Redirecting a clogged culvert

The existing culvert was clogged and discharging onto a parking area. We take a preemptive approach to dealing with water on the new parking area.

[@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. 👍👍

[@user-lh5kn8tv4f]

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

[@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.

[@AlexOliveira777]

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

[@t8ne]

Came here to say the same

[@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.

[@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!

[@joshg1244]

Yes love to see more work from this job!

[@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!

[@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!

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

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

[@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.

[@matthewp1682]

great video as always, please upload more

[@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. 👍

[@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...

[@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.

[@vjf9052]

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

[@chrishelms1967]

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

[@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.

[@macguy9]

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

[@Awucard]

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

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@timanderson5457]

Miss your videos!

[@mtkicksass7000]

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

[@Mapantz1]

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

[@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!!😊

[@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 :)

[@johnt9186]

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

[@firstnamesurname1743]

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

[@Renatousa17]

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

[@johnhamilton9229]

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

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

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

[@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

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

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

[@davidcornell9167]

you worked hard today Shawn!

[@beverlyroemer5161]

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

[@chuck1739]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@bruno_pr]

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

[@ericbengtson2822]

I like any and all topics and videos from Shawn.

[@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

[@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.

[@lukelovell1055]

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

[@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!

[@ericlarson1821]

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

[@GCFD]

Haha 👍

[@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.

[@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. 👍

[@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!

[@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 $$$

[@JP-pk6sc]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@sharonwilliams9276]

Such a captivating upload.

[@southernrrman]

My respect. Not many would have relocated that crayfish. Now it will have an "alien abduction" tale to share!

[@stevevigil941]

Always like to see your work.

[@Gman2930]

I’d like seeing you do that other culvert on that job for sure

[@GCFD]

Thank you! 👍

[@Ltech-ludditetechnologies]

Chucking it down is the term I think, man that was some rain!

[@GCFD]

always joke that I'm just a Chuck -n- a Truck driving around. Now I'm chucking it.

[@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.

[@StuartWoodwardJP]

Looks like the deepest trench so far!

[@GCFD]

I think you're right Stuart!

[@lifekludger]

Yes, yes. Show us everything!

[@I_must_get_a_van]

Yes please, another instalment on this project….😊

[@GCFD]

👍

[@jareddixon8140]

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

[@gardenman3]

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

[@wjfoss77]

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

[@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!!

[@Tony-InLosAngeles]

We are like like little kids and the dog always up for a ride; so sure take us out on the jobs. 😊

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Thank you for sharing!

[@GCFD]

Thanks for watching Alexei!

[@roger8927]

Shawn’s diggin it!

[@GCFD]

heck year 👍

[@mikeanderson4795]

Love it. Id like to see more of this.

[@GCFD]

Thank you Mike!

[@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.

[@deanallsopp2013]

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

[@ronzanni1566]

Great video...now finish the job concrete the abandoned pipe...I'm pretty sure you know not to just plug it with dirt as it is currently

[@GCFD]

I'll be back there this week with the concrete. 👍

[@Gerrit-Max]

Can't wait for part 2.

[@michaelnaak]

The more the videos, the better!

[@FredWard-e7k]

Just a thought, when sliding large corrugated pipes together, have your helper loop a rope underneath the end of the pipe about 12” from the end to lift or move side to side while you push “home” with the excavator. It seems like a struggle aligning those pipes using hands and a shovel.

[@Reckless207]

excellent video, and yes, i need the next culvert job.

[@GCFD]

👍

[@Jetpac74]

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

[@davidcornell9167]

like to see another. Thanks

[@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....

[@jeffwallace2201]

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

[@AUTOMOBILZ]

Another great video, waiting for part 2🍿

[@noeraldinkabam]

28:22 Me, lifting my hand as to say “That’s far enough!” Lol.

[@richardlubin8353]

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

[@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!

[@robertriggle2246]

Small culvert job.... think you did a excellent job. I personally like to watch dirt work, don't always agree with your solutions but you know there already done by the time the video airs. Now video the redirecting of the other pipe you found flooding your lot. And yes you need a little concrete around the pipes and in that voided opening or it will wash out.

[@TheRocklander]

My new favorite channel!

[@user-zl3wl9rs6s]

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

[@GCFD]

Thank you!

[@tttt4029]

Awesome, more culverts please !

[@markchristensen5206]

Anything you do is welcome, information!!

[@sku32956]

Here you have to put down gravel when installing storm sewers like that ,use a rock bar to push pipe with works great .

[@jamesdeery5377]

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

[@GCFD]

👍 Thanks James

[@DigitalIP]

As long as we get some rain action bring it on. Kind of a shame that culvert ditch had so much foliage, would have been nice to see the river going through it.

[@tomgriffith1952]

Great work!

[@Matlockization]

I would have dug out a perpendicular line from the concrete drain for the first culvert section, then I would have dug out a joining straight line of 30 degrees leading to the drainage area. The lip of the front of the pipe should have been grinder off to allow for an easy slide in the concrete hole. I would have put a concrete floor in the concrete box. Would like to see you 'messing' with the other culverts.

[@JP-pk6sc]

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