Catching gutters to improve muddy yard

[@cammeatoes3244]

Thank you Sean and crew. I can finally breath a sigh of relief when it rains. cant wait to work with you all more in the future. FULL BUBBLE from here on out haha.

[@GCFD]

It was a pleasure working with you Cameron! I'm excited you're already seeing results. Let me know when things dry out and we can straighten out our mess!

[@CenterStarsChannel]

@@GCFD great job, and your editing skills are great if that is you.

[@Connection-Lost]

Breathe*

[@ryanawilson8549]

Gotta feel pretty good when the customer appreciates the job that much

[@piranhabadass1]

What a great homeowner to work with.

[@boaz2001]

A verbal testimonial to the good work you do. That is great advertising.

[@stevecockburn9764]

You guys are real pros !! Good on you . Honest and hardworking .

[@GCFD]

Thank you! This system is working very well for the customer!

[@mrtp1758]

From Cyprus. You are blessed to have green grass and water. We live in a desert. 2 weeks of green in January and that's it.

[@GCFD]

One extreme to another!

[@mrtp1758]

@@GCFD And unfortunately that seems to be true in most things today.

[@boaz2001]

There is nothing better that a testimonial from the homeowner! Shawn you should put any other videos from after the work is done on the tail end of your videos.

[@WanderingWheatley]

I've watched a bunch of your videos today and as an Australian I'm envious of all this water you keep piping into drains and creeks. My house has a 40000 litre tank under the patio and every drop of rain on my roof goes into that thing.

[@GCFD]

Same thing in Western North America. If we could find a way to transport our excess water to those areas it would be awesome.

[@ryanglaser5336]

Down here in South Florida, we don't want that water accumulating and dump it into the ocean or everglades as fast as we can.

[@cheongyei]

happy that the homeowner expressed such sincere appreciation.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@citrus1973]

Those old guys are hard workers.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@hwolf8]

Dear Mr Homeowner, you’re in good hands!

[@cammeatoes3244]

trust me i know Sean and his crew are top notch!

[@chrisparker8539]

Your videos are so satisfying. It's funny and fascinating that so many people enjoy watching you channel water!

[@GCFD]

I agree Chris. I'm still in shock and awe that my channel has grown so much. I've been trying to make better videos, because people are watching them. Thanks for watching!

[@luissantos-1972]

Hi from Portugal Congrats! I've been following you, probably for a month or so, and you had 2 or 3 K, now you surpass 7 K! That means that people see you as honest, hardworking and excellent with your customers! That's awesome Keep the good work

[@GCFD]

Thank you Luis! Thanks for watching!

[@peterocallaghan2033]

I have learned much from your videos.

[@michaelc.3812]

I live in VERY DRY Colorado, so systems like this are rarely necessary. But I love watching this Shawn (Sean or Shawn?), and enjoy your creative design, excellent work ethic, professionalism, and enthusiasm. Thank you!

[@GCFD]

I lived in CO for a few years and visit a couple times a year. I like fruita! Not much drainage work to be had on the Western Slope! Thanks for watching, - Shawn

[@OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink]

I don’t have any drainage problems, but after 20 of these vids, I’m imagining projects!

[@GCFD]

You are lucky you don't have any drainage problems!

[@AR-cp5dz]

Man, you have those drainage basins on so many jobs! Very lucky. I've never seen those in Northern Indiana.

[@xavierhenriques1116]

Nice work, Shawn and crew!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Xavier!

[@oldstock]

Hi there sir. I've been watching this channel for a few weeks now and am now subscribed. Interesting to note that even in the US there are developers and contractors (perhaps engineers too) who don't take surface water flow seriously. Good workmanship and very informative videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you for watching and commenting! - Shawn

[@camlendrim7609]

No 2 jobs are the same. You obviously like the problem solving challenges and are eager to consider to your crews ideas and experiences. 👌 That is one muddy yard !

[@GCFD]

Yes! I was talking to the homeowner about that too! It's a challenge to get everything correct on different jobs. I'm so lucky I have a great crew who cares about getting things correct. Thanks for commenting Cam!

