Some Things Don't Pay Off // Greenhouse Hydrant Fiasco

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[@sandraanddelgray3180]

I said to myself "gee Sam didn't test it first". Absolutely love you guys, and your boys are the best. Merry Christmas.

[@eleanormcarthur6747]

I love the way you teach your children. They are so sweet.

[@AZJH8374]

Also, I love your educated humor. So appreciated!!! Speaking in complete sentences!!! Love what you've done

[@lechatbotte.]

Merry Christmas. I’m giggling because I was yelling check for leaks before burying, why because I’ve been there. Great job

[@ChristianandFamily]

David's Contractor Rules to live by: #1. If brass needs a wrench, back it out and double check. Brass is soft. #2. Hydrants like that don't like re-use. So you found out #3. Shut off valves are cheap, I put one at every faucet (hydrant) on my acreage and houses I build. #4. Always dig deeper than you need, gives water somewhere to go if something fails while installing. #5 When everything is either going too hard, or too smooth, best stop and check everything again. #6 Adult beverage exists for days like that, this(?). #7 Never backfill before you test. But you know that now. #8 When installing "no freeze" hydrants, I wrap the valve in landscape cloth to keep dirt from getting in the drain valve #9 "All I want for Christmas ........" Merry Christmas All.

[@georgehansen4890]

These boys are adorable! Great job Angela and Sam!

[@troyyarbrough]

Happy to see Sam getting around better. Angela is cute as ever. The boys are growing up fast. Love you guys. Have a Merry Christmas and may the new year bring you many Blessings from our Lord.

[@tamora.monique]

Call me weird but the mud digging was so satisfying. I want to play in the mud now. Lol

[@auspicioustoot]

looks good until you have to actually do it for a living. lol

[@elainebuchka6533]

Great to See You All Smiling through the tests & trials of life. The Boys are Growing SO MUCH!! Congratulations on Losing the New Front Teeth & Elijah the post Driver, Great Job. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU & GOD BLESS !!!

[@number1pappy]

Stay warm and safe with this nasty cold front coming your way! Hopefully, all your pipes are insulated. I crawled under my house today and insulated a few pipes that needed it as well as our outside spigots. I think we're ready!

[@619DioFan]

Good idea using the t-post for support. I like to take a 5 gallon bucket , cut the bottom out and drop it over the stand pipe to the bottom and then fill the bucket with gravel, then fill hole with dirt. I feel it helps the drain valve keep from getting clogged.

[@jgivens1227]

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! It was so go to see you all. At least you all were laughing through it all. (At least in front of camera, lol) Please take care and stay safe

[@wordvendor1]

Man, so thankful you didn't have a six-footer to dig like we would! Bummer though, guys! But, Merry Christmas 🎄☃️!!

[@marlene7969]

I can’t wait to see all the projects you’re going to be getting into in the new year! Hopefully no more lessons to learn… at least this was simple! Not easy, or clean, but it could have been much worse. I love how you are able to own it. No point in fuming and being mad, you just laugh, fix it and move on! Love your family, hope you have a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy, and happy New Year!

[@glenngray3119]

Sam, for future reference you might try a trick I learned from my dad back in the fifties for removing a broken pipe from threads.. Take a hacksaw blade and cut two notches inside the broken piece of pipe, you do not have to cut all the way through just enough so the pipe will break, then knock out one part and then the other with a small punch or small chisel. You can thread in a new pipe but of course you have to use some good liquid thread sealer. I have used that technique many times . My dad went through the depression and learned many ways to save a buck!

[@robertgrambau3942]

Mini me is shaping up like dad

[@andrean9413]

I’m so glad you let Elijah finish hammering that T-post in. I was so afraid Sam might steal the glory and do the last hit. You are such amazing parents and are teaching your boys to have a strong work ethic.

[@homezero]

Love the way you two always show the good with the bad, positive and negatives, wins and oopsees. 🥴

[@casid9929]

Great that you're kids are involved in projects. Many years from now, they will remember helping you. They will have those skills and great memories after you are gone.

[@lisam145]

Sam, hope your foot is doing better. I have bone spurs as well plus plantar fasciitis so I think of you.

[@marystrenke3050]

I've had plantar fasciitis before -- painful! I have heard bone spurs are also very painful. I cannot imagine both. May Jehovah God sustain us until pain is no more . Rev 21:3,4 ❤️

[@RonAaron33]

We really like y’all show multiple days in one KZbin episode. 🎉

[@karlagrymes649]

Loved seeing the Family. You two rock and the boys are a joy. Have a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year. I’ve really missed your videos. 🎉❤

[@backwoodz8644]

Next time I would suggest putting in ball valves at each fixture inside a valve box for future preventative maintenance and will also help you isolate any leaks in the future. The channel is awesome keep the awesome content flowing.

