Installing a riprap channel + culvert
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This property was washing away because of water from the street and neighbor ending up as a river in their back yard. We installed a riprap channel and a 15" culvert to keep the water contained and prevent any further damage. The project came out very nice and the homeowners are very happy.
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My favorite part of your videos and when you go back and see the success of your work! 👍👍🦄
That's my favorite part as well!
For sure
@@GCFD Well good, because That is 100% the best part. You aren't claiming you did it right, you show it. Keep up the great work! abd thank you for the great videos.
@@GCFD I wish the part the video, showing the fruit of your labor, was a tad longer😁. And yes, I do realize you don’t want to trespass your customers’ property.
Show more of the finished product in the rain. Couple more minutes of that would be great.
Man that turned out amazing, if that was my home I would sit out on that patio after the rain smoke a cigar and just listen to the water flowing thru my new little river in the back yard 😀
Yes! and know that the river is contained and not destroying the property!
Try and catch some fish while you're at it LOL
Me yoo
me at the start: there cant be that much water, can there?
me at the end: wtf, that is so much water
I was the same way! I spent a lot of time talking with the homeowners to make sure I understood the issue, but that was a lot of water!
I said the same thing!
This should've been covered by the city.
Thats an unsafe amount of water trickling down...
@@RickyTricky90 Trickling lmao
It's basically a mountain stream flowing through their yard😯😳
I really appreciate the follow up visit. So good to see it in action.
I like the fact that you return to the sight during a strong rain to shoe the end result. The lesson I learned buying a house is always perform an inspection during a rain.
👍 Great advice!
Great advice but timing is short
Definite props for coming back to show how the water is draining!
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Well done, professional work. I also like your videos because show at the end your systems under the conditions they are made for. Greetings from germany!
Thank you! It's a pain to get those after shots. I drove out there a couple times during rain only to find no rain on site. I think it's worth it though, as I get a kick out of seeing the system work like it should. Sometimes I see something that needs to be tweeked as well.
@@GCFD you coming back to jobs is what makes you better then the rest~
I had a crane and did a lot of work for a sign guy. I got a kick out of listening to him and his workers talking about taking their girls on dates just driving all over town at night looking at signs
Hallo Deutschland!!
What is great about your operation is your attention to detail, your repour with customers, and your finished product.,.,.,.,.
Thank you!
Good design and lots of common sense and planning
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The one thing that makes you guys a good company is the fact that you guys go back when it rains to make sure it works so the customer is happy Keep up the hard work :)
Thank you!
At first, I was thinking the culvert was overkill and would cost too much for some water but seeing all that water flowing was shocking. I would have been pissed from the very first time seeing that much water flowing in my backyard after buying that house and not being told about a river alongside your house. At least you were able to fix it and it looked good too.
I agree! I spent a lot of time talking with the homeowners to make sure I understood exactly how much water was coming through there. I was shocked as well when I returned out there!
I think there was a movie about it..A River Runs Through It with Brad Pitt !!
@ Derek Brin Was going to comment above, Though Exactly.. Thats a True River's worth of flow and I would be ticked off royally The channel & the rip rap was mandatory on this one, If that Basin wasnt there it would be a nightmare
Here in the Carolinas you just gotta pay attention to grades and stuff when buying a house. Its all clay dirt so the ground doesn't take anything in
@@andrewk8636 Oh I know. We bought our house and about 2 months later we got a good heavy rain and ended up having big pools of water that were filling up because water was overflowing from a neighbors property. Now I have a ditch to channel all water into it and off my property.
Watching a gentleman work well is a treat. Honest, ethical & wanting to do the job 100% & pleasing the client is also a great thing. Bravo.
Thank you! This was a big job for sure.
Interesting and super effective solution to a drainage problem.
Thank you! Those are my favorite kind of solutions (;
The last scene shows just how effective the channel drain is for huge amounts of water.
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nice to see someone take the time to do it right & make it look good at the same time. well done.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Very impressive work done ,You and team of workers are amazing .
Thank you! This was a big project and labor was a huge part. We couldn't access the channel with a truck so we had to hand load the rock into the bucket then hand work the rock in the channel.
