FLOODED Home DAMAGED Laneways! Insulating And Replacing A Shallow Well Pump

In this video we are facing something that you wouldn't normally see in winter never mind JULY! I once off flash flood cause quite a bit of harm around the farm. We also get to work on our shallow well revival as we insulate and replace the main pump....
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[@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if]

You’re a man of many talents Adrian. Everything you do is an improvement which in turn makes your daily life easier and more efficient.

[@kris_shutler]

You took the words out of my mouth

[@paulwilliams3494]

No irony in that video Adrian............one half trying to get rid of water and the other trying to get it ! 🤣😉. One thing for sure we're gone without it, a mess and a job to put right but as you said fortunately it can all be fixed and everyone safe.

[@mandypaul7263]

Love your humour, poor old father hope he got over the shock of the flood . His garden above the wall looks very pretty .

[@ctplastering4536]

I have to say you are truly gifted with your hands Adrian any young farmer is lucky to get such great schooling on how to run a farm from your videos

[@padraigholmes587]

Devastating hope your parents are doing well after the whole ordeal. Great job on the pump house

[@shaneprior]

Some rain lad, hope you get the parents house sorted out, tidy bit of work on the well house, keep at her Lad!

[@gloriagavaneli9862]

Happy birthday to your dad ❤

[@Joe90V]

Be sure to plan for future floods, it's going to happen more frequently. Perhaps replace small areas of concrete outside Dad's house with gravel strips for soakaways, plus large cut off drain at the top of the yard to catch field runoff.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes any future work will be definitely to add more drains including the top of that laneway for sure

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Adrian as always 👌

[@PadraigRyan-l2p]

Tasty job on pump house. Chapeau

[@sandymcghee3328]

Adrian sorry to hear that your Mum @ Dad got flooded happy birthday to your dad hope he had a great day 👍👍👍👍

[@bobuncle8704]

Careful. That sheds now better built than my apartment. I may just emigrate and sneak in there.

[@tomgreene1843]

That's a nice unit and I like the insulation job.

[@teresabrewer2661]

Adrian you really are a fountain of knowledge. You seem to know so much and it's a good job you do because if you didn't it would cost you £1,000's & £1,000's. I hope your mum & dad's house gets sorted for them 🐄🐄🐄👍🐮🐮🐮

[@adrianbeamish4681]

Hi Adrian I used to be a fire and flood technician for insurance companies. Regarding your dad's house We would lift the wood floor Wet vac surplus water. Sanitize the surfaces Use a fan and dehumidifier across the floor for about a week and Use professional mould killer if any develops Good luck.

[@stephenscott4107]

Hello Adrian our thoughts are with your Mum and Dad, after fire the next worse thing to have is flooding and it’s consequences afterwards, I’m sure they really appreciate having you and your family on hand when they need it most, carry on with your good work. Well done.

[@vdub8567]

Great work Adrian 👏

[@B4rberblacksheep]

Christ, hope your parents aren't too shaken. It's so easy to forget how quickly water gathers and becomes a serious force as soon as the ground becomes sodden. For what it's worth in light of it, a happy birthday to your Father and here's to many more! And also as ever, I love show much you show us when doing these jobs. Reminds me of helping my Dad out when I was a kid

[@JohnSAgri]

You know how to do a tidy job Adrian 😎

[@ipfreely10001]

Im amazed at the skills you have mate! I was 100% bang on managing my cows, but electrica stuff, mecanical stuff like you do, no way. Good bloke you are!!!

[@andrewcarroll1390]

Nice job Adrian

[@banjoboy8802]

Adrian so sorry to hear your news about the flash flood especially so soon after celebrating your fathers birthday. Better late than never, should this happen again use the tires in the field to build a coffer dam to divert the water into the field so as not to fill the silage tank and erode the driveway further. As for the pumphouse I would suggest you insulate the roof space too.

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Oh goodness your poor parents, hope they are recovering from the flooding. I love what you are doing to create your own water supply, a decent filter with UV and it should be fine assuming tests come back clear of contamination.

[@traceyhacking7109]

Your talents are never-ending!! What happened to the 2 foot spider????

