We NEED an update!!! This is an awesome idea

Whoever approved a 6” crawl space should be violated in all possible ways 😂 good luck on your project 👍

@667crash

Жыл бұрын

Shallow or tight crawl spaces preceded the creation of "Building Codes". Judging from the age of the wood the floor structure was built in the 1950's.

@kkutube1972

2 ай бұрын

No F...kin shit. It is almost done out of laugh for the home owner.

Hey its helped me. Thanks man. Similar situation

I've been in the HVAC trade for decades and have seen my share of tight craw spaces. You provided one hell of an idea!!!! Great Job on the video! Looks like you were taught well - work smart not hard.

you can do the same thing with the hose from a shop vac & a high pressure air line with an air compressor. this type of system is called a venturi. it will give you so much suction that you may need to get more vac hose to send the dirt directly out of the house as it will fill your buckets too fast. when I used a commercial version of a Venturi vac in Alaska we had to have a brace inside of a 55gl drum to keep it from collapsing.

Thank you for sharing. I have a similar situation and the idea for the shop vac is appreciated.

You are awesome. Great solution.

I will be doing this very soon to my house. Looks very VERY tedious and time consuming. Cant wait.

Where's all the spiders? Under your house looks good!

Story of my life man. I do this for a living. Tight crawlspaces are the worst

Caution!! Don't dig too close to your piers or exterior foundation walls. This will compromise the structural integrity of the foundation. Also be careful to avoid electrical lines. Check any metal ducts with "Hot Stick" to insure that they are not conducting current.

@DmitriyLaktyushkin

28 күн бұрын

he isn't going below the footing and the walls themselves aren't a concern

Man and I thought my crawlspace under my Century home was tight. Nice work making the room....heck of a lot of time and effort there.

I will try this myself. Thank you for posting your video

Shit got to be done but I rather you than me🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank for sharing, I am learning each and everyday to be thankful

I've been thinking of using a shop vac on my 6-10" crawlspace under my 100 yr old house. So, maybe add the following, MAKING SURE TO WATCH FOR BURIED ELECTRIC OR PIPES!! We used a 40v Ryobi powerhead with a click link small tiller(think "Mantis..") attachment to dig out my son's crawlspace from 4-15" ..down to 18-24". The battery tiller is amazingly effective in hard clay / dirt and one 4A battery lasts quite a long time It's very quick and has the benefit of breaking up the soil into very fine pieces.. The vac would be the icing on the cake! After seeing your work, I am quite confident that I can create a rather more comfortable workspace under my house

@ScottieDJohns

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea thanks

If you're still at it I recommend using a Hoe helps pull stuff from far away to you doesn't take much room and you can tape the hose of vacuum to the end w tape

This was such an awesome video. Would love to see how it ended up and more!

its like a test of will power. do what you can each session and you will have it done, im doing same job but have some clearance to use buckets, dragged out on plywood boards. haha what a job, but its good to see progress and getting little closer to the goal each session. dusty as hell, i spray water and use a mask, house is from 1940

Like the Great Escape 🙂

That's hard work. My parents house is the same under kitchen & guest room.

Holy shit my man. I’m not even going to bad talk you about PPE. (I have only one lung and a deviated septum ) holy crap across the board my man! That’s some hard work and I’m proud of you… I would have had to have the house lifted hahaha.

Yes tight crawl spaces are the worst ....especially when your 6'3 and 260lbs....😂....reminds me of that scene in Tommy Boy ....big man in a little coat ....well in this scenario, a little crawlspace 🤣🤣🤣well done my man 👏👏👏👏

We have to do this under our 100+ year old miner's cabin.8" "crawl space". Extra fun is the dirt under the cabin has never been remediated - so there is toxic levels of lead and arsenic in it. We have to involve the EPA to remove the toxic soil, lay down a barrier and replace 2 feet of clean substrate. We have to dig down 4 feet in order to accomplish this task. Woo hoo.

@johnlewins8931

Жыл бұрын

I hope it's a small cabin. Good luck!

Dude, doing this. bought a 3hp dust collector, cyclone separator. just so happens to be a whole lot of field stone in mine. hauled out a 127# rock this morning, apparently its the old front porch foundation

thank you, might do this.

Thats a good idea! I wanted to dig out a room for a root cellar. Soil cement floor and maybe slip form pour aircrete walls? Haven't fully committed to that idea.

@TheRealMeko

8 ай бұрын

Same actuality. I dunno where this guy is or where you are but i live in Alabama. My soil is red clay and rocks...so many rocks.... so ive decided to "Hill-billy-a-fy"...(🤷🏼‍♀️dude i dunno how to spell a made-up word).. my technique. Im planning on using my shop vac and it has a hole at the bottom for dumping out water or whatever so i kight just run a hose from the clean out down a hill and let it dump while i use it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ also thought of that paired with a high pressure water hose to dig my fence teanch. Either the shop vac or an old pool pump to pump away mud slurry. Might work who knows😂

My wife and I are doing the same job. I feel the pain. We are using a gorilla cart and a harbor freight winch to pull it out.

Kudos to the wife!

Lucky you. That dirt is almost like sand. The first foot of mine is like concrete

@axscdvfb

7 ай бұрын

I guess you never found out what the second foot felt like.

Reminds me of the movie "Tha Great Escape", staring Steve McQueen, the POW's dug 3 tunnels, Tom, Dick, & Harry.

