PROGRESS REPORT. This is Tom, the homeowner of this house. Had the first big rain this past week. Completely solved the issue of water draining in the crawlspace! Thank you, Tim and Christy! As for the other commenters about creating bigger problems, fortunately I don't think we actually raised the dirt higher than the house was built for. It's hard to see in the video, but the ground greatly sloped inward to the house after years of the soil compacting around the base. It's likely that we simply brought the dirt back "to level" rather than raising the soil line much higher than it was intended. I do appreciate the concern and will look into further preventing the potential long-term issues you all have pointed out. Thank you!
I have inspected homes for subterranean termites and to see if they were treated to state minimum specifications for 30 years. Putting soil or mulch against the structure above grade is one of the most common mistakes for homeowners with monolithic pour foundations here in the south. If the house is treated for prevention of subterranean termites you just built them a bridge into the home. A well meaning person solved our drainage problem at the local lodge a few years ago this way and I treated it recently for termites that had done extensive damage along the entire wall. We see this daily in our work. Just wanted to point that out, love your channel.
The audio talk reminded me of a story. I was an early adopter of CB radio way back about 1960. I was happy with mine and planned on getting one for my Dad to install on his tractor. I reasoned that he could talk to home from wherever he was on the farm. He found out about the plan and said, “like hell you are. The only peace I get is on that tractor.”
As a landscape Architect, I would have chosen to use a drain tile against the house and brought the water out to an infiltration pond/rain garden that could hold the water remotely from the house until it could infiltrate into the soil. He has a similar feature already next to the house where you put the stone. Another idea would have been to use drain tile to a cistern that could hold the water, which could then be used to water the plants during dry spells. I would agree with other people posting that putting soil up against the house was probably not the best idea. I love the channel, but I would consider suggesting using a licensed professional Landscape Architect. We are trained for situations just like this and especially when it comes to grading and structures, and manipulating the land and placement of homes and other structures to best suit the environment that surrounds them.
Todd, just for a really ballpark idea, what would an estimated cost in your area be to provide a consultation for someone like Tim (or me) doing small tractor-for-hire jobs? Would Landscape Architects tend to be willing to partner with a small business like us, or would they take the job away using their own? I realize you wouldn't be talking for all LA's.
Also, in some states like Ohio, you aren’t allowed to have cisterns to hold water or waste, they deem it not sanitary. Plus a cistern would be so expensive.
It's almost overwhelming but Tim is everywhere with his many tractors! But the content is excellent and the information is so good. I'm not of the Tractor World, Tim would be my reference!
Good job, have recommended this to certain farm houses. Thought I was crazy. All is good, but the installation of a French drain/dry well as well might just lessen the problem more. Great job!!!
Nice project, well done! I come from a construction family and we always ran grade away from the homes we built. Always ran footer tile all the way around with gravel back fill most of the way up the wall finishing with 3-5” good clean dirt. We always tiled down spouts out away from the home as well. Never had any call backs for damp or wet basements. Thank you Mr. Tim for the ongoing information about hiring your tractor for work. 👍
Tim I do landscaping and dirt work for a living and this was a fine job! Well done! ✅ got everything gradually tapered away from the house. Once he gets his gutter drains several feet from the fountain he shouldn’t have any more problems. Great job!
I've had to fix issues like this before. You're right, the house was built about 2 blocks to low, very common with cheap contractors, at least around here. To fix the problem correctly would not have been "feasible" with a small tractor.
Having only watched the first portion of your video; I have seen similar draining issues before. I would have recommended exterior or interior drainage tile and then pump the excess out to a storm/cistern buried in the yard. I have also seen a french drain used to divert away the worst area of drainage affecting the home. Best wishes.
Tim, I can only second what a lot of other commenters have said about putting the soil up against the house. Trouble in the making. I understand the problem that you are dealing with, but I think you may have corrected one issue and created an even larger one.
Ok Tim, this project should have been a drain tile around the house. My opinion. Like you said building dirt up on side of house is bad. Especially as much as this project did. Also moving the air conditioning system made me cringe as an hvac tech.
Another fantastic job. That Ventrac is a great tool. 90 % of our work is folks that have water drainage issues. We build French drains and pipe it using catch basins. Let me add we seldom use corrugated black pipe rather PVC hard pipe. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tim & Christy.. You all did an excellent job, the grading really turned out nice.. Great to see Katriel back in the fold as well!!.. Have a nice weekend..
