
    How we as Builders & Tradesmen deal with these "unknown items" is a mark of who we are. Skills such as patience, determination, trade-craft, and sometimes sheer bloody mindedness get us through, as you so ably demonstrate in many of your videos.
    I always subscribed to the view of, "some you win - and some you blooming well loose." (as long as you get more winners....then your doing alright.
    Keep grinding Mate....
    👍😁🧱
    PS: Sorry to hear that you can no longer upload from the scheme with the T & G insulation batts. I suspect that will be a Pukka - looking job when finished.
    PPS: Keep "pinning" the trolls - they deserve no less. And I see you had a couple of particularly vindictive and spiteful examples recently. An unfortunate side effect of social media.
    😜😁🧱👍

  • @liamking524
    @liamking524 Місяць тому +1

    If I was local to you, then I would have come and moved it for you and be on your video