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DIY Retaining Wall Build at Our Hidden Pool Project!
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- Building a retaining wall ourselves DIY style. Using salvaged limestone and forming a poured concrete wall all in the middle of the woods with 45 bags of sakrete. What could go wrong?
DISCLAIMER'. this is not a how to video and I am not responsible for any actions you take on your equipment or property
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As an addendum- really nice that you remember that yours is a family friendly show even in the face of adversity. I was in the navy for 22years and still never swear in front of a lady or children. Don’t get me wrong I can out swear a navvy with a belly full of booze BUT there is a time and place for everything, ask my daughter- when she used the f word in front of me many many years ago I asked her not to - her reply was all my friends use it - my reply was I am not your friend - I am your father. It took her 30 odd years and 3 children but she finally got it.😮🇬🇧
I was a boatswainsmate in the Navy. My language got so bad I swore on the phone while calling my mom. I made a concerted effort to clean my language up after that. Swearing to your mother isn't cool...
The impressive thing is that when the "pow" happened, you were able to keep the exclamation of surprise, without any bad language being included. Well done. Thanks for the chuckles this morning, take care!
And…. “The amount of Fun Reduction we’re gonna have.” Was etched indelibly into my brain!!!
Mike. You sir are a godsend, as i lay complaining about leg surgery,you come along and make it all okay. You just cheer everyone up with your i don.t know antics. Your love for your home and family shines through in everything you do.
I got to you through DP and now with MBS. But i need cheering up you win.
My guess is that the “editor” kept the PG rating.
Definitely would have if I was in his place.
Normally I would be nervous for a guy with electric equipment laying in water with the cord still attached. But I know the Captain is a professional (and the generator is off). Keep up the good work.
It was interesting to watch the mixer disappear on the time lapse.
Its the little things that make a grown man happy?
HELLOO, Mr. Pallet.
I came here for your comment… tiny victories sustain all of us men!
I can’t believe it. I literally click on your video just to see the cement mixer at the bottom of the pond and you saying this is not how it’s supposed to be. Having been in the building industry for awhile in the past but now retired I can honestly say we’ve all had those days. I can’t wait to actually watch the video but I am absolutely crying with laughter just at the opening clip, So far today this is just made my day thank you so much for the joy you bringing into my world
LMFAO
Mike when you and your family are actually using the pool/pond that's when the trials of hard work mellow into impressing yourself to the best degree. Anyway you knew all along the hydraulic hoses had passed there "shelf life"🙃
With respect, the stone from the burnt church is a godsend. Beautiful material to work with.
Absolutely
It is something something to see Indiana stone being set in Indiana! And my hands aren't hurting. This Youtubin' is fun from this side! Keep working, it's retired guy napping time
At nearly eighty one I am envious of you and congratulate you. I was in a Bank and moved around Victoria, Australia, so never really settled our roots down, and then retiring at 60, I have enjoyed your youthfulness in the projects you are doing. More power to you, and hope to watch your exploits for many years to come.
We've all had days either figuratively or literally (as in your case) where our cement mixer lands in the bottom of the pond. So glad you don't give up, you take a deep breath and carry on. Reminding us and teaching your children that life is going to toss us curve balls and how we should react to them. Carry on and have a great day.
Well I bet 90 percent of people would of just quit for the day not you Mike. That is going to look great. Stay safe
Made me smile Mike. My son was mixing up a batch of mortar for an outside wall. He didn’t have a stand for the mixer and built up a small block pad instead, unfortunately as the mortar mix began to stir it unbalanced the mixer which took off around his garden shedding the mortar through his patio doors and into the house spattering the walls and floor! Fortunately for him and his father who was helping, it cleaned up very quickly. 😊
Captain you had problems happen and you didn’t give up, it’s frustrating but you’re on a mission and you keep going on, what an accomplishment! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Really like your ability, as always, to overcome problems and figure them out. Your making good use of the stone you took off the church and looks really nice for retaining wall.
Impressed with the motivation to keep on trucking thru a bath of hydraulic fluid, submarined mixer and almost a flopped retaining wall! The power of hard work and positivity! Nice 👍😁
MIKE, you are the 'Project Princess' Bud!
