Redirecting a clogged culvert

[@smokestopper41]

As someone who knows Shawn personally, I can tell you his videos are real and he edits very little. I’m one of the guys in his gutter install videos and he films honestly! If it works, it works, if not he goes to plan B. So many guys cut and edit for a perfect story but Shawn will show you both sides, he’s generally correct on what he does but if he makes a mistake, he’ll own it and explain why he changed directions. However, he’ll always side with what’s right for the customer and do what’s best for them and not the job, There aren’t many folks that are willing to do that on KZbin but Gate City will! Shawn is truly a Jack Of All Trades and a super good guy.

[@GCFD]

Wow thank you! I'm sorry I missed you Friday but the brown gutters look great! The customer was raving about your custom angles at the driveway downspouts. 👍👍

[@TomIslav-o7l]

How much for you to come to Australia and do my gutters? 😊

[@AlexOliveira777]

For sure we want another video. We all love colvert content.

[@t8ne]

Came here to say the same

[@camlendrim7609]

I personally like any and all topics from Shawn and Gate City Foundation and Drainage as the presentations are educational and the standards are high. 👌

[@KaiHenningsen]

Especially if water is involved, though even rebuilding a truck is watchable.

[@geraldblackburn4883]

Agree, learn stuff.

[@vindictivetiger]

Of course we'd like to tag along. That water discharge was impressive... that lot would have been a lake.

[@ireneabbott]

I would like to see part 2. One day I would love my property done.

[@michaelvanos1423]

the culvert jobs.. before, during, and after... are awesome. Love to learn and see how the fix makes a difference

[@GCFD]

Thank you! I'm glad I filmed this one!

[@DFT12394]

I would like to see further culvert work, but I'd watch anything you choose. Your videos are always educational and entertaining.

[@GCFD]

Thank you! That's what I am going for with my content. No fluff or babbling on.

[@kentasp1988]

I would love to see the fix on that last outflow that you found after the heavy rain. ☔️

[@joshg1244]

Yes love to see more work from this job!

[@watermouse9296]

If its redirecting water - YES we want to see it

[@timanderson5457]

Miss your videos!

[@coenfilm]

Yes more videos!! Always enjoy when you solve water problems. And other misc projects! You are one of my main KZbinrs to watch first!

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Great job Shawn, be good watching you divert the other culvert

[@gaynellewilliamson2954]

Enjoyed the video, I like to see local cities get drainage improvements please continue to share!!!

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@racerx009]

​@@GCFD.... oh yes, more videos on the other culverts. 👍

[@ruthstory2277]

Great job Shawn!! I would like to see all the culvert work on this job. We always learn something, you are the best!!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Ruth!

[@steverusie6986]

I like all of your videos. This one had you using your larger equipment than most of your jobs. Great evaluation on this one and a great job on the fix. All Good 👍!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Steve! This was been a big job and I could have used even bigger equipment but I use what I have. 👍

[@JP-pk6sc]

It's been a month Shawn, we need another video!

[@muggins9389]

YES PLEASE!! we Love ALL your videos, your work is very interesting, and educational, regardless of the type of work. Please keep em coming!

[@dagordon1150]

Great job Shawn, yes id like to see more of this project please ! The way you solve these drainage problems are interesting ! Im looking forward to seeing more of this project ! Thanks for your content ! Doug in Pennsylvania !!

[@GCFD]

Thank you Doug! I was just in PA picking up a machine. was in Martinsburg.

[@malcolmschenot6352]

Wow that rain footage was a spectacle! Great timing, and you were able to identify more lost culverts draining into that new area. You may wind up with more diversion drainage so I'd be interested in seeing that. That parking lot is a big project; maybe you can film the drainage problems and solutions associated with it and give an occasional overview of the entire project just to orient the small projects to the larger one. You could title it "drainage problem solving on a large parking lot installation".

[@PrograError]

At some point, they might as well do up a general site map with all the culvert locations to keep that from keep happening in the future...

[@macguy9]

Wow! That was a wicked storm! All that water just taken out of the equation, good job!

