How to Repair a Septic Line
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- How to Repair a Septic line.
We are in a poopy situation. After diagnosing why the toilets are backed up, Josh and Sam rent a dozer and repair the pipes. See how to do it if you are in a similar situation.
Big thanks to Sam from Green Acre Homestead for the extra help! Check out his channel here: / greenacrehomestead
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Just watched all this on your brother’s channel and had to come over and see it from your perspective. Looking forward to watching about your ‘frankenhouse’!
Hahaha can't believe you left in my "I got it!!! Victory!!!" lonely part. Hahaha
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Hey man, you got it!
Here we are down and dirty. Cool a Sam craft collab. Not the usual stuff Sam is used to working with though. Brothers rule!! This was more fun than when you did the roof!!!
That is huge to get the septic up and running, HAPPY DAYS. that little backhoe was the size they used to get down the side of our house to do our backyard patio, it may be small but it is mighty.
I certainly wouldn't mind a pair myself!
Hell yeah!!! I'm so happy y'all got this fixed and it wasn't too terribly expensive or exhausting. It's nice to have a helping hand on projects like this. High five to Team Bros. Take care y'all. Happy pooping! 😁
Good times have finally come our way!!
- well... Almost! Lol
Nothing better than having brothers. I'm from a family of 8 siblings with 5 boys and 3 sisters. You can always call on any of them for help and/or support. Great job Josh and Sam.
Sam sent me to take a look at your channel & low & behold, there he was helping you out. Glad you solved that quickly. I had to dig up & replace 80 feet of clay pipe 2 years ago. Tree roots all through it. Took me and a buddy a few days but was so much cheaper than paying a plumber! My building is 80 years old so I figured it would be clay. It was a mess from years of tree roots invading it.
I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Y'all make one Hell of a team. I don't think there's anything you and Sam can't fix or do once y'all put your minds to it. Think of all the money y'all saved doing it yourselves. Bravo Guys!
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It was certainly a whole lot easier than I thought it would be.. Especially with that machine!
Josh and Sam you both just are so blessed to have each other and it just makes my day to watch both of your all sweet family! God bless you all!
💕Love how Sam helps you when you really needed it💕You really look like your brother💕I hope you don’t have any more major big issues with your new home💕It’s good to get together with your family💕
I'm subscribing. I just like the way you present. Not too drawn out and fun.
Just watched Sam so I thought I would come over and see yours. I have never seen to trailers put together first time for everything. Awesome seeing two brothers together ❤
Great video Josh and Sam
Wow glad y'all found that pipe, my two favorite channels 🥰🎃🍂🍁
I'm sincerely proud of you both!!! Yay 🎉🎉🎉
P.S. inform any new viewers who enjoy watching woodworking to check out Sam's other channel "Sam Craft".
I'll be expecting serious cashage in the mail tomorrow, Sam, per agreement...
Nice fix! Very satisfying when you get that kind of job done a lot more easily than you thought it would be.
Funny story on a similar line; when I was a lad my buddy’s dad kept having problems with a sewage pipe that ran along the ceiling of his basement from the bathroom above. Problem was it was a bit too much of a shallow slope on it and it would occasionally back up after repeated solid waste deposits and need a snake putting down to clear it through. His dad got tired of finding out the hard way that it was plugged and changing the pitch of the pipe would cause too much of a headache and leave it hanging down too low in the basement. His answer? He had a buddy who worked at a chemical plant who got him some CLEAR 4” pipe that he ran across the ceiling so he could see if there was a build-up forming that he needed to flush some cleaner through before it plugged. His wife hated it but he loved to take people down to his basement shop to show them what he called his ‘water feature’! Often wonder if it’s still like that.
Haha! I love it!!
I had a similar idea for a composting toilet.. a large clear pipe run vertical under the toilet so you can see for inspection, with a clean out at the very bottom.. not sure that it'll work obviously it has to be a large pipe but it is interesting that someone else executed a similar idea with a visible poop pipe!!
Hey Josh . Here sending good vibes and love. Project is looking sweet! Homestead going to be so nice!
Saw the first video on your brother channel. Great Job you two!