[@patricialora5692]

🎶 All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth... 🎼 l 🎵 Someone's getting visits from Santa and the tooth fairy! Lucky kid. All kidding aside...thank you for sharing your lives with us. It's such a pleasure to watch the boys learn and grow.

[@AZJH8374]

Much love and prayers 🙏🏻 ❤️ on this glorious Sunday morning. The birth of our Lord. We love your channel ❤️ 💜 💕 it's 70° here in Scottsdale AZ. And I'm loving it. ❤️

[@redmapleleaf4617]

That little guy missing a couple of teeth is even cuter now! I'm jealous of your climate down there. Sheesh! Angela was in a t-shirt for pete's sake!! In December!! I dream of living in an area where I can do that!

[@mikepetitt9624]

Haaaa well it just proves why I hate plumbing projects! Can’t be done without at least 3 trips to hardware store! Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas! Hope Santa is kind to you all!

[@Hollybank5]

Oh no 😮😢 !! I’m glad you were able to replace it …. No more mud pie making for you 😂!!! Merry Christmas to all of you !! ( and here’s hoping the chicken farmer gets some new teeth for Xmas 🙏) 🥰.

[@annettemaddalone4297]

so glad to see ya hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[@OHlookSHINYthing]

Your kids. Awesome!!!

[@Sparky-vu2ej]

We had 21below here this morning. Three more nights to go of this. Hydrants around here are buried 7 to 8 ft deep. Frost can go anywhere from 4 to six feet down on bare ground. Snow covered can be less since the snow insulates the ground. Always fun doing chores when it’s cold out. Enjoy the green house Merry Christmas.

[@kkeenan536]

I said “Oh No”, when you started dumping in the gravel (course we already knew 😳), without turning the water on & checking for leaks. Common sense would tell you if the hydrant was working at the old house, it should be ok here, but stuff happens. Hope y’all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas. You’ll really be enjoying that fireplace for the next few days!

[@Mobileian]

Merry Christmas - Good timing for all those folks wondering if they should wrap their frost free hydrant for the hard freeze that's upon us.

[@carlapierle8623]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It was good to see y'all! I'll be honest, I thought to myself as the hole was being filled in the first time, "Sam must have tested that off camera because he would never do that without testing it first". Oops! Well, at least you have a brand new one you KNOW you can get parts for!

[@danielheartsill4269]

I would wish you guys a very merry Christmas and a fresh new memory of what Christmas means to all of us. We renew our memory each year. Take care of those great boys, and I see the oldest is changing from a little boy to a young man

[@robertemmons4799]

I am glad you show the pits of a bowl of cherries. Are those feral children in the woods again? Merry Christmas

[@JettaTDI2005]

Way to go Sam.. we have all done that once or twice and even for a third time. But for me leaving my tool belt on the roof and then looking for it on the ground is a loving moment. Ladder comes out and jump back on the roof and its there. Feliz Navidad and have a Great 2023

[@janetkoball44]

A good outcome and that's what counts. Congrats! Those boys are hard working and are learning about the homestead chores and how to fix things. Angela, do you have a separate channel like Sam does? Thanks for showing us life where you all are . From Central Okla.

[@sam-and-angela]

She doesn't -- she's not much into KZbin like I am. :)

[@donsmith7138]

Not many people would be willing to admit that mistake, I have done it myself. Thanks for sharing, Merry Christmas and Happy New years🎊

[@Realstuffadventures]

One thing for sure, when we mess up we sure learn a lesson we are not likely to forget. We have all been there at one time or another. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@bobbiejeanm7470]

If it’s not one thing, it’s half a dozen others. 😮. I’m glad it wasn’t any worse and you now have water at the greenhouse! Sending wishes for a wonderful Christmas and blessed new year! 💕

[@mikewatson4644]

Good job. Merry Christmas. If foresight were as good as hindsight, we would be a darn sight better off!! I noticed that on the second time around, the stainless steel hose clamp turned into black zip ties. They will eventually succumb to the sun and fail or be cold and brittle and have too much pressure on them and fail. Keep an eye on them.

[@terencetyndall8596]

passing the buck on the leak Its never the plumber fault - been there before LOL Glad to see you back

[@michellepeck694]

Love watching your videos! Sooooo educational! Sooooo helpful! Sooooo good to watch a family work together, helping each other!

[@kelleygiambro7542]

Man, that was a muddy mess, figured those feral boys would want to help move that stuff around! Nothing like playing in the mud as a kid. Merry Christmas to everyone!

