MY DIRTIEST DRIVEWAY CLEAN EVER! (No drainage at all) 

How much per sq Mtr do you charge mate

Hi mate usually between 3-4

Get a mud sucking pipe. They’re about £90, trust me, well worth the money!

I’ve just got a gutter vac so that’ll sort me out from now on :D

A sub here. Just found your page.

😂 cheers mate

you know he's a true workie when everything is pointed out by mug

oh god YESS, i was on edge and thinking "this video was supposed to help me relax"

HAHAHAHAHA

Nu Uh. He doesn’t control how you react to what’s a trivial detail to most. Anxiety can be a bitch, but it’s not his fault.

Satisfying isn’t it! And thank you I need a trim though 😆

Geez, those bricks looked dirtier than the other drive. Very good job!

It uses so much fresh water though.. something that’s a huge problem in most large countries. Who knows what can replace it.. but with a driveway that large he likely used about 80,000 gallons of fresh water. People in the Los Angelas area right now are limited to 85 gallons of tap water a day just for reference and that’s per household. To clean that driveway a household could have lasted 941 days which is just a bit less than 3 years worth of water. See what I mean. It’s a GIANT problem.. paver driveways last forever but require huge amounts of water to upkeep whereas who washes black asphalt? Though asphalt must be replaced every 7-10 years. Just food for thought.

@@prawnstar9213 fun fact, black asphalt actually makes cities hotter, leading to higher power bills, worse heat waves, and faster degradation. The black colouring traps in heat from sunlight, leading to patches of superheating. Something closer to a blue-grey is actually far less heat retentive Similarly, you can actually get dramatically lower power bills just by painting your roof white all because it reflects the sun

@@zen_ccg That’s a fantastic point.. so there’s really nothing great about paved driveways. Is gravel the answer? 🧐

There was one ubend on the far edge but it just lead straight into the house so I dare not try to blast it 😂

A lot of these drains are soak away ones which take hours, making them completely useless especially when pressure washer, speaking from experience

I would describe that a strip drain or an Aco drain. A French drain is a perforated pipe set in gravel.

As Tony says these thing don't normally connect to a positive drainage system - even though they should. Lots are called soakaways by the cowboys that install them but they don't do the tests to see if water can soakaway. Generally these drives with slot drains will cause problems.

Satisfying right 😆

Ah yeah there’s always a bit of problem solving with most jobs I do, I say all the time no matter what I turn up to clean there’s always something that takes a second thought :)

What I wanna know is why not a surface cleaner w/ extractor

@@OZtheRedDevil 🤦🏼‍♂️

@@OZtheRedDevil wrong. With drainage, yes, that would be one approach. With no drainage, he would have flooded the garage/storage shelter.

@@OZtheRedDevil with no drainage all the dirty water and mud would have just kept coming down hill onto your cleaned surface. He did it the proper way.

amazed... annoyed in my case :D

idiotic design

@@DemeDemetre Very much so.

Wouldn’t be so bad if they installed proper drainage

hoping they sort it too!

It honestly looks like a water line about a foot high 7:48 all along the wall and door.

Have been watching too many Drainaddict videos. The one with the rat. Got a drain attachment for my pressure washer. It's decent but nothing like the pro stuff. Gets my stuff done at least. I would guess the machine in the video with s decent drain attachment would help the drainage up to working level.

tell me about it... nightmare

in probably one of the rainiest countries too. how can you not think of the feet of water you'll have. i've seen a lot of reno vids of english properties and they all pretty much have one thing in common. 'the drainage is just for show, it doesn't actually exist' XD

Always use a wet an dry (cordless )vac, when power washing drives an gardens. Builders dont bother with drainage. Thats the last thing on their minds. They just wanna get it finished an move on to the next one...

😆 thank you for watching and I’m glad RU-vid is still suggesting my stuff ☺️

I know same here, was like what's this? Followed by 'hello 😍'who knew cleaning drives would be hella entertaining!!!

I am conducting statistical studies of people posting comment-dialogues. Please aswer one question: What is your IQ?

@@ahenathon 1

Holy crap 240 likes on that comment 😩😆

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed, I can’t wait for some bigger jobs 😎

Thanks ben, appreciate that mate

I actually have a brand new one at home but saving it to do a video on it 😆 all I could think about was should I go back and get the vac... just dedicated to the RU-vid channel 😂

Or a water pump

Maybe a surface cleaner too! Easier to do the brick that way.

@@fritolays406 or just borrow the cities streetsweeper.;-) Not going to lie very usefull

Yep, me too. Couldnt manage without it (cordless is safer). Always carry spare batts as well...

Awesome thanks for clicking on my video! :D

@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning You’ve got a new subscriber from Houston Texas!