WOW!....very impressive....I haven't seen that much water controlled since....MOSES! Nice job.
I’ve always liked your crew, respectful and obedient , friendly and hard-working
Same! I appreciate them very much!
nice work. it's amazing how much water they have to divert from the neighborhood through their yard.
Thank you! Yea their property has the drainage basin on it so they get runoff from all sides. Something to keep in mind when house shopping!
Wow that's a alooooottt of damn water. Insane! But hey.. pretty cool they now have their own little canal lol
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Thank you. Why I watch your videos is because you are great at your job and you are the only 1 on youtube that goes back to show how the job is working out after some rain. Only found you today but now you have me watching for good. Great work and stay safe, Respect from the UK.
Thank you very much! - Shawn
@cwrtnewyddbutthead.
May I suggest you give this channel a try: Post 10
A bit of an odd bird but a good one.
Love the sound of rip rap being used!
nothing like a good tropical storm to check your work...lol. they ought to be happy.
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last scene appears as if the problem wasn't entirely fixed, just helped a bit.
The issue was all that water running along the back yard, into the front yard, and into the drainage basin. Now the water flows down the channel and through the culvert across the front yard. Water from the neighbor is impossible to stop from going in the basin but the homeowner has a front yard now.
Spectacular results
Thank you Dave!
i love seeing the after math of the new drains working after a rain. this one is a cool one. i love the fact that theres basically a river running along the side of the yard. maybe not if there wasnt a water way like this but this way it looks super cool. nice touch to the yard to for decoration in my opinion
Thank you! I made a few false alarm trips before I caught this early one morning..
You should also get into pond builds, I bet you'd be awesome at it.
I have a friend who just bought a property with a pond that's been neglected for 35 years. I'll get a chance to play around with it!
@@GCFD search youtube for Greg Whitlock, The Pond Guy. He does ponds, but I like his systems because he builds in a wetland filtration system for the main pond. 🖖
that guy has his own river .
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Love the installs, but its great when you shot it working in realtime.
Beautiful work guys! Just subscribed and I love this channel already. I’m only 16 and I still love watching this stuff
Thanks for your support! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel. - Shawn
I love right up the road from you in Russell County. It looks like you guys do fantastic work and make wonderful videos. I can't wait to see more!
I wanted to see the outfall in the catch basin with all that water flowing. It is impressive how much water was in that rip rap.
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Nice one guys.
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When that boy on the excavator gets to my age he will wish he had worn those ear thing dangling on the rod in front of him
Good point! I have a pair of hearing protection hanging on almost all my equipment, even vacuum cleaners. Protecting your hearing is extremely important.
I was like him. I had a lawn mowing business as a teenager. I just blasted music from open headphones to drown out the sound using my old mp3 player (it held like a dozen songs!). Now I have hearing problems. It sucks. And I only did it for a few years.
finally someone shows us what all their hard work was done for! THANKYOU! thats what i was thinking towards the end like i wish people would show us what happens when they get the rain hah! awesome video!
Thank you! It's my favorite part - seeing the system working!
you shoulda made it 1' wider and they could have dam near gone tubing! lol
hahah 👍
I just found your channel and I love your videos
Thank you Robert! Welcome! - Shawn
I like it!
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Personally I think the rip rap came out great! I think it adds a nice atheistic.
Thank you! The homeowners like it too.
You are gaining more followers... Maybe because of post10 and the whole watch water go in culvert cult... love the after shots in rain... I just like to see water flow... I also just like my stocks...
Has he mentioned me in his videos? Several people have mentioned his videos. I have checked them out. Pretty cool guy.
@@GCFD I think the UA-cam algorithm is automatically suggesting your videos to his followers.
That surface rip rap is not the most visually appealing but certainly more visually appealing than the sight of an unwanted pond every downpour.
It has recently occurred to me that you could use River Rock as the top cover of a French drain.