Very smart!

A flat tub with two ropes either end. Get another person to pull the full tub out. And then pull it back to you once emptied

@imperius88

Ай бұрын

Ah yes, another person. Why didnt I think of that

A drag pan works well with someone outsid using a pulley rope system and a carrbeaner

Maybe get an extension, or make a hole to the outside of the house, it makes dumping easier.

Been there done that! It sucks!

Thank you for the video. I have similar problems. Wouldn't a hammer drill with a shovel tip help with the digging?

Smart!

What was the thought process when people were building houses on crawl spaces like this? Did they expect people to cut holes in the floor to work on all the plumbing?

Can we get a progress update?

I would like the extra dirt for my backyard.

Could this be tried from the perimeter first. I'll tear up the flooring and dig from there.

I wonder what sort of setup could be devised to have enough suction to pull all the way into the dump trailer, without having to fill buckets and carry them? I love the idea of using the shop vac, just thinking bigger. anyone know how to calculate something like that?

@imperius88

Ай бұрын

I think you need the bucket to be an enclosed space to keep suction

Would you rent the crawlspace out if you're not gonna live under there?

I would rig up a conveyor belt some way.

This looks like it would take 2 years

Your house is built on sand! I have clay in my crawl space and I had to use a hammer drill to dig that stuff out.

Hydro excavation rentals ? VAcuum truck rentals ..... maybe complete in one day? $1000.00 cost around here

@johnlewins8931

Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting option. It's always enlightening reading the comments. I don't know about the hydro-demolition and having all that water and mud splashing around my crawlspace but if you know someone with access to a vacuum truck you could loosen a bunch of dirt during the week and invite them over for beer and barbecue on the weekend and say "Oh yeah. And bring that sucky truck you have."

Great setup.... BUT.... Wear a good dust mask. Don't compromise your health.

Double shop vac! *scratches chin*

Very nice. I've been doing the same thing but I found a single shop vac stopped being effective once the run got long and it filled too quickly so I have 4 shop vacs plumbed together. How far are you planning to go and how deep?

@ScottieDJohns

Жыл бұрын

I’m only digging down to 13” that’s just what my garden trowel measures and been using that as my gauge. I was planning on going more than that but it’s a ton of work. I would guess that soil type and moisture would have a lot to do with how effective the shop vac works. Keeping the hose to only two sections helps too.

@johndonnelly7156

Жыл бұрын

Anyone try using PVC for a 10 foot run? Smooth and straight work better than long flex hoses? Clog? I can’t think of a better way to move the dirt. Dragging buckets is killing me. May put kids to work emptying buckets with this method.

@kevinsmith7959

Жыл бұрын

@@johndonnelly7156 Yep. PVC is much better for longer runs. Flex hoses are convenient but you loose suction once there’s more than like 10 feet. PVC can get clogs but only at the joints. (The flex sometimes clogs too so it’s not really different.) With my 4 shop vacs, I have 60 feet of 3 inch PVC and then another 10 feet of 3 inch flex at the end.

@johndonnelly7156

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinsmith7959 wow. 60 feet. I am going to start with 10 feet of pvc and see how it goes. I have a new 6.5 HP shop vac. Hoping it will perform. Also going to take some vents out in crawl space to shorten runs

@kevinsmith7959

Жыл бұрын

@@johndonnelly7156 with a single shop vac, I recommend a 2 inch pipe. The main problem with a single shop vac is it fills up really fast and the filter clogs. It’ll work but like 10 gallons at a time. The way I have mine setup they all feed into a cyclone that empties into a trash can. There are videos of similar setups if you get tired of emptying your shop vac.

Should make any follow up videos. Curious to see how it looks along the way.

How many years?

Before I try this at home, how many hours does a project like this take?

@jamesbizs

Жыл бұрын

lol. “Hours”.

@ScottieDJohns

Жыл бұрын

All the hours bud ! Everyone one of them! Still an ongoing project I work on when I have time. It honestly doesn’t take to long if you have someone to empty your buckets

@Mimidecourse

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesbizs lolll day's? Weeks!!???

Savage

@alsavage1

5 ай бұрын

Yes?

Id rather run my plumbing through the wall with Pex.

Damn dude whoever built that house really fucked you. You'd almost be better off pulling out the flooring and subfloor to have better access but that would open up a whole can of worms too with the increased workload and cost

Do you need a permit to do this?

@integr8er66

Жыл бұрын

IDK about you, but I don't need a permit to build a house. And this is how it should be.

@sammarmon3965

Жыл бұрын

If you ask, you probably need a permit to change a lightbulb. As long as he's not digging out the footers, I don't think there's any issue here.

@nondescriptdescription393

3 ай бұрын

Imagine asking permission to work on something you own.

You're doing it wrong. Tell your children there is treasure in there and they will do it for you! On a side note, my children found some cool old beer jugs, cans and a dead cat skeleton.

@p-mac5969

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention all the asbestos they breathed into their young lungs

That really sucks, not a lot of good ways to efficiently remove all that dirt.

I have clay.

LOL ghetto style

Fuck crawlspaces. they should’ve never been invented. Full basement or slab foundations only. Anyone who provides services to homeowners will understand

There is just NO reason to do any of that. It’s to “have” access in “case” needed to work on something? Just pull up the floors if that happens. All that work is just for not bro!