Part 3 of 4 The worst Apt. Flooding I've ever seen!
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2022
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These units must have major mold issues. Just terrible people have had to live like this. Great job. This will greatly improve these peoples quality of life
They don't have mold, amazingly. The water didn't hang around in the unit after it flooded. But yes, the new owners are drastically improving these units. Kudos to them.
Sometimes I wish I had the physicality to do work like this. After watching for about a year I now find myself looking at other homes and businesses and seeing how their drainage works too. Great work to everyone involved!
It's a lot of work Andy. I don't mind getting more people and machines involved to help out with the work. I also don't mind taking extra time to not work as hard.
Open a business and hire out the physical work! Go get it!
Currently a guy in my neighborhood is having a contractor work on a slope directly behind his house that is higher than his 2nd-story house. I wouldn't touch that job on a bet if I was in the business.
You're not the only one. After watching GCF videos I looked at my own water drainage and knew it needed to be corrected but because of GCF, I hand dug a 1.5' deep 90 foot long trench and used 4" PVC and not the corrugated crap. The previous or the previous previous owners knew to of a drainage problem and I dug my trench where they put 3" corrugated pipe with a silt filter.
Good going, yeah a DIY solution is sometimes needed just having to do a bit more brain work in the process & having the knowledge after seeing what GC does
I've lived in some dumps in my life where the landloard didn't care. It's nice to see a property owner that does care fixing up their property. A good pressure wash of the brick walls by the owner after yall have done all the dranage and concrete work and the place will look almost brand new on the outside. 👍
Hey Shawn, you should make a merch shirt with Miguel's face and the words "Very good, baby!" I would buy two immediately 😂
Haha that's hilarious!
Your hard-work, dedication and drive to get things done right even if it means rework, is what make you great. I wish I had a company like yours in my hometown.
Thank you Daniel!
Good luck with your new dumper. It’s a beast ! This was quite a major project. Kudos to the property owner to help his tenants while protecting his investment.
Thank you Cam!
Sean, in today’s day and age it’s awesome to see a contractor like yourself that is honest, hard working, knowable and takes pride in their work. Awesome work brother.
Thank you so much for showing the dump truck lock mechanism.
This is a fantastic example of great workmanship, especially with your transparency and accountability.
You should be proud of yourself because reputation Carry’s a lot more weight than profit
Ni Shaun, the comment you made about going back to the property after rain and dry weather, I like that , it shows that you really study the problem to get the best results,great job 👍
For sure. I want to make sure we are solving the problem and not just spending money for no reason. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a pipe or the water table.
That's really good to have the grading pase done and get a rain and see where you sent the water with very little fall just to keep it off the building. Using the cement walkway as a waterway is ingenius withouth a drain or trough! Good thing the new owner is taking a proactive approach to problems, save the proerty, and improve tennants living situation!
Yep! This will be a great property when we fix the drainage issues.
Great Work as always! I cant wait to see the finished concrete. I especially liked the implementation of the channel drain and creating the fall with a challenging, no natural fall situation.
I love it when you make your videos into series. I have something to look for the next week! 😁
Thank you!
This is one of my favorite channels. I've learned so much about water management around building. You have a good team over there. Keep up the good work.
Great job team. I have to say it was careless in the extreme (IMHO) to ever construct that apartment block in what looks like the dead centre of a sizable depression in the landscape. Hadn't they heard of fill? Or perhaps just did it on the cheap?
Reminds me a lot of section 8 apartments that were built around the New Orleans metro area in the 80's in the worst areas as cheaply as possible. All of them have issues like this constantly.
what if it was there first and much of the area surrounding it was lower in the past? until the surrounding lots were constructed and a ton of fill to raise their elevation.
newer building codes and practices do just that quite often, they go in "high and dry" and end up diverting all the water to the older structures and land.
@@throttlebottle5906 I doubt it, even the road and sidewalks are higher than those apartments and nothing around it looks particularly new. Looks like they just built in a ditch.
