Fixing some warehouse flooding issues

[@CharlieMonroe73]

long time no see...where ya been GCFD?

[@GCFD]

Hey Charlie! I've been super busy this summer

[@dbann9020]

@@GCFD Hope that means lots of videos to come?!

[@GCFD]

@@dbann9020 for sure!

[@josephj6521]

@@GCFDyesssssssss! I need huge doses of schedule 40!

[@saramcdonalds9038]

WHY DIDNT YOU PUT ME SOME GRAVEL IN THE HOLE BEFORE PUT THE PIPE IN I GUESS YOU THINK PVC PIPING AND PLENTY PLUMBING GLUE CAN SAVE THE WORLD AND HELP FEED THE HOMELESS I GUESS ​@@GCFD

[@vindictivetiger]

Good to see you again! Hope all is well with you and the team! You've been missed.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! Yes everything is going well. It's been a busy summer

[@muggins9389]

Hi Shawn, it's great to have you back, we all missed you. I know it's a lot of time, and work editing, and making these videos, but i speak on behalf of everyone when i say we really appreciate your hard work on these videos. Unlike any other creators on YT, your videos are very educational, you show solutions from all angles, you show possible solutions, and reasons for changing, you show mistakes, and you show unexpected problems, and how you solve them in the middle of the job. That is very important, and most other channels don't show that. Between the equipment maintenance, building, and fabricating your own equipment, the small jobs, and the huge jobs, we learn something new in every video, and i thank you for the dedication, and hard work. We also love your travel, and adventure videos (Megalodon teeth diving is on my bucket list) Another great job on this project, i look forward to all your videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! I'm scheduled to do a meg dive this coming friday and was wondering if I should take the camera...

[@rdman5465]

So refreshing to see the A team again. Great job as usual.

[@holmiumNZ]

Love these drainage vids, especially with the section at the end with the rain water flow. Very satisfying.

[@allanb9360]

Sean, I love the drainage work. Again, it’s reassuring to see good work done by the pros. You got a great crew there 👍👍

[@Cubik303]

Glad to see you’re back! We’ve all missed the crew!

[@GCFD]

Thank you! It's been a busy summer for sure

[@Losttoanyreason]

Glad to see you back and of course work takes precedence over videos. That said learned a lot from your videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@robertduffy5805]

Looks like they may need to regrade that swale to help with heavy rains. Welcome back.

[@steverusie6986]

Great job on this! It is nice to see some drainage only videos! All Good 👍!

[@oneiros1401]

He's back! Great stuff. Learning lots from our videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@kristianjovanovic6749]

"That thing was a changegamer" :D

[@GCFD]

Haha it really was

[@firstnamesurname1743]

Great video Shawn - even though it looked straight and down into that basin, it still had its fair share of complications.

[@jamesshaw3850]

Good to see you back shawn.

[@rickb3078]

Shawn is back!!! 🎉

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@watermouse9296]

Shawn - its about DAMN TIME we seen that custom flatbad in a video. sheeesh.

[@jamiemoodley]

Great to see you back 🎉

[@GCFD]

Thank you Jamie!

[@Edward-turtle]

Great job guys /top notch

[@GCFD]

Thank you Edward!

[@itiswhatitis-22]

Shawn another great video. Always like to see Ronald and Jeremy.

[@GlobalistJuice]

Great video of the installation process from start to finish.👍

[@littlebasher3959]

I was just thinking yesterday that it's been a while. Thank you!

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@robcampbell1298]

Learned a TON from this video! How the captured down spouts come into the main at an angle... totally makes sense now that I see it as it will enhance flow in the desired direction. But, I would have likely come in at 90°... you taught me that it wopuld be TOTALLY wrong! I so appreciate your content... welcome back!!!

[@JPaul60]

Great video as usual Shawn. Problem solving is one of your strong points. A lot of times these people marking buried lines are just guesstimating themselves. That happens in my neighborhood but I've taken pictures of the buried lines along my property and at the corner when they've come out to make repairs to the buried electric. The township just replaced the under street culvert pipe and nicked the electric then buried it and a few days later my neighbor lost all electric power and they had to dig it up again to repair it. As I mentioned before we need conscientious contractors like yourself here in PA.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Paul!

[@delawaretrashcancleaning]

"I had to widen the fence!" 😂 Thanks for dropping another video, great content as always.

