Haha the frogs were fresh and the baguettes were crispy with this one... love it
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
That’s what it’s all about legend!!
@Debigchudfugger Жыл бұрын
I came for the tutorial I stayed for the commentary. Your offsides there’s onto it mate. Days just started and she’s on smoko!
@lawndreams5952 Жыл бұрын
Haha mate!! You know it lol
@comeflyanddrivewithmeandut53262 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats an Aussie telling you how to do a job Simply the best. 👍👍👍👍
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks for watching mate 👍
@andrewcope7585 Жыл бұрын
Geez....just missed cutting through the lead on the grinder. Lucky man.....great job 👌
@Good_5592 жыл бұрын
I'm supposed to be working and your video has me procrastinating. Well done mate.
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Haha gold!! 🤌
@BonnyCroft2 жыл бұрын
Great job, we have just moved and tackling a back yard problem with this, but slowly with the help of some professionals we are getting to the bottom of it!
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Nice one great to hear!! Good luck with it
@LawnJourneys4 жыл бұрын
That was one serious undertaking. Impressed.
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot glad you liked it ✌🏻
@ericmccolough24823 жыл бұрын
Good video. Loved the jokes too. After digging and before the gravel, some put a non-woven geotextile fabric in the trench to permanently separate soil and gravel. Some even use the socked ag pipe too.
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate glad you liked it!! Thought about the geo textile French drain but took the lazy option lol
@1PricelessShot3 жыл бұрын
That saw blade is finished now nice work fun to watch
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
She’s cactus you reckon?! Cheers mate glad you liked it!!
@1PricelessShot3 жыл бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 Cactus 🤣
@TheLawnTools4 жыл бұрын
Nice work! That was a big job! I’m needing to figure out some drainage myself. 🤦♂️
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot man! I’m sure you’ve got a mechanical trencher in your shed somewhere 😆
@donslawns14 жыл бұрын
Well done bro!! 🤘🏼 you made light work with the beefy grinder. Also- great points for anyone looking to help their drainage situation. 😎
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Cheers main man!! Glad you liked it. Yep that grinder is a beast!
@danb70132 жыл бұрын
Legend.. thanks for the info. Will diy my storm water after this vid.
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Good luck mate
@MrSlavaoat Жыл бұрын
Well done with the job, please drop the music noise.
@jasonpapworth17562 жыл бұрын
Great video. Not all hero’s wear capes
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching legend
@rainman63394 жыл бұрын
Been hangin for new content from the great man, thanks for another ripper! Lovin the covid cut too 😆
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Haha mate it’s the business I’m tellin ya!! Glad you liked it mate 🤙🏽
@supasamoa12 жыл бұрын
27/2/2022 floods brisbane be watching you definitely 🌧⛈🌦
@phatho6834 жыл бұрын
Fresh cutz bro, looking good
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
😆😂🤣 cheers man 🤙🏽
@rainman63393 жыл бұрын
Well done lawn dreams, nice video!
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Cheers all time legendary status
@jon.bennett2 жыл бұрын
Don’t know why I watched that as I don’t have drainage issues, but that was an entertaining 14 minutes. I’m trying to work out where you are. Definitely not QLD or WA. Not Adelaide as you would be trying to bottle the water. I reckon Melbourne. I’ll have to watch some more vids. Cheers
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
In melbs mate! Thanks for taking a look, glad you enjoyed it!!
@RangaPirate3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah. Love the humour. P1ss funny, as well as informative.
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it 👍
@markkearns62314 жыл бұрын
Great job with the drain. What a shitty job! Having the pro concrete fella lend a hand would have been a welcome surprise! Hopefully you see the benefits from your labour!
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Cheers mark. Yeah was a fantastic surprise! The first beer I gave him was room temp accidentally however 😆 corrected that quickly with an icy one however
@Rusty_Gold853 жыл бұрын
" Dodgy Brothers " was a comedy send up of those really bad car adverts with Men with no sense of style . They become part of folk lore in the burbs
@garryn1232 жыл бұрын
Good job mate...inspirational! ;-)
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate ✌🏻 got there in the end
@camilledammasch36482 жыл бұрын
The customer probably felt sorry for you when he saw you ordered a truck for 0.05m3 of concrete that you could have mixed in a wheelbarrow, and saw you didn't have concrete tools 😆
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Work smarter not harder is my motto lol
@ryang29404 жыл бұрын
Good video!
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro glad you liked it! 👍
@anthonyb82083 жыл бұрын
That was great mate, nothin worse than soggy baguette and soft frog. Love the humour. All you concreters and plumbers take note. 🙄
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Truth brother!
@maicimyoshiki97154 жыл бұрын
Very nice video! I support you.😉🔔🔔
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps! Glad you liked it 👍👌🏼
@OilBaron100 Жыл бұрын
Why not wrap the gravel in geo-fabric, to prevent it getting filled with soil?
@traceystone87293 жыл бұрын
Delighted to have found this video. Love your sense of humor. Question, after the drain was that rock you placed on top and then the grass? Thank you.
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it Tracey! Yep was aggregate/rock on top of French drain 👍 the drain has copped a fair few tests and works a treat!
@joeshmoe77892 жыл бұрын
Where was the water coming from? I would've liked to see what was on the other side of the fence.
