Installing a new septic system 

You have much more patients with that engineer than I would have had, you built it to her design, then she decided that plan was no good.!! I would have sent her an invoice . Great job👍

Andrew stands head and shoulders above many today because of his unusual honesty and transparency. Exemplary work ethic. And teachable. Also his ownership of the job... to get it done on time and well.

Dude, you are the most patient contractor I have ever seen. I hope you got paid extra for the extra work.

49:00 'I'm pretty annoyed with this lady at this point." Andrew, you're a saint. She tells you to dig a 5th lateral to fix an issue, then comes back after you'd done that and says, "no, just redo the whole field instead". I'm dropping F-bombs just watching it.

Andrew, you have tremendous patience and not a swear word. Thank you for setting a good example for all of us.

people like you are what makes this country great, I love your work ethics, patience and common sense. I think you are the best

I’ve been waiting for years for someone to make a good demonstration video on this. Thanks for putting this together!

In spite of all the adversity that was involved with this property you continued to perform professionally - just as I knew you would, Andrew !! Proud of you for your great attitude and resolve !! I salute you !!

I like your openness and the fact that you have decided to have shown the failed inspection part of the septic field. Great job.

Putting time-stamps in the description was an incredibly classy move. Full points.

You're an absolute example to us all bud. A real honest hard working guy.

I appreciate the caution tape. Signed, a fiber installer.

Why can't i stop watching these videos??..... it's getting to be a problem!!

Andrew, your attitude toward doing good work in the face of many changes is rare!! One of the reason I am subscribed! Thanks !!

The ending was the best part. Flying his drone while driving a dump truck loaded with his equipment on the narrowest road in town. Great stuff.

Well done. You have a very placid personality and the patience of a saint.

There's something really nice about watching a chill professional do their work, especially one who enjoys doing the work, and even more someone who handles their emotions so well in the face of increasing frustration. Pro job, Andrew!

Andrew you are a dying breed. Not only do you know what your doing from the ground up but you do it in a calm way. I'm impressed.

11:50 nice to see the guys in the trade who see this work all day every day complimenting our Andrew, just shows how skilled he is

Andrew, I have been binge watching your videos for over a week now and found this little jewel you have been working on. I followed it from when you first broke ground until this final episode. Seeing the working conditions and frustration with frozen ground to frozen equipment and finally bureaucrats. If I ever wanted to show some kid what it takes to be an adult and live up to ones responsibilities this series of videos would be at the top of my list. Well done Andrew. :)

Engineers and the government could screw up a wet dream. I had a septic system that I had to “redo” two times. You handled it well.

49:10 - Use your video when talking to contractors and engineers and home-owners and inspectors. Better videos, better content, and court evidence to keep you from losing money. Great content man. Awesome!

This almost a how-to video without the need for too much explanation because he does it so well.

Masterpiece, Picasa couldn't have carried out a better planning video piece. 👏

Andrew Camarata: 'Number one, in the number two business'

Man your patience is amazing, and the quality of your work is great!

Great video my friend, thank you for showing the wrong and right way of fitting the leach field. Very valuable information seeing it done means the world to many of us.

Great job with being honest and showing real life situations that happen. Speaks well for your character.

I'm thankful that you didn't edit it down. I appreciate all of the info and time lapse (sped up) video. Thank you for putting this together.

10/10 the best youtube channel, I came for the jet ski videos, stayed for the rest, over the years, these videos have given me a new life goal and have taught me a lot. Thanks again.

Excellent video. Well done. Your engineer was out to lunch , she should have an extended lunch break!! , as she lacks common sense. Glad you didn’t edit, shows your honesty, and sincerity of the truth , in teaching how to do this. So great to see honesty these days , great job , my friend. Tc.

EXCELLENT WORK! EXCELLENT ATTITUDE! EXCELLENT FILMING! I wish you much success in your life; you're a keeper!

I live in Moscow. I bought a house last year and viewed more than twenty suburban properties when I was shopping. An engineer. A public health board. Minimum distances. Regulations. Inspections. Nice things you do have. Let me give you some options for sewage disposal I have seen implemented, among the houses for sale I viewed. First, there is some "unused" wood area around. Install a pump in that tank and discharge the sewage through a hose into the nearby woods every night. Optionally, spray it around your own garden weekly (also works in the winter, never mind the yellow snow). If there is a stream nearby, feel free to run a discharge pipe into the stream. A roadside trench will do too. If there is neither available, dump it right at the property border and hope your neighbour is not too unhappy about a permanent wet spot in his garden. Or you can dig a small pond on your land and dump it all there. There was only one house with a drainage field among those I viewed. And, there were all the above solutions.