Thank you so much Teresa !

Glad you like them! I'll keep them chilled!

Thank you mate! I spoke to them about it and they reckon its cowboy builders from many years ago, just never got it fixed. Block paving is drainage in itself anyway, just very very slow so may have some puddles for a day after a clean but eventually itll go :D

He is ,a idiot.

But the problem is not a blocked drain, It's the fact that there is no drain at all. No wonder why that garage area looked like a little jungle. Because it turns into a swimming pool after every single rain. The stupidest design I have ever seen...

Cheers Rick! Appreciate the kind words mate

Ayy that’d be nice! Thanks my man 👍

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching todd :D

Thank you very much!

Awesome good luck to you!

Yeah it’s definitely satisfying walking away after a good job :D Thank you!

thank you irene!

It’s actually nearly there! Looks shorter with my hat on 😆 sometimes I catch my reflection and think gosh I look messy 🤔

@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning put it in a top knot until it gets longer that way it doesnt bother your ears or fall in your face.

Cheers Thomas thanks for tuning in!

Thanks for subbing! and welcome to the channel, i really appreciate it michelle!

Wooo thank you!

haha no idea mate

Awesome thank you!

Cheers rob, long two days xD

It fills in the gaps so that the pavers don't shift and keeps them in place. It's also handy for keeping weeds out.

Oh I see. Thanks!

As Tim says it stops the pavers moving. Block pavers have a 'nib' on each face to create a gap to allow water to drain through. I believe that under current building regulations you cannot have any drive or path over 5 sq metres that is not water permeable. This helps to reduce flooding as thousands of drives shedding water to the flood drains would overload them. That is why you don't see concrete drives now - they are either block, asphalt or resin.

@@MrFritzybabe thanks for the info. This all makes a lot of sense when you think about it!

@@MrFritzybabe sorry if I sound ignorant but when it rains, does it wash away the sand and create a mucky mess? (I live in California, we only get light rain for like one month a year!)

couldnt help but thinking how dumb it was to start from the top there, with the pressure washer you can push the water back up too, i thought when he paused the video about half way down he realised how bad the drainage was and was going to start from the garage but no he built a mud wall LOL, also made the garage door way more filthy by going that way

Wouldn’t starting at the bottom mean that the water would all flow back onto his clean area though?? ‘Pushing’ water uphill seems like an endless task

@@falsteethmike That is a good point although the pressure washer takes out the dirt that’s stuck deeper in the floor. It’s much more difficult to do that whenever there is water over the floor and it will not take the necessary dirt out because of water blocking it and having no where else to move. The water that slides down if you start from the bottom won’t affect the floor compared to how dirty it will stay starting from the top! It makes the job much easier than you fighting with the water to clean what’s under

@@ashantihedenid7100 I don’t agree. I think the water flowing back down onto a clean area will just fill the crevices back up with grime and it’ll require doing a second time

Thank you luann! Glad you enjoyed it!

tell me about it xD

Much appreciated thanks!

Thanks mate! And yeah I’m getting a whole new setup soon so will get a fancy surface cleaner too!

awesome im glad i can help relax you! job done for me!

Thank you Patricia! appreciate you watching!

Thank you Stephanie ☺️

Thank you! Cheers! glad you enjoyed it mate!

Yeah just helps replaced what’s been blasted out to keep everything solid 👍😄

Luckily I can do it all day :D

Thank you! So tired now! Xx

Cheers big K! Ah your years of breaking your back are done mate, take it easy and enjoy yourself, I’m only working too hard now so I can be like you when I grow up 😆

Great tip thank you! I wouldn't of thought about that with the hose pipe! cheers!

hahah if its as bad as this then call me up!!

Thank you!

Cheers Dave! Slow and steady wins the race ay :d

Awesome! Thank you!

Definitely!

Thanks Jennifer! I was up to my shoulder in mud trying to unblock it but no joy. they need a professional :D

Definitely mate ill have one in my arsenal very soon

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I didn't realise I could do that! 😂

Thanks, will do!

I’d love to work in the states even just a few times :D

Ah definitely mate, it’s quite scary to think bout really

Thanks for watching!

Yeah i think theyre attempting to do it all up which is needed.

theres two doors on it, its very weird :D

I don't think it matter much in these circumstances anyway. I don't think anyone really using it. Who needs a garage that become flooded after every rain? :)

Thank you for tuning in :D

Thank you big momma 😆

Cheers Michael, yeah it’s all outgoings isn’t it, it’s tough spending thousands on something one month thinking you’re sorted... then a few jobs come in for another thing and it’s time to spend on that too 😆 Mrs will not be happy