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Slightly elevated driveway mate
@raczyk Жыл бұрын
Is this required by law? I'm in toronto, canada. And want to install a garden bed against fence, do I need a drain system like you've installed to move water along the neighbours babckyard along?
@VgniK884 жыл бұрын
Tip for ya brah dig backwards n it’ll be a lot easier 😉
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks will give that a crack next time round! Hope your turf laying went well mate!
@scottred63133 жыл бұрын
Great vid mate. What was the go with the 4 wheeler?
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate. No idea! My guess is it’s a mapping vehicle or similar judging on the way it was kitted out. Or maybe a sheriffs office vehicle 😬
@freeman778811 ай бұрын
Ya mate always cut forward with the saw ya can see ya line clearly and ya less likely to fall on ya ass while holding a 9 inch...
@lawndreams595210 ай бұрын
Good call cheers brother
@freeman778810 ай бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 25 years metal fabricator site pressure welder and engineering....Always have the contact point of the blade 90 degrees to the direction of the grinder so if the blade catches it punched forward not up towards you and also when ya get good technique ya can aim the sparks as when ya get the sweet spot the grinder does all the work...
@Semaj.182723 жыл бұрын
Ur a funny knt lol .. mate don’t u have to have a high point snd a low point in the trench ? How did I manage to measure that . Wanna install around my house foundation on one side of the house and tap on the corner gutter storm pipe
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Hey man I had natural fall towards the street which seems to work well. I guess bog flat ground you may need to incorporate fall into the trench to get water moving?
@jasongiovanni95454 жыл бұрын
Hope you and fam are doing well in Melbourne mate ps when you have time make a new vid :D
@lawndreams59524 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! Got one in the oven, just got to finish the edit 👍
@TM-bp6pj2 жыл бұрын
How do you get the baguettes to round the corner?
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Plenty of butter
@aengusryan59482 жыл бұрын
how do you run a pipe under a footpath without digging up the path. I could do with running my drainage out to the stormwater outside.
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Hey mate I rammed a smaller dia PVC pipe through a larger, partially blocked ceramic pipe. A combo of high pressure garden hose and hand digging from either side under the path also works if no existing conduit (have done this for irrigation)
@aengusryan59482 жыл бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 ah, very wise. I'll give it a go someday
@mrollivetti2 жыл бұрын
Why do you use this flimsy crahable dounspout extension material instead of a strong, peforated pipe?!
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Was cheap and accessible 🤷🏼♂️
@josephj65212 жыл бұрын
Great work. 👍 Can you get some footage of it working during heavy rain? Would love to see it in action! Digging is very hard work! Have you installed the new gate?
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! Yeah it hammers out, will try link something in some time 👍
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Oh and gate is on hold man, got a few other things on the go. Thanks for watching! ✌🏻
@joeshmoe77892 жыл бұрын
You won't see anything during heavy rains. A drain like that attracts water already under the ground to dry the underneath. A drain like that does most of its work in the days after the rain.
@Rusty_Gold853 жыл бұрын
Also if cutting lawn use an axe to make lines
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@heatherrose36803 жыл бұрын
I am interested in the little black covering/sock for the French agi drain - what would be the continental name for that? le pantalon, per'aps?
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
I believe it’s either le stockage or resille 😆
@aussiegirl6542 жыл бұрын
With all the rain we have been getting here in Australia lately how did your drain go ,did it do the job?
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Yeah works a treat and ground drains perfectly. I’m a bit more south than where the terrible floods are happening at the moment however. Thanks for watching 👍
@snoopfobz3 жыл бұрын
Ag pipe does it need gravity flow or just level will do the trick ? Thanks man
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
Need a bit of fall/gravity and an outlet
@gigante872 жыл бұрын
How did you run the pvc under the footpath?
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Through the existing terracotta pipe. Took a bit of force as the terracotta wasn’t great. May have cracked some PVC in the process. Was a 3m length so had to trench back into the front yard to get it through
@omar85142 жыл бұрын
hi how's the install going/working without geo fab. just asking as everyone landscaping store trying to sell it to me thanks
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Hey mate yeah going fine a while on, fully patent, good flow/drainage, all good 👍 I remember the geo fab not being cheap
@omar85142 жыл бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 I'm just hearing the geo fab gets blocked over time and back to same issue
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
@@omar8514 yep I read the same also prior to commencing project
@omar85142 жыл бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 thanks mate for your reply
@cathyr11922 жыл бұрын
hah the gravel is probably ore effective tham the slotted pipe
@lawndreams59522 жыл бұрын
Probs!!
@danielevans8232 Жыл бұрын
Wrong wrong wrong!!!! As a plumber This makes me sick!!!
@lawndreams5952 Жыл бұрын
🤮😝
@p0k3r863 жыл бұрын
Cost?
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
About $350 from memory
@carolynm96383 жыл бұрын
You didn’t show how you hooked your new pipe into the old stormy at the letterbox...?? C’mon mate.
@lawndreams59523 жыл бұрын
It was a brutal, uncouth process that may have some involved some ramming and a hint of pipe fracture 😬
@carolynm96383 жыл бұрын
@@lawndreams5952 ah fair enough I need to get into my concrete stormwater drain . I’m starting to think sledge hammer is my only option 🙄