Catching gutters through solid PVC to solve basement flooding issues
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Here's another example of corrugated pipes that go into the ground and disappear causing flooding issues in the basement. We replaced those with solid PVC pipe and piped the gutter water to the woods, far away from the foundation.
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I really enjoy the follow up portion of the video where you come back when its raining! Really ties the video together!
That's the most common comment I get on my channel and I'm trying to continue with it. Catching the system is a hard rain can be tricky but I think it's worth it. Thanks for watching!
Agree 100% That's the reason I subscribed.
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@@GCFD Oh I think most of us still grounded in reality recognize it's not always going to be possible to catch and video nice gully washer to give a major stress test of your work or even a rain if the weather isn't cooperating but the fact you try to is what I enjoy. It's like the ending of the story. You start with the problem. You do what you do and in most cases we get to see the solution work. So many other sites they do the work but we almost never see the results. They start with a flooded yard and we are invested in seeing it fixed and so we want to see it unflooded( is that a real word, LOL). Many don't bother. Have a great day.
I have 5-7 favorite video channels that are a pleasure to watch and your videos are in this group because of your professionalism and understanding the home owners, stay safe and healthy y’all.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wow thank you Bob!
Learning so much from your work. I'm trying to re-route my downspouts away from the foundation. Feeling pretty confident after watching about 5 of these so far. Thanks for making such great videos.
Thank you Sheena! Good luck with your house 👍
Love that you show all the work. Not just your best work.
Nothing better than seeing a plan come together. Great job!
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Seeing this customer's overflowing downspout reminded me of a drain we have with a large roof collection surface area that got plugged at the end of the pipe from leaves and debris once during a large rainfall. Resulted in large amount of water pouring out of downspout connector, alongside foundation. I ended up putting a relief bubbler halfway down the drain pipe pipe that normally drains to street. I made it so that the relief bubbler was slightly higher than the drain pipe and had a backwards wye and would only operate in times like this. Didn't witness it, but have seen evidence of it having worked by debris around the bubbler. The pipe has very little fall from a very long, near-flat slope from house to street. The relief bubbler is far enough away from house, that if it operates it will spill into yard and dissipate, instead of soaking foundation.
That's an awesome idea! Great way to keep that water from backflowing against the house.
Love the end seeing them in action 👍🏽
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The female voice at the beginning of the video, I find it so calming and personable! 👂😊💖💖
Yep! That's the homeowner. She was super nice and very easy to work with.
Shawn, great job WTG to all the guys and gals on the crew. 👍
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Wow, the video of the homeowner at the end was amazing as a comparison to the waterflow before you worked on it. She must have gotten soaking wet though.
So with this much water coming out of the pipe it was logical that the basement was getting flooded, the water had no way to go and this much water can't just disappear.
Good work!
Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting! - Shawn
That A/C condensate line could be tied into the gutter pipe. Down in Florida we have a steady flow from the evaporator, maybe y'all don't have as much sub tropic humidity
Another excellent job. Keep them coming.
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You should advise your client to hold their phone "horizontal" when video recording. That way the video will be recorded in the "Widescreen" mode instead of the "Tall and Shiny" mode as seen by their video. Blue Sky's.
Great idea
I am fairly ignorant on storm water drainage, but I did this exact setup at my house and I used adapters that fit perfectly around my 4” downspouts instead of just running it straight into a 4” pipe. It’s a really clean look, but I’m sure you are aware of those adapters. You guys do great work, Cheers from Benson, NC!
HI Justin - We've used those before when customers ask for them but I like to keep things more open. I like the venting and accessibility (though I've never had to clean out a pipe I set).
Shawn, I have watched a number of your videos and you and your team do some great work. I wish my home was in your area because I need some drainage-fighting assistance. I live in Washington, DC. I have some erosion issues and some rainwater/groundwater pooling issues throughout the yard surrounding my home. Here, no matter what one needs quoted, liars and shysters outnumber honest decent contractors and I've been hesitant to hire anyone. And I am still youngish so DIY isn’t out of reach for some tasks. I even started my own lawncare business. But after a long work day, I come home to rest not fix my yard. Anyway, I have visions to expand my yard space, build-up, flatten and wall-in a portion of yard, install drainage, plant flowers and enjoy the space with family and friends. I need to have parts of my yard back filled and regraded, properly drained, and possibly my exterior foundation waterproofed. Do you do video consults? If you do not, might you know a contractor here in the Virginia, DC, Maryland area that is reputable, who won't require me to second mortgage my home or sell a kidney to fix the woes that the first homeowner either was not alerted to fix or “politely” decided NOT to fix. This is my first home and I want to raise a family here but I want it to be safe and keep it well maintained for my lifetime and for my kids.... I would appreciate whatever suggestions you may have. Thank you so reading my cry for help and for making all these videos; keep up the great work. So many people struggle through life and house issues can bog down a person's soul (pardon the pun). We all need encouragement that every problem has a fix. Be well and stay safe.
