Basement slab flooding - Solved with PVC pipes
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This walk-out basement was flooding when it rained. We went in and identified the issues to solve them! Now, there's no more flooding as we watch the problem water flowing away!
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As soon as the video started and you mentioned that the homeowner only wanted to catch the gutters, I thought to myself that this needs a belt and braces approach. I’m glad she opted for you to put the dirt against the property in the end. Nice job Shawn.
Thank you Dylan! This was a good homeowner to work with. 👍
I like the added touch of the homeowner being there, too. I'm sure most either aren't there or dont want to be in the video. Another great video!
Yes this was an awesome homeowner to work with! 👍
yeah sometimes seeing it with your own eyes "flowing water on the dirt", makes you feel better. i would think anyways
I can’t agree more that most home owners will accept almost any compromise to keep water out of their house. It happened to me. Life is more enjoyable when the prediction of needed rain no longer causes stress and anxiety. Nice job to Shawn and crew. 👌
Very well said Cam!
It’s very clear Sean knows what he’s is talking about.Another great job well done
Thank you Cookies!👍
"Someone didn't put the cap back on"
"That was me"
"That's why I always say put the cap back on"
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Hahah! I've spilled so much glue that way before. Often, it's when I only have one can...
@@GCFD Yeah thats an Oh Crap moment & an unexpected trip to the store....Although im sure by now you order that by the case or 2
That is why your shirts are that color huh? Loose lids stain cloth.
when you hire new guys, ask them if they watched your videos they will learn your tips and tricks of how to use the shovel to tighten the pipes, etc....he seems like a great guy. you have a awesome team...
Thank you! I very much appreciate my team. 👍
I think people underestimate how much surface area a wall represents. Every rain drop that hits that wall has only a single path of escape: down.
You are very good at ensuring that 'wall surface water' doesn't just go straight into the foundation.
Thank you! It seems pretty simple to me with shedding the water off the foundation. 👍
it's so great that you're educating your customer about what it should do, rather than just telling them you've fixed their problems.
Maybe next time you can run the gardenhose test before waiting for the heavy rain, just as a preemtive measure especially when you suspected the grade to be a problem from the very beginning.
That's a very good idea Alex!
The house was my concern. Whomever built it was a bad planner. Your team did a great job resolving the issue.
Man Shaun. . You provide great service. The homeowner did her due diligence, which was great and you relieved all her fears. Good work boys.
Thank you Allan! This was an interesting one for sure. I think clear expectations and communication with the homeowner was the ticket on this one. We both understood that they didn't want to spend extra money unless it was needed and we were going in with phase one and then reevaluating.
Hi you did a great job educating the client. The video she made was very clear and discussed the issues almost as well as you do. The client now knows what was happening, what was needed to fix it, and that her money was being well spent. I think the 2 phase approach was great. I knew (only from watching your videos) that the negative grade on the foundation wouldn't hold up in a heavy rain, but you patiently divided the job so the homeowner was completely satisfied after performing the garden hose test that she was doing the right thing and the extra money was going to a good cause.
Well said....Yes part of my comment would have been what you said here, That 2nd "phase" is the whole factor....And as shawn said the process shows the concern they had and then the hose test really made it, watching that in action as it happens etc etc... A Lot of people dont realize ( and just dont know ) grading effects everything...
Well done Shawn. A lot of armchair "experts" in the comments today. I like how you approached this problem. Even though you suspected there was more to the water issue than just the gutters, you did the gutters first so the homeowner could see that while the gutter fix helped, it wasn't the major issue causing the flooding.
I am open to the experts and their thoughts but it's hard to fully understand what's going on from just a video. I try to bring you along, but it is still just a video.
Yeah the building up of the grade to drain away from the house I think was the key, after solving the gutter issue .Don't think they will have any more problems. Great job, and nice send up the drone make sure gutters were clear...
I liked it when you said that drain pipe looked like crap. I knew you wouldn't leave it like that. I wish I could find contractors with your, I cannot think of the right word or words to use. I know, you give a damn. Where I live it is usually hit or miss with miss being quite often.