Magnificent work!! Felt like a topographical engineering feat! This was enjoyable to say the least. Miguel was fun, and Shawn you have an exceptional, hard-working team! *Amazing* 👍👍 Can't wait till the finale!
Another awesome video Shawn, thanks for sharing with us and keeping us informed.
Love how your getting the crew more involved with the videos. Keep it up!
Great series!…you have great workers….real team effort…..plus..you treat your employees with respect!…your a good man…
Shawn way to go on the new dump truck. I love the zoom in you did on the gate and the enthusiasm that followed! It's always satisfying when you make a big purchase and it's exactly what you need. Complicated project - looking forward to part 4 and the all important rain documented results!
Arrgghh! You're killing us Shaun! I want to see how it turns out! Obviously, it will be a success, but I gotta see it! 😂
Scott I'm glad you think it will be a success 🤞🤞
Loving this series! Good job Shawn! Hope that property has a daily maintenance guy to come by and make sure that drain is clear. 1 Torrential downpour with a little blockage and its flooding all over again
I did explain to the owner that this is such a sensitive area that they need to be extremely diligent in keeping the system clear and flowing.
"By George", I think your a winner. Great engineering and Craftmanship.
Totally off topic, but I love the selfie stick that edits out the stick! Very cool! Not quite sophisticated enough to edit out the shadow on the ground, but still very cool!
Your new tip truck does make it look easy, for sure! Keep it simple with the cable tailgate lock.
I’ve learnt a lot about water in this series. I’ll subscribe and watch some back issues!
Cheers from Western Australia!
Find your videos really fascinating. There is some very real skill in what you, your guys and the concrete guys do. I know from personal experience what a building killer water is and it’s no easy task to tame it. Much respect from 🇬🇧.
Looking good, cant wait to see the results of your hard work - keep up the good work !
Thank you!
Thanks for the dedication to filming this, have thoroughly enjoyed this mini series so far. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you! This was a time-consuming one to film and edit for sure. More on the way!
Really enjoying watching the progress of this series :)
Everyone needs a Miguel in their lives.
Great video’s and amazing work by everyone involved.
Really nice work Shawn, watching you and all your guy`s doing all the prep work for concrete you make it look so easy well done
Thank you Taylor! Watching the videos it does look easy, but there is a lot of work involved. I typically use a 1 second -to- 1 minute conversion for the time lapse stuff.
I would have thought that a couple of 6" catch basins would have worked. You are doing a great job 👍
Great stuff ! Excited to wake up and see a new update.
Thank you for sharing!
Amazing work as always Sean. You and your team kicking a$$ out there. 👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥 I will say, I think this has been the most challenging project you have had to date. On a site note, never underestimate the power of hydraulics. It's on of the most amazing powerful ingenuity ever created. Nice looking truck. Can't wait to see the final part 🤗🤗🤗🤗
I just realized that I know right where this is. The father of one of my nephews lives just around the corner from there. Awesome work by the way! Keep it up!
There's no substitute to sitting back and studying what happens in the worst downpours.
I had the same problem and I managed to get a channel drain and pipework in before pouring a large patio slab.
I knew I had a water problem but had no idea of the scale of it until seeing it after some serious downpours.
The channel drain moves a lot of water in a hurry and was a complete success.
I also added extra downpipes because there weren't anywhere near enough and tied all the pipework in together under the new slab.
Great follow up. Keen to see it all done! So much work goes into making it work. Need to make a shirt with Miguel's quotes on it!
Thank you Alex! This has been a very large project and the overwhelming number of video clips has kept me from starting the edits. I'm glad to be working away on this series as I think it is very interesting. I also have a chance to do a 9 and 6 month update on how things have been working.
@@GCFD Wow! That's a real long term effort and follow up. Your viewers appreciate the effort!
I bet having all that footage is overwhelming - take your time! I'm sure you have a system for organising, but I find setting up a project folder structure with project ~ day ~ camera, can help.
Eg Apartment project ~ Sunday ~ GoPro. Reach out if you're really stuck! But by the looks of things you've got it covered.