[@stefanovepi]

When I see all the projects you have going, my first reaction is to come and help. While I'm a fit 74 years old, you're a good 1,500 miles away. A bit of a commute. I do enjoy sharing your life, though.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Ah sure as my father says “ a busy mind is a healthy one “ 😉👍 thanks lad

[@jimgrimes818]

Adrian job well done, hope your Parents are ok now. You brought back memories for me when you took out the old pump, i'm nearly sure it is an old Waterpak. The pump unit was German made a Company Loewe. There was hundreds of them sold through out Ireland. Cavan and Monaghan would have been the largest users because the water source were nearly all shallow wells. Killashandra Co Op and Bailieborough would have been the largest suppliers.

[@kristacronin3358]

You must have had a bunch of rain on Saturday when we were in Dublin. I had to drive through flooded streets to get to the airport.

[@randybutler4772]

Well this is horrible flooding. Too bad it had to follow such a nice birthday celebration for your Dad. Farming must be the most difficult job. So many variables. Hoping the best for you and your family. Thank you for sharing.🐄

[@arlenegariepy8957]

Mother nature sometimes can make or break your day and all you can do is what you can with what you got. The money spent on your well will be money well spent and not regretted that's for sure. You put alot of work into it Adrian and it will be there when you need it. Your kids will know what to do when weather hits it teaches them to always be alert. I am glad everything turned out. :) :)

[@Aaronmurray9600]

Adrian try wattersons surface dressing for the lane 👍

[@zanneBC]

As long as you and yours are well all else is repairable. Thoughts are with you and your family. 🇨🇦👀🙏

[@roberthiggins6401]

It's amazing what water does in a short time. I hope you're parents are OK and their house drys out quickly. The road is a mess too.

[@shamrock4500]

A typical farmer, jacks of all trades.

[@kieranmcgroary5426]

Well Adrian, weather not good, ground very wet, you are a man of many trades, chat soon kieran from Laghey donegal town

[@stephenkelly2067]

Sorry to.see these problems and way you chat about about it you are a true gentleman

[@roomullan3050]

Your very clever and you always do jobs properly. Glad your all ok after the flood. Another interesting day on the farm

[@raymondconnolly1435]

Well done great video keep it going

[@liammcelhone5572]

Take a camping chair and a few beers down to that well house and you could be right and comfy with it insulated 😂

[@paulineheaney6945]

You can turn your hand to anything Adrian . Too bad bout ur Dads house getting flooded. Neither of you needed that extra work. Hope you got the silage cut, brutal weather everywhere. Take care, God Bless, Pauline, Omagh

[@SleepyCatCottage]

Gosh, you and your family have had quite a mess with water. Hope you can get all the problems sorted. Knowing how skilled you are with so many things I don't doubt you will have things ship shape very soon. Best of luck. Thinking of you and your parents especially. Best regards from Susan in North Carolina USA.

[@georgiaannbicknell6129]

Adrian, I am so sorry to hear about your flooding. I am at University of Florida today and was watching their channel when a report came on about “slick” dairy cattle that are more resistant to heat because they naturally have less hair on their top lines like you shave your cattle to assist with their heat management. These are dairy cattle. I saw that you used the sand bags from the silage area. Good thinking 😊. Can’t believe what happened to the road. Thank you for sharing. Georgia

[@richardleigh1762]

Another tidy job in the pump house Adrian , good to see you got on top of the water downpoor .

[@paulmccabe9117]

Hi Adrian Hope your parents are doing ok now after such a stressful time…(if you need any help in putting down new flooring for them, just give me a shout).. more hands will get it done quicker and less upset… I’d put insulation on the floor too..(it’ll help on reducing the noise off the pump..)

[@bobbybrownshoes]

Sorry to hear of the flooding, our weather is harse yet wonderful in its own way. Hope your parents are well.

[@willyfindlay4398]

I feel for your parents. My parents were out of their house after their Oil cooker fuel filter sprung a leak and the oil leaked under the floor. The works to sort that took 7 months to complete. Now safely back. Wishing your parents a quicker sort than mine . Good luck and a speedy dry out to them.