Would love to see videos of it in action during a rainstorm, that would be awesome man
There is one at the end
Look at the last 2 minutes of this video
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Apologies, I made my comment before I got to the end
You should try using dish soap on the rubber seal of the culvert when sliding them together. I’ve used it a few times when installing culverts. Plus I believe that it is really what the company recommends for lube because it won’t disintegrate the rubber over time. Dollar store dish soap would work fine at $1.25 for a bottle you would get many jobs out of a bottle!
That rip rap channel is amazing. WELL DONE!!!
Like I said 2 years ago how my contractors go back to see if there work is working properly no pride now a days a bunch of money hungry scum bags loosers got my sub when u only had 2k subs just for that wish we had more contractors like u bro wish u nothing but success in your company 💸💸💸🤙🏽
thank you!! thanks for subbing and watching! - Shawn
This is gorgeous. You have said before that you choose function over aesthetics, and I get that totally, however this time you did both. Very impressive. I do lawn and landscape, and am fascinated with water flow and controlling water flow. I've done a few dry creek beds and open french drains like the ones you recommend, and have been very successful. (not for foundations, but for landscape water control) Looking at the open channel... I'm assuming you chose to line this project because of the volume and flow of water, to get all of it possible "in the pipe" and keep it there, even though it's an "open" pipe this time. Would you talk a little about that--what fabric you choose for this and why you decided to line this, and how that's different from the French drains in clay you have shown us? Thank you for this education, and for what you do. Brilliant work, and a pleasure to watch. FYI, I work in Kentucky, and we have a high clay content in our soils too.
Hey - We used a soil stabilization fabric under the channel. It's designed to go under rock like this and was quite expensive. It also helps keep the veg from growing up through the rocks too. I knew from talking to the homeowners that there was a huge volume of water coming through here so I wanted to armor the trench with the fabric. This is different than a FD where you have water flowing into the trench but then flooding up into the pipe. You don't have the river of flow like this in a FD.
Thank you for watching and for commenting! I'm excited you like the content! - Shawn
@@GCFD Thanks Shawn!
Very nice work!
Thank you!
Wow this family could generate electricity from his stream every time it rains and power the house for free.
Haha Yep!
Had a job once where the homeowner was thoroughly convinced that Home meant that that end of the pipe had to face their house. 🤦You just never know what you are going to run into.
Hahah
More business and incorporate the whole community into a drainage system
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I have a bad back from years working as a builder. I get pain from just watching your crew working with all that stone, and also doing it with care so it both serves its purpose and looks nice. You sir have a great team, remember to bring them a couple of beers on days like that. A beer-break in the shadow with your mates really lifts the spirit and rejuvenates your energy more than coke can ever dream of.
So glad my house is on a hill...
LoVeLy yard, nice work
Thank you Julie! They are planning to do much more landscaping and plants now that the yard is stabilized with the runoff.
I agree with Chief_5 seeing it work after you have fixed it. Where Can I get one of your shirts?
Bell ends of pipe must be uphill or risk rejection by inspectors in my area!!
I like when you go back to see them in action during a rain and after that speaks volumes
Thank you! It's my favorite part as well!
Nice job but the neighbors need to do their part and that's more business for you.
How long do these types of jobs take usually? Maybe it’s just solid video editing but it seems like you folks are in and out pretty quickly.
Can you tell me what kind of lining material you are using for the rip rap channel. Sure enjoy your channel.
Thx
Hey Steve - it's a soil stabilization fabric from the landscape supply house.
Post 10 would be proud, wouldn't have to unclog anything
hahah for sure!
How is the neighbor getting away with that? I thought the homeowner was responsible for their own stormwater management? You can just drain onto your neighbors property?
It's tricky. Officially, you don't have to manage water running off your property at all. What you can't really do is collect water into a pipe and dump that pipe directly onto a neighbor. Many neighbors still do this and it creates major problems. I always try to work with neighbors to keep water contained in a pipe the whole time. As you can imagine, I've worked with good and bad neighbors trying to solve drainage issues. I think it's so easy to just be a good neighbor and try to help solve water issues.
Cross lot drainage is a big no no when subdividing and building homes. This video shows the headaches that come along with it for the homeowner downstream. Unfortunately, a lot of the older developments did it this way and some continue doing this depending on where you are in the country. Topography is a big factor as well sometimes avoiding cross lot drainage is not feasible, so drainage easements are established. I'd bet there was a drainage easment on this property allowing upstream properties to drain thru this property. Just my .02. I've reviewed lots of newer subdivisions in southern CA.