Thanks for watching! I don't know anyone in your area.
Assuming neighbors are having some of the same issues with their lots you might want to strike up a conversation as see what they have done on their property to solve water drainage issues. I usually check Yelp reviews on any handy man jobs. Good luck with your DIY if you decide to go that route.
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Looks good, I would put a screen on the down spout to keep leaves out of the pipe .
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Do you use schedule 40 pvc or thin wall ? Looks like 40.
@@timkarcher6724 He always says schedule 40 pvc...not thin wall
Very satisfying in watching the final product yet again to see the results. You added the berms there around the edge, but didnt weight the basin down with a few inches of gravel, i suppose it being in the square there it didnt have enough of a risk of being floated away ( as in a regular open area)
It's funny you saw that because I realized I forgot the gravel and had to stop by over.
@@GCFD ironic ive learned enough watching online that i could probably build a lot of things etc, though my bad back wouldn't let me
spray paint color match plstic aplication walmart only 3.96 dude , great love ur work x inspector 40 years , top it off with concealment sir yahoo hugs
Great tip
DO you employ (2) full time employee's , now in 2023 that your business has become very 'Busy' and hopefully profitable ? I enjoy watching your vids because of all the personal energy you devote to do A 'GOOD' JOB , for your customers !!!
Do you actually think there is no profit in this kind of work?
Ha that's funny about your drill, I used to work for "them". Yea we had issues with that model, and it all came down to more profits cheaper materials. Milwaukee is more expensive for sure, but considering I worked for the competition: I buy MIlwaukee now that I'm no longer in that company :)
👍 I like dewalt because it is ubiquitous across the landscape. I can easily replace them with used or cheap new. I probably have 8 of those drills and 5 sawzalls.
@H H Agreed, when he held up the drill and ran it you could see dirt/dust flying out of the air vents. Probably dirt/dust got inside, restricted cooling airflow and caused it to overheat.
Nice job.
Thank you Thomas! -Thanks for watching!
I don’t know if anyone else has similar problems with lining up the hard pipes and having to use flexible couplings....
But what I do is I use the 22.5° fitting, which is a hard fitting still rated for the 200 year lifespan, and depending on how you rotate it it will be connected at 22.5° or less. I rotate them down a lot of times and usually end with about a 10° angle to the left or right
Great tip!
I would have put some grates and clean outs at the down spouts. Considering that you also have all the down spouts and the walkway connected to a single outlet, it seems like you may have less water at the outlet than you should. There may be a leak somewhere in one of the PVC pipe connections and that may be another reason for seeing standing water in the yard. That can sometimes happen if the pipes stick before they're fully seated. If a dry fit and sanding of the PVC joints isn't done beforehand, then that seems like a possibility. Has the owner indicated if the garage and basement are completely dry now?
You realize this isn’t his first time doing this? These keyboard pros are some of the dumbest people.
Save money on flexible couplings by doing the job right in the first place. Laying pipes on the ground is good enough for straight sections, but you really need to be careful when measuring and especially while assembling the joints so you can make sure you're getting your angles right. Trenching out sections as you go will help prevent the need to re-trench later on as you'll be able to better visualize the path that straight pipe will take once upstream joints are assembled.
We can plan things out, but unless the pipe is falling, we retrench. Sometimes we don't get things right the first time, but the point is we get it right before we leave. 👍
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Let the drill run with no load for a bit every once in a while and it will cool it down. Also, always use the drill on lowest speed (best gear ratio). Although that drill is not designed to be used with that amount of load.
Great tip!
Why didn't you install a channel drain, at the top of the stairs by the driveway, instead of the catch basin ?
A channel drain is for non-point water and in this case we had point water flowing down the center. So we placed a catch basin in its path. Great question!
With all those trees in your yard, you have to clean the gutters frequently even with this company putting in the pvc pipes, and what-not.
That's a much better deal than a flooded basement! Thanks for your comment!
I know I am late to the game here, however why wouldn't you just join in what I assume is a sump pump into the top end of the downspout pipe? That could get rid of that wet area it seems.
