Moving gutter discharge from dry well to outfall

[@brendamayfuller8803]

"I got it from a scrap yard and fixed it." Always good to see old machinery brought back to life and put to work.

[@GCFD]

I was super excited to get that big saw working. It's a huge labor saver!

[@Stratos53100]

@@GCFD That was a slick paint job on that pipe, My father brought home a fairly big handheld (his friend owned a local pawn shop) when i was a kid, i rebuilt the carb & got it running & used it for a few more years, sold it for profit in a yard sale.... Something as big as that walk behind is a major find & certainly worth fixing as long as the rest of it can be salvaged etc etc.

[@borderprepper]

You've got yourself a good man there with Ronald, but I'm sure you already know that. Great work you guys do.

[@GCFD]

👍 I agree!

[@T12i99iN]

My favorite part of the video is when you go back to the customer's property and see the results from your work of art!

[@GCFD]

That's my favorite part too!

[@TarZan49]

I love seeing the results at the end. Good job. 👍

[@GCFD]

Same here! I love seeing the problem flowing away. 👍

[@zacksgaragedoorserviceandr1208]

Same

[@GCFD]

@@zacksgaragedoorserviceandr1208 thank you Zachary!

[@AbdicateDotNet]

I love how you take care of your customers and "getting all the trash picked up." Great work. It's funny, I had just finished all your videos and though, "I wonder when the next one is coming out" and there it was! Great work sir! 👍😎😷

[@GCFD]

Yes I make sure we get everything cleaned up. Nothing goes into the ditch to be covered with dirt and noting goes into the homeowner's trash can. 👍

[@SheenaRea]

"Three bubbles, Boss!" Just love watching these vids, plus I learn alot dealing with my own yard. Thanks Shawn!

[@GCFD]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@xavierhenriques1116]

We finally got some rain here in N.C...time for a GCFandD video upload! Thank you, Shawn Always enjoyable

[@GCFD]

Thank you Xavier, As always! - Shawn

[@michaelshepherd733]

Homeowner had good idea painting the pipe. A new option perhaps?......lol........I was wondering if it was going to be buried....great job as always

[@GCFD]

I have recommended painting the pipe before but never seen one painted. This homeowner is on top of his yard! 👍

[@Harry-zz2oh]

I found out when you paint the white PVC the UV light doesn't damage the pipe as much as when you leave it bare. I've seen large 24" water pipes which have been exposed for a long time start to blacken. For all the pipe I have exposed, outlets and garden watering points, I have now painted them with a spray plastic paint with a large amount of UVC resistant solids. Makes it look nice and it won't burn.

[@obviousness8113]

Shawn, it's very satisfying to see you going around SOLVING PROBLEMS. I see how you think creatively to address the issue. You do a great job for your clients.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Rich! I do enjoy the problem solving aspect. Often the homeowner or my helpers come up with great solutions too.

[@joeshmoe7789]

@@GCFD Talking it over and kicking around ideas is the best way for these kind of projects, especially where every job is different. Although homeowners aren't experts or knowledgeable about this kind of work, they know plenty to help guide the contractor towards the best solution. Experienced help makes the boss (Leader) look smarter.

[@ednaemode5762]

10:53 THAT TRANSITION WAS SO COOL!!

[@GCFD]

Haha, that was me placing the camera back into the case. It looks cool which is why I left it in. I'm glad you liked it! 👍

[@coenfilm]

Thank you Shawn. You do awesome work and bring peace of mind to people! Voraciously gobble up your new videos!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Coen! I've been trying to keep the quality high and keep 'em coming!

[@shanewhite499]

Another job well done. I can tell from watching all of your videos that you really take pride in what you do. Wish there was more contractors like you.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

"Three bubbles Boss" My mind jumped to Cool Hand Luke.

[@GCFD]

Haha

[@DavidJMann]

Love the fact you are using the gutter water to keep the Aco clean. Fantastic job as always! 👌🏻

[@GCFD]

👍

[@Happy32153]

Understated part of the job is these projects are hard work. If you have ever done them you know. Great idea putting drain slanted.