Love your work man, just curious, I see you always lay straw down after. Is it just to cover the dirt or does it serve another purpose?
It stabilizes the disturbed soil by absorbing the energy of raindrop splash, protects the seed from granivores, holds moisture and releases nutrients as it decomposes quickly.
Straw over freshly planted grass seed is the ONLY way to go. It REALLY helps!
That job looks so damn nice, next thing you know you got trout swimming up that stream looking for their fatherland...
👍 Thank you!
I don't understand why you would need to riprap the whole thing, I get why you would do it at the inlet to prevent erosion, but if you just made it a grass swale wouldn't the grass prevent erosion?
With that much water flowing through it would be very difficult to establish grass in the first place, but yes you could do that.
@@GCFD That's true, it basically is a creek that was graded over for the lots and any rain in the area could just wash out the hydroseed. Thanks for the video.
I though you didn’t have much use for that kind of pipe.?
That's double wall corrugated culvert pipe. It's smooth on the inside and has the ridges for strength. It's good stufff.
Do you use any special weed block, regular thick non woven or woven one? Please advise. Thanks
That's so much water he could have made a little hydro dam for free power.
Is that woven fabric under the rip rap? Also what brand are those tracks?
Yes it's a soil stabilization fabric. They are mclaren OTTs.
That was just amazing seeing that water flow after was awesome.. hats off to you guys I feel like you will have alot of neighbors calling after they see how well you diverted that water
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Question: what is the straw for? Help the grass regrow through it? Thanks
It stabilizes the bare soil
Property value increased because of the flooding problem fixed and as a bonus, when it comes to selling the home, the homeowner can advertise a "part time water feature". "A River Runs Through It".
Haha yep! The homeonwers were worried that it would look like they have a problem and I said it will look like you solved a problem. They're happy.
Can you explain why sometimes you use the black 'plastic' and sometimes not? I am going to fix my drains soon with rip rap and see sometimes the black 'plastic' is used and sometimes not. Also what is the black 'plastic' in case i need to use it?
We do use double wall corrugated for 12" and higher pipe. This is rigid and comes from the pipe supply house in 20' lengths. What I don't use is single wall corrugated that is flexible from the home improvement store.
@@GCFD I'm sorry. I was actually speaking of the 'mat' beneath the rocks you roll out. Do you need that in every rip rap application.
I think it is useful on new installs.
That’s a lot of water to have flooding on to anyone’s property. You did a nice job looks like on the low end there across from the back of the house you could change that from dirt and lawn to a rip rap open ditch too. Build a small bridge over it. That’s just an insane amount of water. Seems unfair the city or county road above them creates such a water problem
Thank you for your comments! I think the homeowners want to do some more work back there now that the water is more contained. They were so frustrated with the DOT and the water that no one wanted to help with.
The neighbor providing the use of his dump truck is not trivial.
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Grease that poor skid steer man. I can hear it squealing away.
For sure!
Why all the hay?
It protects the bare soil and grass seed.
Why not just a retention pond?
That's a good idea! I think there was too much water coming through and nowhere to place a pond. If the property was larger it would be awesome to take advantage of all that water and build a pond.
I hate installing these. We cheat and use a mini to push them together
Nice!
Nice job!! I really enjoyed watching your process and what it looks like when put to the test. I am currently doing this myself at my farm. Avoiding the River rock was very valuable advice. Riprap.. right? (Sp.?). My question is what is that black lining you put first before laying down the riprap? Is that thick black plastic or is that landscape fabric?
That's a woven soil stabilization fabric.
Never been interested in seeing how drainage works.. but have been hooked on your videos as the work is excellent but you also revisit the sites to see how they perform under inclement weather... Great work...
Thank you! Thanks for commenting! - Shawn
As someone who installs A LOT of drainage, it still amazes me how water finds it's own way to the lowest spots on the land.....You can try and direct nature, but nature will always find it's own way.