[@timothystevenhoward]

this is cool. I get involved in these types of drainage issues as a hydraulic engineer and I love to solve drainage problems. it is very rewarding to see a problem fixed.

[@mark111943]

There is something so satisfying with those after shots! I never expected that amount of water.💦

[@GCFD]

I know Mark! I was out smoothing the pad and my phone started going off with flood warnings. I'm glad I caught it with that crazy water.

[@YTMO94]

Yes, do both involving this job! It's really cool to see you work :D

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@mtkicksass7000]

Yes another installment of this job. Love the culvert content plus rain afterwards that was quite a bit of water on this one!

[@Jeff-ik3hn]

I would definitely watch another culvert video! This was really interesting!

[@anlemeinthegame1637]

Great job by Shawn and Sean (spelling?). I would love to see a video about the other culvert + maybe a brief description of the big parking area project, if it doesn't deserve it's own video.

[@chrishelms1967]

You have to respect a Man who goes out in half a hurricane to get some action shots of the pipe in action

[@ericlarson1821]

Yes, we want to see another drainage video on this drainage channel. Thank you 😊

[@GCFD]

Haha 👍

[@davidcornell9167]

you worked hard today Shawn!

[@VocaEvolved]

I love this kind of big projects too....beside the smaller "yard-rescues". thank you for sharing all your love you put into your work. always enjoy watching your videos :)

[@Mapantz1]

Keep them coming Shawn! The majority of us enjoy these videos. Keep up the great work.

[@matthewp1682]

great video as always, please upload more

[@biglsd1]

Hey Sean Hope your well. 100% Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Yes I'd love to see the other culvert pipe being diverted please. Cheers Lee in the UK 🇬🇧 😊

[@GCFD]

Thank you Lee!

[@michaelmillsap952]

Great Job!!! What videos do you have coming down the pipeline Keep up the good work!

[@francisbaker9366]

Hey Shawn good job, just a tip the blade you used to clear the gravel can also be used to stabilise the mini digger especially when straddling a trench or slope.

[@vjf9052]

I'd love to see more on this project. This is one channel I always wait for the new ones.

[@impalasupersport6171]

I really liked this one. I believe you said there was 2 more culverts to divert. I would definitely like to see it!!! Mike!!😊

[@lukelovell1055]

I absolutely want to see the other culvert work too 👍👍

[@bruno_pr]

Always enjoy the content Shawn! Would love to see more on this job.

[@default_channel_name]

Shawn where you been my man? We need more drainage videos! hope you're relaxing on a beach somewhere :)

[@GCFD]

@@default_channel_name I’ve been busy! I’ve got more videos on the way!!

[@mikemcjagger5163]

I want to see more of that. Give us all them installments on this job please. Great vid

[@MattBlacInc]

Always great insightful videos.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Matt!

[@justinflst8]

I'd like to see more of this project. I'm curious to know how you'll keep the area from being a massive flood plain. Thanks for the upload!

[@deanallsopp2013]

Would like to see more on this project. Very interesting how things are done and the problem solving process.

[@ericbengtson2822]

I like any and all topics and videos from Shawn.

[@maryriser7836]

I always learn a lot from your videos because they solve problems that help us on our farm. Keep the critical thinking videos coming especially when you have to go with plan B after Plan A failed

[@usmc1992usmc]

Wow that rain footage was impressive. I definitely did not think that pipe would be moving that much water.

[@GCFD]

I didn't either! Although I did not mention it, the property owner almost told me not to worry about moving the pipe but he said he trusted my judgement. After seeing that water he was glad we moved it!

[@robertduffy5805]

I know a lot of people don't like it when the customer helps but I love it

[@MistahHeffo]

The customer and his (I assume) dad seem like a couple of great guys, both getting in and getting their hands dirty.

[@dylantrinder1571]

Great job Shawn, that was a lot of water gushing at the end! Nothing you do is off topic in my opinion, just bring out the videos if your time allows. Thanks for sharing this with us all.

[@wjfoss77]

Another culvert video would be great! Always look forward to new content. As always, a job well done!

