This just might be the coolest thing I have ever demoed hate to see it go!

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Definitely not the usual demo, but made for an interesting job!
#cistern
#abovegroundcistern
#waterstoragetank
#Homestead
#demo

[@blackdogexcavator21]

I've demoed a lot of septic tanks, swimming pools, and one hand dug, rock lined well but, never seen a cistern like that. That was cool.

[@msheaver]

That cistern was obviously made back in a bygone era when the phrase "Good enough for government work!" was actually the highest complement one could receive for a completed project. Back then, the federal government had the strictest engineering standards anywhere, and true craftsmanship like this cistern was the icing on the cake! How in the world did we allow ourselves to get led so far astray?

[@alangraham4526]

Agreed but true craftmanship is still around but we just cant afford today what was normal years ago.

[@DieselRamcharger]

by believing the government ever had standards.

[@everestyeti]

We had the same over here in the UK, you couldn't put anything up without a building inspector checking on it. To save money and remove red tape it was left to the primary contractors to deal with and take responsibility for, however since Grenville Tower hat's changed, I can see that local authorities are now again taking more interest.

[@aaronstetter5004]

When I looked at that property I believe they told me the cabin was built in place and not reassembled from somewhere else. Bill G. can give you the history on the cabin and cistern since it used to be his family's place. Another great video.

[@everestyeti]

Hi Aaron, I am a bit of a buildings freak, just retired from my dream job as a FM looking after a Grade 2 listed building over here in the UK. Would be interested in knowing the history of that place and how they built it? Is there a link I can go to?

[@aaronstetter5004]

@@everestyeti Sorry, no link or info online. It's just an old homestead where I and DP live.

[@everestyeti]

@@aaronstetter5004 Ok thanks Aaron and I just love the interaction between you all and don't tell DP as he'll have to pay you more 🤣😂, but your a bloody brilliant welder.

[@aaronstetter5004]

@@everestyeti LOL, sorry, wrong Aaron. I'm not Man Behind the Scenes, just another Aaron that lives nearby. Sorry for the confusion.

[@everestyeti]

@@aaronstetter5004 To many Aaron's, I am sure though that whatever you do your brilliant at it. 🤗

[@farmingwithbryon9846]

That was a pretty cool water tank. You don’t realize how handy a thumb is until you run a machine that doesn’t have one

[@alexosborne5629]

Never seen an excavator over here with a thumb 🇬🇧 Seen plenty with different attachments on They certainly seem to have plenty of uses on site.

[@LoBeau53]

The Newfies I use to work with had a saying, " ever cut toward yer tum, always cut toward yer Chum. You will never grow another tum, but you can always find another Chum". Good call putting Mat between the blocks and the house. You can always find another Mat, but one hundred yer old log houses are hard to come by.

[@oddtechman]

Awesome change of scenery, Mike. That was a lovely piece of old engineering there with that cistern! Many thanks for taking the time to explain it's purpose and look at it in detail rather than.. "well here's the job and out it comes". Many thanks and nice work from you and Matt :)

[@6582rg]

That was really neat DP. A piece of history made by hard working folks for sure.

[@johnwarren-649]

Them was great craftsmanship. We still use 4 of them on the farm

[@revtmyers1]

Neat little job. Love how Matt has given up correcting Mr Millennial.

[@young11984]

Been waiting to see the youtube name change lol

[@apollorobb]

You couldnt pay anyone now days to produce the amount of labor and skill it took to build something like that. A cool piece of days gone by. At least we got to Marvel at it

[@DirtPerfect]

Agree

[@fredygump5578]

You could pay someone do it....if you don't care what it costs. You'd have to pay them to learn how! Plenty of places in the world still utilize building techniques like this. I've seen videos of vaulted brick ceilings being built. In the UK and Europe, masons use traditional techniques and materials to restore and maintain historic buildings.

[@brandonsearle990]

That's a fact

[@private15]

Take notes. One day we may have to go back to hand made bricks.