Thank you! We do it because we enjoy a job well done. Ask the contractors you like if they know anyone. A concrete guy and an HVAC guy I work with have no online presence and work only by word-of-mouth.
I definitely would agree to slope dirt from the foundation walls outward toward the yard. Allowing standing water right next to the foundation walls is a no no., unless you like wet basement floors. Make sure your gutters drain away from the house and do not contribute water next to the foundation. I live near Tampa and we allow roof rain water to dump right next to the foundation because it is all sand here and the water drains straight down below the house foundation...to never be seen again. Alot of people do not even have roof gutters! Blue Sky's.
Very interesting Larry. Local soil conditions dictate many of drainage solutions.
So great to see a thorough, test-and-learn approach! You do such great work to make sure the problem is truly solved for these homeowners, and your instincts are well-honed to identify problem areas. I wish there was a way to identify someone with your ethic and skills out on the west coast in the SEA area!
Thank you Rob! 👍👍
GREAT JOB TEAM! ANOTHER GREAT WATCH!
Thank you Gifted! 👍
Thanks Shawn... another good Friday with a Gate City vid!!!
Thank you Ryan! This was an interesting one for sure. 👍
It's like Shawn just knows how to make our weekends so much better!
I moved into my new house it has quite bad damp issues, thanks to watching 30+ hours of this channel I've located and mitigated most of the issues myself, mostly it was poor drain pipe maintenance and questionable construction decisions.
You can replace a fence any day. You can't replace a slab everday. I like that you used the sewer/waste pipe for drainage, na dthe plumber could replace that easily then cement the new installation. Great approach, attack gutters first, wait and watch for grading, plus you mentioned it. The foundation waterproffing exopsed a huge nono.
I liked you using a full dirt bucket to campact with and raised up getting more compaction.
using what you had left to fill the other side and the plant bed, saves you a return trip.
Also distributing the mulch thin to cover and look good, but with the clay waterprooofing below does the job. Roger cook would be proud.
Love the coated seed. :)
Nice job.
Be careful looks like your mini bobcat is rolling down hill. Great job as usual.
Also use a sealant to seal up the lines into the house and the grade so close to the windows is not ok if the area is within snow zones. But to seal that area is mostly inpatient as well as your bringing up the grade higher than the sealant that should be on the cement bricks and you should have as well have applied sealant and protection from your now Dirt and fill directly against the not sealed cement bricks and mortar
Great video. Watching you and your team work is like a training course. The detailed footage lets me see a variety of techniques a more condensed video would omit.
Another great job Shawn! and you did a superior job packing that clay/dirt, because when the homeowner started spraying the hose on it, i was cringing, expecting it to start lightly washing away the dirt, but it didn't budge, the water just rolled off CLEAR... that was a great packing job, that will last them many years.
Great job Shawn and crew. I know the homeowner will be glad to get their basement is dry again and dont have to worry every time it rains.
That a nice fix Gate City another happy customer.
I as a Master Plumber Pipe fitter for over 47 years. I would have installed perforated pipe all along the foundation to help with any water coming from the rain itself coming up to the foundation from a negative grade and not moving or doing something with the HVAC outside unit hurts to see at least put some berms and some type of something to channel water away from and any water flow down along the house twords the AC unit and a berm at the gate as well. But yes I agree with talking with a customer with problems and addressing all possibilities before the start of a job in writing. Nice job and looking forward to seeing more videos . Ps I never laughed so hard as the job with the dive and the cement pipe was bigger than you thought!!!! Or assume was just funny seeing the same things I had been through in my career. God Bless and be safe Dale
Another job well done!
Clever to do it 2-phase, to really discover the issues.
That allowed us to break the costs down a little bit as well.
Great video as always! Wish i could find someone like you here in the Netherlands to find a solution for Rising Damp in my foundation and the bottom part of my inner walls. You always have great solutions in your video's for any problem you encounter! Keep them coming :).
Thank you! 👍
Good, I noticed that low spot on the front next to the porch too.
It's amazing to see such a simple idea (adjusting the grade away from the foundation) work right away.
Can you check the gutters with the drone? Not a problem after this work, but might prevent future issue if they get clogged.
