Catching gutters in a yard with very little fall

[@andrewwise2261]

I really like the fact you carry out follow up checks to ensure your work meets the needs of your customers.

[@brendamayfuller8803]

A happy customer will tell a friend. An unhappy customer will tell everyone. So good followup is both good as a test for your workmanship, and a good business investment.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Andrew! ...and that the work meets my standards. Sometimes you just have to see it in action to make sure it's right.

[@markwilliams9718]

I really like the use of the trash can lid that was pretty thoughtful

[@GCFD]

I call that The Sled and it is extremely useful it tight areas like under that deck or in crawl spaces.

[@LichaelMewis]

I appreciate how you guys are always checking for fall. So many people simply disregard this critical step. Also why no basin and sump pump to pump all this water off the property and into the street?

[@Jack-zy6ik]

Customer probably didn't want to spend the money. This property looks like it needs a French drain around the house and a sump basin and pump to get all the water out to the street. That's a lot of money. And the homeowner is selling to so it's not like they're looking for long-term solutions.

[@LichaelMewis]

@@Jack-zy6ik yeah it does need a french drain around the house.

[@GCFD]

What Jack said 👍 😁

[@LichaelMewis]

Also appreciate how you typically check on your system and how it performs in a rain event.

[@GCFD]

That's my favorite part! Seeing the system work and occasionally tweeking something if needed. 👍

[@LichaelMewis]

@@GCFD 100%

[@bradley.loveland]

That's the sign of a person who actually gives a damn... Good job Gate City!

[@VocaEvolved]

greetings from 2022 :D I really like the outfalls you created in your jobs. It fits in the enviroment pretty well, especially with literally no fall.

[@rubbersteve123]

Hi, Steve from Bonny Scotland, UK. Great to see a true Artisan at work with your team. Sorting out all these drainage problems and not cutting corners. Love the end shots too. Your systems working perfectly even 2 or 3 years later. I see the cheap pipework, blocked and collapsed. Thanks.

[@GCFD]

Thanks for watching Steve!

[@jimanderson4495]

Great solution to a difficult situation. Boy, that deck is in tough shape. Thanks Shawn.

[@GCFD]

Thanks for commenting Jim! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@dylantrinder1571]

Great work there Shawn, even with the limited fall. Thanks for sharing.

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@chadwhite8352]

You guys are amazing. I wish we had someone with your knowledge in my area.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@steverusie6986]

Great job! Love the way you used the garbage can lid to get the dirt under the deck!

[@GCFD]

It works!

[@TexFarmer]

Good creative use of the trash can lid to move dirt under that deck.

[@GCFD]

That thing is a great tool for moving material!

[@jackprice6599]

Clever trick with the bin lid.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@TheYellowmyth]

Love your videos. Always thorough and professional. Also love the early 2000s euro-dance soundtrack in your videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! The music is from the youtube free audio library.

[@arlingtonguy54]

Have you considered digging a dry pond lined with rock and planting water loving plants in it as a way of utilizing all that collected water and creating a pretty area in the yard? Of course if budget allows.

[@GCFD]

Might be a cool idea if the customer is interested. There’s definitely enough water!

[@mbarrett99]

It's too bad they can't do something more attractive with the outfall, like an area with tall grasses and plantings to attract wildlife or some other way of utilizing the runoff. A muddy trench isn't the greatest addition to a back yard.

[@whip205inthebam3]

Shawn, great job and 👍to all the guys and gals on the crew. PS it appears that home has vertical soffit on the walls for siding. There was one home I did many years ago which we too installed soffit vertical like that. I got to admit it looks pretty good.

[@Rick-tb4so]

You don't have to worry about not having work your work ethic is outstanding.... Too bad other contractors don't feel the same way....Take the money and run.....

[@GCFD]

I enjoy solving the problem and seeing the system working! I don't know why more contractors don't feel the same way..

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Wow, as an Australian it’s really strange to see such an abundance of water. Even stranger to see it’s not code to go to either a stormwater drain or tank.