[@Mark-lz8yv]

Good choice on pump great job on pump house

[@Gearoid35]

Good video Adrian, what a horrible experience for your parents, these weather extremes are scary especially in July, nice job insulating the pump house the new pump won't last as long as the old one

[@TheKjmag]

Sorry to hear about the flash flood Adrian. Hope your parents are doing well and all can be repaired. Watterson Surfacing might be able to do the drive if the council doesn’t work out.

[@patriciamccormack7626Teashee]

Adrian, so sorry to hear about the flooding 😮 sending big hugs to your parents ❤ Your wee pump house is coming along nicely 👍❤️

[@OrganMusicYT]

Pleased that your parents are doing alright. All those weeks through June we were hoping for a drop of rain here in Ayrshire and we didn't get jigger all, and it's done nothing but rain now all of July!

[@drdulas5055]

Adrian our hearts and prayers for you and your family from the USA with the flooding. I do not think you need insulation on the floor..

[@thomasjones3946]

Hope you're parents are well i know exactly what's it's like been there it's not good all the best to you all👍👍

[@tomvalentine9985]

Sorry to see what you've been up against with the flooding Adrian. Best of luck with the clean up great job on the pump house.

[@jimconnolly3572]

We use those well pumps and found the insulation around them to be a waste of time by itself, we use an infrared light on a thermostat as well now and is a good job

[@donalfinn4205]

Well done!☘️👍

[@cwestwater]

Hudson is the best helper!

[@tessaelvan5149]

Hope its all drying out ok for your parents, more unexpected work. ( ah what life throws at us ) pump house looking great. thank you

[@everestyeti]

Oh no that's all your parents need, what with his recent hospitalisation as well, please pass on best wishes. Like what your doing with the pump house, if it was me I would insulate the floor as well, it would certainly help stopping it freezing. 👍🤗

[@Dermot501]

Sorry for your troubles Adrian,that happened to me last year in a sudden downpour🙄Congratulations on reaching 90,000 subscribers,keep up the great work🚜🐄👍

[@Foxy3437]

Hi Aidrian sorry to hear of the flooding the shock of seeing it arrive into the house must be terrible. As you say fixable so not the worst . Two thoughts firstly where the water from field and laneway turned into the yard over silagepit I'd suggest a shallow "dip " ( gridded drain ? ) to catch and redirect water back out to field side of lane down to farmyard. Secondly the damage to entrance lane . If council did it before you might be eligible to do it again if it serves more than one household. I think it's called "Community Improvement Scheme " you have to contribute 10% of cost . Application form down here in Tipperary have to be in by Tues 5pm so enquire in morning and get your name in anyway you can always withdraw later .

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes more drains will be needed, the top of that laneway also. Gonna get on to the council this week, might get away with just patching it up for now

[@nanachick05]

I wouldn’t think the floor would need insulation as it’s on the ground and the earth will keep it warm. So sorry about your parent’s home, so hard for them at their age to go through that. My prayers for them.

[@gregmooney7363]

Great vlog Adrian, sorry to hear of your parents misadventure and the road lifting. You never think it would happen to you. I live on a hill too and often joked that I won't be flooded anyway (Kildare would have to be submerged first) makes you think what a flash flood can do. On the pump house electrics, I'd use an RCD socket out there in the pump house for your own protection. All the best.

[@brendano2106]

Fantastic job as usual Adrian👍 can I just recommend a dimplex cold watcher for the pump house there about a 100€ we often put them in attics. They come on when u set them to a temperature keeps pipe work and such from freezing saves a lot of hassle for the once or twice a year the turn on 👍

Same exact thing happened to me July 30th 2019. Hottest day of the year. Flash flood, into the flat 3 inches deep. Then ten minutes later the sun splitting the stones.

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Flooding is horrible. Hope your parents are doing okay. I enjoyed the pump installation and pump house retrofit. Hope the weather cooperates with your haying.👍👍😊

[@josephfox1048]

scothouse quarries lad fierce sound to deal with

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Insulate floor and ply sheet over the top, 50 watt bar heater with a frost stat 👍

[@johnhyde8892]

In my pump house, I just have a micron filter it's a easy change. If you have people like using your water for like a camp site or something like that you need a ultraviolet type so I am informed.

