Channel drain + Comprehensive high capacity drainage system solves flooding and erosion problems

[@batliff]

Can you link to the first job for this project?

[@GCFD]

Part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3qZhYGOnLyUaas

[@AlexeiTetenov]

I really like how you come back during a rain storm to see the system in use.

[@jeffguimont3210]

That’s the most flow I have seen from any of the jobs that I have seen videos of. Nice work!

[@seadoo2224]

Your videos are addictive like post10’s videos

[@GCFD]

Wow! thank you! I like Post10 too!

[@Cdubb_Official]

I would love to see that outlet during a decent rain!

[@GCFD]

Yes so would I! It's strangely satisfying to watch that water flowing out of the outfall. I could watch it forever it seems.

[@benm8257]

@@GCFD That's one of the main reasons I watch your videos over others on KZbin. Seeing it all work is the best part

[@thomasmorrison3279]

Nice quality work. I really like the follow up when you show the system working in the rain. Good video shots. Thank you for the information.

[@GCFD]

Thank you for watching and commenting Thomas!

[@joecraft4409]

I really pike the fact that you go the extra mile to show the results of your work! Excellent job!

[@GCFD]

Every job is different so it won't compare.

[@tazmankb26]

Well done! I've watched a few of your videos and love how you show the before and after of the water flow- outstanding.

[@GCFD]

Thanks for watching! I also get a kick out of seeing the water flowing during a rain...all water that used to be a problem.

[@mbarrett99]

That really caught a lot of water. I bet that client is thrilled with how it's working.

[@GCFD]

Yes she is!

[@whip205inthebam3]

Shawn, WTG to you and all the guys and gals on the crew.

[@alanrobison1758]

Great job man! I wish we had contractors like you here in San Antonio. You always go the extra mile for your customer and that is rare these days.

[@GCFD]

Thank you 👍

[@smitcher]

Nice work as always Shawn. Amazing the amount of water that the new catch basin and channel drains were catching alone.

[@GCFD]

thank you! This has been working well for the client.

[@tracyrain4941]

My jaw dropped when you showed the amount of water coming out that pipe at the end! Wow! It must be partly like living in Scotland with all the rain but we don't get the summers to brag about! As the wise mage Billy Connolly once said, "Scotland has two seasons...winter and July!" He is not wrong!!! 😂🤣🤭😊

[@GCFD]

I am constantly amazed by how much water runs off the roof. I routinely talk about taking the gutter water out of the equation because there is so much volume. Make it Rain!

[@jackhume4532]

Excellent work as always Shawn and I am always impressed by you and your team of employees solving drainage issues for people around the Gate City area.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Jack!

[@bohhica1]

I think you know what your doing, great way to help the foundation and make it look professional, Awesome job! 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@GCFD]

Thank you! Thanks for your support!

[@danielchambers1958]

Another good video . . . showing the after when the job is completed has me hooked!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Daniel! I have like 8 videos ready to upload, waiting for it to rain again!

[@johnhamilton9229]

A contractor inspired by quality work. Love it.

[@GCFD]

Quality or what's the point?

[@alanostner]

Fantastic project

[@DavidJMann]

So much water, love it! Great job! 👏🏻

[@GCFD]

Thank you David!

[@MrJake9191]

Really nice video of another great job done!!!!

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@tnt666tnt]

awesome job man. that outflow was intense. sucks that cheap ass neighbour wouldn't tie that one gutter in.

[@GCFD]

Thanks! I agree...we could have caught the neighbor's water right in and it would have been done for good.

[@SebastianSteele]

Amazing work! Very satisfying to see all of the once problematic water flowing away into the woods.

[@GCFD]

Yes that's my favorite part! Sending that water on down the way...

[@weejohnbb]

This was good to see, your other uploads that I've watched, the channel drain was always embedded in concrete. This is what I was wanting to do, lay in the dirt. Thank you for taking the time to make and upload your videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you for watching! When we set them in dirt we spend a lot of time to bed the channel well by packing dirt in small layers and packing more.

[@Saki630]

beautiful

[@GCFD]

👍

[@Connection-Lost]

15:17 I have seen several of your vids where the outfall water pulsates like this. What do you think causes that? Lack of airflow like a 2 liter bottle glug-glug-glugging?

[@GCFD]

I think it's because of the way the wyes run up on the side of the pipe and then flow back down.

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jasonmelton3389]

Enjoying your channel and videos been watching all day

[@GCFD]

Thanks Jason! I'm glad you're enjoying them!