👏👏👏👏👏👏 nothing like brotherly love ❤️. So happy for y’all
Glad you got it fixed
Hi.
It's great your brother could help you. 👍👍
Sent over by Sam. Have subscribed.
Great repair work, guys. My house was constructed in the 1970's and they used cast iron all underneath the house and the main sewer line going out to the septic tank. I bought our place in 2012 and we had no trouble whatsoever until 2020 when my main line backed up for the first time. I had it cleaned out by the plumber, but it did it two more times, about six months apart. I had two things going on. #1, the cast iron pipe was starting to rust from the inside out, imagine an artery after two much McDonalds. #2, my pipe actually broke about a foot from the entrance to the tank, and that section had collapsed down a few inches. It's a small wonder we didn't have more frequent backups there towards the end. We had the whole thing repaired in the summer of 2021. New sewer line from underneath the house all the way out to the tank and a new sanitary tee / inlet baffle. I saved some money by doing the digging myself. But I didn't have a mini digger like you! I dug the trench which was about 12 feet long outside, with just a shovel! Great work you've done here!
Yay! Good work, guys!!
Glad Sam was there to help you. You two make a good team. Glad it wasn’t any worse.
Sam's a good brother 👍❣
Loved Sam’s victory laugh when he got it 😆
Looks almost like Georgia clay, I’m doing the same thing in Loganville Georgia. My exit pipe disintegrated from my septic tank. I’m reconnecting it to 3 field lines or leach lines whatever they are called lol.
I always say good enough for government work, the smiles on you and Sams face was so worth it, I love watching people building from scratch! Awesome fix guys … look forward to more ! ❤️. Happy Flushing!
There's plenty enough here and on the mountain to keep us busy for quite a while!
Oh, forgot to mention. This is my favorite video so far. The editing was so good!
It was all Celia's doing! She has been a huge help getting these done!
You guys are great together! Congrats on fixing the plumbing issue.
It never seems to end around here, now the well is broken! LOL
Good work. We follow Sam and Angela's videos, Sam's personality has been the selling point from the beginning. Very cool to see brothers at work!
I gather from my core group of subscribers our channel is based more on philosophy then personality LOL but it's unintentional.
@@SteepintheWoods Agree. Just an angle I appreciate.
Great to see 'bros' working together...really enjoying your renovations!!!
I'm sure there's plenty on the way, even if I I would prefer to just ignore them LOL
Great job boys. ❤️😃
Amazing work. Saved hundreds if not thousands or a complete redo because some horrible company snitches that it's not up to code. Glad to see you got it done in such fast time. Cool friends
So happy you got that fixed with little trouble. That will make life so much easier. I'm going to go now and check out Sam's channel.
It's a big Channel!
Enjoyed the video. Interesting to see a project from two different perspectives. You guys did alit of hard work. Really cool, seeing brothers working together. Hope you guys will do more projects together.
Great work. I would have messed that job all up!
Congratulations
Fernco is great for repairs slips
Ya. Great channel !
Great work guys! So happy that it wasn't as bad as you thought it would be! Nice to see how well you brothers interact! Awesome stuff!!
Me as well! But there's still plenty left to do, our well pump died right after the septic fix.. always something! Haven't even started working on the mountain yet. Lol
@@SteepintheWoods Wow, that's a test of patience alright! All the best Josh!
Did you put that purple pipe sealer on the junctions of the white pipe? This seals it so roots cannot grow through cracks into the sewer pipe and caused a leak/broken pipe at a later date. Also with the age of the dozer I would’ve pulled another foot of dirt over the area where the pipe is so you don’t have to worry about freezing pipes or frozen spots in the winter. I would do this evening even if you are in the southern part of the country. Better safe than sorry if the weather gets bad this winter or any winter.
At least your line was pretty straight forward. Our line comes from the kitchen and angles under the cement driveway then turns back under the driveway again across our front yard. Looks like the point of a star. Total crazy install!
Sometimes they do that so it has the proper pitch.. But yes, I thought ours was wild! And it was more of a dog-leg.
@@SteepintheWoods not in this case. It was continually full of water and my husband dug it up and raised part of it about 8 inches so now it only keeps about an inch of water. We also found our clean out at the top of the "point" buried about 6 inches under ground. We have paid thousands in line clean out expenses before finding this problem on our own. Now we have gone one year trouble free and it feels great!