[@tnt666tnt]

Great investment Cameron and nice place you have there.. good to see you taking care of that water. Hopefully a follow up video with the ground all cleaned up and raining.

[@GCFD]

Hey Chris! Thanks for commenting! Cameron is super pschyed about getting his yard under control!

[@cammeatoes3244]

thank you chris. and i would love to do a follow up when we are all done with seans help.

[@bryangreenway]

Great job again, nice touch to have the home owner do the ending. Still amazes me how much standing water you can get on some properties and the mayhem it causes

[@GCFD]

Thank you! That H.O. was super excited to get his yard fixed up and help us out. You'll be seeing more of him! Getting rid of that gutter water is the ticket to solving lots of flooding issues.

[@dannycottrell4387]

Happy customer good day.

[@tuomasholo]

I have to do a similar project on my property so I’ve been binge watching your videos. They’re very helpful to understand.

[@GCFD]

👍 Thank you!

[@Gerrit-Max]

Can't wait for the next video, seen them all now.

[@CR-ow2wp]

Great work with this property. This looked like an especially complex and tricky job, and it seemed to work really well in the end.

[@GCFD]

Yes the homeowner has been very happy with the results. Plus he wanted a bunch of other stuff that I said he didn't need. He appreciated me not wasting his money.

[@jennifers6435]

Just had my downspout water diverted far from my house..lucky to have a place downslope for it..a seasonal water supply for nature out back

[@GCFD]

Awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lorenzo42p]

that's some moist discharge, I like it. so I see you're in the business of lawn hydroponics

[@GCFD]

👍

[@kirkg97]

Love the channel cool videos 👍

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@garystanfill7806]

Love the videos

[@GCFD]

Thank you

[@tracyrain4941]

Great vid...loved the intros. Thought I was getting to grips with the names then you add in Fernando! Never noticed Fernando before! C'mon Shawn...help an auld lass oot, will ye! 🤭 It was so good to see a really psyched and happy customer who was so pleased with the work you did. Don't know if you've done any further work for him yet but it will be good to see if you do. 😊

[@GCFD]

Yes Fernando stays pretty busy so he doesn't have much time to work with us.

[@SlackerU]

You've got to get your logo on a drain-testing-ball for the next 'Ultimate Guide' video. It'd be great footage to successfully ball-test a never-cleaned 1000-day-old system. Something like a golf-ball would even allow us to hear any abrupt velocity changes.

[@GCFD]

I can't wait to make that video! Thanks for all your support Bob!

[@racerx009]

Just found your channel since it looks like a French drain will be needed in ny back yard....great vid(s). FYI: Near the end when the homeowner was filming the water flowing into the sewer and you hear a dog barking, i thought for 2 seconds the animal was in the sewer....lol.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@cammeatoes3244]

with my dog that would not be surprising haha

[@philip.aocallaghan4602]

Great video, wish you guys were in Ireland ...

[@GCFD]

👍

[@SamMaffs]

Not being from the US, I find it odd that rainwater drainage into either mains drainage or soakaway isn't a standard practice. Ditto the aluminium to PVC transition, I am surprised that someone hasn't designed a neater or aesthetically pleasing junction.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@jenkins9279]

What keeps small animals out of these catch basins?

[@GCFD]

Nothing really. There is no easy way in/out so they aren't suitable for shelter and there is no way to cache food or nesting materials, so animals are not attracted to them.

[@jimtalor7971]

Curious that this yard condition didn't call for a French drain/catch basin combo like in the other similar videos??

[@GCFD]

We had such little fall and point water sources that piping the gutters was by far the most effective. We could have installed a FD for the non-point water sources but I recommended against it to the HO due to low fall and huge extra expense.

[@gantmj]

20:13 That isn't another concrete drainage basin with the underground drainage pipe on the other side of the wood fence?

[@GCFD]

yes it is! We used that basin for part 2 of this job. See the description for part 2.

[@shimonshimon8373]

is that pipe big enough to carry all the water from all around the house during a rain storm?

[@GCFD]

It has been working extremely well for the home owner. 4" pipe with a full bubble of fall can really move some water.

