@@denisemurray412 he's very quick to get rid of people calling him out on "man made" blockages. It doesn't take long to see that some blockages aren't beavers. I wouldn't know now, I've not watched a Post10 video in years. I called him out on a blockage being man made and was met with a tirade of abuse. I suppise you'd do anything for youtube money. I'm sticking here with Olly, at least his blockages are real 😉
The way he swings his arms when he walks and his mouse and other pets are enough to make me watch this channel. And the drain cleaning is enough to make me stay.
When I came across his page and saw that, first I thought he was perhaps handicapped. A few episodes in I found out he's imitating a video game character 😅.
Hey brother just wanted to let you know that my kids and I tune into you work as often as we can before bedtime. We truly appreciate your hard work and jovial attitude! God bless you and your family and, of course, the DRAIN GANG!
What even is this? Why is there a catch basin that goes to another catch basin that just goes to the street anyway? Why doesn't it all just drain directly to the street instead of flooding this guy's yard? Makes no sense.
@@gorak9000 The area is probably in a low spot or there is a lot of run off from nearby and a lot of rain collects.. the pipe isn't capable of flowing all the water without it backing up during heavy rain storms so there are catch thanks that act as a buffer that fill up rather than the garden.. in this case somebody didn't clean out the leaves before a storm or rake the yard so they got caught in the trap and blocked it up.
@@n2n8sda He shows down the street at one point, and all the other yards are lower and normal. This one is higher and has a wall around it, and this weird drainage setup. There was that one other video he did a while ago where there was a strange retention chamber in the yard and that one also made no sense. It seems like they were on a "reduce the flow rate of rainwater and let more of it soak into the ground" kick at a certain time or something, which is great and all, until you have 6 inches of water in your house because of a moronic drainage design
Very interesting choice of landscaping for someone’s home. You did a great job clearing out those catch basins! I like your little friends you bring along to keep you company.
I just purchased my first Jetter machine for our septic business in upstate NY, now we have to learn how to properly use it. Thank you for your videos, very entertaining and the information is also helpful. Looking forward to watching more of your videos, keep up the good work.
We just moved to Sydney and I told the real estate agent I wanted to buy a house on Sydney Harbor to live on the water. She sold us this place. Not exactly what I had in mind! Thank You Ratty!
No, you bought this place - She didn't force it on you. And if you kept your yard and drains clear of leaf litter once in a blue moon inbetween rains it wouldn't even be a problem.
That is incredibly satisfying to watch, by far one of my favourite drain unblockings. I was a bit worried that the way you were precariously balancing on the edges of the drains you'd fall in and get wet lol.
You can't be a plumber (of any sort) and scared of a little water. Though for this this one, perhaps being a certified scuba diver might be advantageous.
Going from retention ponds, to pits, to pipes, to open street, to a storm grate seems like an _extremely_ elaborate setup… especially one to put a way-too-fine-pitch filter in the middle of 😐 Why not just have a direct connection to whatever line the storm grate dumps into?
And to have a house seemingly in the middle of the retention pond. That seems like a recipe for a flood. And the sewer boundary trap in the retention pond seems like a good way to get sewage into storm water runoff. What gives?
@Hap henders Those aren’t retention ponds, they’re just yards with a brick wall around them. The pits are just access points for cleaning. Most of that water would be from down pipes from the roof. The mesh blocked and water backed up. It wouldn’t have flooded the house because the brick wall is too low, it would’ve just flowed over the wall.
Nice easy job for you, Ollie. I have been trying to figure out why someone would want to trap water in their yard and have such an elaborate drainage system to manage it.
It's a detention system right? So it might be meant to slow the amount of water running into the street and the city storm drains. Might be required by the city.
Never watched a Drain Addict video before, but in 10 seconds, before he even spoke, I knew this was somewhere in Australia. Nowhere else do magpies sound like that! 😄 Great whirlpool you got going; I'm not sure about the drainage design (leaf litter + grates =blockage; even a n00b like me knows that much!) but an excellent job~
Mate, I've been watching you for awhile now and you never ever manage to make me not smile. Thanks you for posting videos just like this and continue being awesome
Splish splash I was taking a bath......Excellent work sir! To have the entire front yard covered with water. Wow! In the U.S, retention ponds aren't located on people's property.
Of the millions of retention ponds in the US, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands are indeed located on peoples property. Take note that what was shown here is temporary storm water detention designed to be normally dry, what in the states might be called a "rain garden, whereas retention ponds hold water year round.
Love your vids , you educate, you make us smile, love your interactions with your lil animals and I quite enjoy listening to all the birds, we don't have them in the UK . Thanks 😊
I love that it had that much that much pressure because of that much weight and volume of water sitting on them drains that was awesome and the vortex videos and shots were superb thank you sir
Somebody was so worried about a 5 inch pipe getting clogged with small garden debris, that they installed a screen filter that blocked the pipe instead
The screen is there to stop all the leaves and rubbish going into the cities drain network. Owner should be keeping it clean as part of garden maintenance.
Just goes to show that a little preventative maintenance goes a long way! Lucky for us viewers Ollie was sent out so we could sit with him and watch a nice satisfying water level drop after clearing the sieve, and hopefully for the neighbor this client learns to clean their storm water sieve every once in a while!
This is different from your usual jobs Ollie. I have never seen a construction like that before. But you did it again. What craftsmanship you have. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Finally a video that puts to rest the myth on the direction water flows down a drain in the southern hemisphere. One drain had a clockwise vortex the other a counterclockwise. Love it!
