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@GreenExplorerEB

3 ай бұрын

Great video and very educational. You mention you've since improved on your methods and tweaked. Could you provide details on what improvements you've made since? Thank you so much!

@Preppyfamilky

3 ай бұрын

The❤j is

@Scott-dn1bk

2 ай бұрын

This is really smart. Im struggling with a similar issue right in front of our house, it's becoming a swamp very quickly. Thanks for this info. Now, I need to find some volunteers who like to shovel. :)

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

16 күн бұрын

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I like how you produced this video - no filler music or wasted repetition. Good job.

@donaldcook6997

Жыл бұрын

good job? who could'nt guess that you that you had work the pipe to change slope..make the underground slope so it drains while top is still flat..easily impressed huh..

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@vipkarl

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldcook6997 I was impressed.

@bufordard

Жыл бұрын

Like the good 'ole days of youtube

As a landscaper, if the customer is having standing water issues and there’s no slope or any other way to get the water out from a location, we just dig a 2-3 foot deep and 1-2 foot wide and however long trench. We line it with landscaping fabric, fill it with drain rock and cover it up. It’s kinda like a French drain but without the perforated drain line. We tell people to call us back if it failed and we haven’t had anyone call us back yet! So that 2 foot deep pipe with rock at the end is kind of like that.

@imnothere220

Ай бұрын

So a soakway....

@Mobile-pd1uc

5 күн бұрын

Any videos of your work. Also would you recommend tacking plastic damp proof sheets to the bricks in the trench before filling up the trench with pebbles.

@nickbono8

5 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Mobile-pd1ucno videos, but unfortunately I have no idea what you’re asking about the plastic sheets and bricks haha sorry. We just did the trench, line it with landscaping weed fabric (the woven stuff so water can move through it) fill the trench with drain rock, and cover the the top with more fabric and either cover that with mulch, more rock, or even dirt.

Seems like roof gutters and down spouts would be useful.

@rw7717

Жыл бұрын

Right!!

@Tkidddd

Жыл бұрын

But it would still puddle

@mroselli

Жыл бұрын

@@Tkidddd would help though

@stevegreen2588

Жыл бұрын

Right

@tlg065

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Nice video. Thank you for the professional narration explaining what you were doing and why. Thank you so much for no annoying music in the video too.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

@sluggonotnancy6178

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree.....NO MUSIC IS THE WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for showing how to do this. I was a bit sceptical at first, however it works, amazing. We will now hopefully stop getting flooded every time it rains.

Fitting roof gutters and down pipes would be pretty effective. In addition, you could install water butts to collect rain water for use in the garden.

@l00tur

Жыл бұрын

Collecting rain water can be an ordinance violation as some towns/cities prevent the collection of rainwater. Mostly due to the lack of upkeep from the homeowner when the barrels become full. Always check with your local building inspector to determine potential pitfalls before purchasing any supplies for a project.

@gr8dvd

10 ай бұрын

My runs from downspout have solid 3" pvc to drywell in planting/flower bed and perforated drain run to street so if garden/lawn is dry, outflow can help water landscape (in front); backyard rain barrel for veggie garden.

@williamgeorge2433

2 ай бұрын

That won't solve a heavy rainfall problem

Nice, calming voice.... CONCRETE SAW! back to calming voice

Excellent video. No filler, no waste... concise explanation that is easy to absorb and feel confident to implement. Thank you.

THANK YOU! This video is EXTREMELY Informative!!! Plus you did a great job demonstrating, describing, & explaining every step you took!! Every HOME BUYER needs to learn this!!! I wish I knew this 30+ years ago & it would’ve have been nice to get a REMINDER every few years as well! **This Channel does exceptional PUBLIC SERVICE 👏by providing IMPORTANT information!!!!👍👏👏

Looks great, nice way to make the best of a situation where some factors are out of your control. Thanks!

i am so glad we actually have proper plumbing into both storm water and sewer water down her in australia....you could have also used AG pipe to assist the drainage along the concrete edge, as it would pick up all that water and move it away from the house

Sweet idea. I hope my new client likes it as much as I do. Thanks for sharing.