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Especially since basements and hvac are such a thing over there. I can only imagine the complications

[@GCFD]

We have water in abundance for sure

[@Rusty_Gold85]

2 videos back the house was built in a depression , wouldnt happen in Oz

[@TRW072]

That's right, none of that would be allowed. A lot is pretty amateur there compared to Australia to be honest.

[@lewistrundell]

As a Brit I too am constantly surprised that houses are allowed to be built with no consideration for storm water drainage. Here in the UK all buildings have to have adequate rainwater drainage, as far as I know. Mostly it just dumps into the road

[@LaFox23]

I’d buy a straight 2x4 and use it with a level to make sure your outfalls have fall. Flooding at the outfall like the one in the video can reduce the velocity of the water and reduce the capacity of the system. I bet that with 3 inches of fall from the invert of the pvc pipe, to where it levels out with the existing grade of the downstream end of the outfall, that the velocity of the water will be high enough to meet the total capacity of that pvc pipe.

[@GCFD]

With as much fall as we had to the outfall we should have plenty of head to prevent that. We would have been better off ending the pipe closer to the house for better fall, but we wanted the outfall further away. These are all important considerations, great comment!

[@tracyrain4941]

I have a confession! The first time I saw your dirt pile at your home/work place I giggled and thought, "Just what every boy wants, a dirt pile of their own." But now, after watching more of your vids, I see how invaluable it is for you to have that. So I apologise! I will giggle no more...well, not at your pile anyway! 😊 (🤭🤭🤭) Oh, and I meant to add, love the look of the rip rap rock (that's easier to type than say) once it's been washed by the rain. Very pretty. 😊

[@timgarner6768]

Nice job under less than ideal conditions...as usual. I might have added a swale to the side yard to keep the non-point runoff even farther from the foundation. Maybe some dry wells for an outfall?

[@GCFD]

We talked about it but it wasn't in the budget... 👍 comment

[@danielb1877]

Is that enough room between the new grade and the siding to make the termite bond company happy? Very serious question. It looks great. Have a similar situation at my house, and in the planning stages. Thanks!

[@GCFD]

You definitely want to stay away from the siding. But you can mitigate closer grade to the siding with pest control. So you're hoping to solve flooding issues at the cost of pest control in this instance.

[@SlackerU]

10/10, I like the high gutter risers. There is a 4inch corrugated system in my neighborhood that recently floated up out of their lawn, twice. I think a weighted buoyancy test might be interesting. We might need to be putting concrete in strategic areas to prevent any pipe movement.

[@GCFD]

Yes those risers keep debris out and also create head pressure if things start backing up. 👍👍

[@shanewhite499]

Another job well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@dougackerman4182]

Excellent video Shawn

[@GCFD]

Thank you Doug!

[@delt19]

Sean, have you thought about using expanded shale in situations like this where you have to divert water to another area in the yard? Something like tilling expanded shale in the existing soil in the area where water will be diverted to so you don't have water pooling and sitting there for long periods of time.

[@GCFD]

You don't think the water would still pool once it overwhelmed the shale?

[@delt19]

@@GCFD that's certainly possible especially if you're diverting water to an area that's mostly clay soil. at a minimum though the shale will do its part in retaining some of the water and reducing standing water and overtime amending the soil so that it drains better. maybe something to test out around your shop first to see if it's worth pursuing.

[@mr.godfather7]

hello from Uzbekistan

[@GCFD]

Hello!

[@pottingshedgene]

Still can't get used to you calling it dirt. We call it soil in England because it is. Great channel from the colonies. Addictive.

[@GCFD]

No one knows what I’m talking about when I call it regolith.

[@VgniK88]

In Australia when building a new house, you push back the soil after concrete pour what yous did there a push back regs in Victoria (Melbourne) 1:10 or 100mm fall to every meter off the building .. nice work

[@GCFD]

There were several large trees along the side and the soil built up over 50 years before they were removed.