[@chupapi1283]

I love you videos,doesn't rain much where I am in Arizona,I am trying to put gutters in my house,my cuestion is should I need drain system?thanks

[@jimanderson4495]

Another great job Sean.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Jim!

[@marccole8345]

Awesome job!

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@tlbfarm4473]

Love the money shots!!!

[@GCFD]

Money.

[@brennakohlhase4194]

How long before that drain is full of leaves and mud? How often do you pull that flat drain to clean?

[@benjaminreinhardt259]

No need to use a fernco for the cutting in that wye. You can use a repair coupling - it is a PVC coupling with no socket bottoms. You slide it onto one pipe, put everything together, and then center the coupling on the joint. Not criticizing your work, I've watched a handful of your videos and you do good work. Appreciate you sharing your work with us.

[@GCFD]

How do you get the repair coupling in place before the glue holds it? I’ve never been able to pull that off.

[@benjaminreinhardt259]

@@GCFD Let me preface this comment by saying I'm not a plumber. BUT, I've done my fair share working on the house. It's drain pipe, so it will never see pressure. I prime the coupling, slide it onto one of the pipes, make up the other joints, prime the pipes, spread glue on the pipes, and slide the coupling into place. No glue on the inside of the coupling, again no pressure. Make a mark on one of the pipes at the face of the fitting so you can center the coupling up on the pipe. I'm no pro, but that has worked for me on the drains in my house and the gutter drain pipes out in the yard.

[@nathanlothamer4570]

Why do you not add cleanouts to the downspouts?

[@GCFD]

Because the rectangular downspout into the round coupler leaves enough space to fit a snake or jetter hose. If I have a request for a cleanout I will install a wye and male adapter+plug. They do look very industrial though.

[@anthonysilva5015]

Great work and presentation!

[@GCFD]

Thank you! Thanks for watching! - Shawn

[@KP-fz2gc]

Would you use a channel drain like in the video along side a sloped, curved and downhill gravel driveway that also has a lot of water run off? I'm trying to solve some major issues with runoff and standing water in my yard but I'm not sure the best solution. I wish you were closer! I've got a lot of water problems at my property!

[@joecraft4409]

On a second note, I sand the end of the outfall and spray paint it with a like color to the surrounding to give it a more natural look.

[@GCFD]

A lot of homeowners do that and I recommend it!

[@jrooney58]

Nice to see you use a channel drain that way. I’ve done that before and found it to work well. The discharge on the round catch basin seems to be rather high. I get it that a high placement helps with fall, but aren’t you going to have a lot of water trapped in the basin after the rain event? Do you drill holes in the bottom of the catch basin to allow it to escape?

[@GCFD]

Yes we drill holes or sometimes fill with concrete to the outlet pipe.

[@alanostner]

@@GCFD I fill with Conc too. Our clay soils don’t drain when I drilled more weep holes.

[@weejohnbb]

Why does the water pulse like that from the outlet at the rip rap? 15:30

[@GCFD]

I don't know why it pulses like that. I see that on almost all the outfalls.

[@ThierryC2373]

That's because there is no air vent in the system, so water accumulates at one point in the circuit, then pushes until it flaws in cycles.

[@GCFD]

@@ThierryC2373 I wondered about that but all the connections to gutters are open so I wouldn’t expect a venting problem. The pipes are not full either.

[@ThierryC2373]

@@GCFD Could be at the 90 degrees elbows and the size transitions that the water cavitates.

[@GCFD]

@@ThierryC2373 good point

[@orchardtvchannel]

Hi Shawn so do you make a map of pipe installs for every property just for future reference ?

[@SlackerU]

He should make a few to destroy the corrugated delusion, & the maps should show manufacturer GPM ratings for every chosen product to ensure every inch of 4in pipe is maxed out for the situation. There is a company here with pics online showing 18 4in grates for three 4in pipes using 4in popups.

[@GCFD]

Hey We've found it easiest to lay the pipes out and spray paint our trenching lines. It's funny that things do change as we are working on a project. On this particular project we discovered a better line going under the deck - Less digging, less yard disturbance, even though we couldn't get the trencher in there and had to hand dig it. My helpers all feel free to question my plan and very often they make things better as in this case.

[@Matlockization]

That pipe that went under the house I though was odd. maybe could have been redirected to the edge of the roof or have a shorter pipe drain on to the roof. It seems to me that most of these water problems stem from roof water flowing into a level backyard.