[@Alan-rn5ip]

Great work adrian. When you cooling your dogs try to just put their paws in cool water. Putting cold water on them can cause them to get a chill. Not good for them when they getting on in years

[@suzieq2958]

What a terrible shock for your folks!! Thank goodness they have you so close. You're so brave vacuuming the shed Adrian! Pity I don't live closer, I would've done that for you 😉, I love having spiders in our house cos it keeps the flies away

[@TB-nh4dg]

Would love to see a parody of Adrian in his own voice doing the Liam Neeson monologue from the film Taken about his particular set of skill honed and perfected over many years 😂. Very impressive display Adrian, hope all is well with you and yours. TB 👍🏻

[@Murphycats]

You do such incredibly good work and neatly as well. Hope you don't have more flooding and that your parents are over the shock.

[@alanb9337]

I have seen on a 'flood house,' a waterproof panel on the entrance door frame that restricts the water from getting into the house. The internal wall claddings are also often removed for a flooded house. How much wall cladding depends on the height of the flood. Use dehumidifiers etc to dry out the house before the winter.

[@nightsong28540]

If it was me, I'd put insulation on the floor, as if and when the heater turns on the floor, isn't cold, and making the heater work extra. Button it up with all the insulation that you can, door and roof when you get them done. So sorry about the flash flood and hope your parents are fine. Take care, be careful, take it easy and keep dry and cool.

[@james6609]

hello adrian sorry to see the flood damage for filtering we use gulp water filters in galway we have council water and the gulp filter makes it taste perfect no taste of chlorine from the filtered water it does cost a €15 euro subscription per moth plus the purchase of the system but it is worth it to have clean drinking water but if your spring is good you may not need it filtered regards james

[@emmettmurtagh2089]

Jaysus some rain. Fair play to ya your a credit.. if your stuck for a few pound o no a lad would give ya a start on Monday 🤣🤣🤣

[@ciaranconeely8579]

Comment for the algorithm to help the channel 👍👍👍.

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Adrian. Water can be a big problem, either way too much or a drought. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼

[@smalldairyfarmer]

Ya this year weather is challenging last think you want water in your home

[@jasoni3281]

Happy belated bday to the old man devasting are the floods were well used to em here in the Calder valley England it might help putting a few turn byes in the lane to stop it washing away but at end of day when it comes down so fast and hard there's not really much you can do we had millions spent on flood defence but it still floods here maybe put a flood gate in front door to stop any repeat of it getting house keep smiling cracking vid yet again keep up the good work

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

My Father was a great one for building things with whatever was lying around. I would really struggle to think of anything he built where he actually went out and bought new.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

It done the job Michael, that’s all that matters

[@richardbaker22]

Great video

[@cheekymonkey666]

looks like you need a V cut into the track, a new tarmac lane will cost a lot, we paid £72 per square meter, for a 40x2 meter long drive £2880 not including labour... we also had to have the base layer removed and gravel put back, so while they did that we had a proper land drain put in the center with electrics as well for the new street lamps we bought at the antique center, if you do re-do the drive you might as well go all the way and get a good drain put in aswell.

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes definitely adding and large drain across the top to help prevent that happening again, there used to be a nice camber on the surface where all water would run to the sides but heavy vehicles have reversed that over the years.

[@brigid6609]

So sorry for your parents. Hope their floors will be repaired soon 🙏🏼

[@gloriagavaneli9862]

Adrian I think you have a computer attached to your brain. All the ideas you gave lol ❤

[@johnhyde8892]

In my pump house, there was just a electric light bulb hanging down in case of frost.

[@forexguy]

Happy birthday to your Dad. Mother nature can be powerfully destructive! Sorry for your troubles with the flood damage. A great quote I oft' think of; "When did Noah build the Ark? Before the flood, before the flood!" A good reminder for us all. Great attention to detail as always, the pump house looks great. You make it look easy! Hopefully one of your viewers will know of some infrastructure shekel assistance available to re-surface your driveway. I dare you to start 'Cavan Spring Water' (Uisce an Chabháin). You'll definitely get some shekels to start that. There is a young Micro-biology student in your area chomping at the opportunity to go into business with you. That's all the expertise you'd need. Why not?