The finished project looks great. I think I would have gone with a swale and a French drain with drainage tile that led to a gravel catch basin where the water could seep in.
The first thing I did with my 2025R was move 15 buckets of dirt against my house. Half way up 1 concrete block. There is still 1 1/2 blocks to the structure. During heavy rains the water would run against my foundation from back to front yard. Now it runs down the swale I created. Vinny/Christy really did a nice job smoothing that dirt.
That’s had to be the most perfect “tractor time with Tim” duet outro. Very impressed with the customers timing. TIM. another great video to please us little tractor guys. Ps. I’ll see you at utility expo.
Something people miss adding soil against a house. Do not cover your AC line set in Soil it will rot /corrode the copper and cause leaks. Nice Video Tim & Crew
Dont think they are going to hurt those units as they probably dont even work. should have been changed out over 20 yrs ago. Atleast here in houston texas those are long gone.
Lines are not covered in dirt. And the units work like a charm! Not sure why I’d replace them if are working fine and still efficient! But thanks for the suggestion.
In our county the building dept wants 8 inches of exposed concrete above finished grade to bottom of siding on outside of the structure. I would think all of that moisture in the soil against the brick would cause it to weep into the walls and degrade the brick over time. Maybe a french drain and lots of pea gravel would be a better long term solution? If this is the homowners idea give him what he wants with a disclaimer for future problems that might arise.
I removed five yards of dirt for someone with my Sub Compact Kioti tractor, drove through his yard 20+ times and the only tell-tale sign I was there was the dandelions being laid over.
I have a bobcat 753 and a well used 2210. My JD 2210 is always used when I need or want to tread lightly. The compact tractor is also much faster over the ground
@@cliffpalermo I hear what you're saying and Tim as well, but both Bobcat and ASV are now making lighter weight track based skid steers that are 5 ft wide or less and exerting much less pressure on the ground than they're bigger cousins. It would be cool if Tim, Mike Morgan or somebody else like Stan the dirt monkey could do a comparison of a compact tractor versus these lighter compact track skid steers in order to see what they can and can't do.
Adding soil is typically one of the first best things to do. A 20 or 30 yr old house settles a lot. Need to bring it back up so slope is restored. Another tactic. Look up at gutters. Do they plug easy? Add stainless micromesh gutter guards. Enlargen hole into downspout and pipe 30' or more away from house.
I think I would have dug out about a foot around the foundation and tar it with a layer of 12mil plastic, up to the new layer of dirt when back filled. Jmo.
When I bought this house I had an inspection done. The previous owner had put in new gardens against the house to make it look pretty. When I had the building inspection done the guy said the first thing you do before you move a thing here is rip those gardens out and get the dirt away from the house. He said the problems with moisture and termites would cause untold damage but thankfully the gardens had not been there long enough and the weather had been dry so no problems. So that's what I did. Being flat the water will lay around the house in very heavy rain but that's about 3 days a year here and given water finds it's own level, it's gone in hours. No way I'd put soil up against a structure sorry to say.
Moving the compressors and lifting them up was scary. I would be worried over the Freon line getting damaged. I am sure that didn't happen but I would have been afraid not to have HVAC disconnect them and reconnect them. Not meant as criticism ! I like how you leave the job site looking great. This job turned out well.
hey the star is back! nice to have everybody on a job. the mrs. is an absolute pro on that machine. love her production work too. great family fun. the Bible verses make for calm day, love them too. Tim, we can not afford for you to injure yourself. so, no heavy lifting. :-) hey, the name changed to "tractor time with Tim", lol, lol Consulting with Katriel you guys are better than tv, really.
When going into a stack of this damp pack - Bucket up and tip down and rake the top towards you. About a bucket dept. Then when you scoop like you do after that you get an easy full bucket. Works on frozen rock and such.
I live on 3 acres and the grade wasn't right. I'm not a 100% done yet, but Ive regraded a lot of it and I got all the water running to back of my property where I built a pond
Tim in the last scene where you’re talking to the homeowner it looks as if you left rear tire is low. Perhaps just an optical illusion? Maybe the tire was buried just a bit?
Tim, what if I live in a state outside of Illinois? Should I still reach out to COUNTRY Financial? Could you make some more financial videos in the future? They sure do help our knowledge on this stuff a lot. Thank you for all your content and God bless.