In your mind,... you see the picture, but your body sees the pain! With all the bumps in the road, you definitely remain focused with the task at hand. The end result will be magnificent! Keep painting your masterpiece Michael for others to enjoy! So,...
Carry on Capt'n.
Princess?
@@Crewsy yeah, He waves his magic wand and Bingo!...it's done!
You are my source of entertainment I have to laugh out loud at your personality the way you add humor to your mistakes the way we can all relate to. I’m a retired excavator and find myself trying to help you😂. Keep up the good content I’ll keep enjoying 😂👏👏
Thank you sir!
Kleeman... Just a guy, doing what he can, with what he's got... and enjoying every minute of it! Keep at it bud!
You're a rare breed; you can do anything. You're an old-timer in a young body. Love watching your builds.
I’m so happy that your plan of waiting to replace hydraulic hoses when they break is working out! Good for you!
Hilarious as usual. One good thing Mike with all of the hydraulic fluid you keep getting showered with you will never rust out. Keep up the good work.
You are one HARD WORKING dude!
That limestone wall is looking sweet !!
Mike, I'm glad that you were able to get a lot of work done on the concrete wall, the hard way, after the hose blew on your 555. Everything is looking great and it's going to be awesome when you get it finished. I'm enjoying watching the next stages of your progress.
Cap’n, she’s a beaut!
I’m loving it…
I’ve used a ground down drill bit to fill a key way, in a pinch. However it was sloppy and almost ruined my pulley. But, you stepped it up a notch…. Nice backwoods machining on that driver bit!!
Do I see another hydraulic hose replacement clip in our future? 🤓
These hydraulic hose replacement clips are getting expensive
Just goes to show you, Everyone has a rough day, so keep plugging along surely things will be better next time.Love that you love your wife so much.
Will the water flow over the limestone into the ditch then into the plunge pond, just looking forward to seeing your dream come together ❤😊
Love your comedy routines
Wow ,,what a beautiful wall.
555 blew another hose, harbor freight cement mixer went for a swim and still works, and manual labor for the bags of Sacrete just made it a day of setbacks to overcome. Not every day is going to be a walk in the park, so a day of "not what I planned" is just par for the course. Mike just keeps on going despite the setbacks and accomplishes the goals of the day!
Yep, I have had those days. You wake up and stuff starts going wrong from the beginning and you just want to go back to bed and hit "reset" on the day. I am glad to see you kept your chin up and pushed through! Great video Mike!
One foot in front of the other!
Well Mike,
Tough break on the mixer sandstone induced high speed wobble gymnastics and swan dive.
On a positive note, you were only knee deep in it... And, you got your shoe back. The unfortunate hydraulic oil bath certainly was a surprise and so convenient to occur during such a spectacular sporting event.
With all seriousness put aside, the project is really taking shape.👌
Hang in there bud, you are doing a terrific job.🤙
Your joy at creativity and the natural site is refreshing to watch. Your labor exhausts me, but the joy is a pleasure to share.
You are a great example for the rest of us. This world needs more people like you. 😊
Sometimes the days are hard but the important thing is to keep pushing forward. Great job Captain!
Exactly!
You do realise that mixer has been in deeper water, than the U-tube yacht. 😂🤣 Am a sucker for a nice limestone wall, am so glad your using some lime in the mix and not using cement to build the wall. Oh no not another hose, hopefully it's not one you've already replaced. 👍
🤣🤣 true
"The amount of fun reduction we're gonna have....." I LOVE THAT!🥰🤣😋
You are the only you tube channel that I don't fast forward. You work just like I do, I can relate to mishaps, I just keep grinding along, like the mixer. Love the fast forward scenes where you voice over telling the story. Good work, love the expert editing and production. From AUS.
Appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching!
i like how you use natural materials with man made materials and creating something AWESOME.love your videos.