Yes I did check these with the drone. They looked good. 👍
That was really interesting. The homeowners are quite happy with you. She wasn't taking any chances but I don't blame her. She checked for herself to make sure that it was fine and when she did she was happy and that's all that counts. I guess one more thing to make a suggestion for you. Sean, you're working around that gas meter and up to the wing lock. There's a wire there if you bury that wire the locator can't locate the service without that wire so just a little reminder in the future if you can bring them up above the grade it'd be greatly appreciated. By the locators I know cuz I located for 35 years so just a little thing but other than that great video yeah and that valve there but they call it a wing lock. At least they do up here. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Another great video! I always love how the American English phrase "Could care less" is the total opposite of what it means to us in the UK. We say "Couldn't (could not) care less"! We are only divided by a common language 😁 (and a few thousand miles!)
Always entertaining and informative. Great content as usual!
Just t o say : I like your way of working
You work with honesty, and the commitment do the best congratulations Shawn.
Good job. Wholesome home owner video she submitted haha
Great job. It's great that you let them know in advance that the first half might not fix the whole problem.
As always you identified the problems and offered the solutions. It was great that you offered a two phase approach. It would have been great if phase 1 worked but I think you knew that phase 2 would probably be needed to correct the issue. I love seeing the follow-up videos. It is amazing how well the clay dirt works to prevent the water infiltration, which is the exact reason not to infiltrate run-off into the clay soils via the perforated corrugated pipes.
Excellent video
I was interested to see that you (or the property owner) went for the structural drainage system first instead of slamming some clay up against the foundation in place where the grade had been scoured away over time. In terms of your time and materials it had to be considerably more expensive. I'm glad they went with the full package but that was unexpected.
Aww, love the home owners accent.
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Another great, job done!
I need to do this on my home. Too bad you aren’t in my area. Well done gentlemen!
Another great job! I love the content. Keep up the great work!
Only 60K Subs!! This channel is criminally undersubscribed!!
Great video and work, Shawn. Always enjoy seeing you and the guys knock another one out the park.
Real nice... showing it in 'action as it happens for the customer etc etc makes all the difference. Except for any other internal damages caused luckily it was contained within that area & could have been much worse.
Did you consider if it was ground water? If the problem comes back, they could need a french drain.
great Job,
Thank you Robert! 👍
Oh boi, i think you will have to fix the break at the bobcat.
Another project done well. I was thinking about the front of the building when you were doing the side but then you said the same thing and fixed that potential problem Cheers to you and your crew.
Great work!
Thank you Joseph!
grest work and video
Thank you Jed!
with bonus homeowner testimony !
1 of the cables in the ground was maybe electric for the outbuilding? doorbell connected to house and outbuilding? People do connect their doorbells to outbuildings if they spend a lot of time in them,.
good stuff.
Tough job, but you got it done. Great job, you know your stuff!
Forgot to catch that condensate drain!
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@@GCFD keep up the great work.
I don't know where to begin. But you guys need some help gluing fittings together 😅
Let me know next time you have a job like this I'll help you out!
Love the work you guys do. I have a question that might save you some money in operational costs. Have you guys considered PVC welding applications and approaches? Many twists and turns can be produced with a propane heater application.
Can tell from her voice her..., but yes, good to have her input.
How do you price these jobs? Is there a template or measurements that can be applied to accurately account for the costs? Thanks.
We estimate the length of pipe, the accessibility of the location, of the work area, etc. Materials costs can vary widely depending on the market.
Hands on home owner 😂
My favorite type 👍
Another great one Sean⛈️☔
I was wondering why you would leave the job without fixing the grading at the house. You knew it. :P
I know (and share) your opinion of corrugated pipe, but curious if you have a take on French Drain Man's "High Octane" pipe? My opinion is nothing is superior to a solvent welded Schedule 40 or SDR-35 system, but curious if you have any thoughts about his stuff?
I stopped listening to his ideas when he suggested that corrugated ribs create turbulence in the pipe. He doesn't really understand how water flows downhill, frictional resistance, sedimentation, etc. I don't want to badmouth him because I don't know his local soil conditions. I don't see how PVC could be improved upon when it comes to flushing debris and carrying water.