A lot of critical comments on this one. I'll be interested to see if Tim addresses this in the next video, or even in the comments section. I have no idea who's right but these don't seem to be "haters", just guys with different opinions to Tim. For those of us who try to learn from YT videos, this is so much more helpful than shouting abuse at each other.😁👍
Not really different opinions, actually. The commenters have a great point. We might differ in some details, but in general, I agree that what we did is not a great idea. Life is a series of compromises. Tom doesn't have the money to fix this right. I contend that this will help, even if it is not the best long term solution. Water standing in his crawl space was worse that the symptoms that folks discuss here in the comments (in my opinion). Maybe we can get out there and do a better solution sometime later. if so, we may have to do it for 'free', as Tom simply cannot afford more right now.
I would have gone drain tile and sump. Then pump it to the street. I have had several houses with this problem and building up the dirt at the house usually isn't good in the end. The problem usually starts with poor slope then grass keeps heaving up while the dirt at foundation sinks. Lawn should have been graded 6inches lower to start. I was wandering why you didn't till the fill dirt before placing it. I know Vinny did a great job but the dirt would have dried better and been easier to rake. ( just another Opinion) Great job though. Keep up the good work!
Nice job looks shaped good now dig out the loose dirt against the wall add a drain tile round or slim style my preference with stone ,fabric than run to dry well ,rake back to shape hand work but with your work should be great ( my 2 cents )
But the new Tractor Time With Tim Audio System works better than any other UA-cam channel audio out there...! (Better check that Left Rear Tire, Tim...)
I agree the house is sitting way too low, adding dirt and bringing all that moisture against the brick and mortar is going to be a major problem. I'm sure you know grade should be 8'' below the foundation wall. He needs to do a lot of regrading of the lot to fix the issue.
I love you guys your video's are great! Question for ya . IS it better to get everything right upfront with the purchase of the tractor? or add on as I would need it. Keep in mind that the items I would need i would probably use at least once or twice during the year. but some items I might be able to buy later in the year separate from the original purchase.
I believe that problem started a when it was built. With such a steep roof and very little eve around the house to help get the water away from the foundation. Then the gutter possible not being able to keep up. It washed the dirt around the foundation causing it to leak. Now granted this probably took years to do. But that's some of the thing you run into on the older built homes. Which that one appears to be
Why did you not put a row of 2 inch thick styrofoam next to the wall before adding the dirt??? Even a sheet of plastic would have added some protection against humidity... Hopefully ths dirt does not block the weeping holes in the brick...
Hey Tim did you have a flat tire on the back of Johnny or was it or was it just the way the camera made it look at the very end of the video look like it was flat
I watch your videos and i see you moving and lifting rocks that are huge. in this video you lifted that rock that appeard to be the size of your bucket. my 2025r is stuggling with a bolder that is a little bigger than 2 basketballs. can a smaller bolder be heavier than a larger bolder?
I'm thinking you did that wrong. You should have made a trench about 10' away all around the house but _not_ adding soil against the house. Then drained the trench into dry wells farther out. If you watch, soil builds up over time and you are just burring the house. You just added to it making the house lower, as you complained about. (yes, many houses are built loo low for the area)
I don't think this was a good idea at all! I see the house has downpipes that appear to go into the ground so I surmise there was a storm water system at the house? That would have made it easy to dig a drain and run it into it. If not, like others have said, I would have dug around the house and put in a drain and lead it away if need be. Putting soil up against a structure like that particularly if it is above the damp course is a very poor idea IMHO. At very least I would have put a plastic or rubber membrane between the house and the soil to stop the brickwork being in contact with the moist soil for extended periods, OR, put a perforated tube drain under the soil to allow it to dry as fast as possible. The brick is going to soak the water like a sponge now.
PROGRESS REPORT. This is Tom, the homeowner of this house. Had the first big rain this past week. Completely solved the issue of water draining in the crawlspace! Thank you, Tim and Christy! As for the other commenters about creating bigger problems, fortunately I don't think we actually raised the dirt higher than the house was built for. It's hard to see in the video, but the ground greatly sloped inward to the house after years of the soil compacting around the base. It's likely that we simply brought the dirt back "to level" rather than raising the soil line much higher than it was intended. I do appreciate the concern and will look into further preventing the potential long-term issues you all have pointed out. Thank you!