Nice job fellas! Don't forget to give that kitty cat some grease though! Lol
For sure!
Hearing protectors don't work very well unless you are wearing them. It doesn't take a very long time to start losing your hearing, so protect yourself and make sure your employees use all the protections they should be using.
Great tip!
@@GCFD I lost part of my hearing due to my stupidity. I didn't wear the hearing protectors when around fire arms (M14, M16, 155 cannon) while in the Army or when driving old trucks without mufflers. I wear them now for everything from shooting to mowing as well as driving my tractor (which is very quiet).
How come you are using corrugated pipe? Your other video said use pvc. Is this because 15" pcv is not available? Love this channel BTW.
Cant really get pvc past 6 or 8 inches. This pipe is more ribbed not corrugated for strength. The inside is smooth like pvc. Very heavy duty drainage pipe.
We were using double wall corrugated. It's used for culverts under roads.
Is that the echo cutoff saw? If so how ya like it
Yes! I've had it for about a year and a half. It's a great saw, though we don't use it very often. It starts easily and has power when run dry. I would buy it again.
No no no ypu can use larger river rock 10lbs in size basically the same size as the rip raff im out of Atlanta and it gets trucked in from Tennessee. Rip raff is a Municipal usage stone and for roads
Thanks for that info. In this case the homeowner didn't want to go that route again with the volume of water that flows through their property. They liked the idea of angular rock which doesn't shift around like river rock does.
what does the straw do
I agree!
And here I am watching a year later wishing there was an update on how it holds up.
I'm sure that would be impossible for every job.
However, showing some that held up over time, as well as some that didn't (and why) would be an awesome addition!
That was amazing how you engineered the system with out seeing the amount of water flow first. Nice work!
The homeowners kept telling me there was a tremendous amount of water, so I went with that! A drainage system that gets overwhelmed might as well not be there, so I always try to make sure any system will handle a ton of water. 👍
Can you come make me one of these? I don’t have a water issue but y’all can run a line from the fire hydrant and make one 🤫🤣 I’m sure the city won’t mind it a bit. I have always wanted to live on a stream.😂
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We had a open pit mine near my former home where we could purchase everything from riprap to crusher run. The small stuff made for great top cover on driveways. I had never seen the big stuff used except on highways. Thanks for showing us how it's used in consumer applications.
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Is that BLACK PLASTIC or Landscaping Fabric? Thanks
That is a soil stabilization fabric
Wow, glad you showed the water at the end of the video..Surprised me just how much water water was flowing. Do you think you'll eventually need to add a catch basin ot two in the yard between the house and culvert to help with erosion?
I don't think so. You'd only use a catch basin for point surface waters. So after things have settled in you might find a certain point that is collecting water and you could place a CB there. 👍
I believe I have found another good job and video to watch. So far I’m pleased with your attitude and performance, keep it up and stay safe and healthy.👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you! Thanks for watching and for your support!
That is really awesome job and improvement. Rip rap really slows the velocity and may even catch some debris. Where we are at, we deal with too many branches, even small logs washing down into the culverts and end up having to oversize, or put in large entrance grates. Service clean outs along the culvert run sometimes. Residential area like that, not much debris. Thanks for posting the before and after water flow. Great result and attention to detail.
Thank you Steven! This was a big job for sure But I'm very happy with the results.
The Bell end of the Pipe should go Up Hill Not Down Hill
Yes of course. It's facing uphill.
Good catch
Looks great and performing well! What size riprap is that?
Thank you Anthony! It's class B riprap which is up to football size.
I have a similar job coming up, how much could I charge materials included ?
It really depends on your market, access, labor costs, materials. This job was somewhere around 140 hours of labor.
I find it very sad that plans for such grading were approved prior to any homes in this area being built. Thankfully professionals such as this company/crew can handle the issues.
Watched a few of your video's now hire a concrete guy pls your cement work is sub par.
How can we improve upon it?
You've probably been asked a thousand times but what is the hay used for??
The hay stabilizes the exposed soil from runoff and raindrop splash. It also protects the seed from granivores and releases nutrients as it decomposes. It holds moisture too. We use 100s of bales