[@charlesviner1565]

Thanks for the video and your time to make it! Like 👍

[@GCFD]

👍

[@Mark.Watson]

I like the time lapse music.

[@GCFD]

It came from the KZbin freee audio library

[@boaz2001]

Wondering if you have ever thought of cementing this type of outfall. I realize many people selling a home want things to be cheaper. A flat outfall can be forgotten too. If there was a hill or I see where it goes into a stream or woods. On my parents house I moved a rock that happened to be behind the shrubbery at the front of the house to under the where the gutter drained. I can see it still in that place all of 15 years since. We never thought of what happens with drainage.

[@pottingshedgene]

Charles Bronson in the Great Escape at 8.20 ish.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@DavidJMann]

Another great job! Question: when you have nowhere really for the water to go, why don’t you build a deep soak away?

[@GCFD]

Because we have mostly clay here, which is impermeable. The problem with a soak away or dry well is more water means less capacity. If the water is overwhelming the original problem is right back. In this case, more and more water means more and more water way out at the outfall. There's no way for the water to back up to the house again. Great question! 👍

[@DavidJMann]

@@GCFD Ah, makes sense! Thanks for taking the time to respond. I am cracking through all your videos, love them! 👍🏻👌🏻

[@GCFD]

@@DavidJMann thanks David! Proceed with caution when you get to the early videos... I wasn’t as skilled with editing then.

[@bradley.loveland]

Love the videos, thank you!

[@GCFD]

Thank you for watching!

[@TrailTrackers]

Hey Shaun... First, I know how hard it is to judge grade on video; next to impossible actually. And I know you're good at what you do. LOL.. If you weren't I would waste some of my retirement years watching you work. And I'm only 3 minutes into the video, so I'm not even sure what you ended up doing on this job. But I have a suggestion for you that could end up being another weapon in your tool bag. Right from the beginning you started out with the mindset of "bringing in more dirt". I would suggest your first thoughts be "is there any place on this property I can steal some dirt" to build up another area. The first thing I thought of in your first couple of minutes was pulling dirt towards the house and creating swells draining away from the house. Especially on a job like this where the guy just wants to sell it and doesn't want to spend any more than absolutely necessary. Anyway, just thought I would throw this out there for you to kick around. Now I'll watch to see what you actually did to solve the problem. I'm sure it's good in any case.

[@GCFD]

That's a great point! The reason we didn't do that is because when you start digging down on a flat property you need to be even lower for it to drain, then that next segment needs to be lower. So the whole yard needs to be re-done. By bringing in dirt, you create a high point where you don't want the water and everything else is lower. It's almost like free fall for the water to shed away.

[@skyline5354]

I’m new to the channel..just wondering g the purpose of the hay? Is it just to keep the amount of mud down? Is it just a temporary thing?

[@GCFD]

We seed and straw all soil we disturb. The straw protects the disturbed soil from rain drop splash and erosion and the straw also protects the seed from granivores while holding moisture and releasing nutrients as it decomposes.

[@HootMaRoot]

I can't believe that in America that town and cities don't have main drain/ditches that houses have to put the water run off from their property. Here in the UK if you are draining water from your property there is usually a big ditch/drain in the area you have put your drainage into. Also if we release drains onto roads we get huge fines if it's not removed ASAP

[@HootMaRoot]

@J Nimitzch South of England might have had Romans do drainage and Northern England had some but where I live Scotland had no Romans build any drainage. even if someone builds a house miles away from anyone they still don't want water running over the top of the ground and will always have ditch/open drain or soakaway where all the rainwater from the roof will be directed.

[@GCFD]

Keep in mind you're seeing the worst cases on my channel. I specialize in foundation drainage, so my customers have already had the other drainage systems installed and failed by the time they call me. I take the toughest situations.

[@bunnywarren]

How high does the damp-proof layer run on these walls? The soil brought it looks to go pretty high up.