Have the same mixer (as I'm sure many do) Bought it in Arizona, assembled it at my sister's house near Tuscan, strapped it down to a trailer and drove it two and a half hours to my raw land near Tombstone. When I arrived, found that the motor and wiring ripped through that robust motor housing, and was laying on the deck of the trailer. Never got to use it on my property there (just started hand mixing)or reassembled until I got back to Minnesota a few months ago. Still works... We all have those types of days were nothing seems to go right. Pushing through those days, shows the character of a person.... even if some of us have to edit a video to make it "CZcams appropriate" 😉 Well done. I can absolutely see your vision and can't wait to see the completion.
I admire your ability to push through the difficult parts, even though you want to give up some times.
Captain, thank you for demonstrating that I am not the only person that Murphys Law follows around like a shadow.
Looking good Capt Can't wait till you go swimming.
Don’t know where you get all that energy Mike. You had me laughing so much with the mishaps but you kept going like a trooper.
Watched this video after a rough day myself and it cheered me up. Thanks! Another great one.
I have got to say , you are my HERO. Nice job with the work and keeping your cool!
You out here working your tail off again fighting everything. You got some grit my dude coming from a contractor doing my own thing for 4 years now at 20 years old. I wish I could find some help like you! Another great video with great progress!
Lol you will never find help like him cause he’s not help. He can out do you and your skill easily 😂
👍🏻👍🏻because one is just never enough 🤛🏻🤛🏻. Good job Captain
Good morning sunshine! I'm glad it wasn't you that went into the plunge pool! Lol! Another awesome video! Much love from Henderson Ga USA
As always, you truly amaze me. Your foresight is epic. I can hardly wait until the next video. Thank you for sharing 👌 😊
You do a ton of work by yourself, I’m tired just watching. Looks great. Those last few buckets of concrete looked a little bit wet. Hopefully your wall came out ok.
Nice job Mike I’m beginning to see your vision. Can’t wait to see it all come together.👍👍👍👍
Lime stone wall is looking very good. Concrete pour almost happened without challenges. Funny way to get water into cement mixer, upside down. Glad the motor worked afterwards.
I'm impressed that concrete mixer survived it's little swim. And the old triple nickel picked a heck of a time to want some attention. Don't think I'd have been as cool about had it been me.
That’s shaping up to be one really cool place! I’m jealous. I love all your content!
Great entertainment as usual Mike ;) Great progress too! Cheers Ray
Can’t wait to see all finished cap..👍🏼‼️
Harbor Freight should offer you a sponsorship after this. Keep up the good work Captain!!
Hey I agree!
Reclaimed limestone might have been a life questioning decision at the time, but Capt found a purpose for some of it. The mixer decided it needed a break, had to be the first to take a literal plunge in plunge pool. Plunge pool project shaping up Capt
Your aditude is half the reason I like watching
these plunge pool videos are very entertaining
Your having way to much fun for one man! The stories and memories you will have from developing the ole homestead in later years and the best part is, it will be documented. You might want to do compilation video or screen shots on each project to put on a viewing screen in each area so as people begin to use the facilities and want to know, how did he do that, they can go view the project as it develops, just a thought. Thanks for the update, stay the course, the finish is in sight, barely! Enjoyed as always.
That’s a result mate! Love your style
Mike,your are the man.hardworking.confident.funny.never ending intrigue of what to come.great video as always Just keep doing your thing.😎😎😎👍👍👍
I love the battle field surgery on the mixer... be wise, improvise.
I'm glad to see the rebar at the end. That will have to be a cold joint.
I'm sure this was frustrating, but the bigger the project, the bigger the headaches... the bigger the reward in the end.
Thx for leaving bits of the hard parts in there but not over-emphasizing them. I appreciate the way you push forward. The wall is starting to take shape and looking mighty fine. What a reward it must be for all the efforts in salvaging those stones. 💪
I recall you saying that you will be putting some gravel behind the concrete wall but wasn’t sure if you planned on putting in some perforated pipe to assist in moving/removing the hydrostatic pressure.
@ 9:44 a simple J hook chucked in your drill is a great way to twist tie wires "Great Hack For DIY'ers"
Everyone is entitled to a bad day brother. You handled it like a champ though, and still made me giggle in the process😂 have a good one Mike!