[@rickyainsley2564]

Awesome video. I did the same thing and paid the price for saving money but ended up buying a new one. Love seeing the boys helping out. Awesome loving family, y'all have. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@ronaldcoleman7343]

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR . may 2023 be a great year for you all.

[@darleneclark6098]

Missed you guys❤️merry Christmas and happy New year

[@dadams5040]

They whole time I saying Sam… you tell us to check it first… Sam… check it first you said that before!! I know you have!! Oh well “I’m not a professional” comes to proof! Love that you show the good the bad and the ugly!!

[@timnewman1172]

Hope you guys are ready for the cold, it is in the teens below zero here with high winds!

[@peggyzion8448]

Well, at least you caught the leak before days, weeks, or months!! Hope ya'll have a Merry Christmas!

[@grinpick]

One of the things I learned seventy years ago as a farm-boy: If you attach a hose to that type of hydrant and then throw the hose into something like a watering trough, when you're done filling the trough and turn the hydrant off, it will syphon the water out of the trough and deposit it into the gravel-chamber around the base of the hydrant. As my dad admonished me, "Pull the hose out of the trough when you turn off the water!" One other observation: I would not use the shark-bite type pex connector underground. I would opt for the type that crimp-clamps the pex tubing to a brass fitting.

[@clydiaswartz1586]

Your helper is adorable

[@cherlh1]

Sam! You and Angela sure do persevere through all kinds of things. You guys make a good team! I hope and pray your foot is better, Sam. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family..

[@caesar1295]

Glad your boys are getting big enough to help out, it’s a blessing from God. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year may God bless your family.

[@leonakobe9126]

We were shouting at you Sam, to test before you filled in the hole. Guess you couldn't hear us. Glad it was an easy fix. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

[@leahr.2620]

When I saw the thumb nail I thought oh no. Glad it wasn't colder for that watery job. Hind sight is 20/20😉

[@shirleythaxton306]

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a happy new Year.

[@wadetyler5056]

Oh man, had to dig up one in Montana that froze and burst in about 10 degrees overnight. The frozen ground and ice made it an all day into the night job! One of those memories that never goes away!

[@cindystephens9230]

Merry Christmas from Texas

[@charlene5461]

Merry Christmas you crazy kids!...(don't it feel good to be called a kid after you turn....well, you know)😂🤣 Great seeing y'all again!

[@doncc6080]

Sam & Angela I had the same thing happen to the hydrant on this property I bought. Late last fall I started getting water bills to double. I was shutting off the water and turning on only when needed. No visible water on the ground anywhere. My ground is so porous that the water just soaked. When I dug up around hydrant, yep water out the weep hole. I also bought a new one.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

So glad that your doing better Sam! Great to see Angela and the precious feral boys! Merry Christmas! God bless your family!

[@debbiejester751]

Great video. The boys are so cute, they just make me smile

[@larryschmitt2513]

Sam maybe you can install some cutoff valves around the homestead so in the future your house can be on and problem area can be off.

[@thomasfreeman7770]

In the water supply industry we do not like unauthorized people operating fire hydrants. What usually happens if someone is taking unauthorized water from a hydrant they only open the valve partially because they cannot handle the full flow of the hydrant. Unless the valve is fully open the weep hole is pressurized. On a real fire hydrant this flow can undermine the street and cause a cave in. Sam, I would also suggest as a water supply person that you install isolation valves where you split each branch line off the main from the meter. Even though you buried below the frost line. Expansion and contraction still effects outside underground plumbing during very cold conditions.. This is when you run the highest risk of a failure. Mark my words it will happen to you when the ground is covered in snow and the coldest day of the year or on a holiday where the stores are closed and you can’t get emergency parts. At least if you have the valves the broken sections could be isolated and the rest of the homestead would have water.

[@patricialora5692]

For a while there, thought I was watching a Shakespeare production with all that foreshadowing 🤣 Glad that you resolved the issue. Love you guys and been missing you much. Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!!

[@mlm7598]

Merry Christmas to you two and the boys! I can't believe how big they have gotten. Man alive. Have a beautiful Christmas in your new home and homestead..........what a year! Lots to be thankful for and so many blessings! A busy but wonderfully amazing year! God bless you all! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❄❄❄☃☃☃☃☃☃

[@scotschoor]

Just installed one myself on Tuesday, just before the below zero temperatures hit. Fortunately, I only had to dig once, although the reason for installing the hydrant in that location was because I hit the main line with a bucket. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@thedomesticfox717]

Fixed just in time! These temps today and this weekend are gonna be a doozy! Stay warm and Merry Christmas!

