Never, never send gutter water into perforated pipe along the foundation
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2019
- Here's another example of a corrugated drainage system that was not installed correctly and finally failed, flooding a basement. We run into this all the time - installers who take gutter water and dispense it underground into the foundation.
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On days with no rain, the evidence of proper flow using a hose up above to test the flow out is very satisfying.
Your respect for the house structure, the owner's needs, and the rest of the property are always great to see.
Thank you! 👍
I love your professional righteous indignation at the systems you replace.
These videos are so cathartic for some reason.
Aside from the work, I enjoy watching how they work after. Can you add more of that?
Hey Nicole - Yes! That is the most common comment on my channel. So I have decided to focus a little more on the after-footage. I also get a kick out of seeing the systems working. - Shawn
@@GCFD yes please, even if you have to have the customer take a video if it's a long drive away.
Great job on fixing this the right way!!!!
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Little tip : use a Hand boom brush ( exterior type with harsh bristles ) make it wet and sweep the cement while its wet . Takes out the rough lines
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Just bought a house and the crawl space gets flooded every heavy rainfall. Dug up the downspout extensions in the front and I see perforated corrugated pipe in the ground. And the back gutters were totally clogged. 🤦♀️
Had some crawl space guys say that we should do interior sump pump and French drain. Watched a bunch of videos and realized it was likely the gutters and soil grade (there’s gravel around the entire house!). Gonna try and solve that first before having to dig up the crawl space.
That should do it for you. Get that gutter water away from the foundation! 👍
I see it a lot-drains too close to the foundation, perforating AT the foundation and I never understood how that is supposed to work! 🤣 And she has the tiered retaining wall draining there too. Little nutters to drain next the home next to raised anything.
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Another great video
. . . and the moral of this story: don't build or buy a house in a hole!
I thought it was to hire a good drainage contractor?
YEE HAAAA!! Fabulous
I am very curious why you don't use a sod cutter before trenching it would cause a lot less mess and then it can be re used after its done and the customer would not have to deal with reseeding and straw and looks more professional overall
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REQUIRE DUST MASKS WHEN CUTTING!!!!
Myrtle beach here
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Can you link the video where you discuss why you don't want to put pipes into catch basins? In larger scale public storm drains, every turn of the pipe has a catchbasin/manhole and I am pretty sure this is the case for merging pipes as well. It makes it so much easier for maintenance. I can imagine the complicated routing around the catch basin that you did will end up being a pain to clean out in the future. If they had all ended into the catch basin, most of the clean out needed would be in the catch basin (not the pipe). And if the pipes did need cleaned out, it wouldn't require navigating the Ys. Though you are the expert here, so I am curious on the reasons why, which is why I'd like to know what video that is in.
My philosophy is keep water that’s in a pipe, in a pipe. By discharging into a catch basin the water loses some of its every in the form of flow. Lower flow means the pipes carry less debris and are more prone to clogging. Mano holes can deal with debris much better than 4” pipes which is why I preserve as much flow as possible.
If I were to guess, I'd guess that the perforated next to the foundation is a misguided attempt to catch subsurface water. In essence, a poor man's French drain. It's obviously not the end result, but may be the intent. 🤷♂️
Who knows! It could also be meant to conceal the water underground but it creates way more problems.
I have a problem, and basic I need to divert 150 feet of drains to a swale at the front of the house what is your per foot, basic cost, I am thinking $10 per foot $ maybe a bit more and I have two estimates and they are at double that is this ok, I am going to to this myself !
I have an issue I am going to have to DIY. Obviously this is youtube and you would make no promise or guarantee to work you are not doing yourself but I was hoping to get some advice. I am having a problem where my sump pumps on each end of the house empty into separate corrugated pipes. One of those pipes makes a 90 degree turn and connects to another pipe right next to my above ground pool. My yard is sloped so the side of the pool by the house has about 2 feet of earth around it, the other half of the pool is completely above the ground. I ended up getting some erosion to the ground right where this pipe connects and is causing problems with my pool. What I want to do is to run two new separate drain pipes of pvc on each end of the house and I figured I might as well catch the gutters as well. Do you think in general would a 4" diameter PVC schedule 40 pipe be plenty large to catch two rain gutters and a sump pump drain - I don't know my exact slope, but the front yard is at the least 2 feet higher than the back yard and it is a pretty even slope, so I should have nice fall all the way back to the cities drainage ditch that runs along the end of my backyard. I don't have any problems with standing water in my yard, I just have a leak in the corrugated pipe and want to put in something better. Thanks for any advice you have! And on a separate note, I have been enjoying watching a lot of your videos because I find it interesting to see problems addressed and then the fixed result at the end. I've already learned a lot and taken note about making sure I have a good slope, connect the pipes properly. Going to rent a trencher after I measure and buy the pipe and fittings I will need.
Yes your proposal should be perfectly fine! The 4" pipe is way overkill but sometimes you need that extra capacity, plus debris flows through it better. Make sure to get a trencher with tracks on it and not wheels. Figure out your pipe and fittings then buy extra. It stinks when a job comes to a halt over a $10 fitting. I carry tons and tons of fittings so we always haver whatever we need, even if things change on the day.
@@GCFD awesome, thanks for the advice and keep those videos going!
Are those 3” or 4” 20’ pipes?
4" 20 foot lengths.
Do you need a permit to cut the curb?
I have called a bunch of times and they never care. I stopped calling and just do it.
Good thing it not done right in the first place or you would not have so much work.
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Been doing it for 35yrs no problems
You've been dumping water into the foundation?
@@GCFD For sure it will take sometime till the foundation gets back to normal. Up sale have the owner get in contact with a powerwash company.