[@Chase_C]

Why does the water seem to surge out of the outlet?

[@GCFD]

I'm not sure! A lot of these pipes do that whether they have high or low flow.

[@SlackerU]

10/10, The only suggestion I'd make is to take advantage of that woods-discharge area & eliminate the catch-basin-maintenance, & any standing-water issues in the CB, by filling it with concrete or something. Instead of cleaning the bottom of the CB the debris-maintenance would be at the discharge. Similar to how sewers are done in Europe. I like my low-profile NDS #1230 far more than the #1200 b/c crawfish & other bugs don't get trapped in them.

[@GCFD]

Thanks for the advice Bob! I've been looking for a lower volume catch basin so I will look into the 1230. I talked to the customer the other day and she's very happy with how the system is working. She no longer has water eroding her side yard and walkway. There is no longer water flooding the back yard.

[@bcwindowcleaning7360]

Just drill holes in the bottom of them to drain the water when not raining. Lesrned awhile back these catch basins are necessary to help filter out the debris that gets sucked into your system.

[@SlackerU]

@@bcwindowcleaning7360 I understand that method but in my situation I discharge into my own yard more than 25ft from the public-ROW so using the CB as a filtering device is unnecessary. Before I filled my CBs I experienced smells from dead-native-crayfish & chopped-yard-debris that went anaerobic with a pile-of-dead-worms smell. Now I don't scoop any of that & simply rake it all up in the discharge area.

[@leolldankology]

Do you install rain catchment systems?

[@GCFD]

No most of my clients are trying to get rid of excess water.

[@maplenook]

I’d love to see these projects !

[@timberhitchllc]

Do you ever run into legal issues concerning the diversion of surface water?

[@GCFD]

I never have. Homeowners are not responsible for surface waters flowing off their property. But you can't discharge onto another property.

[@bcwindowcleaning7360]

What about the debris from the gutters? Leaf guards or whatever peps use not 100% and there's no wash out or way to flush it. I got charged 4 grand and the sob still flooding my garage in the back. Seems the connection at the ends of my gutters need a vent. Serves two purposes, flush the crap from roof and to help vent the water flow so I dont get rotten eaves bc my gutters aren't draining fast enough.

[@GCFD]

Yes! I insert the gutter into a coupler so there is space around it. This allows for venting and allows space for a snake or jetter hose to be inserted. I also install 4" cleanouts if they request, but this gives a more industrial look. By properly sloping the pipe everywhere the next rain will blow out the debris that may have collected. I design these systems to be self cleaning. I also keep up with my customers, especially by texting them after a hard rain and so far no problems.

[@larryehrlich57]

At video time7:50 the young lady (your wife?) held her phone camera vertical, which gives you a "Tall and Shiny" video. Please have her hold her phone "horizontal" so we get a "Widescreen" picture mode instead of the Tall and Shiny mode as seen in this video. You have great videos...please go to all that trouble for us users...as well as your financial gain...GREAT VIDEOS!

[@lioneloconnor4785]

Hi,good job! I find it strange, no one has ever asked you to store and re-use the rain water? It's like throwing Gold away!! Every litre is a litre you don't pay for! I realise there would be an initial cost for set-up! but after that it's just maintaining filtration equipment! Depending on the customers requirements....the recovered water can be used for, from garden water in the dry season! to Drinking water when needed? Just saying!! Good show💥

[@GCFD]

We had over 48" of rain last year, so not too many people store it.

[@kayBTR]

I think the homeowner would shoot video of the system working during a heavy rain for you.

[@GCFD]

I like to personally check up on the system to make sure things are working like I wanted them to. 👌

[@johnlane9945]

Can you not get square to round for your downpipes it will look better and a good fit

[@GCFD]

I like to leave the connection open for venting and access. We always go for results over looks..

[@boaz2001]

I think you need to come to Ohio redo the walkway and sell a gutter system to my landlord (he is cheap I don't complain). The question would be how to get rid of the water.

[@grandmasterpanda8006]

that is a lot of water

[@GCFD]

Water that is no longer eroding the yard away! 👍

[@grandmasterpanda8006]

@@GCFD love your videos I wish you was here in california my mother has surface water probles too.

[@bshilling9924]

I see the neighbor still has the ugly corrigated pipe. Maybe if you ever have to do work there again the neighbor will ask to be connected to the drainage.

[@GCFD]

Who knows! It will cost a lot more to do it after the fact instead of during.