[@GCFD]

Haha thank you! 👍

[@michaelmillsap952]

Great to see you back brother !!! Please keep up the good work and keep the videos coming !!!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Michael! I'm going to try and get caught up on videos

[@Oklahoman-in6ph]

Good to see the old man again. He's the Goat! I'm glad to see you all back. I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. Thanks Shawn.

[@robcampbell1298]

"I had to move the post..." LOL That Kubota is such a cool machine and it's great to see it run by a skilled operator. Thanks Shawn, as always!

[@tuesboomer1623]

Great video! Nice work. It's amazing how much retro-fitting is required to create effective drainage on structures that are not that old. The initial breakthrough into the end assembly ended up being near surgical. As for Spectrum, typical lazy hack job. They don't even come close to their stated depths on those types of repairs. We are in the upper midwest and they do the same thing here. Ask me how I know. I can only give them the limited benefit of the doubt if I assume they don't want to run into other lines. To this day I have a 15 year old photo from the second floor of their last 'repair' from the box to the house clearly showing the path so that it never happens again.

[@10lauset]

Good to see another of your videos and a full crew. Of course it's on a weekend and your suppliers are closed. The Fickle Finger of Fate rears its head again. Cheers from Edmonton Alberta.

[@burakkasapoglu4547]

awesome job, thank you for the video!

[@jdw2150]

Great camera angles and editing! The precast junction/storm drain cut in shots, well done. Ya'll are on your youtube game!.

[@GCFD]

Thank you and I agree! The problem is all that cool work takes time on the job and at the computer. I'm starting to get tired..

[@andrewjambo1]

​@@GCFDTime to hire an editor to put your videos together?

[@TorMelkson]

Thank you for the shout-out to the Winchester Mystery House.

[@Jetpac74]

Welcome back to the 3 Amigos - Shawn, Ronald and Jeremy - great to see you all back! Great solution and I fully appreciate your struggles with a complex 6” pipe install. I look forward to your next videos (Ronald is a character - he should do some more summarizing on the work - great content!)

[@drb996]

The boy's are back! ❤

[@jdw2150]

Good to see ya'll back! Great job Shawn/team! Good seeing Ronald, thoughtful competent worker, he's great.

[@GCFD]

Thank you!!

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

Really nice feature on the excavator. I had absolutely no idea that any of them could do that.

[@boaz2001]

I love watching your channel Sean, and there are a few reasons as to why. Despite what you may think I believe your industry is Service. My background is the service industry. When I experience service, I expect a few simple but necessary I guess I would call them actions should happen. First, you listen to the customer and you ask questions and again you listen. Active listening is simple basic. You need to know what the customer wants from you. You explain what you can do to alleviate the issues they are having. Then you can settle on cost. Second, you take action. Do the job and if problems arise you communicate those with the customer. When you job is complete, I know that you talk again with your customer. You let them know what was done. Finally, you return in the rain to show us the job you did is working as you have told the customer you would do was done. If not, you fix it. All of that is key to keep your customers happy and coming back as you have told us. To sum up Listening, working the project and if its not right make it right. To me that is the best customer service.

[@sku32956]

You need to get yourself a rock bar they got at Home Depot. You’ll love it when you’re putting pipe together or lifting pipe. It’s just a world of difference. I used to lay pipe in the 80s.

[@GCFD]

I'll check it out!

[@OhioBoneThugz]

We missed bro. Welcome back.

[@Dripfed]

Love watching the way you and team work together. Some real hard workers and lots of respect.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! This was a tough job and took 1.5 days.

[@elmerhenry1023]

Shawn what great guys you have working with you good help is hard to find

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@RM-yc7ov]

A new Sean video! My 4 year old and I are so excited 🎉 it’s fine we’ve been binge watching your old videos

[@dznutz3598]

Wow - Long time no see, glad to see you back and nothing happened to you. Maybe post from time to time in community or shorts if you have an extended break as some people do worry about you if we do not see you for a while.

[@GCFD]

That's a great idea!

[@rons3103]

Shawn, Nice work. P.S. Cowboy needs some safety glasses!

[@I_Am_Your_Problem]

Always a safety pussy somewhere. Pearls clenched and all.

[@AlfredoJr-gn8pp]

We are glad your posting new video, enjoy your videos

[@GCFD]

Thank you Alfredo!

[@SteveE293]

Good to see you back Shawn hope everyone is well your side of the pond, all the best Steve

[@GCFD]

Thank you Steve! All is well!