I built a French drain that was 3 feet wide and 12 feet long, dug a 3 foot diameter hole 3 foot deep filled with drain rocks then installed my drain lines. Works well in light to moderate rain. hard rains drain a lot faster but still flood the end of my patio. It is much better than it was before. Good video, I did the same but on a larger scale.

@Anthony-bz2xs

4 ай бұрын

Next time put a 2/3/4 inch pipe in there with holes on the bottom near the ground, then cover with rock. Water rises in the trench and fills the pipe immediately exiting the trench, almost like a water highway.

That’s your best video yet. I really like that one.

Beautiful system.

Very well explained good job

great editing of this video.... clear concise and fun to watch! thank you sir!

Perfect. I will start my project this weekend Jan 27 ,2024 - I really need it, its about 70 feet of pipe and 2 12x12 catch basins.

What a beautiful job!

Thanks! Helpful ideas.

Great video sir! The audio couldn`t have been any clearer or better for someone hard hearing and no music made it all the better. GREAT job with that drain!

Great work and clear + quick explanation. Thanks.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Bloody good thinking there. Well done.

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Nice. Excellent sound and narration too.

Brilliant Idea!

I was thinking to myself, that’s just gonna fill up with water immediately. You explained and it makes perfect sense.

@vinceaaron8921

Жыл бұрын

it more than likely will. if the ground is holding water by the house it will holding at the sidewalk. the water storage at the sidewalk is so small it will only help for light rains. most cities have ordinances were that would be illegal as the run off has go over the lawn first and can't be directed to municipal stormwater systems.

@l00tur

Жыл бұрын

@@vinceaaron8921 this looks like Florida and in many Florida neighborhoods there are concrete water channels that move the water from areas into storm drains. I didn’t see it in the footage but I imagine the channel is there, once the water rises above a certain level it’ll begin to move towards the channel.

Excellent video and extremely professional

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks for the clear explanations.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

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Beautiful work.

Thanks for posting!

EXCELLENT job. 10/10. EXCELLENT.

Huge job. Well done 👍

Nice work!

That was pure Genius ! I never knew you could do it like that. Thank you for the video. I will definitely be able to use that idea soon.

This may work for lighter rain but a good heavy soaking will overwhelm this quickly. Also, depending on your jurisdiction, sheet flowing over the public right of way may not be an allowed form of site drainage (it is not where I live - drain pipes must exit the public ROW and daylight into the street gutter).

@Livereater

Жыл бұрын

6:35 as he said, the sidewalk is connected to the road.. no curb to daylight into

@roybradley5532

Жыл бұрын

With a side walk like that. It is most likely a rural area with no codes to worry about. And as shallow as this storm drain is being installed, it must be in the South where it never freezes.

@readmore3634

Жыл бұрын

For sure...I wouldn't install/warranty/advertise this as a solution. I'd rather have my customer pissed at someone else.

@billgreer4536

Жыл бұрын

Decent video of the process, but in terms of functionality, I’d have to agree agree this will be completely overwhelmed with a heavy rain. We had a similar problem here in Florida with almost 0 slope to the street, and it required me to French drain the entire perimeter of the yard into two sump basin’s with to discharge lines out to the street to blow the water away from the house. Had I install this particular method the water volume would have back, flowed into the yard and around the house, not to the sidewalk

@forzajuve4845

Жыл бұрын

in some townships you can't pipe into the road and in northern states that water dumping over the sidewalk leads to ice..lawyers love that kind of thing

Great work!

Great execution on a hard problem to fix.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very helpful video.

That's really neat. Thanks!

excellent work!

Very informative.

Nice! Previously the house owner experienced floods without drainage system in place. Now the owner can have floods with drainage system in place… 😅😅😅

Good job.

VERY well done video - clear, concise, and informative. Excellent!

After you said "all the water drips right off", the first step should have been installing gutters. This is treating symptoms, not the problem.