[@GCFD]

For sure! Having great help is the biggest part! 👍

[@jimanderson4495]

Shawn.... another great one. I love the before and after, especially with a hard rain after. Thanks for your time.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Jim!

[@jimanderson4495]

@@GCFD go to bed

[@Doodlebobtron]

This is my new favorite channel. Verry nice!

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@jimbeck6093]

Awesome! Love seeing your work in action!

[@GCFD]

👍

[@dougackerman4182]

Excellent video Shawn

[@GCFD]

Thank you Doug!

[@dylantrinder1571]

Great result Shawn. Nice job.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Dylan! 👍

[@AtomicQuotient]

Great idea painting the PVC brown to have it blend in ..

[@GCFD]

It also protects the pipe from UV 👍

[@hollandduck79]

from the Netherlands thanks for the video

[@GCFD]

👍

[@MrIcewing]

12:21 3 bubbles boss 🤣🤣 nice one

[@GCFD]

👍

[@anthonyfindlay466]

Another one in the bag keep them coming Shawn.

[@GCFD]

More coming soon! I spent all day chasing rain today.

[@Nokyai]

I was literally thinking of this exact setup that will send the water from one of my downspouts to a channel drain. But I wasn't sure if that would be a good idea. Your video just shows me that it will work! Thank you so much!

[@GCFD]

Make sure the inlet of the channel drain is flush with the pipe. This is the NDS 5" channel drain. The 4" is not suitable to send gutter water into.

[@Nokyai]

@@GCFD Thanks a lot for the tips!

[@matt08015]

i am glad to finely see a video from you a been looking every day a missed them

[@GCFD]

I know! I have ten videos that have been waiting patiently for rain footage. I spent all day chasing rain. Stay tuned!

[@matt08015]

@@GCFD i will be looking for them cant wait

[@tonydemetry5868]

my new favorite channel

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@david-breitenfeld]

If it is a drywell, the problem I see is it filling up with leaves and debris from the roof, clogging up the well. IF the terracotta pipe drains to the other side of the fence is tree roots growing in the pipe creating a clog and add the tree leaves and debris adding to that clog, (just like tree roots in tile sewer piping). This new piping is the best solution and brilliant idea to integrate a wider channel drain into the gutter drain to keep it clean. Good thinking.

[@GCFD]

There were too many unknowns with the terra cotta so that's one of the reasons we ran a new line.

[@jacknevitt7384]

A great solution! Great job!

[@GCFD]

👍 Thank you!

[@mikeholubek4419]

Nice job! H.O. did camo, good idea there too!

[@GCFD]

I like it.

[@joedoakes8307]

Excellent job , excellent results !

[@singhA1968]

excellent job .

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@steverusie6986]

Great solutions as always!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Steve!

[@gardenman3]

great idea to leave the basement drain

[@GCFD]

I just hate to kill a drain that is working..

[@tmmtmm]

8:20 for a moment there I thought he was going to say that is his cordless sledgehammer 😂

[@GCFD]

👍

[@finders-keepers1518]

Man I wish you could come to my house and solve our issue! How far do you travel to do Jobs? Lol. Nice work man I'm binging your vids now.

[@GCFD]

I travel around 30 mins for jobs, so triad area of Greensboro.

[@finders-keepers1518]

@@GCFD well I really enjoy your channel and you're a rare breed who takes pride in their work and is honest with customers. Being a bricklayer for 20+ years I see so much ugly work and people who don't care. Leaves a bad name for all us who do want to do it right.

[@1976Datsun]

Have you thought about taping the cut edge of the concrete before grouting to give a cleaner edge? You can't really blend the grout in to the old concrete. Might as well keep the old concrete clean.

[@GCFD]

No I had not thought about that but I like it! Thank you!

[@MrSuperBrite]

Will the spray paint be enough to protect that PVC pipe from UV radiation?

[@Harry-zz2oh]

I've painted almost all my exposed pipe and it does help a lot! I have a few pieces of waste pipe which have been exposed and now they are brittle and turning black. The pipe I painted is doing fine.

[@GCFD]

Yes the paint will protect it for sure. Especially on the horizontal sections. The vertical sections won't get as much sunlight.