[@GCFD]

We are set at the level of the siding with how far up we can go. We also had foundation vents there.

[@Super690Motard]

Good job with the gutters but surely adding dirt against the exterior walls will only add to the problem as you’re bridging the DPC?

[@GCFD]

It will keep water shedding away from the foundation.

[@whocares6698]

Love how you go back and check on things. Have you thought about doing rain collection systems since you get so much rain there?

[@GCFD]

Yes, for sure! Rain collection is pretty much moot when we have so much.

[@rogerdickinson920]

The reverse cleanout by the gate...Could you have extended the pickup from the gutter downspout enough to allow the cleanout to face the gate??

[@GCFD]

We didn't have room to move the downspout that much since we already moved it from the front wall to the side wall. We should have used a wye instead of the sanitary tee to improve the angle.

[@jkalbow6171]

been watching for about a month. Noticed on this job you have a large section of PVC pipe exposed as a down spout. How do you protect the Pipe From UV damage?

[@GCFD]

I usually recommend spray painting it to match its surroundings. 👍

[@katisugarbaker7349]

Maybe the buyers can turn that outfall (?) into a water feature! (And do something with the rest of the yard, too). Maybe someone could even turn it into a small irrigation system for a garden.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@chrisformby3039]

Do you ever have issues with inspectors when packing earth up against the building causing it to be higher than the Damp Proof Course ? Here in the UK they want the ground level to be two courses of brick below the DPC. Good work and follow up.👍

[@GCFD]

We never have issues. The other option is to take the yard down to create slope away. That’s much more costly and invasive.

[@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578]

Love your videos, watched some of them and they amaze me, how you transform peoples property for the best. But I got a question, do the pipes have holes on the sides and on top, to get water inside and to transport it through the pipe? Cause I try to look at the pipes closely(When available) and can't seem to notice holes on it.

[@GCFD]

Here we were catching point water. Water that was already in a pipe. So we use solid pipe, which transports water. The pipe with holes is for collecting water. Water from non-point sources and then we pipe that into solid pipe to transport it.

[@ostensiblysapient5615]

Just curious, why not trench alongside the driveway and out into the street?

[@GCFD]

I would have loved to do that but the street was slightly uphill.

[@ME-fs8ir]

Why do you use clean outs on only some of your pipes in this install ? is there a set rule that after a given height of a downspout that you need a clear out ?

[@GCFD]

Usually where the gutter inserts into the pipe there is a space so you can access the pipe. Since we caught this gutter way at the top there was no way to access the pipe and we installed the clean out. Great question Simon!

[@marcusa5564]

Just wondering, why do you put hay over the area you`ve trenched?

[@GCFD]

It stablilizes the bare soil and protects the seed from birds.

[@andreaberryman5354]

I thought you are supposed to dig a ring around the home and use the dug up dirt to put against the foundation to create slope. Because you HAVE to leave at least 8" of foundation exposed above ground to protect piers, beams and walls from moisture wicking UP the foundation.🤔

[@GCFD]

I see this all the time for reason. We did another job yesterday where the addition was AT grade with no way to add dirt. The crawl is flooding like crazy...

[@leolldankology]

Homeowner should plant something near the out fall so the tree/plant socks up all the ground water.

[@GCFD]

I totally understand the thought behind that, but there's too much water for evapotranspiration to help much.

[@timberhitchllc]

Do you ever install rain gardens or dry wells in yards where there is no fall for regular surface piping or no place to divert the water so it can leach into the ground?

[@GCFD]

Those can be extremely tricky as you can’t have any subsurface water or uphill slope and the dry well can be overwhelmed with out amounts of water we see here. I do not like doing them.

[@byouman5981]

@@GCFD So, what other potential solutions are there for the question? If any, ha.

[@GCFD]

@@byouman5981 a yard drainage pump (sump pump) will give excellent results.

[@byouman5981]

@@GCFD Thank you, that was the conclusion I reached but it's reassuring to hear it from a professional!