[@chinov9445]

Nice to see u back Shawn with the drainage videos 🎯🍺🫡

[@Oklahoman-in6ph]

Ohhhh! Thanks Shawn for your Hard work. You make it look so Easy!

[@mct8888]

Great work, great team, as always!

[@bryanviper]

Yay more videos! Hopefully you post some new videos regularly! Thanks

[@jschroedl]

Happy to see another video! Thank you for taking the time. We appreciate the effort you put into this. Just switched from patreon to joining the channel. Have a coffee on us every month. 🙂☕

[@lukelovell1055]

I just looked at your channel a few days ago to make sure I wasn’t missing anything because it’s been a while. Glad to see you guys are back. And busy!

[@bruno_pr]

Great video as always Shawn! I've missed watching the videos of you and the crew.

[@MooseTurder]

Great to see you guys again! Hope life has been treating you all well.

[@OLDMANDOM42.Dominic]

Thanks!! Good to see your doing it!! Just fit it in when you can. Cheers!

[@xxxxcookiesxxxx5590]

Nice to see you back.Great work you see how your fan club is missing you.

[@TomGriffith-l8f]

As always great work!

[@MrBobby781]

Nice job stranger. I always like when it’s the three of you working on the project. It’s like a well earled machine. What a DIFFERENCE working with the Six inch pipe. You work that little machine like a real pro. Great video and thanks always for the rain shots. Hope all is well……..Bobby

[@GCFD]

Thank you Bobby! All is well over here and I'm glad to get another video up for you

[@oldnstillworkin5709]

I’ve missed you guys. Thanks

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@dylantrinder1571]

Shawn, great to see you and the crew back, it’s been a while. Please ask Ronald to wear some eye protection too when he’s using the cutting disk and sledge hammer. Thanks. 😀

[@monsantofungaro5704]

Awesome job! Love how it turned out.

[@scottmcgowen8451]

You’re BACK!!! This must’ve been filmed before the summer. Hope all is well and summer projects are on the way. Your videos are a welcomed relief from a crazy world.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Scott! I did a few big projects over the summer but not a lot of drainage work.

[@peterwise9944]

Nice to see you

[@GCFD]

Thank you Peter!

[@Rubbernecker]

Excellent job!! Great to see a video from you again!!

[@CitiesInRetro]

Good to see new vids!

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

Well done guys great job 👏 love your videos

[@GCFD]

Thank you Anton!

[@jpummer1972]

Hey man, FYI, they do make slow cure PVC glue. For these large pipes it will give you some more open time ..

[@johnw7587]

Missed the videos glad to see you are still posting

[@GCFD]

👍👍 Thanks John

[@juliehoffman92]

Fantastic job

[@samtraynor2589]

great to see you back.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Sam!

[@mygardenofthings]

Great job! 😎👍 That puddle was a bit inconvenient at the end 😜😉

[@GCFD]

For sure!

[@hughkizer1510]

So glad you’re back. I missed your posts. Hopefully everything is going well for you.

[@GCFD]

Thanks! Yes everything is going well!

[@cliffpalermo]

Checked to make sure I was still subbed waiting for the video to drop. Look forward to watching later.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Cliff!

[@piranhabadass1]

Good to see you back!

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@skawtch]

Good to see a fresh post :)

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@wg8304]

I think you need a borescope for those downspout inlets. It’s always satisfying to see your work. And it’s crazy this was a two day job. Your excavator really made it efficient.

[@GCFD]

You think the borescope for during the rain footage? I have been looking into getting one. There are some good ones on amazon and Ridgid makes one too.

[@wg8304]

@@GCFD yes sir. And the car work you do too.

[@tucobenedicto109]

Nice, Remember Sunday is funday. Ronald seems like he knows a thing or two. If you have an obstacle remove it, that's what the military says!

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@matt08015]

glad to see a video it's been a while I have missed them and hope to see more soon

[@GCFD]

Thank you Matt! I'm hoping to get some videos rolling

[@wesley00042]

Spectrum does the same in Texas. They use a spade to make a 2 inch deep slit in the soil and just tuck the cable in.

[@josephj6521]

Man, do they not believe in conduit?

[@richb3307]

Would you consider buying or renting a small vacuum excavator to cope with utility lines and pipes?