Hi Mike. I think you do a pretty admirable job of grinning through the pain. If I had been filming myself on a truck related project last week, there would have been a considerable amount of beeping out and editing. The wall is looking awesome so far. Man, that's a lot of concrete to be mixing with a little mixer! I guess it's better than in a wheelbarrow.
Be careful of the tripping hazards Mike, I’d hate to see you trip and injure yourself brother! Wall is looking good my friend, and sounds like another blown hydraulic hose brother! Guess you’ll always have a little maintenance on the ole 555! Thanks for sharing brother, Kirk from Louisiana sending prayers and positive energy for you and your family my friend! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯
Great progress on this project. You mentioned it being a salt pool. I have a salt pool. Assuming that's still your plan you should rethink draining the slab into the pool. I think I'd figure out a way to divert the water around the edge of the pool, or down under the liner and out. Either that or filter it. Otherwise it's going to pick up leaves, dirt, etc and those will all be washed into the pool/pond. You are going to spend a lot of time cleaning it out. That's why inground pools all have a a raised coping around them so that ground water doesn't wash into the pool.
I think I would have washed the mixer a little differently Mike. But he, to each his own I guess. LOL Church blocks will look awesome as a wall.
As soon as hose blew. I started laughing. Then the cut to. I don't even want to talk about it. Laughing even harder.
I feel your pain.
We all have bad days, I know I do . Keep up the good work.
Kleeman Krhonikles kontinue....the wall is beginning to take shape, looking pretty good. That part of the wall that was shifting there a bit would be concerning, hope the wood framing holds on the concrete in. Again, that little fast working guy showed up on the crew today.....the Admiral hires good help, keep that guy around. Great channel, great content.
Appreciate ya watching!
Nice job sir Nice yard good show 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍😃
Capt'n, I have heard of many uses for a cement mixer. I don't think using it as a anchor for the You Tube Yacht in the plunge pool is a good one!
I am glad it still worked after the anchor test.
I never quit being amazed at your creativity and resourcefulness like with the home built key for the mixer.
great progress, have to love mother nature. Excellent craftsmanship with the tools you have and on the ball getting it done
well now whod thought a cement mixer would leap off the shelf into the water... unheard of really whats the world comin to. awesome on the fly repair for the key captain
Yes, impressive work, Mike!
Thank you!
Mike, you have the patience of Job.
That’s as good a perma-temp key fix as there ever was.
Dang, Mike, you're making great progress. It's looking GOOD👍
Thank you!
@@CaptainKleeman You're an absolute 'progress professional' bud. A lot of hard work, but it's going to be fricken awesome once it's done.
I can't remember which movie it was from, something about building a Baseball field etc, but you know what they say, 'build it and they will come'😁👍
You remind me of my dad, he would use what he had to get the job done 👍
it's going to look very nice,great video Mike 👍👍👍👍👍
Well, that is one way to wash out your mixer 😮
I don't think it was supposed to be in the water 🤔🤷♂️😬
Pleased it continues to work for you, as another hose popped on the triple nickel..... 🫣😵🤨 no wonder the camera went off.... 🤯
On the plus side, your wall is fantastic ! Setting each course back slightly is called corbelling on this side of the pond 🤓
And the steel in the concrete..... good idea for sure !!!
And an empty pallet at the end of the day...... revel in that feeling, Sir 😉💪💪💪
Incredible progress on a truly visionary project!
👍👍👍👍👍👌Wow moving right along!!!
💪
Awesome Job Mike keep it Going I Like Pondand The Boat House 🙏👍😃
Love it Captain ! I am a bit jealous 👍
Lol appreciate ya watching
👍 That's gonna' give the pond a run for it's money on fun.
You’re moving forward Thumbs up 👍
You must SLEEEP real well. Good job.
Always entertaining
Nice " field fix " on that keyway .
💪
Looking good Mike 👍
It is really looking good Mike
Can't wait for my first dip 👣 👍
Awesome, thank you for sharing, great project 👍👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing!
Good job captain