Repairing a leaking ICF basement what we found and step by step repair.
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customer called and had water leaking into their ICF basement. stay tuned to see what we found and how we fixed it.
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Building a house that beautiful is called Talent. Doing warranty work on it, getting it just right, and cleaning up your work so well that no one knows you’ve been there is called Integrity. You have plenty of both. God bless you.
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Nice to see someone who still provides real "customer service." Even a couple of years after the business that did the work has technically closed. From personal experience, that's not always the case. Thanks for the video.
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Real customer service is what puts businesses on top and help them prosper.
Matt's doing great. Looks like he really tries hard and is wanting to learn more. Keep him on the right track!
The newer houses all want big, steep, cut up roofs. They do look nice but the cost and problems they cause. I work in construction on and off my whole life and after seeing the problems I knew I wanted simple straight roof. Reason I'm talking roofs is the valley's of that house in that inset carry a lot of water and with these large roofs using that 5 inch gutter heavy rains will over shoot the gutter and end up right where the problem you had was. There should be 6 inch gutter on that house and splash guard on the inside corners of the gutter to keep the water from ending up just where the problem was. Light steady rain the 5 inch will carry the water just fine but I bet you go there and see a good heavy rain or down poor it will look like a water fall in that area.
I like the fact you see a need to fix a couple of potholes after repair work this is great service that goes a long way toward future work and references
Really like your new introduction to the video. Nice that you include the family. What good looking kids. You can see the sparks flying out of Gunner's eyes.
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Starting another day of Dirt Perfect. Love the 15 barge tug .
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nice 2 see you go back 2 jobs with little issues and put them right not just walk away 4 someone else 2 put right well done
Warranty work is never fun but necessary to keep happy clients great job. Beautiful view and liked the intro. Stay safe
I love the way you point out how nice the view is. we here in Kentucky agree with you, it does look better over here! LOL
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It's amazing how much work you can get done while I sit here watching and doing nothing... I love work, I could watch you do it for hours!
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Great video thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there
Haha, love the timelapse with you two putting the straw ! very good care of the customer and warranty, very nice !
Amazing how different things are done in other areas of the world. Here in Canada the garage and crawl space footers would be the same depth as the basement footers, mind you we have 4 ft of frost minimum. Also you would never want masonry underground. 5-6 inches above finished grade.
Love your vids🤙
Thinking same thing..
In UK any masonry underground would be non porous engineering bricks.
@@adriancarey7848 , agree... but the more recent trend has been trench fill footings saves the bricklaying time plus quicker and cost effective, yes engineering brick outer skin 7n concrete blocks inner. keeps NHBC happy.
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Nice job boys! Nobody would ever know you had been there!!! Cracking view, that would suit me!! Take care.Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧
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Making good the drive like that is noticed and appreciated, it shows the difference between the good guys from the not so much and who gets future work.
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Mike your one heck of a guy !!! You no your stuff and willing to fix someone else's mess. Ya know you have a bigger family than you think.thanks for taking us along on your journeys !!!
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Mike, I love the new intro.
Good to see the children the right way up again!!!
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Good video. That towboat is the Oliver C Shearer. It was built here in my hometown Point Pleasant WV in 1961.
You said it correct, management has to look at the Totality (of the business), while employees look at the diversity ( what was my job for today)! I learned that the warranty work is what a successful business is the backbone of the company. Thank You!
I grew up along the upper Mississippi and really miss the river. You are lucky to live and work in such a wonderful area without the Minnesota winters.
Thanks and I love it here
Glad you had Tater around to instigate you into “Tellin the Story”. Always amazing camera 🎥 & audio ThankYou for sharing sorry we didn’t have enough time to come next when we visited. - next time we’re doing the whole tour - !🏴☠️🎥👍🏻
I thought you forgot to walk though the mud puddle twice ! Mikey I had a old minivan for a work beater worked on a huge refinery job for six years 110 miles a day 12 to16 hours a day sold it with 296,000 still running strong ! Take that soccer mom !
This one is where experience comes into play, along with knowing the construction of the home. Very cool and different video.
Took me all day off and on, but I finally watched it all. Nice fix, clean job, minimal yard damage. Thanks for another great video 👍
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Views are awesome and lots of beautiful scenery in Indiana. I just had no idea that Indiana was so rocky until I started watching your channel. I would love to take my camper and tour the state sometime. Like the intro. Stay safe boys.