💪Channel drains are looking good! Can’t wait to see it with the fresh concrete 🦺
Wow great solutions to a very bad situation. Great job!
Thank you Steve
Shawn, it all looks great thus far. Keep up the good work. 👍
Thank you!
I'm really enjoying this mini-series. That's going to be a big pour, but well worth the ground work. Also looking forward to seeing the water run-off when you get back out there. 🙂
Thank you! This has been a difficult video series to start because there are so many video clips.
What a mess that complex is. It's been like that since day one and nobody's done anything about it. Well, you're doing a good attempt at it to clean it up. I hope it works. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
I do want to see some footage of that concrete drain flowing out the other side of the building!
Coming up Chevraski! I'm finishing up that video today!
🇺🇸🇵🇪🇵🇷😎 thanks, Love your channel 🌦 can't wait for the next episode!!!🥰
Been subscribe for about a year now and I really enjoy the content. Keep it up Sean!
Love these past 3 videos!
Thank you Jared! This has been a daunting video series to get started on and I'm glad it's so popular.
When you did the drone shots in the last video the gutters were all plugged up. I’m also surprised you’re not connecting PVC pipe to the downspouts!!
With that huge willow oak tree I wanted less closed pipes that could clog. By allowing the downspouts to discharge onto the concrete and having the concrete sloping properly, it will be easier to keep an eye on everything. I wanted this to work regardless of gutter maintenance. 👍
looking great bro you and your team are top notch
Thank you YD
Ah, darn it you left us with a cliffhanger! 😖
Well judging by the work at half time it has true promises!
Nice. Cant wait for the conclusion.
Thank you Dan!
I've been waiting for this.. thank u!!!
Thank you!
Love ur channel!
Back in the 90's I responded to a structure fire in the building at the end that faces Holts Chapel Rd. Gutted the whole building. Looks like you are on your way to solving the water problem.
Hard to believe that these apartments have been allowed to be rented out. Looks like Victorian era accommodations.
On the new DumpTruck, I'd put that latching mechinism on a strong sylinoid and re design it to be a push button inside the cab to release it.
Great idea Mike! That truck is unbelievable to me because it's my first experience with a dump truck that started out as a dump truck. Everything about it works instead of being retrofitted to try and dump.
Again good work you guys
Thank you Allan!
Lucky new owner is willing to pay for your awesome services!
For sure! It makes good financial sense to protect the buildings, but also is making the whole building better for the residents.
There is something very wrong with the way those buildings were constructed!
Surprised the new owner purchased them.
It was the middle of summer and they didn't really notice any issues. The owners are having me look at all the their future properties.
As the business owner it is your responsibility that the fall is correct "before" any concrete is poured. It is much easier to delay a concrete delivery, than it is to have an incorrect pour.
We have almost the exact same situation at our complex. that slope and flat area looks almost just like our problem area. the rigged up homemade channel drain in clogged solid with mud,acorns. township is demanding those half moon drainage tanks with 20 ft of gravel under them, 3 ft on top. township wont let property divert anymore runoff into the creek or onto the streets
Poor people living there. Contractors building this houses should be ashamed
What an awful scenario. Looking forward to the "after/during storm" follow up.
The original owner probably bought the land cheap because it’s a watershed
For sure. I don't know why anyone built this with no drainage plan.
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@@GCFD sadly, drainage and water management is/was the last thing on the budget/design or concern. drainage doesnt make money, so tends to get overlooked/ignored
The dump truck is good but you need an air cylinder to unlock tailgate. Very good for tailgating a load of mulch or small rock.
I've been watching your videos as I need help unclogging my wife's drains... So far I haven't found what I've needed.
Another great video Baabee, love the new dump truck baaabee
👍👍 haha
What a mess but it look’s like you nailed it.
These tenants are getting a nice new patio.
This has been very interesting and educational to watch Shawn really appreciate it looking forward to the next installments!