Wow!, I have a lot of respect for you. That was an overwhelming amount of work and after watching the video you pretty much did it solo. You kept your cool and persevered. Impressive stuff, I’m a cop from Ohio and make a really good living but I enjoy learning and envy the knowledge involved in a job like this.

Your video/drone footage is as good as your main work. Great job.

My father owned and ran an earthmoving business for 30 years. Before that, he was a carpenter/house builder. He regularly referred to construction engineers as "village idiots with their brains bashed out". He would say that all the time. Now I understand why.

You are a true gentleman- they did not listen to your input, however , a true trooper that you are, you carried on as you trust in the team was slowly been ing tested. You are a true gentleman and a treasure to your craft.

I commend you on your patience, you are a saint to have such virtue with all the technical issues that had repeatedly risen! God is very pleased with you and your good nature as He smiles down upon you!

"Stone ladder" on entrance turned great. Love it.

There are very few people who I'm jealous of, but Andrew would be on that list. Hard core work ethic, with the knowledge of an old man. Well done Andrew.

Thank you for not editing the film. My sons septic is 43 yrs old and is starting to fail. We’re waiting on plans to be done in NorthWest Indiana. This video shows me how much work it really is. Your a true contractor.

Great series of videos showing the real process of developing a residential site! Thanks for posting it. It’s useful to see the entire series of events.

Andrew...your videos are so much more than “training” films ... they are pure zen! Thank you for your editing efforts. I used to work in commercial television as an editor for years...trust me when I say that as a video producer, you have more innate talent than many who come out of film school.

"This septic system could have gone a drop smoother." What a great attitude. Unless I missed it, I didn't hear Andrew say that he lost any money on this project, only time. He commented on an earlier video that he charges by the hour. So my hope is that his frustration was caused by having to do the work several times, rather than losing any money. The property owner should be very pleased with the work he did. Also, as an engineer for 30 years, there were plenty of times when I admitted my mistakes, took the responsibility, and did what was needed to make things right.

대단 합니다. 내가 보기에도 부럽네요. 일 하는 열정 진실 만을 추구하는 자세 정말 대단합니다. 늘 건강 하시길 바랍니다.

No nasty blame throwing except one short sentence on his frustration and then “Alright, let’s get the job done”. Keep it up👍🏻✊🏻

Nice job Andrew! Those baffles in the tank are strange but make it easy! We just stub in 4" and make our own baffles with sanitary tees turned upright with a piece of pipe going down into the tank. I wish some of our operators could learn from you but we are in a completely different type of terrain. Nothing but rock!

As a woman, I am SO IMPRESSED with this! Wow!! Guys who do this kind of work impress me no end. Worth your weight in gold and platinum - you deserve whatever you charge and I sure hope the owner paid every dime. Awesome … those huge rocks he dug out … oh my goodness. The tractors are life and time saving also. AND he goes into the tank also … all I can say is this guy's wife better treat him right.

I'm glad you didn't edit the video I learned a lot from it. I'm meeting with my contractor to discuss putting a cistern and septic on my property in the Black Hills of South Dakota next week there is a lot of good information that will help me understand the process involved thank you.

Kept your cool in the face of goodness knows what!! What gets me is how good some people are at spending other peoples hard earned cash, good job and well done Andrew..

I’m an excavator in the Washington state and man you guys have the coolest rocks! Those big ones you removed from where the tank is going are awesome big ole flat rocks! I’ve noticed when you set culverts you use smaller flat rocks and dry stack them at each end giving the approach a really clean finished look! Even though I do pretty much the same thing I very much enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for sharing your work with us!

I love how you speed through the tedious parts but still let us watch it!!!!! you rock

Being in the trades it's amazing how the engineers can seem to flip-flop and expect us to eat the changes. But we all end up eating labor for one reason or another. Just wish they were held to the same standard. Thanks for sharing the whole truth. I ended up drafting "Schedules of work to be done" for authorization. Then if changes were made, charges could be made. Architects and engineers never want to be called out for mistakes in front of their clients... You were the better party. Good for you.