Would love to have you
You have wonderful weather. Here we have a snow storm
and about 3 ft of snow has fallen in 2 days, that is the weather I love.
it came out real good and to think you guys did all that friggen work in 40 min amazing just amazing
I love you guys you brighten my day with all you banter. Matt is a hard worker and always looks happy.
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Nice job standing by your word and honoring the warranty. That’s the kind of company customers want to hire. The goal is zero callbacks but if you’ve done a job or two over the years it’s bound to happen sooner or later.
I think this is the 1st time I’ve heard you swear/bleep yourself in a video Mr Dirt Perfect.
Very nice to see you standing behind your work.
LUV the way you work! Job is kept neat and clean every step of the way. Your customers have to be VERY PLEASED with the finished product!!!
Liked the new intro. Enjoyed the video and thanks.
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Yep, I have to agree, nice new intro. Thanks for sharing!
Matt made up for parking the excavator in the way. By moving the shovel. Lol God bless
Great job DP! If all the Monday arm chair QBs only knew that they don't know it would save a lot of typing! 😁 Keep up the good work and kudos for taking care of previous work, and going above and beyond. It's that attitude and work ethic that will keep you putting food on the table. 👍
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What you said they are good people and you touch up the driveway cause you be good person to right very nice gesture to them 👍😎🇺🇸NY 9:33pm
Like the new intro. Mike, Pepsi is starting to put ads in your videos.
Nice video, good job, greetings from Germany 👍
You guys are great 😊 a great helper is priceless
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Cool information about the barges and river boat!👍
Nice Family, beautiful Wife & Kids growing up fast.
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The finished grade is above the weep holes(rope) for the brick. Water that gets behind the wall has no place to get out.
Awesome new intro man 😁👍
That low quality kilobit MP3 song used to drive me ocd crazy lol 😂😆
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Good video.
That river view was fantastic
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like the intro, nice job.
Great new intro I liked it. Your right never get old looking at that view. Another job done on to the next. Really enjoyed seeing you on Tractor Time With Tim.
Stay safe.
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Hey mike just saw you on track time with tim great vid can't wait to the the next one for tim with you and him working the trackers
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Nice home, nice job!
If you don’t get tar all over you you weren’t even trying to work. That stuff covers you if you get close to it LOL. On another note, what smart guy decided to put those spigots up that high. The landscaper in me loves seeing that so much more than ones that are dang near right at ground level.
That is a nice view.
Yes it is
Hello D.P. I like the new "intro". It seems funny that with all the new chemical advances made in these days, we rely on a product that's thousands years old. Great job and video.
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From my viewing Matt's doing a great job!!!!
I agree
Not following how knocking a hole in the block is going to keep water out. Seems that if the water was coming in the joint between the block and the footer, then the mortar in that joint should have been chipped out and replaced with hydraulic cement. Then a foundation drain against the foundation (not away from the wall as you did) covered by stone.
That was my question, if they are differences in code or something
Another Perfect job! Been Accross the Ohio river quite a few times,never really looked at it,those are great views.
I’m in NE Ohio so only when we’re traveling somewhere do we see it,your lucky to enjoy it!
Love the new intro. So much nicer, thank you.
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Love the Shagnn Wagon
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Good video always doing something different
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The new intro is nice, There is a lot of nice properties in your area. I'd love to have a cabin som where around there, but it's a long drive from Norway :-)
Norway ain't too bad either, visited twice, looking forward to going back when Boris will let us out 🤞🤞🤞🇬🇧
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another job done in the book
i like that - taking care of customers cuz you like them -
Thank you.
Gosh that is one nice house right across from the lake to I can only hope one day I can afford something like that
A great waterproof parge can be made using that white foundation waterproofing mortar mixed with that concrete cement that looks like thin white Elmer’s glue. I was using some of this once and made the mistake of letting some dry on my fingernails. It was there for a long time. Works great for cisterns too.
Someone got themselves some new editing equipment!!! Love it!!
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Beautiful view and another great job.
So basically tar is the equivalent to anti-seize. When you realize it’s all over you and you don’t know how it got there.
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@@DirtPerfect if you got walls below ground,it should be tared & imperviously boarded,all of it. what ever happened to building history.. no one does the right thing anymore.. brick,concrete,block,are full of holes. i e ,damp. google damp courses..
@@DirtPerfect if there putting a concrete pad in there,,which should have a drain,/slope out, no need to fix the wall. there playing you..plus,they,ll probably roof it.. i would..most all houses have a concrete path around them,just to reduce,eliminate this prob.. not in u.s it seems..