[@matt08015]

good work but i think there still going to have water in the craw space you look at the ground around the house how wet it is i think a pump taken to the street who'd have been better

[@GCFD]

Hopefully the ground can handle that bit of water now that the enormous amount off the roof has been taken out of the equation.

[@ryanwaltos2206]

Would have cutting a swale along base of embankment to yard side under the deck provided additional preventative measures to water seeping back into crawl space thru the ground ?

[@GCFD]

It would be another route for water to escape!

[@RuneVenes]

What does all the straw do?

[@GCFD]

Helps with the grass seed germination and stabilizing the soil.

[@ednaemode5762]

Should I use pvc schedule 40 or corrugated for my backyard with moderate to high root counts? Also I think pvc is cheaper and more available in Australia.

[@FaradHusky]

You will never get Shawn to recommend corrugated. :D PVC is more finicky to work with but gives a superior result.

[@BuckRodgers3]

If the Drain Addict's videos have taught me one thing its that trees in Aussie land are water seeking missiles and will drill through all but perfectly sealed PVC. He has 556 videos and most of the clogs are due to roots.

[@ednaemode5762]

@@BuckRodgers3 yeah, I watch ratty and ollie

[@GCFD]

You would hate to do all that work and use a crappy pipe and have it fail. I say use the best materials, do the job, and move on to bigger and better things instead of worrying about the system failing.

[@sku32956]

Might want to build a dry well or some type of leach field .

[@GCFD]

It's a possibility but we do have fall away from the yard. A dry well would very quickly fill up and you'd be in the same situation with water flowing slowly away. Great comment Billy!

[@SlackerU]

The bottom of dry-wells & leach-fields need to be two feet above the water-table. Without the two feet they're basically daylight-discharges b/c not much will soak-away.

[@ventipesos6079]

Why they didn't just put the clean out thingy pipe on the ground? Why sticking out and you mentioned that it makes slightly difficult to clean it since it has to go around 😅😅

[@GCFD]

Great suggestion! The reason we don’t is because things that are at the ground level tend to be buried, grown over, and forgotten. Looking back a wye would have been better than a sanitary tee for the cleanout.

[@rogerdickinson920]

Is the dirt you put over the pipe along the side of the house clay? To shed water away from the house?? Same under the deck??

[@GCFD]

Yes of course! it has to be, or you're wasting time packing it. It's got to have a high clay content to shed dirt and it has to be compacted to work correctly. Great comment Roger.

[@lewistrundell]

Is there a reason you didn’t send the water out to the road as presumably your just going to moving the water to another problem location.

[@GCFD]

A couple reasons: Pumps would be needed to take it to the street which is extra expense. These are very large old lots so there is plenty of room for the water to dissipate before the next house. We had fall to the back.

[@cheongyei]

Tough site to deal with, I think you did the best you could.

[@GCFD]

I think so too. The water at the outfall is all water that is now nowhere near the foundation to cause problems.

[@peterhandelson1193]

Usually for these I've seen you use a sump pump to the street?

[@GCFD]

I use a sump pump if it's going uphill. Here we had a tiny bit of fall so gravity did the work.

[@peterhandelson1193]

@@GCFD a sump pump would allow for the water to be discharged off the property instead of creating a swamp in the backyard.

[@jasonkerrick9419]

Are you guys located in North Carolina? Also how far do you guys travel to do work? I have one heck of a water problem and would love you thoughts and ideas on how to solve it? If you have a private email or messenger on Facebook let me know and I can send you a video and or pictures. I have been very impressed with your videos and work and any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[@GCFD]

We're in greensboro NC

[@charlesviner1565]

I was wondering how you were going to get dirt under the deck and you did it exactly as I would have

[@GCFD]

Great minds!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

🙄

[@truthseekerKJV]

I'm betting that very soon the drain will have to re-routed to the street. The neighbors will be pissed when they see where the water is going.

[@ToeTag1968]

Sounds like a future job for GCFD!