[@kencramer1697]

When it comes to those concrete boxes, I would say to take a page out of lets dig 18's book. After sliding the pipe in, fill the bottom of the box up with concrete until it is a smooth transition into the exit pipe. This will eliminate standing water in the bottom and help keep the box from floating up. There is also a grout mixture he uses around the pipe both on the outside of the box and on the inside. As for plugging up that old hole. I would say to go from the outside in. Had you left it exposed when digging out the old culvert you could have put a small temp form on both the inside and outside of the box then filled the form with concrete. Not only would this fill the existing hole, it would provide for a rim of concrete wider than the hole itself preventing the patch from pushing either out or in. As well as completely sealing it.

[@GCFD]

Great advice! I'll be over there this week with the concrete. 👍

[@johnhamilton9229]

Heck yeah I would like to see a part 2. Nice to see the big toys in play.

[@Jetpac74]

Another quality video Shawn Sure - more culvert videos would be awesome. Keep up the fantastic work 👍

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Yeah that was a good little job. Turned out all right. A lot of water. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

[@firstnamesurname1743]

Great video Shawn, always interested to see videos from a variety of sites. All the best.

[@JPaul60]

Watching you solve problems is pretty interesting Shawn. I enjoy watching all your jobs , even repairing the septic tanks and drain fields. It's all good. I bet those older pipes got banged around and deformed over the years. They may even be a slightly different style of connecter. You know how that "new and improved" thing goes with industry over the years.

[@jdw2150]

Great content! You know you have to finish it it! And show us the end result :) Probably too much water to move to just tie that other culvert into the cement basin I imagine. Just have to seal up the basin holes and a new run for the new culvert to the lower/creek area? Eating up the drain pipe $$$

[@mrj-charles6383]

When you were showing the rain footage that is what my 3/4 mile driveway looks like. I am south of you so lots of sand here. All I am working with is one of those Cheap Chinese mini excavators. So very time consuming trenching with it.

[@beverlyroemer5161]

Anything you post we would watch ❤ you guys do amazing work no matter what it is

[@jeffwallace2201]

Show us more on this - always a fan of your problem solving!

[@rodolfoptx]

Never thought a video of two guys putting pipe in a box would make it to KZbin, those generally are uploaded to other platforms... 😂 Great work as always, Shawn!

[@richardlubin8353]

You did a great job. Definitely need to see another video on the other job.

[@LloydJones-p7e]

Great job and video! Awesome music is a plus also!👍👍👍

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@matthewsflags8476]

This is my favorite video! Good work 😊

[@sherry4tNOT]

Great job 👏👍... More please 😊

[@johnt9186]

Great videos! Extremely informative in a step-by-step video with narrative.

[@sharonwilliams9276]

Such a captivating upload.

[@chuck1739]

GREAT VIDEO, ABSOLUTELY ...WE WANT TO SEE THIS TO THE END ! VERY INTERESTING. 313

[@stevevigil941]

Always like to see your work.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

Whoever invented "thumbs" for excavators deserves to be rich. Everything I have seen shows them to be an incredibly useful tool.

[@jareddixon8140]

I like this job. Keep up the good work!!

[@resolute01769]

Keep making more videos and possibly shorts so we don't go too long without full videos. It'll actually help monetize you more. Great work with the production as some YT don't use separate mics.

[@TheRocklander]

My new favorite channel!

[@gardenman3]

Great install. Looks almost like that pipe should have been bigger

[@AUTOMOBILZ]

Another great video, waiting for part 2🍿

[@JR-vg3gg]

You do very nice work! When the Going gets tough you Keep going!!!! 😄😄😄😄 I hate your Helper wasn't dressed to work and messed up His kicks....

[@jamesdeery5377]

Hi Shawn, I would love to see further culvert work on that site.

[@GCFD]

👍 Thanks James

[@ricktieken7025]

Shawn, you definitely need to seal around the pipe and close the hole in the catch basin. If you don't, it will continue to erode the soil and then you will have a big hole in the drive to repair at some point in the future. Otherwise, great job. The rest looks good to go. The only other thing I would have done is clean out around the far end of the drain pipe to make sure it doesn't back up and start to fill your new 16 inch pipe. That would not be good.