[@Stratos53100]

Ahh there is another... Was just about to sent out the calvery after all the storms etc Hope all went well out there for that mess... Well its certainly safe to say That one is not going to go anywhere w the Jumbo application...+ 1 on the pizza Qty... ( you knew i would comment for that )... i kept looking up the street watching for traffic to not hit the tripod.. Cheers

[@GCFD]

Thank you! There was really no traffic since this was a business area and we were working over the weekend. 👍

[@jedisith25]

long time no see...where ya been GCFD?, He's back! Great stuff. Learning lots from our videos. as usual, We’ve all missed the crew!

[@GCFD]

Thank you! Yes it's been a busy summer!

[@73henny]

Good job. Really enjoyed this video. Would back filling the trench with stones to make a French drain have been a good idea to help move that ground water?

[@AdamMuhle]

You need Menards in your area! My local Menards has 10 of the 6" couplers in stock., 🙂

[@arsenicjones9125]

Instead of trying to jack hammer all the way thru that wall get the 16” hammer drill bit set from HF and put in the smallest bit. The small bit won’t have any trouble w the brick and you can then chase it w the wide blade to get the full size. By drilling the hole you create a space for the brick to chip out into reducing the forces required to make it break.

[@GCFD]

We do that with precast concrete and it works well 👍

[@kylenorris5391]

that was the worst part about lowes... never had what anyone needed in stock LOL

[@_TheDinoMaster]

Another great video! Keep it up :D

[@GCFD]

Thank you Dino!

[@daveray6335]

Hi Shawn. Love the video. I'm wondering if there is a reason why you don't heat the pipe when you are attempting to "tweak" it? Thanks.

[@waltradcliffe4482]

Love all your videos, I was wondering if the main you dug was a bit deeper you could run the pipe from the gutter in the top of the main then all the angles from the building would be adjustable and not depending on pipe fittings that are available

[@lukebrown2674]

Just wondering on a commercial job like this would you consider putting a locate wire on top of your pipe so future utility work could locate your pipes.

[@GCFD]

Yes we do use a locating wire on occasion.

[@SparkysGarage]

Hey! love the content. I'm surprised you didn't use that back fill dirt to create a swale right on top of the pipe with the extra dirt going against the building? Just food for thought for next time. Thanks for the vid!

[@GCFD]

I could have done that for sure. Great suggestion!

[@benjaminbumby1700]

I see the suggestion and it sounds good for most of the path, but it would put a swale with flowing water right through the gate in the fence - might not be out there walking in the wet too much but it might be a problem...

[@SparkysGarage]

@@benjaminbumby1700 Better under the gate than in the building!

[@donaldchappa9351]

There should be a clean out or catch basin at each junction.

[@mspeir]

I was beginning to think you sold the business and became a diving instructor in some exotic tropical locale!

[@2435rats]

I always wondered why you glue the risers? The piece that goes around the down spouts. I had to install several drains around my home like this, but I do not glue the risers. This allows me to slide them up over the down spout and stick my blower in the pipe to clear it out when necessary. Your thoughts?

[@GCFD]

I've had them leak before when we don't glue them. The water just dribbles through the joint.

[@williamdodd5113]

Shawn you should have covered that air con unit from the dust from the constitution.

[@sjokomelk]

So weird that the US utility doesn't include storm water. Here in Norway my house has three under ground water connections from the city - water, sewer and storm water. All my downspouts and catch basins connect to the public storm water. And this has been the standard since at least the 70s.

[@easton_F350]

Some do some don’t it depends if you want it

[@WingingItDIY]

Being the back of a commercial building why not just surface mount the pvc to the outside of the wall and then just bury it for that short run between the drainage basin and the end of the building. Probably would have been a significantly less expensive project for the client.

[@GCFD]

That definitely would have worked!

[@richieschmidt6225]

Far less chance of the drainage system getting damaged from mowers if it's underground. Also no UV degradation.

[@GaetanoCostanza]

Health safety eye protection. Flying concrete

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@old1234]

Do you have a Menards store in your area? They stock 6" PVC pipe and fittings in store.

[@GCFD]

Nope they don't come down this far south.

[@thomaswest1420]

Can the 6 inch pvc pipe handle all that water, did you run calculations.

[@GCFD]

I didn't calculate it but 6" can move a massive amount of water!

[@joeshmoe7789]

I was thinking the same. I thought an 8" pipe for the main run from the end(s) of the 4th and/or 3rd angled pipe to the sewer.