I have watched all episodes of this build to this septic chapter & I am impressed w/your choice of equipment for this job. You choose Just enough muscle to get the job done without roughing up jobsite any more than you have to, under very challenging conditions . You seem to be keeping your cool, which is the sign of a pro. Hope you get bid on some easier money makers. Thanks for the ride in this series.

Andrew I'm declaring you a saint and knighting you simultaneously. I appreciate your professionalism and work ethic. God bless you.

Young man pulled himself outta the hole!

EXTREMELY helpful to a guy who is just about to break ground in NY. A real nightmare scenario for you, the contractor. Well done all around!!

All without cussing, I’m impressed!!! Your a far better man than I am.

I’m really liking these longer videos Andrew. Keep it up bro!

We all have em. Those jobs that turn south, but just keep your head down and muscle through it. Turned out good in the end.

Love that you show the real life side of things, where things go wrong...

Watching your trying to go through the foundation with that little hammer drill... Laughing and missing the good old days when I had that little drill in the van, and the one I really wanted that was one step up from that was 43 miles away on another job.

What a cluster brother! You were taking it much better then I would have.

Cool music. We appreciate all the hard work you put in for these videos.

Brother you had it done rite the first time but your the example of a true professional great job

I will say it again Andrew you are one of the hardest workers on RU-vid. Keep up the videos buddy...

WELL Done Andrew , you would make any Father proud to have a son like you, also most important you kept it REAL no edit Cheers from the U.K.

Thank you for showing the entire project, the easy successes and the challenges, too. Very helpful and informative. Excellent.

All I have to say is Andrew you are a beast! Nothings to much for you! I hope people pay you well. You deserve it!!!!

Great job! Love watching your videos and thank you for keeping it real. Always something to learn.

Dude, You have the patience of a saint with that engineer. Great job and even greater Attitude!!........Also.....Superb outro!

Nice work! You Sir have alot of patience. I would've been tempted to put the engineer under the tank and backfill it. Hopefully, it was a time and materials job and not a bid job.

Great series of videos showing the entire process of site development. Thank you for posting it. Often heard horror stories of septic systems. Glad to see it worked out well in the end. Great job!

"You want me to go in? I'll go in." Lol I love Andrew

Your one hell of a operator all your equipment you kno the limits and just how to use it to its fullest potential awesome video as always. Love the content

Great job Andrew! I'm glad you keep your videos 100 percent real and show the honest struggles throughout the jobs. 👍

Watched hundreds of youtube videos but yours is one of the best, because of you honesty and dedication in the job

You are a hard working young man. I am an engineer and I admire the way you overcome all problems that dare to cross your path. You hit a good balance between being bold and reckless to being precise and methodical. Every time you tackle something it makes you better ready for the next time. That’s the way it is supposed to work. Your videos would teach so many people how to get stuff done if they could put down the video games for a while and watch how you learn on the job and don’t take failure as an option.

I am a new subscriber. I've just seen this video and want to complement you on your pragmatic approach to fixing your problems as they arise. Your problems with the engineer shows your professionalism when you're up against it. Well done mate.

Andrew Camarata, We watch for advice too!!! I've been in welding for 20+ years. It's almost always those so-called "engineers" that screw it up for the people actually "doing the labor". It should be required by law, for "every engineer" to necessarily have to work on the sites they advise or set standards for!!! AWESOME JOB!!!

We are preparing to have a septic system installed. I've never seen one installed, and I didn't know the "box" could be cement. I've only seen plastic ones. Thanks for showing the mistakes. It helped us understand why septic systems are so expensive...or why it takes so much money to install one.

I plan on opening my own business once I get my CDL. I look to your videos to help me figure out what I need to learn and what I’ll need to buy or rent. Thank you for the content.

Great worth ethic, interesting content, viewer-focused, imaginative editing and quality production values. Andrew's contributions define the benchmark for shared content. Thank you Andrew.

Hello from Melbourne Australia, Gee, Andrew your a super 🌟, well done! You will be having a great holiday after all you done at this property.

I could watch this man work all day. It truly is impressive.