[@andye6450]

Labour saving tip, when you're angle grinding the hole for the box, cross cut the middle just short of the edges in a diagonal (you can double cross vertical and horizontal too if you so wish) let your power tools do the heavier work, makes the final sledgehammer break out a lot easier as you already have made it structurally weak and undermined, and you'll also have a target like bullseye that'll have plenty of corners that become the weakest point of the structure to aid the breakout. Sledgehammer then should go through like hot knife cutting butter

[@Renatousa17]

Another excellent work and excellent video, 👷‍♂👷‍♂👍👍👍👍👍🚜

[@DonovanChilders]

Nice work! Would love to see a part 2.

[@muadeeb]

It's weird seeing Shawn working with corrugated, and not ripping it out

[@SlackerU]

That's identical to the 8 inch setup I have Nextdoor. It never clogs with that grate. We used an 18 inch dual-wall as the CB instead of a concrete basin.

[@GCFD]

Do those work pretty well? I've got several small lengths of 18" that would make good basins.

[@SlackerU]

@@GCFD Yes, we have it set on a few inches of concrete but it's not in an area that would have heavy-vehicle traffic. We also used concrete to seal in the pipe. We should have made it a vertical-rock-inlet where we would have 2ft or more of stone surrounding the basin with holes drilled into it, & the concrete-filled bottom sloped to have absolutely no standing water. Never-clogged & never has debris left from respectable-storms, & the outlet is actually a foot or more under the creek-water in heavy-storms although it's above the water in light-storms. The deeper it was the less fill we needed to drain the land so we started at the lowest reachable water-table.

[@davidharvey114]

I found this video interesting, and would like to see the rest of the story. I think a project like the clearing and levelling might make an interesting episode or two, even if mainly in timelapse with a few words of explanation. Would a sheet of plastic or paving slab across the old pipe hole, before backfilling, have prevented the washout?

[@Gerrit-Max]

Can't wait for part 2.

[@lnwolf41]

I enjoyed the video, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the work you are doing maybe just some short 15 minute updates. I waiting for you to step down and put your hand in the gushing water, to show how much was coming out. 🤣🤣🤣

[@nick540g]

Great job - again! I love how you have the right equipment to do the job correctly and not overwork the guys helping. I know you're not a fan of corrugated pipe, but I heard you order double wall -- does that mean the pipe you installed here has a smooth bore? How deep must it be buried to keep from collapsing under heavy vehicles?

[@lifekludger]

Yes, yes. Show us everything!

[@tttt4029]

Awesome, more culverts please !

[@JP-pk6sc]

Shawn, we need another video! Been too long without one.

[@Dog1eg]

Was that nearly maxing the culvert pipe! Great content and we'd love to see the other two being fixed!

[@OLDMANDOM42.Dominic]

Yeah! I would like to see how you handle the other culvert. Also, do the geographic location, the new parking lot will need some drainage to catch that coming off the hill.

[@GCFD]

You're right on that Dominic. Lots of drainage work here

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Thank you for sharing!

[@GCFD]

Thanks for watching Alexei!

[@tomgriffith1952]

Great work!

[@Losttoanyreason]

If you film it, I shall watch it. Boy was that a torrent coming out of that new pipe you put in!

[@GCFD]

Haha thank you!!

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Would definitely like to see more from that job

[@10lauset]

Oh, it's only going to be a small job, short and sweet..... famous last words. Cheers from Edmonton.

[@ZylonFPV]

Hey Sean, it’s been almost 2 months since the last video. Hope you’re doing ok, looking forward to more drainage videos in the future 😊

[@GCFD]

Hey! Everything is good! I've been busy with a couple of large projects. I'm hoping to post a new video soon.

[@Jetpac74]

@@GCFD great to hear you are all good Shawn. We all look forward to your videos - hopefully you are documenting the foundation drainage at Carson’s new house project. Give the camera to Ronald - he should do his own video - that would be excellent and entertaining 😃👍

[@richieschmidt6225]

@@GCFDShawn we're (im)patiently waiting!!

[@markchristensen5206]

Anything you do is welcome, information!!