[@bobjones4470]

All that clean rain water going down the drain. Would it be worth sinking a large tank to collect it, and then use the collected water for flushing toilets, supplying washing machines/dishwashers with a large pump. Not drinking water.. A lot of extra work, pipes ect. Maybe I have answered my own question. Keep the videos coming Shawn.

[@GCFD]

Hi Bob - Great question. We have so much rainfall here in NC that it's not worth it. We got 50" of rainfall last year and we have several larger rivers that dump freshwater directly into the ocean.

[@paullavoie8087]

What size pipe is that & what schedule pipe is it?

[@GCFD]

4" schedule 40 pipe.

[@maxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmax1]

Why do I find this so fascinating? o.O

[@IM-iw7wd]

Hey man, love your videos I have spot at the the end of on my front yard right by the street that shoots out water like geyser. I had the town look to see if it’s domestic water and they said it isn’t. Do you know what’s going on because I’ve never seen anything like it.

[@GCFD]

Dig it down and see if you can find anything. It could be a water leak or a sump pump discharge line that comes on every once in awhile?

[@IM-iw7wd]

@@GCFD I’m gonna have to dig it because I know for a fact there’s no sump pump there. It does stop during the summer when the floor is dry. Thank for the quick reply.

[@jakel3424]

IT lives there.

[@GCFD]

Haha now it's drowning in water!

[@joej.4170]

Sean where you finding your guys?

[@GCFD]

These are all guys I already knew, except ronald. He knew my other plumber corey.

[@joej.4170]

@@GCFD i find it hard to find guys who actually want to work. Most want to bitch and complain, or tell you how it should be done, or on their phones constantly. Lol

[@GCFD]

@@joej.4170 I’ve been lucky for sure!

[@joej.4170]

@@GCFD machines work the hardest!

[@randomdude3066]

Are you not using any primer before putting the cement on the PVC?

[@GCFD]

We use purple primer + clear cement -or- primer and glue in one (rain-r-shine).

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Ask the guy in Pink shirt to dig using trenching shovel with a foot in the trench . It will save his back long term . the weight of a person sort of settles the trench down too . I used to working on telecom pipe laying and H&S Rep

[@GCFD]

👍 That's mike. Mechanically Inclined Kinetically Energized.

[@jackprice6599]

One of those, where you think what was the point of catching the downspouts at all if you've not going to take it anywhere.

[@GCFD]

I see it all the time. Contractors install a "drainage system" but don't solve any problems.

[@KP-fz2gc]

I'm finding you as I search for a way to add a drainage solution to my newly built detached garage. There are gutters but no actual drainage system in place. I'm curious as to the sharpest angle you would use to catch all 4 downspouts into one pipe that can be run to the drainage ditch at the front of the property? Or is that maybe too much to do? Garage is 30×40 and downspouts are on right and left sides with 2 falling on the back of the building. Any tips are greatly appreciated!! Love how thorough you explain things!!

[@GCFD]

Base your decision on what will work the best. If that means you have to run two lines, bite the bullet and do it. Otherwise I would say 45s are the max elbow if you have the fall.

[@lauraruiz230]

How deep do you have to dig.Thanks

[@GCFD]

You have to dig deep enough so your pipe is sloping down hill so the water will flow

[@10tenman10]

What happens to the pipe in the winter when the ground freezes? Is there not a risk of expansion and cracking?

[@GCFD]

If the pipe is sloped correctly there is no water holding in it. The ground may heave up and down. But we don't have freezing temps here in NC.

[@gt0915]

It still dumb founds me as to why these houses are like this.....not plumbed properly and have so much surface water, no proper drainage.

[@GCFD]

I hear every day from customers that things are worse and worse. "It never used to be this bad" is something I hear often. We are feeling climate change here in the southeast.

[@harveylong5878]

drainage has always been an after thought. make things pretty inside, pricey roofing, siding manicured lawns blahblah

[@dishymcflatface]

Hi Shawn, do you have a merchandise store. I'd be interested in a few bits, maybe with some of your catchphrases like 'Full bubble' and 'And so....' etc.