@GCFD Don't worry, I'll say it. FDM is rubbish. I got ya back Shawn 🤙
Well done 👍🏻 thanks!
Being the bug guy that you are what are your thoughts on covering up weep holes in the brick with new grading. I imagine you did here in a few places. I've always been told to not because it just gives termites and other pests and one way track into the building. I have grading issues at my home and would love to pack dirt up against the brick but im limited in the height I can go due to the first course of brick on slab. Termites being my main concern obviously.
Looks good mate
May need a sump pump in future.
maybe. 👍
Great video
that was awesome! Please keep up the great work!
Wonderful
I never get over how many times I see how low the Houses are laid in the first place . Builders totally ignore the flow of the land .
Modern builders just don't seem to come up to the old standards. I'm living in a 100-year-old house that came out of a Sears kit.
Then again, it could be a similar issue to the "old furniture" argument: "Old furniture is so much more sturdy than the modern stuff." "No, it just seems that way because the old furniture that wasn't sturdy just wore out and was thrown away, while the well-built furniture stood the test of time!"
I assume they replaced that pipe section where they drilled the holes into it? That is the bathroom sewer line correct? Smell must be nice in that basement.
Would it help to slope a piece of plastic on the perimeter of the area just before you pile up dirt on top?
I don't like to do that because it creates a layer between the old and new dirt. The two dirts will eventually fuse together and accomplish the same thing the plastic would. 👍
excellent.
Aren't you ever worried about covering up the weep hole on those brick foundations. It looks like there is a weep hole when your talking about the gas meter it looks like weep holes on foundation?
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I'm not a professional like you but I always was told that 4'' minimum of the slab foundation must be exposed. So to slope away from the house, the existing slope would have to be tiered with retaining walls. Thoughts?
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Whats your take on interior fix only companies? I have a leaky basement and everyone ive talked to only wants to do water capturing inside my home. I've told them I would rather have an exterior solution like what you do but nobody wants to do it.
Could have raised the unit several inches that is why it's piped in flexible connections.
I think she should get her ac jacked up built up under it
Perfect. As usual :)
And there is absolutely nothing whatsoever stopping the Home Owner from pulling out that fence section in a month or 2 and reinstalling it to the new Grade with proper concrete footings and base to prevent early rotting...
MUCH cheaper (probably) than having to replace the entire thing since the existing wood can be reused with the possible exception of the posts...easier and cheaper to install new posts and hang the old panels from them than have to replace the posts AND build new panels to hang on them...
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I'm guessing most, if not all, of the subsoil you use is your own that you keep from other jobs? I haven't looked too hard yet in Indiana, but it seems typical landscape and outdoor stores only sell topsoil and I need some clay!
In several of the places I've lived in the past (not including Indiana) there are businesses dedicated to selling dirt: different kinds of dirt, like ordinary topsoil or garden soil, or even things like mulch and crushed rock. If you've got one in your area, they should be able to get you hooked up.
How many down spouts can you run into a 4" pipe?
It’s more about square footage of roof area and anticipated maximum inches per hour of rain. So it depends, but short answer is a 4” pipe can take a lot of water!
Like Jackson said above. Plus you want to consider how much slope and how long the pipe run is after catching the gutters. I've done up to five downspouts and the water just blasts out of the pipe!
you always leave one of the downspouts crooked in the raiser.
Is there a reason you didn’t pickup the condensation line when you put in the pipes?
Why don't you ever you pop-ups for drains? Just curious because that's what I use.
He's covered that in other videos. Basically, they don't really work.
Rubbish
What do you think of sdr35 and clean out on downspout? I know you use sch 40 which is more expensive and don’t use clean outs
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Were they in such a hurry that they couldn't paint it clear? If so, they should probably reevaluate they're workload.
Is it standard in the USA to not have local government stormwater systems that homes connect to?
Is it safe to use PVC pipe that close to the surface in the Piedmont Triad area? Doesn't the ground freeze and crack the pipes in the winter?
Any ideas what is causing the porch to separate from the house as 47:15 .. house or porch subsiding ?