[@GCFD]

It's a possibility, but these are very large, old lots. I think the water will dissipate without causing anyone problems. 👍

[@molassesflash]

Seeing that water at the bottom of the dirt burm makes me wonder if itd be better too have put a french drain in too aswell as catching the gutters but of course financially I could see owners not wanting too put that much into it if theyre selling.

[@GCFD]

The whole yard is fairly flat so that would work well. Hopefully outwork will be enough to keep the water out.

[@greatitbroke]

I didn't see in the video why you couldn't take it to the curb? Was there a reason?

[@GCFD]

We were below the curb quite a bit with this property.

[@VinhNguyen-ip4dr]

@@GCFD Is charged line enough to take water to the kerb?

[@chriss2295]

Any follow up on this job? It still looks like that crawl space is being inundated with water at the end of the video.

[@GCFD]

So far so good on this one!

[@mmikmont]

Shots every time you here the word fall.

[@GCFD]

Hahah 👍

[@Nikola8000]

Why not french rain around house with gutters. I have similar problem with my garage

[@GCFD]

that would have cost a lot more and you don't want gravel against the foundation unless it's below the footer.

[@jvcyt298]

I didn't see a pipe strap on that sch. 40 pipe that went up along the side of the garage by the gate, that worries me.

[@GCFD]

Good point 👍

[@rcinful]

Could have used a wye to decrease that clean-out angle.

[@GCFD]

Yea I thought about that as I was making the video...

[@pedroportes5559]

Really enjoy your videos and you do great work. I need some work done, anyone in Georgia you would recommend??

[@GCFD]

Hey I don't know anyone in Georgia. Best luck with your projects!

[@chirina5]

What kind of project do you need done?

[@pedroportes5559]

Needing a French drain installed in my backyard

[@jameswow2836]

I know you aren’t an electrician and they may have possibly flagged them on this but that Romex just open to the elements under the deck is a hugeeee no no atleast in my area code has to be burial romex inside of the outdoor conduit

[@GCFD]

We always place our outdoor romex in a conduit if we run it.

[@jameswow2836]

@@GCFD that is good to hear! I’ve tore down plenty of decks when I get to a job site that we are building bigger and better and there’s basic interior romex ran outside without conduit with rusty old staples holding it up.

[@abscomm]

Was there no footing drain at that property?

[@GCFD]

Here we have impermeable clay soils. So it's hard for surface water to percolate all the way down to the footer tile. Often water along the foundation seeps in. We focus on keeping water away from the foundation.

[@gorak9000]

I thought I was watching a camarata video seeing as you're now using the same music he does

[@GCFD]

I use the music from the KZbin free audio library.

[@TheFiremonkeyman]

vaguely reminds me of the dancing coffin song.

[@toprock9500]

why do American houses not have the gutters connected to the city storm water as a matter of code and standard practice? In New Zealand and Australia every building in an urban area is connected to the gutter or storm water pipe. You would never see down pipes discharging direct to the ground and foundation! Even in rural areas its to a water tank and then to a ditch or creek. Love your videos Shawn, Best combination of price, practicability and results over all the other you tube drainage guys. Appreciate the follow ups in rain showing it in operation, my favourite part!

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Agreed! Love to see him bringing it back to what I (an Australian) sees as Common sense

[@GCFD]

It's not needed to connect every house to a stormwater system. Keep in mind you're seeing folks with drainage problems on my channel. Thanks for sharing!

[@Grunttamer]

You are underestimating how much rainfall much of our country gets. Most storm water systems here struggle to deal with the amount of water they currently have to handle. Piping every home directly to the storm water system would overwhelm it very quickly.

[@darrelldarrell8168]

1:54 POISON IVY!!! look out

[@GCFD]

👍

[@larrygwinn6649]

Wouldn't this be a good place for a sump to pump to the back of property

[@GCFD]

It would be better for a pump to the front drainage ditch, but we had the fall to take the water further out in the yard for free. Gravity carries the water instead of electric.