Thank you Tony! I'm working to get these finished up. 👍
I've watched a heck of a lot of your videos, and I think this series might be the most difficult problem I've seen you tackle yet. Am I off on that? Was there another project that was even more challenging? 🤔
Agreed and i think you are correct probably is the most complexed one yet, and certainly a challenge, Like someone mentioned above, Most likely a former section 8 low housing type plot etc and unfortunately looks like the whole thing should be wiped & rebuilt
@@Stratos53100 Yup! I can't believe inspectors signed off on that place. The grading, or lack thereof, is horrific!
All that I know about drainage I’ve learned from you, I wouldn’t mind working with you on a couple of these jobs just to gain some more of your knowledge on a more tangible level
All I know is that water flows downhill (:
@@GCFD Water is also the best level.
They could do with doing some landscaping, some trees and shrubs, that would soften the area but also they would suck up the water
Large planters would look nice.
Yeah. Some of the trees can remove a lot of the water from the ground. There are also some cons, like that the roots could introduce a bunch of new problems, or like that some of the trees would need a long time to grow.
I don't use vegetation and evaporative transpiration in cases where there is flooding that affects a foundation. The veg just can't remove the hundreds of gallons a minute that may fall. Veg works well enough for areas with persistent soggy soil away from structures.
@@GCFD Yea, that's why I thought planters would be good along the walls and separating the units. They're usually in a large concrete base. I think they're kinda expensive though but not easy to move if someone wanted to take it with them.
Looking good!
Thank you Lee! 👍
luckily tree roots are very wet and pretty soft at 21:34 😅
That was the wisteria root. What a beast.
Alll your channel video. Are awesome. And for me it has been a learning experience...and I watch a PBS series called This Old House..it been on for 45 years....keep up the good work. And maybe you'll be on for 45..stay safe everyone.
Thank yo Bear! I watched TOH as a child and have enjoyed it since.
It's very hard nowadays to find a honest contractor..or mechanic..people who take pride in their work. And make sure it's right...iv got a mechanic I've been going to for 16 years....keep up the awesome work 👏 🙌 😎 👍
@4:59 I would assume that the reason why you didn't wrap the concrete channel drain around the left side of the building is because of the retaining wall in the foreground, right ? Sometimes the video's don't show topography very well.
Hey! Love your videos and your work! Is the property owner going to have you do anything with the downspouts at all? I noticed they don't really flow into anything.
I'm thankful to have ground at my house that drains fantastic, never had foundation water issues
Dave I see so many people who are so completely frustrated and feeling hopeless with their drainage issues.
@@GCFD I've always found it intriguing that large construction projects like this one get built without any drainage infrastructure or insight, do you ever consult with new construction projects on preventive measures? I would love if you put out a video going over some basic dos and don'ts on new construction from your perspective if you haven't already.
Hey Shawn, it's looking good. I can't wait for part 4.
Have you considered getting a laser that you can set slopes with?
Have you thought about having a "maintenance division" where you could sell preventative maintenance, PM, contracts to commercial accounts like this and the other apartment complex that you work at? Maybe twice a year more or less depending on the conditions, you would go to the location and clean out the trench drain and be sure the outlet is clean, etc. It's also a good way to "up-sell" by noticing things that other people overlook and you can correct them before it's a disaster. This type of work often gets overlooked by the onsite staff even though they know how important it is, you know, we'll get it next week.
Thank you Roy! Part 4 will hopefully be posted this week. I have thought about the maintenance side but I haven't tried to sell it yet. I agree with you that it could be a good way to gain some extra work, especially since I could work it into a schedule that wasn't super urgent.
He has one. You can see it in part 1.
@@firesurfer I must have had a senior moment. I saw a laser set up but wasn't sure if it shot slopes mainly because they were getting the pitch using a spirit level. If they were using the slope/pitch feature, they'd be using the grade rod.
I kept thinking that the gutters should be barried with PVC, but now i see the the channel drain is good enough to guide the water out of there.
Normally when it rains during construction it's a problem, but in this case it has a side benefit by exposing a new problem. If you look closely in your video at the bottom of the hill where there is standing water, you can see that the water is level but the existing pavement slopes the wrong way towards the building.