I sorry to see that you first work did not pass by the inspector, honestly it was a very good job in the first place, it was ten times better than the one I got at my house. My contractor did a very poorly job from start to finish, I don’t even think he installed the d box , a clean out that I have to redo it. I should have found you before, in other words, you really do an amazing job , you take pride on your work. 👍

I have been basically doing the same thing over the past few months. Although here in Kentucky inspectors are not as strict... luckily. It’s always an amazing feeling and a weight of my shoulders when I get a bigger job finally finished. Good job here, and like you said it’s better you show the mistakes rather than cover them up. It helped me seeing what is allowable and what isn’t even if the inspections here are not as strict. I like my work to last a long time while keeping ground water clean around it.

A very long enjoyable video. I enjoyed every minute. What a dedication you have given into your project! Respect!

Many thanks for showing an honest video of your project. I have done many construction projects, including renovations, and am no stranger to what kind of unforeseeable problems can pop up. OMG, I can only imagine the amount of equipment and man hours this project cost/lost. The fact you completed this project speaks volumes for your personal integrity. You're definitely worthy of respect. Unfortunately, not many contractors would have gone as far as you did. Definitely top 15%, perhaps top 2%. Kudos!

I hope they paid you for all the extra work. They should have had these plan's worked out before putting you through all this extra trouble. I really like your honesty and integrity as I have been watching your video's. I'm a female who used to run a 200+ burial a year cemetery where I had to maintain the building's, grounds, and burials, which involved a lot of different skill set's. The cemetery was built on huge hill's made out of the dirt from putting in a highway. Digging was dangerous in the winter because the company gave my cemetery all the junk from the union cemeteries in Detroit, which had a union because they had enough people to form one, and I had one full time guy, and a part time guy in the mowing season. We had a john deere with the extend a hoe, which was way to big, and slid a lot in the winter. I kept trying to get a track hoe with rubber track's, but they would rather see someone die. Trying to set the vault with tree's and memorials everwhere was challenging. I ended up getting hurt on the job because of the junk equipment,, and had to sue for the damn place to pay for the last of 4 surgeries on my right leg and knee. It is never worth putting up with garbage equipment at a job. I like how you maintain what you have, and do the job right. I always did a good job, even with junk, and a skeleton crew, because that's how I was raised, and my dad and grandpa taught me how to do a lot of what I know. It's a bummer I can't work anymore from the injury, and MS, but your video's remind me of the the old day's. God bless.

I love watching and learning from your work, it's just awesome knowledge.

REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THIS PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING TO END.! GOOD LUCK.

Love your attitude and comments at the end, showing the project through and through, props to you

Just loved the video. If the engineer does not hand you a set of plans, then you just wait. If she makes a revision, get it in writing and notify the parties involved as to what happened. Including the builder, home owner and the village she works for. She made the mistake, so you must tell everyone what she did, just think of it, as protecting yourself. Even if it means the home owner has to wait. The engineer in this case does not care. Also the number of commercials in this video is 9. Better than the last video which had over twenty. Best of luck to you Andrew!

You are a good man, Andrew.

You are an amazing young man. Very much enjoy witnessing your ingenuity, energy, knowledge and mature manner.

I love the stones you placed in the front for the entrance to the house. Your extremely talented. Happy for your success 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

I thank you for including the board of health rejection and your repair of your first field here. Because you showed what can happen, I'm going to watch out for these possible setbacks. We're just in the process of buying raw land and I'm very grateful that you've documented so much of what I'm going to have to learn. Your video library will be an essential tool for me.

I know it is a pain, but if you wrap that black drain pipe in geotextile nonwoven fabric...it prevents root growth and clogging. It doesn't take much time. Some added insurance. Love watching this. I never understood much about septic systems till I watched this video. Love learning about this stuff!!

Great video Andrew, I watched the entire series on the house. It’s Bob up in Glens Falls, the retired Line foreman. I’ve been around hundreds if not a thousand new homes sites installing primary and secondary power cables. I saw that lot with lots downhill pitch and wetness and thought its doable but tricky and like so many young inexperienced home buyers, if this is the case , I hoped they wouldn’t skimp or be prepared financially to have alterations done. Much of what I saw ‘ being tight ‘ caused me anxiousness and sense this engineer ruled on the side of caution. I hope your homeowner didn’t leave you holding the bag totally, after all that was a beautiful job and you always thought about the homeowner. Secondly....you man upped about showing the re- do’s . Anyone watching learned a lot. You are a fine young man to do so. There will be a day that you’ll have x-ray wisdom ! Trust me ....You in particular will !!! Carry on !