I've actually watched all of his videos and have been recording all the vortex directions I see and clockwise and counter clockwise occur with equal frequency. I wanted to answer the question myself.
I was led here by Bruce at Drain Cleaning Australia. I'm gonna need you both to double-team a blocked drain some day because that was glorious. Thank you for making the video. I've never subscribed after a single video before, but your channel is about to get binged into 2024.
Fizzlenickels, there must have been dozens of cubic metres of water backed up in this system. Puts drain 689 to shame in total volume! Also, funny how in the second drain the water was a foamy maelstrom... and then you look at the street exit and the flow is totally lamellar, no turbulence at all. Whoever designed that had road erosion in mind, so good job for him 👍
Seemed like a pretty relaxed job but it must get sort of frustrating when the only problem is irregular maintenance. That pond never would have formed if the rack was cleaned on a regular basis. At least it wasn't filled with poo!
It’s getting paid to watch water drain, so can’t be that frustrating. Someone lack of maintenance is money in his pocket. When they leave the loo to back up that is a different animal altogether . Lol
Hearing you say “blocked drain” when showing us the front yard/swimming pool made me laugh so loud I scared the cat on my lap. Love your comments and video’s.
In honor of Ollie tonight I'm gonna make some cornmeal crusted fried catfish, cornbread, a corn succotash, and some corn fritters. You're welcome Ollie lol.
On ya Matey!! Even the Kookaburra joined in to laugh at your woes. Very draining work. Well actually messy but satisfying work. I was caged in an office for the last few years dealing with all sorts of crap from Management and clients. It never really lead to anything worthwhile. Beyond a measly pay check of course.
Today is an awesome day. Our Lord and savior let me wake up, it’s my daughters 13th bday, & a video from Ollie. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
An interesting video the huge amount of water moved was amazing. The system was well designed but sadly wasn’t maintained. That’s where Ollie comes to the rescue. Great video thank you 🙏
Well that explains everything. Before this I was watching Post10 walking around but there wasn't any water involved, then I turn up here and find out that Ollie has nicked it all. It evens out in the end. 😃👍
After watching the drain gang and as professor Ollie asks “All Good” and we after all the mess going on in the world today, I for one can honestly say “All Good Professor Ollie 👍definitely All Good”
🤣 I can just picture the look on the owners faces looking out the window seeing him record himself talking to the toys and pretending to eat pringles and drinking soda lmao
This might be a job for post10. He unblocks culverts and storm drains in the U.S. and harrasses officials until repairs are made. A rake would work best to pull off all the debris from the grate.. All of those pits need a serious cleaning out of all the debris.
Wow that one took a while to drain but like you said in the beginning it was an easy one. Glad that the drain gang was able to identify it for you as a blocked drain! All Good 👍!
Well, This video proves that what a guy said when at our school was lying when he said he was in a country South of the equator and that water swirls in the opposite direction there from North of the equator. This video has both directions!
41 mins of my life I can’t get back But was it worth it Hell yes 🙌 Especially when you get to see how a water system can go tits up if left unchecked. It’s things like this that us residents take for granted
It's amazing how many of these jobs fall down to only existing because of people neglecting basic maintenance. Hey, it gives you work, so all the power to them.
Keep in mind that the eastern States of Australia has been experiencing floods that have been higher than the last one hundred years, or another way more rain in a few days than an area will get in a year. A friend had a levy build around their house to cover the highest flood on record, well it turned out to now be the second highest flood on record, beating the old record by 200mm, or 8 banana widths.... umm I meant inches
@jarrodheley7879 If Bald Eagles are protected, then you'd be needing a live animal, which isn't practical. Let's use a Wildlife Customary Standard Units, so 12BAC to 1 Banana Width? Or was that 16BAC?
this was the first video i ever watched months ago. i decided to go back to the start of the vids & watch them all, finally i’m back where it all began!!
Another well worth watching video by someone that likes their job. I got to say I was surprised to only see one filter being used, give the area you are in I thought it would have been either the 2 or 3 filter system in use for stormwater!.
He does good work. It's funny watching him swinging his arms out in front of the camera to show us that he's walking somewhere, as if we can't tell. I can just picture how that must look to people watching him.🤣🤦♂️
If the screen was turned upside down the leaves would fall off instead of blocking it and you could easily hose it clear from above without pulling it out or opening the pit at all.
@@Username-qx9gkthat's a permanent sign though... Likely installed when the property was first developed and is likely there because of heavy rainfall. The area is assumed to be flooded during certain times but is supposed to have drained out after a while. The property owner or renters would likely not know what the issue is if the water doesn't drain. They probably didn't even realise that there is a mesh in the drainage system
@@colonelcider8292 If I remember correctly, the consensus in the comments here was it's actually some sort of stormwater overflow buffer pond type infrastructure
@@Username-qx9gk which is my point... The owners and renters would be unaware of the issue as they didn't design the infrastructure. They know that the area is prone to flooding but wouldn't be aware of how to deal with it or why it would flood. It's a warning sign of what could happen. Once the problem happens, that what people like Ollie are for. Professionals who are knowledgeable about drainage systems to quickly resolve it.
Now thats what I call an interesting and awesome front yard! 5 year old me would of been in heaven. Heck, I'd still be blocking it on purpose in a rain storm even now and be entertained for hours. Age sure hasn't changed me on that front :)
You always make sure the customer gets what they pay for. I admire the quality in what could have been the easiest job to cut corners on.... It's truly a dying breed.