If you have fall in your location I like to let gravity do the work. We only pump as a last resort.
Great comment!
@@GCFD I believe he was asking at 18:23 of your video, why wasn't the PVC pipe coming out of the wall also incorporated into the system?
Why not use some square to round adapters on the bottoms of the downspouts?
Two reasons
I like keeping the conn connection open for venting and for access if the pipe or downspout ever needs to be jetted.
What is price differential between corrugated pipe and smooth wall PVC? (Are we talking three times material cost or ….)?
Is labor time to install corrugated versus smooth wall PVC different?
Why do you use 4” versus 3” pipe or smaller in some applications?
Schedule 40 is about 3-4+x material cost. Labor is much more if the PVC is installed correctly. So you're paying much, much more for PVC. The benefit is is self cleans, it has an enormous capacity, and it lasts for 40 years. I use 4" instead of 3" because 4" is that much bigger to let debris move through it.
Whats the best way to keep an open French drain clean on the top from problems later on down the road?
for a people who don't know where Australia is .... this idea invented by the Romans 2,000 years ago must be mind boggeling
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Don´t You know that 3 pcs 110-pipes means that the collective extension must be 160mm diam! Each downpipe can´t handle more than some 30
For the lady making this video...please hold your phone horizontal when video recording. Why? Because then your video will be recorded in the "Widescreen" mode instead of the "Tall and Shiny" mode as seen in your video. Good luck.
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What kind of flow rate or roof square footage or number of downspouts is this kind of pipe rated for? Assuming a 1 to 2% slope
It's around 4-500 gallons per minute.
too much dirt and stuff in the drill, gotta switch to a nice Milwaukee
I like milwaukee but I use dewalt because they are ubiquitous across the landscape.
I have water that stands near my house foundation. I was wondering if I should install catch basins and run the pvc to it to the drainage ditch in the back of my yard. Will that work or should I try something else? Thanks.
Can you give me an idea of how much something like this would cost for you guys to do?
Somewhere around 2-5k.
arent you worried about critters going into pipes at outfalls
It's a concern. But I would rather have that than grates to trap debris and ruin the whole system.
What is the possibility for the water to freeze in these pipes?
We don't get much freezing temps here in NC.
@@GCFD thank you. I keep forgetting where you are.
instead of building those small berms which seemed to be a small tripping hazard would a channel drain worked well in that spot in stead of the catch basin? Also, if you did work in an area that had very cold temps to freeze would you still use PVC?
Yes a channel drain could have worked as well. It depends on the soil type and any ice heaving.
That pipe laid across that driveway should be deeper just saying, first time homeowner has a heavy truck in (ie: deliver soil for gardens or whatever) and backs over that it will get crushed.
Schedule 40 PVC is very strong. I can drive over it with my dump truck loaded and not have any problems.
@@GCFD totally agree, I don't think many realize you are installing good material not the thin wall drain pipe most would use. Great work keep it up, stay safe. Cheers from L.B.I. N.J.
It should be fine. Andrew Caramana made a video where he drove over the pipe with his backhoe
thin, not 3.5" around that cut out.....Dustmask when cutting Concrete in my neck of the woods or water hose hooked up to saw.
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Thank you!
That was alot of water on those stairs 😐
I know!
I have that same problem! Anyone you can recommend in Hudson valley region NY?
Andrew Camarata perhaps?
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Have you ever thought about getting a 3d printer to make your own catch basins or custom parts?
I've never thought of that. Cool idea!
@@GCFD or print a mold so you can make concrete catch basins.
@@GCFD Do your homework first. 3D Printers capable of printing an object that large are NOT cheap.
If you want it in less than a week, double the price (or more)...
Then you need to work out how much filament you'd need for each piece...Good filament isn't cheap either...
If you really want to get into making your own catch basins for a reasonable cost, look into an injection moulding unit and buy a mould for the piece you need, it'll be a LOT cheaper and faster than 3D printing them...
The 20v Dewalt is a POS. I had two konk out on me. The 18v still runs like a champ 6 years later.
I agree but the 20v is soo much lighter and has a LED light. I think the brushless ones are the crappy ones. I just buy the regular ones now and haven't had any problems. I do like that they're ubiquitous across the landscape and easy to replace.
You should let Donald do all the pipe work.. This looks like what a 12 year old could do. Embarrasing!
We solved the flooding basement issues. And we'll take Ronald on every job we can get him on. 👍