[@diferentization]

Rain garden man!!

[@GCFD]

👍

[@louieavi]

Wrapped corrugated pipe with rock on top against the house would have been a better choice to pick up non gutter based water but I know you are a non corrugated believer. Corrugated done right and PVC do not compete but are complementing solutions just like peanut butter and jelly. But if you say jelly is the only way to go cuz peanut butter fails the jiggle test and you miss what peanut butter brings to the table, well it's your business, your reputation, your choice! Cheers!

[@GCFD]

Never, ever place a FD against a house. The reason is you don't want to invite that water against the house and then hope it will enter the pipe only. The only time you would ever do this is if the pipe is well below the footer. I see this all the time and we have to remove and replace with impermeable soil to shed water away from the foundation and not let it penetrate.

[@louieavi]

@@GCFD The confusion is in you video you show standing water existing over your laid PVC next to the house to fend for itself. Unless you give standing water a place to go, it could travel to unwanted places. I understand your focus was on gutter water (also under the deck) only but as a home owner pretending to own the house in your video, I would have had additional concerns. Thank you.

[@10tenman10]

The outfall is AKA "the neighbor's problem"

[@GCFD]

These are larger lots so hopefully it won't be a problem for anyone.

[@saltygreek3870]

Why not dig deeper trenches with perferated pipes to catch that ground water take it to a LARGE pit with 2 inch grundfos pump and run a 3 inch discharge pioe to the side walk instead of importing that dirt and just mickey mousing it ?

[@GCFD]

Pumping is always an absolute last resort as pumps are a constant expense and maintenance item. We had the fall to get the water away from the foundation and we took advantage of it. Keep in mind this was part of a pre-sale inspection so the homeowner was interested in solving the problem with a practical solution.

[@saltygreek3870]

@@GCFD makes sense ! 👍Carry on !

[@CS-qc7np]

Wouldn’t a large dry well have work at the end of the run? 14:00

[@GCFD]

The problem with a dry well is we have impermeable clay subsoils around here. A dry well works until it fills up and then becomes useless. We don't use them very often since they don't work with heavy flow.

[@CS-qc7np]

@@GCFD Thanks for the quick reply. You have some very informative videos.

[@jimybobjim]

Hello

[@GCFD]

👍

[@michaellamb3534]

Putting dirt up to the siding is against code...

[@GCFD]

Where do you live? Here grading away from the foundation is how we do it. We make sure to leave a space below the siding if its anything other than brick veneer.

[@michaellamb3534]

@@GCFD I believe it is 6 inch from siding or vent wells for the foundation. Which you have dirt up to those as well. I live in NC.

[@GCFD]

@@michaellamb3534 I’m not sure why they didn’t grade this out in the beginning. So we are constrained with our solutions.

[@DesignBuildFixReview]

I would use a bunch of that spare clay soil you have from so many jobs in NC and pile that near the house and build a nice slope away. Its the best use of recycling I have ever seen. No cost.

[@Boggy2a1968]

It's about time you had some adaptors made that will take the square downpipe from the gutter into your round pipe. It's the worst looking part of most of your jobs, when the square pipe is just squashed into the round PVC.

[@GCFD]

It def looks bad. But I like to leave the connection open so we can access the pipe if we ever need to get a jetter in there. Homeowners are typically interested in results over looks when they call me and often mitigate the looks by planting a shrub or placing an ornament in front of the unsightly pipes.

[@DesignBuildFixReview]

I dont think it looks that bad, those gutter to 4 inch convertors are just not that important.

[@KaiHenningsen]

So they live in this house for a while, muddy yard and wet foundations and everything, then shortly before they sell, they install decent drainage. Is it just me, or is that a bit absurd?

[@GCFD]

Yea it was.

[@delt19]

Sounds like the sale wad conditional on the seller fixing the water / drainage issue as Sean mentioned at the start of the video. The buyer is smart to ask for that and more than anything, lucky that the seller picked Sean's company to do the work.