[@GCFD]

No I don't have anything yet. I've had a few requests. My channel has recently grown and I'm still shocked that so many people are watching these drainage projects! Thank you!

[@pepaw]

What’s a job like this cost the home owner?

[@GCFD]

👍

[@jeepxj]

why not a wye at the connection by the pit? why the sanitee on its back?

[@GCFD]

You can do either. It really depends on the fall into the pipe.

[@jeepxj]

@@GCFD blah blah code says blah blah. doesnt the 45 let it flow together better increasing capacity upstream? but to fill 4" would be a hell of a storm.

[@rocky7gd]

What do you suggest to do in a freezing environnement in Canada ?

[@toddgolling5760]

gotta go under frostline.

[@rocky7gd]

@@toddgolling5760 the road is not below the frost line to disharge into

[@RHEC1776]

@@rocky7gd go under the frost line and then use a sump pump to feed it to the street

[@DocNo27]

Or just have a dry well with an overflow to the street. If it's below freezing you aren't going to get a high flow anyway until it warms up enough where the overflow won't freeze either. Sump pump is just another maintenance item - I would only put it in if it was absolutely required because you otherwise wouldn't have enough slope. Just put the bulk of the capacity you need to rely on for the dry well below the frost line (hopefully obviously)

[@GCFD]

Make sure your pipes are sloped so they don't hold water too.

[@jordanwashney2913]

as a former locator... that was hard to watch. dot it and then draw your lines to make it curve naturally

[@GCFD]

Thanks for the tip! We only needed to located it where were digging but we were just locating it around as well.

[@chrise9636]

Great video! Thanks. How do you recommend to hook the discharge pipe into the cement drainage basin without drilling? My county won’t allow us to drill into the sides. Thanks for any tips! Keep up the good work.

[@GCFD]

If you have fall you can just run it in on the surface. You could try asking again and mention that you'll patch it back with hydraulic cement.

[@chrise9636]

Gate City Foundation Drainage thanks. Actually the drain pipe from house gutters is in front of the cement catch basin (I have corrugated pipe coming from the ground and up into the basin. The cement catch basin is at the bottom of a hill so it catches the rain water coming down hill. But the corrugated pipe from the my gutters is running in front and of the basin. But my current situation works. Didn’t know if there was a better way. . Thanks again. .

[@JasonEgan]

There are some different thicknesses to SCH40 pipe - Can I use the thinner drainage/sewage 4" PVC? would that work? It's less expensive at HD by about $6/10ft section. I want to move the water away from my house and into a cache system. Thanks for your great videos! :)

[@GCFD]

That might be schedule 30 PVC. Can you crush it with your hand? If so, its schedule 30. My thoughts are your goal is not to "save money" with a drainage system. Your goal is to solve the flooding issues. So I throw in a good pipe before I cover it up. The schedule 30 does work very well but is thinner. I've used it on my own properties but I won't use it anymore. I gave away my remaining sticks...

[@mikeholubek4419]

Pay Now Or Pay L8r

[@JasonEgan]

@@GCFD thanks for the sound advice! Perfect! Appreciate what you're doing!

[@emiliojorge5794]

Love your vids

[@GCFD]

Thanks for watching Emilllo! - Shawn

[@rrjsc]

Its better to find underground cables using a pick axe to reduce cutting chances

[@GCFD]

👍

[@grapeice925]

So, what if you have a yard that continually (for the most part) slopes downward and there’s no drainage basin for storm water by the city because it’s an older area and the lowest part is at the back of the lot AND there’s another lot behind you that is owned by someone else that they want to preserve (woods only, no home) because there’s a river there that has a lot of history to the town? You can’t pump it all the way back up the lot and out to the street or the sewers (they won’t let you do it anyway), so where do you put the water without it always being a big soupy mess throughout the entire year? Because it’s relatively closer to the river and the water table is a bit higher, it would seem like a no-win situation. What would you do in that case? :)

[@GCFD]

Realistically there may not be anything you can do. Check the vegetation and see if there are any swamp species growing there. If there are you likely can't do anything and I would let it return to woods.