[@fredygump5578]

@@private15 I don't know about "hand made", but I think builders need to figure out how to build modern houses out of clay bricks and natural stone. I needs to happen because at some point using concrete for everything is going to have to stop.

[@SusanBuckingham-ut2ez]

In another place, that cistern would have been a jim dandy storm shelter. Learned a new word on this one: Chirt! View of the river was very pretty. We live on the St. Clair River here in Michigan.

[@jeffreykbevins7116]

I have saw a few cisterns before, but never one like this one . I know where that there is a cistern that is underneath a house with a solid block foundation . There is a basement under 2 rooms of the house and then the cistern is underneath the kitchen and then over from the kitchen is the utility room and the downstairs bathroom . So all around the top of the cistern and underneath the bathroom and utility room is a 4" thick solid concrete pad, from foundation wall to foundation wall with a 3 ft. high crawl space . I rewired the house back in 1995 for the people that own the house and I thought that this was a really nice set up how that everything is . I like that old log house and the lay of the land around it looks really nice . It looks so different after that you all tore the fence and cistern out and leveled the topsoil dirt down that you brought in. Another great job well done . I will see you all later, so take care and stay safe out there working . 🤗👍❤️💫

[@Coopdaddy70]

While the cistern may be lost. I am so grateful you memorialized it in video for all generations to see. Those images give realism to the stories shared from the past. Thank you for this cool experience.

[@joshua_jones1985]

Happy Easter Brother 🐇🐰🐣🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@thebear5454]

What an awesome demo. I have never seen a cistern above ground like this in my area & we have a LOT of rock in New England. Loved this video Mike. I learn something new everyday. 😁

[@randallparker8477]

An old, mason built rock well about 35 ft deep to the water table ,was found in the scrub and saplings next to an old barn we took down and burnt. The new land owner had plans already blueprinted and submitted, the area around the barn was to be cleared and a slab poured for their retirement mansion. They, my boss and the GC and owners, discussed what to do about the well. I spoke up after realizing that the big outdoor kitchen and patio would fit perfectly around the stone of the well, they could clean it out and use the water for landscaping or fill it with clay, then rock and gravel leaving the top deep enough for a water plant feature or maybe a large fire pit to cook a side of beef or whatever. I got to eat some real pit roasted pig from that fire pit. So many of the videos you show us spark memories, the shenanigans you guys get up to, the highline park video was one of my all time favorites. Thanks to the Simon family, their business, and all the great friends! Say hi to grandma and grandpa. Happy Easter!

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks! Happy Easter

[@Bigjqrl]

Ahhh an Easter special! Hope you’re spending time with the family today! Enjoy the meals and laughs! Stay safe my virtual friend we are all praying for you

[@brucehuff5566]

That was a great looking structure. Nice clean up. Stay safe. Happy Easter

[@spencer6764]

Great Job 👍 Guys. That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jimkavalier2831]

I had an old cistern that got demoD along with the 1870s farm house, my dirt digger said it was very Stubborn to bust up! Lol Nice work guys

[@williammatthews2948]

I've never seen a cistern built like that. Talk about craftsmanship. Have a Happy Easter.

[@maxobara1496]

Lots to do on these small jobs. Turned out quite nicely. History being discovered!! They made it happen back in the day for sure💪👍🇺🇸

[@mh73020]

You where right Mike that was a pretty cool video about the above ground water tank. We had one in an old Farm house growing up. Was a pain to keep up on the maintenance of it. Awesome video

[@patrickcolahan7499]

The ingenuity of our forefathers never fails to amaze me. Mike, very nice precision equipment operating. Not a lot of work and so many opportunities for that to have gone wrong against what appears to be a historical building. At least the materials were historical and not something easily replaced. Great job guys. Thanks for sharing.

[@maximummarklee]

Suggestions for reuse: 1. Intimate summer swimmin’ hole 2. In-ground hot tub 3. Bear trap 4. Entrance to hell

[@andysukosd8177]

Great video, love watching.

[@jimmycurran5355]

Awesome job guys. That thing was pretty cool.