Ignore commenters lol. It will not hurt the foundation to add some dirt against it. Sounds like Tim does a great job.
Another memorable moment with Tim, his wisdom is so valuable!
I have inspected homes for subterranean termites and to see if they were treated to state minimum specifications for 30 years. Putting soil or mulch against the structure above grade is one of the most common mistakes for homeowners with monolithic pour foundations here in the south. If the house is treated for prevention of subterranean termites you just built them a bridge into the home. A well meaning person solved our drainage problem at the local lodge a few years ago this way and I treated it recently for termites that had done extensive damage along the entire wall. We see this daily in our work.
Just wanted to point that out, love your channel.
As a real estate agent see this all too often. I sat here and cringed all the way through the video.
My main concern watching this job was that the added soil could be going over the damp proof course allowing moisture to soak into the brick?
The audio talk reminded me of a story. I was an early adopter of CB radio way back about 1960. I was happy with mine and planned on getting one for my Dad to install on his tractor. I reasoned that he could talk to home from wherever he was on the farm. He found out about the plan and said, “like hell you are. The only peace I get is on that tractor.”
As a landscape Architect, I would have chosen to use a drain tile against the house and brought the water out to an infiltration pond/rain garden that could hold the water remotely from the house until it could infiltrate into the soil. He has a similar feature already next to the house where you put the stone. Another idea would have been to use drain tile to a cistern that could hold the water, which could then be used to water the plants during dry spells. I would agree with other people posting that putting soil up against the house was probably not the best idea. I love the channel, but I would consider suggesting using a licensed professional Landscape Architect. We are trained for situations just like this and especially when it comes to grading and structures, and manipulating the land and placement of homes and other structures to best suit the environment that surrounds them.
That would cost too much. The option that they chose wouldn’t harm the house and that’s how the house should’ve been built to begin with.
Todd, just for a really ballpark idea, what would an estimated cost in your area be to provide a consultation for someone like Tim (or me) doing small tractor-for-hire jobs? Would Landscape Architects tend to be willing to partner with a small business like us, or would they take the job away using their own? I realize you wouldn't be talking for all LA's.
Also, in some states like Ohio, you aren’t allowed to have cisterns to hold water or waste, they deem it not sanitary. Plus a cistern would be so expensive.
I watched it when it played first the tile for the down spots where slotted if they are , the water just stays there and leaks throw the wall .
It's almost overwhelming but Tim is everywhere with his many tractors! But the content is excellent and the information is so good. I'm not of the Tractor World, Tim would be my reference!
Good job, have recommended this to certain farm houses. Thought I was crazy. All is good, but the installation of a French drain/dry well as well might just lessen the problem more. Great job!!!
That Ventrac power rake is the ticket for projects like this. Really smooths out clumps and helps with grade. Thanks for the great demonstration
Nice project, well done!
I come from a construction family and we always ran grade away from the homes we built. Always ran footer tile all the way around with gravel back fill most of the way up the wall finishing with 3-5” good clean dirt. We always tiled down spouts out away from the home as well. Never had any call backs for damp or wet basements. Thank you Mr. Tim for the ongoing information about hiring your tractor for work. 👍
Tim I do landscaping and dirt work for a living and this was a fine job! Well done! ✅ got everything gradually tapered away from the house. Once he gets his gutter drains several feet from the fountain he shouldn’t have any more problems. Great job!
I've had to fix issues like this before. You're right, the house was built about 2 blocks to low, very common with cheap contractors, at least around here. To fix the problem correctly would not have been "feasible" with a small tractor.
Having only watched the first portion of your video; I have seen similar draining issues before. I would have recommended exterior or interior drainage tile and then pump the excess out to a storm/cistern buried in the yard. I have also seen a french drain used to divert away the worst area of drainage affecting the home. Best wishes.
Tim, I can only second what a lot of other commenters have said about putting the soil up against the house. Trouble in the making. I understand the problem that you are dealing with, but I think you may have corrected one issue and created an even larger one.
Ok Tim, this project should have been a drain tile around the house. My opinion. Like you said building dirt up on side of house is bad. Especially as much as this project did. Also moving the air conditioning system made me cringe as an hvac tech.
Yes, drain tile to a sump that can be pumped away.
Drain tile to a dry well
We've done quite a few of those and they work good.
What a tough and challenging situation. You folks did a nice job, and hopefully that will do the trick for them. Blessings to all.
Wow, nice work. And so close to the house!