You're blessed with excellent help.
Yes I am
Mr. M needs a raise
This job of yours reminded me of my friend that used to live in Georgia and had a water leak in the basement wall which turned out to be the water line that was feeding the home they used copper line to go through the wall it was busted along with the concrete where they filled in
The bad thing is he asked me to fix the problem I had some experience on construction he had quotes fixing the problem started at 5000 and went up to 8000 but he was quite surprised that I knew how to fix it and all I used was plastic water line I forget the name of it and it cost him $100 for parts and I used spray foam to seal the whole around the waterline after I get the water line replaced and sealed the hole I dug get filled up with Rainwater
Awesome video I enjoyed great job !!!
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Job 👍 well done 👌
Expected a footing drain to be found and filter fabric tween rock and soil cover. I guess with patio in the offing fabric not necessary. Water, friend AND foe.
Love the new intro!
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I noticed when loading the excavator. Mike had the windshield of the skidsteer up. Someone didn't trust himself. Lol God bless
Awesome job DP and Matt
I used to hual a skid and a mini on a 24 foot trailer I find it fits much better with the blade towards the ramps I also had the skid steer the other way
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures, great video. That’s a great view, would love to find a view Like that and have you build an ICF house for me, but unfortunately I’m likely moving a little farther south than that when I eventually relocate from New York. Stay safe, wishing you and your family the best.
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Ya! Nice intro. I agree! Great to put the family up front! And you clean up pretty good!😏
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Beautiful home and area. Great video Mike!
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Cool. You have exactly the same hammer drill as I have. I mean the gray one.
Needs to have flashing and weep holes at the bottom of that wall. Also should never put all that dirt against the brick. Lots of water problems in the future.
Oh Lord...PTSD the last house we bought had a basement that leaked and I tarred until I was "plum tarred" out! 😁 I wanted to sell it after the first "patch" but my wife wouldn't have it. The more I patched, the more it leaked.
lol not good
Mikey... Remember that warranty work counts as repeat business!!!
Simple solution, well done and should work!
I enjoyed the new intro... especially its softer music. 👍
"Word of mouth" can either make a business or break a business. Almost all of mine was by way of word of mouth . Got into a new sub division once doing a simple one day job. Before it was over had probably 6 of the neighbors putting me to work doing just little jobs.
@@donniebrown2896 it even gets better when you can give them extra business cards so they can tell a friend.... and remember your name to call you back!
@@sassafrasvalley1939 yeah so true, I'm a retired tile contractor. For over 10 of my 30 years in business I specialised in new construction residential and commercial. Did a lot of high end custom work for 8 different builders. That one small job I did was a favor for one of my builders, had a hard time turning down elderly home owners in that neighborhood, after the 6th job I started referring them to a very good friend that had the same level of training and OCDism as I.
Had to do something as I had a job about to break open in a custom home that ended up taking 2&1/2 months to do. That job led to jobs along the gulf coast, good place to spend the winter, live rent free on the property and do a bit of fishing.
D P mate you will have to take a shovle to the inside of the cabs of all your machines soon before you start growing a crops in there i know but i and love clean working space Cheers
Better job flashing above ground on the bricks with both side of the corner walls down below footers. Use copper sheeting or lead. No more leaks. Greetings from Dublin Ireland bless you young man
Off the church roofs maybe😀
Yeah I am surprised to see brick below grade like that.
@@adriancarey7848 the only flashing used on old churches is lead, copper, slate or the combination of all three with zinc on new churches . Water will find its own level. You will get capillary of water once you have any type of pourous surface or soil near a cement joint underground.
The methods of water profoing concrete has changed. There is products added to mixing concrete that make it water proof.
I guess when it comes down to it the best laid plans go to Mouse and Men LOL 😆
Great job
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Great job, appreciate the content and your integrity 👏
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Matt is a good worker. I know you know that, but it never hurts to read it in the comments. lol Keep up the good work guys.
Awesome video!
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Good example of why masonry goes above grade. If it was solid concrete wall below ground, no leak.
Great video Mike, I like the new intro. You and your Pepsi addiction though😂 and Matt seems like a good employee.
That trailer is paying for itself! 👍👍👍
Yes it is
New intro, cool.
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That property got nice views 👌 💯 😎. Love you Mr DP
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Awesome Job!!
Awesome project Mike
Love the intro
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