[@jasonstarr6419]

My heart literally hurts for you. How many times over the decades have I completed a repair or installation, closed things up, only to discover a stinkin', $(*&#@$(*& LEAK!!!! recently ended up totally gutting a bathroom and completely rerouting the plumbing due to a copper pipe close to the slab that i just could NOT get to sweat right. New bath looks really nice, especially compared to what it looked like before, but oy! wish i'd have found sharkbite sooner. could have simply replaced the faucet and moved on, but NOOOOooooo, ended up pulling carpet out of four rooms and spending thousands on new tub, tile, cabinets, and marble countertop. Absolutely love you guys! Keep the content coming!

[@susangay4866]

We all make mistakes but their fixable. You had some great help. Your boys are growing so fast. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! God bless!

[@mrs.c9174]

You never give up, you never surrender💪🏼! I suppose after digging your electrical trench everything else is just 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@gaguy2]

Sam, I think we all have been there before. At your leisure, why not take the old one apart and repair it, if possible, then test it and save for future use. That would make for how to repair a below ground faucet, and show how you test your repairs too.

[@celticfiddle7605]

Glad you fixed the garden spigot ! Have a very blessed Christmas!

[@karendominguez2747]

I’m glad the water pipe was a easy fix. I hope you and your family have a Very Merry Christmas a very Happy Year.

[@karendominguez2747]

Oh my gosh what a. Mucky, Yucky muddy mess, sometimes it just doesn’t pay to use old stuff. I tell my hubby that all the time.

[@patjaglinski2764]

Love your channel. Wishing your family a very very Merry Christmas and a Happy Prosperous New Year ❤🎉🎉

[@mimiohnine]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! See you in 2023!!

[@elsomething7089]

Merry Christmas to your entire family. May the new year be the best ever!

[@stellamorrissette3408]

Nice to have you back and playin in the mud, Wishing you and family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year and God Bless from snowy Canada 🙏🙏

[@anneparisi1828]

Hello Sam and Angela, love you 2 and the boys. Glad this project went better the second time. Anyway all that matters is that it’s done the right way and was ✔️and is good. Merry Christmas 🎄 🎄🎄🎄 👍

[@kscheuerman5378]

Sam, so sorry you had difficulties and hard lessons.. Thank you for sharing everything, I am sure it will help quite a few people!!! I love you guys. I hope you all have a very Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. God Bless

[@karencary3312]

Love you ALL!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

[@joannye2871]

Have a GREAT holiday and thanks for always keeping it real!

[@sandywilkerson9271]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!🎉🎉🎉

[@gilmondmonroe1233]

Thank you, thank you. I have watched you since you put in your bedroom floor. I found you totally by accident. You have taught me a lot and kept it totally lighthearted. Keep up the work and I am so glad you include the boys.

[@jerryjenkins322]

First I'm glad you got it fixed second you had to dig it up again anyways 3rd you are teaching them boys the right way of hard work 4th we love y'all have a very merry Christmas

[@joanmarie6456]

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄

[@Terry_1111]

Your boys are precious! Merry Christmas to all of you!

[@doncaranci2547]

Hi you 4 Have missed ya Hope all is well. Merry Christmas Happy New Year

[@fadedglory1045]

Merry Christmas 🎁 🎉all

[@rubberdc]

Hey Sam and Angela , and opportunity to say to you Happy Christmas ! I do hope things get better for you and over this hiccup. Will you possibly do a Christmas Day tiny vid ? just so we can see how you celebrate as a family ? Id love to see the boys and you both opening up your presents on the day .

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Sam and Angela

[@secretlocketsparks8092]

I'm watching you from the Netherlands on vacation.

[@LarryMorrow2]

You can adjust the connection where the handle grips onto the shaft so when it's in the on or off position the valve is in the right spot to fully stop the flow. Loosen it, lift the handle, tighten it, lower the handle so the shaft is all the way down & valve is fully closed, loosen the connection again so the handle is also all the way down, then tighten the connection.

[@joybergmann1668]

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a safe new year

[@JR_SupportOurHeroes]

Hydrants are Awesome to have, self draining and frost free. My parents had 2 hydrants in their backyard of their retirement house they had built on the Chesapeake Bay, one for the garden one for the water for the 225 foot pier with 2 boat lifts and a fish cleaning table crab pots and bench for fishing at night with a light of course 👍😎👍 Merry Christmas 🎄🎄 and Happy New Year!!

[@pmartin6759]

You guys have 2 of the most adorable little boys ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Merry Christmas🎄

[@clydiaswartz1586]

Little boy with out those teeth is so darn cute .

[@jesusislord2457]

YAY FOR GETTIN' R DID🎉 Hippity Hippity Winter's on its way. For this week; it's already here. I WANT MY FLIP FLOPS BACK!!! 😢 I hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a much better new year! Big hugs! ☮️💖🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱✝️🎄🤛