Another fantastic job. That Ventrac is a great tool. 90 % of our work is folks that have water drainage issues. We build French drains and pipe it using catch basins. Let me add we seldom use corrugated black pipe rather PVC hard pipe. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tim & Christy.. You all did an excellent job, the grading really turned out nice.. Great to see Katriel back in the fold as well!!.. Have a nice weekend..
The finished project looks great. I think I would have gone with a swale and a French drain with drainage tile that led to a gravel catch basin where the water could seep in.
The first thing I did with my 2025R was move 15 buckets of dirt against my house. Half way up 1 concrete block. There is still 1 1/2 blocks to the structure. During heavy rains the water would run against my foundation from back to front yard. Now it runs down the swale I created.
Vinny/Christy really did a nice job smoothing that dirt.
Nice job on the sloping away from the house. Christy can really make Venny talk!
Tim, I am on vacation at the moment and your videos are making me miss my tractor 🤣
That’s had to be the most perfect “tractor time with Tim” duet outro. Very impressed with the customers timing.
TIM. another great video to please us little tractor guys.
Ps. I’ll see you at utility expo.
Lookin forward to it!
Something people miss adding soil against a house. Do not cover your AC line set in Soil it will rot /corrode the copper and cause leaks. Nice Video Tim & Crew
Dont think they are going to hurt those units as they probably dont even work. should have been changed out over 20 yrs ago. Atleast here in houston texas those are long gone.
Working beautifully. All you A/C snobs can get over it!!
Lines are not covered in dirt. And the units work like a charm! Not sure why I’d replace them if are working fine and still efficient! But thanks for the suggestion.
Looks like you got a low back tire there buddy
In our county the building dept wants 8 inches of exposed concrete above finished grade to bottom of siding on outside of the structure. I would think all of that moisture in the soil against the brick would cause it to weep into the walls and degrade the brick over time. Maybe a french drain and lots of pea gravel would be a better long term solution? If this is the homowners idea give him what he wants with a disclaimer for future problems that might arise.
What is also impressive is there appears to be next no damage to the grass even after multiple trips back and forth. Try that in a skid steer.
I removed five yards of dirt for someone with my Sub Compact Kioti tractor, drove through his yard 20+ times and the only tell-tale sign I was there was the dandelions being laid over.
I have a bobcat 753 and a well used 2210. My JD 2210 is always used when I need or want to tread lightly. The compact tractor is also much faster over the ground
@@cliffpalermo I hear what you're saying and Tim as well, but both Bobcat and ASV are now making lighter weight track based skid steers that are 5 ft wide or less and exerting much less pressure on the ground than they're bigger cousins. It would be cool if Tim, Mike Morgan or somebody else like Stan the dirt monkey could do a comparison of a compact tractor versus these lighter compact track skid steers in order to see what they can and can't do.
I tried reading all of the comments but didn't make it to the end. I was wondering about the brick's weep holes. Were they covered up with dirt?
Adding soil is typically one of the first best things to do. A 20 or 30 yr old house settles a lot. Need to bring it back up so slope is restored. Another tactic. Look up at gutters. Do they plug easy? Add stainless micromesh gutter guards. Enlargen hole into downspout and pipe 30' or more away from house.
that ventrac power rake is most impressive levelling the mound into a smooth slope
I like your method and I think the moisture will not be a big problem.
Wow that was a bold move manhandling those 40 year old AC condenser units like that! I hope they continue to operate!
Great job. I’ve been looking at and pricing power rakes since the last video you did with the ventrac
I was wondering how you were gonna grade away from the foundation, then Vinny shows up to save the day. That machine continues to impress!
I think I would have dug out about a foot around the foundation and tar it with a layer of 12mil plastic, up to the new layer of dirt when back filled. Jmo.
Once again a great video using your tractor and that amazing power rake.
I love your site and have learned a lot from watching it
I agree with you, the house should have been build a little higher but it wasn't. Be interesting to come back here in a year to see how it does.
When I bought this house I had an inspection done. The previous owner had put in new gardens against the house to make it look pretty. When I had the building inspection done the guy said the first thing you do before you move a thing here is rip those gardens out and get the dirt away from the house. He said the problems with moisture and termites would cause untold damage but thankfully the gardens had not been there long enough and the weather had been dry so no problems.