[@donduncan4047]

Excellent Mike!

[@jackiesiebrass3321]

Fantastic makeover..the was really a cool water tank...good ole days things were built to last..

[@jeremylayton1711]

That’s pretty cool seeing ole work like that never seen one b4

[@martineastburn3679]

Tie the electrical cord in a over and under under and over knot so it wont unplug if the cord is pulled. What a job.

[@leol1682]

Like the old cistern above ground .

[@Dwendele]

I'm impressed that only like 6 small clods of dirt made it all the way to the house while tearing off the cladding.

[@tracyeaves1084]

Great job to you and Matt

[@tomswindler64]

Different kind of video.never seen this type of water storage.gotta enjoy the job y’all having too much fun.keep it up 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@dennis2376]

Cool building. Thank you and have a good day.

[@jamesfoulger2098]

Archaeology - digging cool stuff from the past and seeing how it worked.

[@haydenuk02]

Brilliant work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

[@danielpullum1907]

That "Ruckus Rake" sure makes quick work and nice work.

[@oldschoolhoosier]

Awesome job. Interesting how it was made within the dirt and then using the dirt to protect it from freezing.

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

That was awesome thanks for sharing DP

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@hastingshayandtreefarm4402]

Loved the history, also I just as amazed at the craftsmanship as yall were very interesting.

[@TimothyKepner]

It may be gone but at least you have it on film and will be able to show people how it was put together. Nice job and great video. Thank You

[@DirtPerfect]

Exactly

[@patriot1182]

Nice job guys!

[@cripplecreeksawmill]

It's amazing what the old-timers did with just simple tools, time, and some determination!

[@paulprigge1209]

Happy Easter young man !

[@andrewwhitnet3557]

Great job,similar construction to underground ice houses used to store ice collected in winter.These are found on every country estate in UK like a massive brick egg.The top iis usually covered with a mound of earth.There is one about a mile away from me on the local estate.

[@stephanrobinson4050]

That was pretty cool to see thanks

[@donash3199]

Great Job, and Happy Easter. I agree, it would have been great to keep the above ground brick dome water taken. It would have been a fantastic conversation piece.

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Thanks good job

[@machinemoverman4614]

That was the first time I had saw a cistern like that one. Nice job, that rake does a really good job 👍

[@stevengunter2843]

Great job dirt man!

[@josephdriscoll8527]

Older generations skills at work with the cistern. the post with fence which I've done, its hard work by hand for sure. Nice change cleaning up for the new.

[@TheGingerGenius78]

That was pretty cool got to love the old timers ways that worked ? Nice work and interesting to see ! End result looked good too !

[@mikedobson2988]

You definitely left that yard looking 100% better. Nice job

[@engineco622]

I built one about 10 years ago. Used what was left of an old silo next to a bank barn. We lined the inside with brick, stoned the outside and installed water intakes and a discharge so the property owner could use it as a water supply for their gardens.

[@bobbydawson7706]

Don't see much like that anymore. Awesome video and I love how the 120 and operator or smooth as silk! Tell Matt that he done good 👍👌❤️❤️

[@zvonibab]

Happy Easter to you and yours!

[@edwardgaskin4245]

Very cool video Mike.

[@dansevern3291]

That was a pretty cool structure, just thinking about whoever built it standing inside it doing the work. Wow.

[@franksmith8184]

Nice cool stuff you find with demo.

[@tymz-r-achangin]

"Thats the wrong fence! What Are ya doing???" lol I can count the number of times I pulled that trick! Gotta love the look on their face when they think destroyed something good... ha-ha

[@francesstratton695]

That was awesome job!!👍👍😎✌️✌️

[@lkbrigg1]

neat old brick work, looks awesome great work.

[@mischef18]

Sad it had to go but nice job on it guys. Thanks for taking us along bro. Safe travels

[@TheBlueberry606]

Good job, I like it.

[@caseybhargraves3696]

Great job!!!

[@chadshidler8903]

That was really cool. I'm sure a lot of hard back breaking work went in to that. Great job.