[@ranger5721]

i live in the country and trying to learn how to do it in my yard because i flood easy

[@GCFD]

👍

[@dmmartin6389]

Are you worried about the bamboo eventually clogging the pipe output area?

[@GCFD]

Not really. The homeowner is on top of his yard!

[@chaddmitri3485]

Greensboro NC?

[@GCFD]

👍👍

[@abhizylo]

Yay new video

[@GCFD]

👍

[@vacationism]

nice job

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@johnlatvenas590]

I currently have that same channel drain, did that one have a 1.5 inch drain inside the channel drain and then drop into another pipe? That's what I have and when we get a lot of rain that small hole in the channel drain gets overwhelmed. Re-doing the back yard and getting ride of that channel and planning on replacing with something that you are using. Is that a 4 inch PVC at the exit, and how wide is that channel drain?

[@camlendrim7609]

Question Shawn….. my son plans to place small stones over channel drain at bottom of downsloped driveway to keep leaf debris from clogging channel slots. My guess is that you will advise to not do that and keep slots open and clear and be vigilant to blow debris from channel surface. Do I win the bet ? Thanks

[@GCFD]

I think it would be much easier to clean the grate itself instead of trying to get leaves out from among small stones. 👍

[@gordonmacqueen8694]

does that terra cotta pipe (9:05) go into the weeping tiles? I ask because up north that was a fairly normal practice about a hundred years ago. But it typically went into the city sewer, not a drywell.

[@GCFD]

Your guess is as good as mine here. All I know is the snake hit an end and during very heavy rains the drain backed up into the basement.

[@tucobenedicto109]

Brown spray paint or even camo they have. My channel drain concrete got hit at the end of the driveway by the snowplow. It's leaking at two joints but I think I can repair the concrete with the same blade as you used. It saves the dirt from riding into the woods. For the four inch bottom drain is there a strainer I can put in?

[@GCFD]

The problem with strainers is they get clogged.

[@10tenman10]

Lessons: good fall out of the channel drain. Run other lines when you're doing concrete work. Gutter drainage will wash debris from the channel drain.

[@GCFD]

👍 Great summary! Thank you 10Ten! - Shawn

[@joemason8970]

Got 3 bubbles....got me good

[@GCFD]

👍

[@2mustange]

Would you advise to fill a drain channel with pebble rock to avoid settlement and leaves getting stuck in there?

[@GCFD]

Nooo I like to keep the channel smooth so the debris washes out. Great question!

[@singhA1968]

For years, we keep the needless goods in the corners of the house. It is not good, it reduces the beauty of the house; batter to give some needed person and clean corner of the house.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@RyJones]

13k subscribers!

[@GCFD]

I know! I can't believe it! 👍

[@jamesahr2634]

Got your plywood problem Soledad look at a product called slattrax.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@abraham1513]

I’ll come back to this video when there are more comments

[@GCFD]

👍

[@MyCracker1234]

Did i hear you correctly, electric dog fence? what, when, why, who?

[@GCFD]

Yes it's called an Invisible Fence and they are popular around here for containing dogs.

[@doubleeranch169]

Finally... :)

[@GCFD]

I spent all day chasing rain. More videos coming!

[@peterhandelson1193]

Music with less narration is nice!

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@stephenc2296]

So many mistakes on this job. First, you never combine downspouts with ANY other drain. In a heavy rain the downspout will overload the NDS and the water will come out of the grate rather than go in. Second, the soil in your area is unstable so the little triangle of concrete WILL settle. If it settles in the back corner it will raise along the NDS and crack the mortar you put in. The pipe should have been routed around the concrete. Third, if you want an effective NDS you should have cut the concrete 12” wider and seated the NDS drain lower. Pitch the concrete so the water runs to the pipe rather than cascading over it. Hire someone that knows how to install drainage. I would have found the dry well and added to it or give it an overflow so it doesn’t overload.

[@GCFD]

Thanks for your input Stephen! I have done this a few times and I am just not seeing what you are stating will happen. We thought about finding the dry well but the homeowner didn't want to destroy his awesome yard. I should have mentioned that in the video.