Some good ideas here. This exact setup depends on what the Porosity of the soil is A larger “French drain” might be needed in more clay like/ less draining soils. Would even consider making the whole trench, after the grate, a French drain using weeping tile, fabric and 40mm

I like this solution! Better than having to figure out using an outdoor sump pump.

Nice job.

That was awesome.

Great video.

Great 👍🏻 VIDJA Nice Job !

I’m dealing with this at my house. But it already has the same “channel” drains installed. U can’t beat Mother Nature. The drains clog and overflow with heavy rain. My cement is now cracked from saturating the soil causing “heaving” (expanding soil). Heaving isn’t a problem in FL. By the way, that channel drain is godly expensive. The fix, all gutter/roof water is directed away from the area. I had about the same amount of cement as the video but had it all removed. Had dirt brought in to give the proper slope and a new cement patio put down. The cement has a slight slope to shed water away from the house. No channel drain, no cutting the cement, no digging, no pipes, no cleaning out the drains. Any company or crew who can install a sidewalk can install a small patio with the correct slope.

Smart fella right here

Wish you guys were in my area of Texas could sure use a system like this.

Very nice! Thank you.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Not a problem!

Good job my man!

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

nice work

Similar issues at my place but I have a slope. Still like taking the info and using where I can. Cheers.

Great job, looks great. The two foot down pipe wouldn’t work in my area too much clay in the soil. You have given some great ideas.

Excellent

Awesome!

Great vide

Nice work Boys , some great tips thanks for the Vid, was great help.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Excellent job and well explained,easy if you have the right tools.

Thanks for the helpful tips!

Nice job and video man. Just so glad to see others using pvc and not that corrugated crap.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

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Also that's boarded bro, where you had the 3 bricks laid as well beside the drain rocks. Good job 🤠

Nicely executed. Looks like an effective solution.

I like the 2' down pipe at the end of the run, to allow the pipe to eventually dry out. I'm going to add that to my system. BUT: he either failed to do so, or failed to mention, you NEVER dig anywhere, _especially_ near the front of the house, without first calling 811 to have them plot where all the utility lines are. Damaging a utility line can cost 10s of thousands of dollars to fix (you get the bill). And that's if you survive hitting a gas or electrical feed. It's free, and the first thing you do. Don't ever assume you know where everything is, you don't! I have the entire neighborhood's 480V power grid feed running straight through my yard, on _my side_ of the sidewalk! Definitely not obvious, and definitely not something you want to "discover!"

Well done

Best drain video I've seen. Thank you for no bs/time wasted. And... do you work in Chicago area by chance? :)

Nice video. Wish you were closer to where we live! Our yard is fairly flat and mostly clay soil. It gets swampy when it rains hard because the grade does not enable flowing. Don't even think it would be possible to add swales.

Nice!

Nice clean work. It's always nice to see people taking pride in what they do

@m.s.8112

Жыл бұрын

Except the process of cutting the pipe with the hole saw in the meadow dispersing all the plastic chippings and leaving it there.

@squirrelattackspidy

9 ай бұрын

No worries. The plastic will break down in about 120 years. Plus, people probably consume that much plastic over the course of their lifetime anyway. It's like sugar on your frosted flakes.

Interesting project.

Nice and clean!

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Fit a siphon trap midway. Simple and works a treat.

I had a similar issue but not really against the house. 59 year old me placed 4 mini catch basins that drained into perferated drain pipes. They led into a solid pipe. I made sure the pipe had good fall & was able to move water and into a pop up drain at the road. I'll eventually connect my gutter drains into it. I did use river rock around it I also placed fabric over it to keep the perforations clear. There is no longer standing water there. This work was done in Indiana.

@markplain2555

Жыл бұрын

Don't make rain water flood onto the road please. It is a serious fine in most council areas. Imagine there is a serious rain fall and your flooding water section causes a car to lose control and have an accident. First you probably broke the law as drainage is meant to be kept inside the property boundary - then your property insurance would not cover the accident cause you broke the law..... need I go on?

