Appreciate it! We are both from central Texas, where it was solid limestone 4 inches down, so this has been a treat! Don’t be fooled too much though, the majority of our jobs take place in new developments where solid red clay was trucked in from Georgia. 🙄
Thanks, we try, but its exhausting really! Once we passed the fence, both sides of the front yard naturally had good slope, so from there on it was very easy, until we cross the sidewalk of course, thats always a hassle.
Great question! Nope, gravel is not needed in this install, as we are running solid pipe. The only way water enters our system is at the catch basins, or the downspouts. If we were running perforated pipe, or pipe with holes, rock would indeed be required, as well as a sleeve/filter for the soil. We run solid pipe for surface water, or catching water one place and moving it to another. Perforated pipe is used to catch subsurface water as it fills up the water table.
@@SeanBaker we usually determine that by standing water. If water is standing in a yard days after a rain where there is good soil, or is always staying squishy, it’s because the water table is full and water can no longer percolate downwards. That would require a French drain. The surface under the grass can also determine what we install. For example, if it’s dense clay, we know water will not percolate down at all, but will remain on the surface, so we would need a yard drain with catch basins.
Agreed, thats a big thing here in Florida for some reason, definitely needs to be blown out/cleaned regularly. Might need to design some sort of leaf-fence, good business opportunity. ;)
We often run the trencher. This yard had a lot of unlevel slope and most of the line hugged the fence pretty close which would be hard to get with a trencher.
Using screws and not taping every joint is asking for a clog and root penetration. these owners will be replacing their drainage system in a few years.
1inch screws that stick 1/4-1/8 out are not “asking for clogs”. The nearest tree or shrub is 50 yards away, but nothing on this planet can “stop” root penetration. We’ve installed a few thousand over the years and maintain them for our customers annually as well, it’ll be ok. 🫡
Good question, what you can charge is based on the quality of work you provide, and how big of a problem you are solving for your customers. Location greatly affects it too. Pick a minimum number you are wanting to make in labor per day to make you happy, and keep a fair price on installs to keep you busy. Once you are too busy, start raising your prices. Drainage work is extremely important, and people will pay a lot of money once you have a good reputation to protect their house. If the work is poor though, the pay will reflect it in time.
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Very extended knowledge!!
We take notes from the best! 😉
You guys got a shout out from Apple Drains. Cool. Good work. Greetings from Texas.
I wish we had that kind of soil in Ohio. The dense clay we have up here is torture to hand dig.
Love the videos fellas!
Appreciate it! We are both from central Texas, where it was solid limestone 4 inches down, so this has been a treat! Don’t be fooled too much though, the majority of our jobs take place in new developments where solid red clay was trucked in from Georgia. 🙄
Excellent video and impressed you can run the business AND crank out this content! 🍻
Gotta treat it like the business if we want it to grow!
You make it look so easy, great job. Question regarding slope. I didn’t see you be concerned about slope to the finish line, maybe I Moises that?
Thanks, we try, but its exhausting really! Once we passed the fence, both sides of the front yard naturally had good slope, so from there on it was very easy, until we cross the sidewalk of course, thats always a hassle.
This is not a criticism; it is just an observation. I noticed you're not using gravel. Why is that? Is it not needed?
Great question! Nope, gravel is not needed in this install, as we are running solid pipe. The only way water enters our system is at the catch basins, or the downspouts. If we were running perforated pipe, or pipe with holes, rock would indeed be required, as well as a sleeve/filter for the soil. We run solid pipe for surface water, or catching water one place and moving it to another. Perforated pipe is used to catch subsurface water as it fills up the water table.
@@TampaDrainDudes ah, yes. I didn't realize you were running solid pipe.
@@TampaDrainDudes New question. How is it determined if a yard drain or a french drain is needed? Doesn't everybody have subsurface water after rain?
@@SeanBaker we usually determine that by standing water. If water is standing in a yard days after a rain where there is good soil, or is always staying squishy, it’s because the water table is full and water can no longer percolate downwards. That would require a French drain. The surface under the grass can also determine what we install. For example, if it’s dense clay, we know water will not percolate down at all, but will remain on the surface, so we would need a yard drain with catch basins.
@@TampaDrainDudes Thank you. That's very helpful.
They really shouldn't have those bushes next to their AC unit like that. The leaves can easily clog the unit and cause it to malfunction.
Agreed, thats a big thing here in Florida for some reason, definitely needs to be blown out/cleaned regularly. Might need to design some sort of leaf-fence, good business opportunity. ;)
Why don’t you rent a trencher? Roll it into the customers quote and save your back!
We often run the trencher. This yard had a lot of unlevel slope and most of the line hugged the fence pretty close which would be hard to get with a trencher.
Using screws and not taping every joint is asking for a clog and root penetration. these owners will be replacing their drainage system in a few years.
1inch screws that stick 1/4-1/8 out are not “asking for clogs”. The nearest tree or shrub is 50 yards away, but nothing on this planet can “stop” root penetration. We’ve installed a few thousand over the years and maintain them for our customers annually as well, it’ll be ok. 🫡
4 inch down to 2 inch? Why not run all 2 inch 😂
There’s about 60-70ft of buffer 4inch. Running 2 inch the whole length wouldn’t be enough to cover 1 downspout.
im in tx, how much can we charge a foot?
Good question, what you can charge is based on the quality of work you provide, and how big of a problem you are solving for your customers. Location greatly affects it too. Pick a minimum number you are wanting to make in labor per day to make you happy, and keep a fair price on installs to keep you busy. Once you are too busy, start raising your prices.
Drainage work is extremely important, and people will pay a lot of money once you have a good reputation to protect their house. If the work is poor though, the pay will reflect it in time.