So that's what I did. Being flat the water will lay around the house in very heavy rain but that's about 3 days a year here and given water finds it's own level, it's gone in hours. No way I'd put soil up against a structure sorry to say.
Moving the compressors and lifting them up was scary. I would be worried over the Freon line getting damaged. I am sure that didn't happen but I would have been afraid not to have HVAC disconnect them and reconnect them. Not meant as criticism !
I like how you leave the job site looking great. This job turned out well.
Love the bucket mounted camera!!
hey the star is back! nice to have everybody on a job. the mrs. is an absolute pro on that machine. love her production work too. great family fun. the Bible verses make for calm day, love them too.
Tim, we can not afford for you to injure yourself. so, no heavy lifting. :-)
hey, the name changed to "tractor time with Tim", lol, lol Consulting with Katriel
you guys are better than tv, really.
When going into a stack of this damp pack - Bucket up and tip down and rake the top towards you. About a bucket dept. Then when you scoop like you do after that you get an easy full bucket. Works on frozen rock and such.
I live on 3 acres and the grade wasn't right. I'm not a 100% done yet, but Ive regraded a lot of it and I got all the water running to back of my property where I built a pond
I just do not see this fixing the issue. enjoyed the video though and Ventrac power rake is awesome!
Tim in the last scene where you’re talking to the homeowner it looks as if you left rear tire is low. Perhaps just an optical illusion? Maybe the tire was buried just a bit?
Just an after thought lol sorry can't help it, Flex Seal from footer to 6 inches above dirt.. Looks neat gives peace of mind.
Like the videos keep up the good work. Also do you have any advice for a first time business starter with equipment.
Tim, what if I live in a state outside of Illinois? Should I still reach out to COUNTRY Financial? Could you make some more financial videos in the future? They sure do help our knowledge on this stuff a lot. Thank you for all your content and God bless.
A lot of critical comments on this one. I'll be interested to see if Tim addresses this in the next video, or even in the comments section. I have no idea who's right but these don't seem to be "haters", just guys with different opinions to Tim. For those of us who try to learn from YT videos, this is so much more helpful than shouting abuse at each other.😁👍
Not really different opinions, actually.
The commenters have a great point. We might differ in some details, but in general, I agree that what we did is not a great idea.
Life is a series of compromises. Tom doesn't have the money to fix this right. I contend that this will help, even if it is not the best long term solution.
Water standing in his crawl space was worse that the symptoms that folks discuss here in the comments (in my opinion).
Maybe we can get out there and do a better solution sometime later. if so, we may have to do it for 'free', as Tom simply cannot afford more right now.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks for replying Tim; that all makes sense.👍
Nice Job Tim!
I would have gone drain tile and sump. Then pump it to the street. I have had several houses with this problem and building up the dirt at the house usually isn't good in the end.
The problem usually starts with poor slope then grass keeps heaving up while the dirt at foundation sinks. Lawn should have been graded 6inches lower to start.
I was wandering why you didn't till the fill dirt before placing it.
I know Vinny did a great job but the dirt would have dried better and been easier to rake. ( just another Opinion)
Great job though. Keep up the good work!
Hey Tim I didn't see if you touched on it or not,was there any wheeping drains towards the bottom bricks? I know alot of the newer houses have those.
Extending those down spouts would make a world of difference.
He has extensions. Took them off so that we could do the work.
Great video, nice landscaping...
GROUNDWATER ALONE WILL KEEP FILLING THE CRAWL SPACE. ADD A LOW SPOT UNDER THE HOUSE AND INSTALL A SUMP PUMP OUT TO A FRENCH DRAIN OR WHERE EVER.
The few times I've built up any material against a structure, I've always tared the brick or metal siding areas.
Nice job looks shaped good now dig out the loose dirt against the wall add a drain tile round or slim style my preference with stone ,fabric than run to dry well ,rake back to shape hand work but with your work should be great ( my 2 cents )
But the new Tractor Time With Tim Audio System works better than any other UA-cam channel audio out there...! (Better check that Left Rear Tire, Tim...)
I agree the house is sitting way too low, adding dirt and bringing all that moisture against the brick and mortar is going to be a major problem. I'm sure you know grade should be 8'' below the foundation wall. He needs to do a lot of regrading of the lot to fix the issue.
Could you use the Ventec power rake for tilling? And if not could you recommend a tiller for a compact tractor of 60 hp. Thanks in advance!