[@Happy32153]

Without those drain heads I would install a clean out fitting in multiple locations for this design.

[@GCFD]

Sometimes we do install cleanouts but there is enough space to fit a sewer jetter hose in at the gutter connection. I've never had a pipe clog up yet.

[@davidpalmerslawncare9130]

I came across your videos almost two weeks ago. Ironically I currently have a client that has issues with standing water in her backyard. I’ve tried to help her in finding a company with the equal knowledge and know how to solve her drainage issue. Unfortunately, for unknown reasons the few companies I’ve reached out to seem uninterested or lack the know how and throw out suggestions, as if they’re unsure of themselves. If I were to take a video and send it to you, would it be possible to provide any suggestions? Anything would help. Thank you for your time.

[@GCFD]

Yes you can do that David. 👍

[@jakeragusa2020]

What size PVC do you use?

[@old1234]

Looks like 4" for this job

[@DocNo27]

@@old1234 Yes - 4" smoothwall can carry quite a bit of water, especially if you have good slope to it.

[@GCFD]

They answered already! 4" sch 40.

[@jimanderson4495]

You changed his mud pit into a useable back yard. Good job.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! we will be back to smooth things out after the mud dries up so stay tuned!

[@cyndikarp3368]

Just rake the mud to grade the ground away from the house, apply grass seed & straw. This should help finishing for yard use & eliminate the holes. I have added some sand in areas to help dry out. You will be able to tell better what else needs to be done.

[@GCFD]

In our area it's about impossible to rake out the mud. This job took about 2x the labor with these conditions and the homeowner was good with me bringing a mini skid back to finish things off once dry. I'm excited that he's already seeing better conditions after 1 day of rain than he had for days and days after rain.

[@cyndikarp3368]

@@GCFD It is amazing how much proper drainage does. Dad made a special dirt & mud rake by cutting in half a six inch steel pipe 24-36" long, not too heavy. Welded a small pipe with 2 - 45* supports to the top of 6" half pipe. Put on a wood handle inside pipe with screws. If mud stuck, turn 90*, bonk off. Made a great mud, dirt or gravel half scoop level. You get two for the price of one. Works for a good scraper too. Could even attach a rubber to the top to make a squeegee on the flip side. It was a great tool for lots of uses. Fairly easy to make with the thin disc steel cutters & plasma cutters. Dad used a torch, grinder & welder.

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

17:33, by the end of the day, if your fingers aren't purple (or blue) ... you're not doing it right.

[@GCFD]

Hahah

[@MikeHarris1984]

I've never seen a drainage basin before... I noticed all your jobs conveniently have one near by. Is that common that area? Are they just tanks underground? Out here in Phoenix, all the storm drains tie into the city systems where there is a sewer line and a rain water line that is caught. Since water is a precious resource out here the city catches it all and flows it back into our canal systems for drinking water and sewer water is treated and re-sent as tap water.

[@GCFD]

Yes there are drainage basins everywhere. Most of the ones in my videos are installed by the developer when they build the neighborhood and these flow into creeks and surface waters. The sewer system is completely different and runs under the streets. Great comment!

[@CenterStarsChannel]

Nice editing Sean and music choice. Do you do your own editing? It is really top notch in my opinion 👌.

[@GCFD]

Yes I do my own editing. My channel has recently been growing and I've been trying to made these videos better and more entertaining. I'm gad you like this one! Thanks!

[@CenterStarsChannel]

@@GCFD yea it is fine.

[@Honda-wing5811]

Customer definitely doesn’t know about shooting video side to side so it’s nice and wine.

[@GCFD]

I forgot to mention it to him.

[@bobcharlie7982]

Im suprised your rainwater pipes are not connected to a stormwater system Im in the uk and all of my rainwater pipes are connected onto a public surface water drainage system If the runs were that shallow we would have to surround the pipe in concrete

[@GCFD]

Yes we connected the gutters to the drainage system that flows to the creek.

[@SimmanGodz]

What the hell. They just buried the fiber like that...? I work in IT and thats not how it should be done. It should be way deeper, in conduit, and properly marked.

