thank you for your videos. that have been great help. i am doing a 8 feet deep sump pump and i really only have 1 question. if i fill the bottom with about a foot of gravel will the footer pipe and everything underneath, and i cover it with a fabric. would it be alright to backfill the rest of the dirt back in? i really don't have an option of getting that much gravel. would you suggest filling it with another material after the gravel. thanks again !
I have one of these. How do you service one of these? Do you cut the pvc? Mine has a chain to pull it up but the pvc is all connected? Mine is a whole story deep.
seems like a good design but also seems like a lot of trips to the store and back. I do appreciate the video as this is something I may invest in simply to help other people find water after I'm done with mine.
Thanks for all these videos! I just dug a perimeter trench and just discovered my sewer line goes right through my footer. Do I go under it like a p-trap? Or do I put 2 sumps? I can't get a regular basin through my access hole and I have to use a 5 gallon bucket :/
Wow, thanks for the Idea! Have been shocked at the cost of these grids in my search for something to sit a plastic shed on besides heavy concrete pavers. I may cut mine smaller though and also drill two holes into each tie wrapping each to one another to make square grids for a 6X4 shed pad. Thanks again!!!!!!!
Looked like most of the water flowed from around or under the pipe. Not a whole lot through it. Makes we wonder what the point t of the pipe is at all. Why not just use crushed rock over a bed of plastic sheeting that is directed to away from the home?
I have a old electric chainsaw I used..it cut perfect trench right down through ton of roots..It cut a nice straight line... just have your tools and tighten up the blade.. you can find electric chainsaws pretty cheap used
Curiosity didn't k*ll the cat it made me click. WTH is a Geo Cel Grid? Now I know and it's just what I need for this irritating low spot right outside the porch. I tried pavers,gravel,wood chips, nothing works. Your idea sound and looks like it would work. I get my son to do the digging the rest I can do myself. Thank you! You saved my sanity.
I have some land that's nearly 100% silt soil. When it rains, the water runs across my dirt road. Wet Silt is like ice on top of water on top of ice. I just want a simple old school french drain across the road. Do I need the fabric and pipe? Old school french was just rocks. What to do?
Thanks, moved into purchased house. Didn't really know about French drains or technical landscape means & ways for drainage. Just reasoning & logic. Now my place has french drains but no fabric not stone. Did major concrete patio. Dug up drain which was filled with dirt. People don't tend to study up on how to do it right. On one side of house about 45 yards need to dig it out and do it right for now. Later probably pavers and those square trench gutters. Thank you. From central coast CA
I was so worried about the overflowing toilet and was about to get a plumber and maaaan guess what , I watched your video , used the plunger like 40-45 times real hard and it worrrrkkkkedd! You made my day God bless you❤
For draining surface water from my orchards, I have found it beneficial to lay weed fabric down, then cover with gravel. Within a couple of years, the grasses grow over the whole thing, and it turns muddy spots into dry land, via the drainage the gravel provides. The grass cover then allows easy orchard floor work.
One extra consideration folks should note is that, while the black foundation sealer will do a great job of sealing the foundation, in many areas - especially those with rocky soils and/or freeze/thaw cycles, the backfill will literally grind the sealer right off. Now, sealer embedded in cracks and joints will probably still do it's job, but the sealer worn off the flat surfaces will no longer protect the concrete from hydrostatic pressure, permeation, and eventual spalling and weakening. This is especially a problem on older block foundations where the concrete is often only between 1 and 2 inches thick so efflorescence can dramatically weaken it. A visible sign of this is if the surface of the blocks start to show more aggregate, becoming 'pebbly'. I strongly recommend that you put something in between the sealer coating and the backfill. Putting in a layer of foam board will not only protect the foundation sealer, but will also add insulation value. If you don't need the insulating value, even just a thin 1/4 foam board will protect the sealer. Remember when attaching foam or other protective layer to just tack or vertical-stripe your glue so as to leave a weep gap for water to run down and out to your French drain. One other consideration is that some of the water-based sealers, while they work great (and clean up is SO much easier) tend to need a lot of time and warm temps to fully dry and cure, especially if laid on thick. Do not back-fill before the sealer is fully cured or you will just be scraping the sealer off.
You're comparing apples and oranges. The trenching shovel is meant for digging narrow trenches, when your requirements call for it. If you're trying to dig a wider trench, using a narrow shovel is silly. You also don't have soil heavy in clay. You were also physically moving slower when you were using the trenching shovel to bias things towards your point.