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I love you guys your video's are great! Question for ya . IS it better to get everything right upfront with the purchase of the tractor? or add on as I would need it. Keep in mind that the items I would need i would probably use at least once or twice during the year. but some items I might be able to buy later in the year separate from the original purchase.
I prefer to buy the attachments later. This gives you time to focus (research) each one individually.
Looks like a back tire went flat on this project as well?
Time to build a pond and run tile out to it. Make sure you have cleanouts.
I believe that problem started a when it was built. With such a steep roof and very little eve around the house to help get the water away from the foundation. Then the gutter possible not being able to keep up. It washed the dirt around the foundation causing it to leak. Now granted this probably took years to do. But that's some of the thing you run into on the older built homes. Which that one appears to be
Yes ....a French drain...the first scene had some elevation....
Next time create a retention pond and then tile into that.
I was worried that I was going hurt my tractor moving boulder’s but the ones I’m moving are not as big as them.
Tim at the the end the
tire looked like it was popped
17:57 was that rear tire going flat? Looks low on air.
Your supposed to excavate a basement, or crawl space, the utilize the spoils from that to build a slope away from the building..
Let’s have a follow up video I want to know if this works.
If you have a tractor you need to ALWAYS have a chain. I had that drilled into me by my father.
It was in the truck.
Why did you not put a row of 2 inch thick styrofoam next to the wall before adding the dirt??? Even a sheet of plastic would have added some protection against humidity... Hopefully ths dirt does not block the weeping holes in the brick...
Left, rear tire spring a leak on this job? There at the end it sure looks like it's under inflated to me.
Tim is your rear tire going flat? Looks like it at the very end...
At the end it looks like you had a flat back tire.
Nope. We run the radials pretty low psi
Why?
@@carlstrohm3785 softer ride, better traction, less compaction due to larger footprint.
Nice video tim and kristie and katriel i hope it will help to stop the water,it is a nice project 👍👍
The jackwagon that built my house also built it too deep in the ground...I feel your pain, believe me.
Tim. Need weights and quickhitch for my 1025r. Know any good deals or codes for money off? Also need a plane/blade.
HeavyHitch.com use code ttwt for a 5% discount.
Is your left rear tire underinflated?
I didn't think there was any flat ground in Boone County.
Hey Tim did you have a flat tire on the back of Johnny or was it or was it just the way the camera made it look at the very end of the video look like it was flat
I noticed that too. I even paused it to take a better look, but was hard to tell if it was flat or a optical illusion.
Why don’t you ever use the ventrac power bucket?
U have a hydraulic line rubbing on the back right tire
your daughter looks SO much like you. dunno if im complimenting or insulting anyone. but you two are a good lookin bunch so it doesnt matter
I watch your videos and i see you moving and lifting rocks that are huge. in this video you lifted that rock that appeard to be the size of your bucket. my 2025r is stuggling with a bolder that is a little bigger than 2 basketballs. can a smaller bolder be heavier than a larger bolder?
Yes. For example, limestone is much heavier than sandstone.
Tim, did you have a low/flat left rear?
Everyone keeps saying that, Levi. I run the radials pretty low psi. Maybe too low, I dunno.
Looked like you had a flat rear tire on the left rear at the end.
Looks like your rear tire on Johnny looks a little low
I'm thinking you did that wrong. You should have made a trench about 10' away all around the house but _not_ adding soil against the house. Then drained the trench into dry wells farther out. If you watch, soil builds up over time and you are just burring the house. You just added to it making the house lower, as you complained about. (yes, many houses are built loo low for the area)
That will work. We had to do the same thing at our home built in 1953.
Left rear tire looks like it's going flat.
It appears that your left rear tire has had a loss in pressurized air.
looks like you got a flat tire on left rear other than that you done a good job .
I don't think this was a good idea at all! I see the house has downpipes that appear to go into the ground so I surmise there was a storm water system at the house? That would have made it easy to dig a drain and run it into it. If not, like others have said, I would have dug around the house and put in a drain and lead it away if need be. Putting soil up against a structure like that particularly if it is above the damp course is a very poor idea IMHO. At very least I would have put a plastic or rubber membrane between the house and the soil to stop the brickwork being in contact with the moist soil for extended periods, OR, put a perforated tube drain under the soil to allow it to dry as fast as possible. The brick is going to soak the water like a sponge now.
expect less blocks are not in BEARING position
Good job