[@GCFD]

Everyone does it this way around here. There are comm lines all over that are 1/2" deep.

[@georgefromdownthehall3334]

Yea, okay. Lots of things should be. They just lay it with a vibratory plow. A few inches below grade. Not even the underground power supply from the transformer is ran in conduit

[@sprintcarguy03]

Hello buddy

[@GCFD]

How's it going?

[@darter216]

That is some saturated ground

[@GCFD]

It was terrible! But we got the gutter water taken out of the equation and things are already impoving!

[@cocopublicnews6766]

It's just weird how your channeling storm water to the street or drain all the time is that legal or private comunity

[@GCFD]

It's fine here in my area. We had 50" of rain last year so serious rainfall. The streets are part of the stormwater system that delivers water to creeks and rivers.

[@juncusbufonius]

American building regs and house builders are not very good. Quite surprised they don't direct rain into the house cos they don't seem to give a crap.

[@GCFD]

Hey Rush, keep in mind you're seeing the worse examples on my channel. Customers have usually been through the other drainage systems by the time they call me out because they have serious issues.

[@nole8923]

Music is too loud.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@jeffgreen5408]

Sean my name is Jeffrey Greer I live in wi I would love to have a chance to come work with you.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@wendymorrison5803]

Is this the mushiest , muddiest, site you have worked on. So gooey and wet. The mini is better than the crew moving all that heavy soil, bad for your bodies.

[@GCFD]

Yes it was a mess! The problem is it never dried out with all that water landing with nowhere to go. So we got in and got it done and he's already seeing major results. Once things dry out we will be back over there to feather things out.

[@larryehrlich57]

Your customer needs to learn how to hold their phone to record in the "Widescreen" mode. To record in "Widescreen mode" you must hold your phone "Horizontal"...not vertical. Vertical = Tall & Skinny mode.

[@GCFD]

I'll let them know.

[@uktopcat]

I’ve been watching this channel and other US construction vids and I’m really surprised how poor the standard of construction is in the US. It’s like there are no standard practices or regulations. Even Sean who seems to be one of the better ones, didn’t use a back drop to discharge into that drainage basin. And the square rainwater down pipes just jammed into a round pipe. Just a poor standard of finish. No tile tape on that telecom or electrical cable, and only 4 inch deep, and not in any ducting. So poor.

[@GCFD]

The square pipes jammed into a round pipe is superior than sealing the system up. This is because my jetter hose and snake fit in the space if I ever need to access the pipe. If the top of the downspout ever clogs the pipe is still vented because of the square pipe jammed into a round pipe. There's a reason I wear a USA hat on many of my jobs.

[@uktopcat]

@@GCFD Thanks. Agreed, a sealed system always worries me but in the UK at least, removable rainwater pipe adapters or transition pieces are commonly used. They leave a smarter finish. Sorry, I don’t mean any offence. Love the content and wish you all the best.

[@girich5473]

Just one advice about you workers not masking up are at risk of developing a lung disease called pneumoconiosis because of their exposure to airborne respirable dust when cutting concrete. And not not masking up when opening and pouring that cement.

[@GCFD]

We usually use face shields and water when we cut.

[@larryehrlich57]

The reason the customers video is Tall & Skinny is because he held his phone in the "vertical" position...if he had held his phone in the "Horizontal" position, then we would be viewing this video in the "Widescreen" mode instead of the Tall and Shiny mode.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@SamCanada1]

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[@jacksimper5725]

Anyone else think what amoeba thought that laying fibre optic line without protection or wrap in warning tape was a good idea ? I presume whomever thought of it, got a 1st and a PHD from some university and pass with a distinction for stupidity

[@GCFD]

That's they do them around here. Just straight in the ground. Then in spring you get your lawn and fiber lines aerated.

[@TheIggypop1]

Too shallow need more pitch and depth shit will freeze and break

[@d.d.5633]

Dear customer: Please turn your phone sideways.

[@jayhartigan946]

Why oh why do people shoot video vertically? So dumb.

[@GCFD]

On some platforms it works better but not on youtube or TV!