Nice Job. Wondering if you had the gutter drains joined into the PVC to take that water on down the path.
No I didn't like the idea of inputting that much debris into the pipe with such little fall. I like the idea of the debris flowing out onto the concrete where it can [hopefully] be removed.
Random person 22:31. I think I saw him in the last video too.
Good luck Sean
Looks good Baby 👍
Hahah!
Looks like you put a couple of new tyres on the old skid steer Shaun 😄
👍👍 That's Harvey's skid. It needs at least 4 new tires for sure.
@@GCFD sorry didn’t know it was Harvey’s
Cheers to you. ..
👍👍Laurie
Hi Shawn. In the first part, when you installed the drain pipe through the apartment, but did not see how it was, the water came out from the other end
I'll revisit that in part 4 or 5 of this series. 👍
@@GCFD 👍🌹
I would hire you to do work such as this ,once in a while I have to solve issues with water with foundations .I cut trees/limbs back ,grade away from foundation ,gutters right size and discharge at least 10' away to day light or tie into a drainage pipe .Then if need be build catch basins or French drains very last sump pumps .
Thank you Billy!
Good job.
Thank you!
L love the down spouts draining into the swamp. This complex is going from the pitts to the ritz.
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Hi Shawn I was wondering why you didn't hook up the down spouts into the channel drain 🤔 Other wise you have another job well done 👍 I see we have more videos to come on the same job will be watching
It’s beyond me why for the $$$$$ spent here on this job why the downspouts were not added into the system! Seems all his videos are all about “catching the downspouts”. I mean I get that PVC cost is up, but heck all costs are up. With his job on the line here it just doesn’t make sense why he didn’t capture the water from them and immediately get it into a pipe and away. 🤷🏻♂️
Good job, baybee!
When was the acquisition of the new dump truck? I dont think Ive missed a video, when will you have that ? Nice rig & had no issue offloading it
I got that in spring and I do have some footage of a few repairs. I recently ripped the front headlight/hood all up when I caught a sapling tree backing up while turning. Grrrr
At 0:07 you can see at the end of the building there's a big tree is there a place to send the water from your drain over there, and then can you dig a trench to bury your pipe with enough fall to drain that way and still be able to keep it out of the structure that is in front of and to the right of the white truck on the other side of the bushes?
Why did you not get the gutters in the system? I love the videos and love the drone and all the new gear. Glad the dump truck is working properly
Been looking forward to this.....Shhhh.....Now on to watching.
I have a couple more parts in the works. 👍
@@GCFD I seen that now Sean, the suspense is killing us.......Something to look forward too.....It looks like the problem will be solved from what I've seen thus far. Why did the renters never complain about the water before? Or did it just fall on deaf ears? Something had to be done once you were shown how much water was there, it was on video and couldn't be ignored.
Looks like a very frustrating job
The new dump truck is awesome! and will move a lot of material. Does North Carolina require a cdl for that truck. In Alabama we are good until you cross 26,000 lbs. I didn’t know if air brakes affects it or not
No this truck is under 26k and even with air it doesn't require a CDL. I got m CDL in feb right before the laws changed though. 👍👍
Most of the time business owners need to take the bull by the horns and take a hands on approach. Critical and expensive jobs can't be left to the lead guy and hope he gets it right. Glad to see you in the trenches. I'll be waiting for the next video in the series. Remember to " Check the level " I think I just found your slogan for you merchandise.
Thanks Shawn as always. What is the GVW of your new truck? I notice air brakes. Do you need a CDL to operate?
I note that most of the rainwater pipes direct the rainwater directly onto the ground, quite a lot of properties have no guttering or downpipe, quite a lot of downpipes finishing a foot (300mm) above the ground saturating the wall, that is contributing to a waterlogged situation and damp penetration. Obviously, there is no statuary duty to direct the storm water into a piped system (if one exists). Are you allowed to direct surface water to another property, thus moving the problem on.
Good working practices.