@carllennen3520

Жыл бұрын

@@markplain2555 nonsense. Are you from England? We dont call them "council areas" in America. We also require community storm drains in neighborhoods here. Dumping your property runoff into the street, allows it to run off to the community storm drains, eliminating the water from the street. "Need I go on"? You literally dont know what youre talking about. You can "go on" all you want, but youre flat out wrong. At least in America you are wrong. I dont know about England, where they do everything wrong, and havent updated building techniques in 100 years. But please, do go on. 🙄

@TheLarryBrown

Жыл бұрын

@@carllennen3520 Wow Carl....you sure have a way with people. A guy, possibly Canadian, makes a spurious comment about yard drainage and you manage to offend the entire mother country, and a different one at that. England does at least some things right, they make a good kidney pudding, let's see THAT in America.

@carllennen3520

Жыл бұрын

@TheLarryBrown we fought a war to get away from garbage like kidney pudding, and poorly planned out neighborhood drainage.

Am amazing job 💯. Thanks 👍

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

7 ай бұрын

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I did the exact same thing with a drainage project of mine. One thing I learned though is that over time sediment will build up at the drainage end and prevent percolation back into the ground, so I have to periodically clear that out.

@ericl2969

9 ай бұрын

A trick that has been used by soils engineers for probably almost 100 years, but which has been totally ignored by the plumbing industry, is to place a layer of filter sand between the soil and the pipe, or between the surrounding soil and the drain rock. This can be done on underground structures or surrounding the perimeter of catch basins. A very available and highly effective filter sand is that which is suitable for use as fine aggregate in concrete, meeting the specs for ASTM C33. It's commonly called "torpedo sand" by those who don't really know it's primary purpose, and you may have to search for it by that name. This sand is very clean, but it's also well graded so that the spaces between particles are much smaller than what's the case for what might be called "beach sand" or "river sand", etc. The small pore spaces within this sand will stop silt-size soil particles from entry. Since the filter sand is right against the surrounding soil, there's no room for the soil to move, and thus there's no accumulation of fines on the outside surface of the sand fill and so no clogging occurs (unlike what happens when clear stone is in contact with the surrounding soil). Properly installed, this kind of a filter will last forever and will never become clogged. It is plumbers who write the rules for their trade in the building codes, and so the value of this filtering method will probably never be recognized by those who need this information the most.

@darja25

3 ай бұрын

@@ericl2969thank you very much for this information!!

@cromanxx1

14 күн бұрын

@@ericl2969 In NJ it's referred to as concrete sand. Concrete sand also compacts very well and is used under pavers and such.

You didn't fix the root problem:. Directing water off of the roof correctly.

@mikefeddersen2476

Жыл бұрын

Gutters are probably a cheaper solution, but I am not the homeowner.

Very good.

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

11 ай бұрын

🙏Thank you

awesome

Love it, thanks for teaching us!

@bigmacdaddy1234

Жыл бұрын

He didn't teach you. It's not the right way to handle the problem.

I’m sure glad it worked! Taking up that new concrete wouldn’t have been much fun.

You had me at the Gandalf reference 😂😂😂

Gandalf "you shall not pass!!" LMAO that earned a like and subscription brother NICE work.

second video ive seen of yours. Definitley stopping and enjoying the content, keep it up!

Great video and great ideas!! Formally from the Tamp Bay area, now in Knoxville!! These tips will be helpful!

Awesome 👏🏻

Great solution for areas that do not have lengthy freezing temperatures. We generally try not to discharge water onto walking surfaces in the winter because of ice buildup. Discharging water across a sidewalk in Wisconsin would be like buying a lottery ticket to a lawsuit for a slip and fall claim.

Awesome videos, they have been a blessing! Thank you. Quick question, how does the water not run back out the catch basin once the water fills up the clean out tee? Please help me to understand that science, thanks again!

great

Nice neighborhood.

Freakin Sweet!!!

This channel is legit. Subscribed. Thanks. I will need to watch this post several times to understand all the fluid dynamic theories. ~~~~~~VVV~~~~~ (ha har)

@StormWaterDrainageSolutions

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! we really appreciate your support!

Looks like a very easy DIY project. 🙂

Thanks for the Gandalf reference!!!