Hay Sam is that safety belt supposed to be used?
Good deal guys glad it wasn't a big job good job.
New sub from Sam's channel , looking forward to watching your Videos.
Welcome to the Journey!!
New subbie👍 great vid!!
Hey Josh , hi Sam . Hit the break first time excellent stuff . Saves all the trail holes trying to find the fault , All done in no time . Previous repair was too weak , roots must have pushed the patch up job , broke it through . Excellent job fellas your a good team . One thing I'm a great believer of is mechanical assistance , makes for an easier job . Used to see my crew kickin out by hand , hand digging that is , used to ask , what you doing , kicking out , answer was , aye , that means , yes , in geordie language , sounds like scottish a bit . Were not scottish tho . I would say to them , see that big yellow thing over there , the one with the two buckets on , aye ,was the answer , thats what its for ripping that out . Use it . Haven got a ticket for it though , gaffer , that means boss . So I had to rip it out for them . Was a working foreman , no pushing a pen for me , hands dirty with the crew . Would never ask them to do what I wouldnt do myself , thats was my theory . You have to have a heavy plant operators licence in UK before you use machinery on site , its law over here . Anyway was always ready to help out annyway I could hence the saying , , Up to the eyes in muck and bullets . . Get among the crappy stuff and get your hands manky , meaning dirty or rotten with muck . . Anyway . Well done and find more uses for the little 360 before it has to go back to the hire place . Move a mountain . . See you both in the next ones . Best wishes to both families Josh and Sam . Keep up the excellent work and content guys . .
It was a pretty nice machine! Wouldn't mind having a pair of them myself!
There's a company over here that makes miniature dozer 'kits' for around $6,000..
Been on my bucket list for years! Although if the price wasn't an issue, a little machine like this would be pretty nice as well!
More than likely if something like that was ever going to come to pass in my life and I have to make it myself..
I drove forklift for several years and thankfully all that experience transferred to these little track-ho's!
Exactly Josh , its like learning to ride a bicycle , get the co ordination right and it transfers to any other machine , just have to use the old grey matter to use them safe and wise , you will find it very easy to operate any machine once you spend a little time operating one on site . . Could have used my mechanical knowledge to help you build one too . Wouldnt have been a problem . Building club rally cars at nineteen for use in northeast England . Bare shell rebuilds from the ground up the whole nine yards , oil in the veins father used to say . Welding , fabrication , everything and anything back then , yeah they were real Happy days . Most of the guys in the workshop did some type of motor sports , rallying , isle of man tt races , customising . Conversions , one guy had a Morris 1000 with jaguar back end , gearbox and a rover v8 under the hood you could tell unless you looked under the rear end , was really well hidden that thing could fly away . Was ridiculous the speed it could do . Everything . Waaay back in the seventies then . Anyway writing war and peace again . . Best wishes to all the family see you all in the next one . Stay safe all , be happy . Top man . .
You should get some green pig septic tank enzymes pouches. Put one in each of your toilets and flush them when the bags desolves once every 3 months. Really good product. You can buy them on Amazon.
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Messes around with poop pipe.. wipes face 🤮🤮😂😂😂😂
LOL! I brought that up myself... about three hours later haha
@@SteepintheWoods this before or after the tacos ? 😂
Sam sent me lol
What's that hammer hanging from your neck all about?
If you want to see a professional septic tank repair go visit Green Acre Homestead, them good 'ol boys did a much better job than you two.. 😉😉😂I'm so glad it wasn't a massive job to fix it, still hassle tho. Do inspectors survey the property before you buy it in America.??
It varies state to state, more often than not a bank won't loan on property if it doesn't have a survey. (ran into that myself when buying the mountain, $3,000 cash up front.. It was a bummer, But came back 14 acres and not the 12 that was listed!)
@@SteepintheWoods $3000 for 14 acres of mountain.!! Bargain 👍😁
@@SteepintheWoods. Everything is a lot more expensive here in the UK, at todays exchange rate it works out at just over 9 dollars for a gallon of diesel 😕