[@tazmeadows2925]

You need some gold fish to go with the pond mite be an idea to hire a bilding dryer/dehumidifier

[@brendanwhite9799]

Once mam and dad are OK 👍 that is the main thing can't have been easy on them at that age everything else will sort it's self soon . Tell mam and dad we are thinking of them a this troublesome times God bless and keep up the good work stay safe keep th head above wather😅

[@1ninjatiger]

What hard workers you and your family are. Hope all sorted in Mum and Dads house very soon 👍🏻 Beautiful dogs..I have three Shetland Sheepdogs and one of mine looks just like your rough collie (only half the size lol) Best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidyoung4830]

Hi Adrian, Sorry to see the flood damage, devastating for you and your family and your parents who work so hard to have your home right and to be damaged like such. Look it can be fixed. On your pump house do insluate the floor . I fully done mine also insulation the roof and door. Frost can get in at any point , the secert with frost guards is when Temperature drops and frost guard kicks in it will hold the Temperature high anyway to prevent frost damage to the pump. If poorly insluated and a say infrared heat lamp be used with Temperature on a cold night , The blub can blow out with on/ off temperatures reading of the sensor. With insulation go big or go home!!!!. An air vent too is needed, also the floor I put down insulation and cow cubicle mat to protect, even a bit of stock board sheeting would do. You have a great job done, but be pity to come up short if a very cold frosty night with Temperature s like seen in christmas of 2010 of - 18 degrees or cold weather spells not as bad as that time, but close enough to do damage

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’ll never forget that Christmas David, that was some torture

[@kevingovier5090]

Well! Adrian hope you’re parents are over the worst now, it’s horrible and frustrating to see water coming in your house, good to see Bailey and Hudson out keeping eyes on you 🤪 as for insulation around pump room for the well, just as well insulate the floor and ceiling, will keep electricity bills down for heating, oh the ceiling you can buy foil with insulation sandwich between, very effective and only about 6/10mm thick, anyway hope rain holds off till you get silage finished 🍺

[@steveharte910]

If you are using 1". Pipe going out of the pump use 1"1/4 from the well, even if the fitting on the pump is 1" get a brass connection to suit. The difference between 1&11/4 on the foot valve is serious, and it makes life easier for the pump not to mind the flow. Wash the well walls it'll be right for a lifetime.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Well, that was a good one 👍🏻 flooding is never fun.. nature is a powerful thing at times.. glad you're doing your well work as I a similar job coming up but it's around 40 - 50 ft deep 😮. You can buy water treatment tablets to drop into your well once you have cleaned it obviously 😊 and leave for a while.. can't mind the name but we have used used them on water storage tanks in the past. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@IFarmWeFarm]

I’ll look that up Ian, thanks for the info lad

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I’m so sorry your parents home flooded. Water was 4 feet deep in my basement once. I lost the furnace, all the ductwork, the water heater and a huge amount of family keepsakes. So I understand how upsetting it is for your parents. Thankfully, I had flood insurance that paid to replace the expensive things. Hopefully, your parents did too. If they did, the insurance might repair the lumps in your driveway. I like your little well house redo. I wouldn’t insulate the floor, but I would insulate the ceiling. It’s been 96 and 98 degrees here this last few days. Google says that’s 36.667 Celsius. The humidity was 91% here. I live in Nashville Tennessee, USA. I hope your weather cools off and dries up a bit. It looks like you’ve had enough rain for a month or two.❤️🤗🐝

[@simulatoryoutuber935]

Happy birthday to your dad

[@markhetherton9959]

Good video 👍👌

[@scottfoster2487]

Time to do some serios redisgn ofthe farms drainage program. You sure have a good attitude considering the stress of having a unexspected diaster on your hands.

[@patrickwatterson9836]

Hi try Watterson surfacing in monaghan they will help you out

[@AlexMcDonnell]

Adrian, I would highly recommend Garrett in Ardee Asphalt, his work is very professional. He would gladly offer some advice and price.

[@johnhayes4110]

Hi Adrian. Really sorry about the flood, check with your County Council first before you go the contractor route reg Rd you might be lucky if they made it before,there should be no reason why they wouldn't do it again talk to the area engineer, I think you should insulate the floor of pump house,, may put a few inches of concrete on the insulation in case of water damage you have made a fantastic job of pump house 🏠😊

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Yes going to get on to the council this week, might be able to get some patch work done just to leave it easier to travel on for a while