[@OldVermontGuy]

Greetings from No VT - Way cool demo, definitely a work of art but demo was the right avenue. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindaleslie5634]

That was an interesting project to watch! Great find NYA millennial!

[@jamesalberts188]

pretty cool job . sunday Happy Easter from Prudenville Mich.

[@donlowe9125]

Excellent job

[@DirtPerfect]

Thank you!

[@heatherlane9270]

It's exactly what I thought it was - an underground well (by any other name). We had one at home, built c1900, as our only fresh water supply in the late 1940s. Made very much the same minus the clay and cement. It was one of us kids favourite places upon which to play, when Mum and Dad weren't watching. So pleased you enjoyed and was sad for this demo. Certainly cool - thanks for bringing back memories - loved it.

[@JCrook1028]

Cistern not well. Cistern just stores water from another source (like rain) where a well supplies it.

[@jaymepaxton797]

Mike (Dirt Perfect) & Matt (NYA M.)This was cool to watch, WE are glad it had got videoed to show everyone!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@kenmccall8051]

Happy Easter DP an family

[@joejohnson7097]

That was a neat structure it's amazing how old craftsmanship was done back in the days

[@george8873]

I got it right when you posted the pics on Instagram and you asked us what we thought it was. Guess a guy gets lucky every once and a while, lol.

[@joycefuller9177]

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@waltermattson1730]

Nice job and no damage done.

[@kevinkress5993]

One of your best!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@ernestcano2442]

That was a very cool sisturn , maybe you should get one for your place. Great job guys, you outdid yourself. Looked it had it never been before. 👍

[@morgansword]

Its all good now but my heart fell when I thought at first that they wanted the house torn down... I think I would of walked on that one... great comradery as usual and have come to depend on

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol no sir

[@macmurphy8327]

While landscaping a yard we found a similar cistern like that. It had a concrete lid on it flush with the ground. We dumped 50 tons of clean gravel in it to fill it up.

[@timothybrennan5767]

That was pretty neat

[@maxium4x4]

I never leave anything behind when working up against a home, you leave surprises for the next guy. Weirdest thing I removed is a septic tank mail ordered from Montgomery Ward all built with Red Wood.

[@SparkysGarage]

Very cool Mike! It's awesome to see the differences in warm weather engineering vs cold weather

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks buddy

[@andrewruble7706]

To coin an old phrase. They sure don't build em like they used to. That was a work of art DP. Thanks for sharing.

[@birdhunter2754]

They would put snails in to keep it clean. Had to inground water tanks on grandperents farm. All hand dug and bricklined.

[@Fatamus]

Thanks that was interesting.

[@busterbailey370]

That was very cool

[@CMDSR]

Great example of older technology. Those folks hand digging wells and cisterns were a brave lot. A couple of my ancestors died trying to dig a well that collapsed on them.

[@BG-vq9fd]

There used to be one of these cisterns next to a rode I used to use regularly. No secondary enclosure just the perfect brick dome. I always wondered how it was built. I do not recall seeing it the last time I went that way.

[@aconnelly9534]

beautiful craftmanship from a different time

[@jimwesselman]

Deja Vu , just did the same thing , neat ole’ cistern from the’20’s. Built same way, filled it with blacktop and put a new driveway on top. I think a whole was dug, brick went in and it was parged on inside and outside! The log cabin whether original or re-built was the old style from late 1800’s, the log’s are up right, used a lot less logs, faster , easier, cheaper to build! Thank you Mr DP and Matt for a tour a little history of Derby, In.!

[@edhammond8709]

Very interesting how they used to build. Nice job

[@robertruetting1482]

Fla checking in... once again great job... I did fill pain once again... " not on ya'll... but for the men who worked their tails off to make that piece art... Fla out...

[@kenthammarstrom8255]

hope who ever made it got good use of it. was a nice construction.

[@richardhedrick5601]

Great craftsman ship

[@roberthammond2637]

Great Intro, you two...!

[@jamesdiehl8690]

Concrete pond NYA! Just like the Clampetts!