Things Went Wrong but it's COMPLETED! 🥳 

Oh wow, I nearly screamed out loud when that excavator tipped like that. So great that all is done now on this trench and wall. Well done Maya and team.

The sound of you pushing the gravel with your feet takes me right back to childhood, walking on Chessel beach in Dorset - pebbles, pebbles, pebbles. Such hard work! Well done to you all, so great to see you coming to the end of this phase.

Dave was impressive. Really put it all out there

I agree you are always happy. It doesn't matter how much you work. My body aches just watching you work so hard. You treat every one that works there with kindness and respect. Love ❤️ you, enjoy watching you from texas.

“Team work makes the dream work”

Another great video Maya! After visiting i can confirm that Maya really is as happy, positive and hard working as the videos show! Was a real pleasure to meet Maya, visit and help and I'll definitely be back again 😊

Maya I love the idea of people coming to spend time with you and help you out. It seems as if you have made many wonderful life long friendships. Congratulations the work on the house looks wonderful!!

always a good feeling when you finish something to completion

Dear Maya, this project is making you mentally and physically stronger! It's such a huge change since your first season. So much progress!!

I'm actualy amazed about what kind of hard job you do as a women. Congratulations!

That was such a wonderful completion to a difficult and expensive project. You had some great volunteers. I'm so happy that everyone is safe and you completed the most important project just in time before the long rainy season starts. Seriously, that was fun to watch Maya. You are to be congratulated on a job well done.

You are such a delight, always happy and appreciative of life. Your volunteers were amazing workers….go girls and the young man from the UK. The river looked beautiful full and flowing again. Have a great week from Ruth in New Zealand……

Hi Maya, great job and a huge progress for getting the house ready for the winter. Cudos to all your brave volunteers, they did an amazing job. What you've done so far is only possible with a positive attitude and big load of humor and love. Having more people like you would make the earth a better place🤗😍

I have just become aware of your channel. I am impressed. This is first-rate content on a very interesting project. You are a great RU-vid personality as well. I don't know how the world hasn't jumped on board yet; a channel this good should have exceeded a million subscribers by now. Hopefully a big-time influencer will hype your channel and it will happen for you. Wishing you all the best!

I would think that a permeable fabric over the pipe under the gravel would be the way to go.

Bin beeindruckt, dass die noppenbahn richtig rum ist 🎉👌 Gute arbeit

My heart was in my mouth when the digger tipped. Oh my goodness. Glad everyone is ok though and its looking amazing. Greetings from New Zealand.

Goood to see son Dave enjoying himself and being useful!

Maya my dear you have done a magnificent job. You have learned so much since you bought your property. Now with volunteers. You will be all cozy this winter. I am excited for you to spend a new season on your property. I am headed over to Central and the north to look for a farm too this winter. I will be there 3 months. I began my own channel so I can capture my property search. Thanx for being so inspiring. So appreciate you. Cheers. Gina in Upstate New York USA moving to Portugal

You should’ve invested in a jackhammer! That is backbreaking work you will probably pay for it when you’re older! Don’t worry sitting at a computer is ruined my back, so I enjoy watching RU-vid like your friend said. You’re always a pleasure with your smiles and your laughter. I hope that never changes.

I’m from USA and I’ve been enjoying your channel. You land is truly a paradise. I find it curious how the water proof dimpled membrane gets put on there. I’ve always seen it go sort of glued onto the wall with the black tar. And the French drains here usually get the membrane around the perforated pipe and are place in a layer of clean gravel. The idea is that the water from under and over that isn’t absorbed into the soil gets transported away from the building. So you usually don’t want the rain from the gutters going into the same drain because then it will just soak into the soil and building. Well I hope it works out since you have put so much time and effort into the project.

The best Damp Course is a Cavity between the wall and the dirt and you had one. Back filling it with the dirt is a problem waiting to happen in my humble opinion. Good luck with the build

I don't mind the episodes being longer. Good stuff! Congratulations on closing the ditch!

Maya Feliz and Dave the Brave awesome teamwork! Greetings from 🇬🇧 🐈🌻🙏

I’m always impressed at the sheer volume of work you get done. That was pure muscle work. That work is going to pay off for the rest of that buildings life. I’m surprised at how I’m talented Portuguese home builders are. You see so many home with shoddy building work.

Wow Maya so much progress❤❤. Praise the Lord for all the nice people in the world that are giving their energy to help with your projects. You make good teams🎉🎉🎉

Job well done! What a team you had helping out, they were amazing. You're very lucky to have such hard working volunteers Maya, but you are also a good host, and look after them. That's another hard task completed, congratulations 👏 🎉🎉🎉😊❤️❤️❤️

Thats great! It can be tricky to work with people you have just met that day so well done.

Wonderful progress on waterproofing the stone house walls! That was a big project. Awesome job from all of the hard-working volunteers😊🙌🏼❤️

your place with the river is beautiful.

Well done! Woooohoooo! I was worried when the bobcat tipped, I thought Dave and Kasey were in trouble 😢 Maya have you thought about getting a pair of goats to keep the mimosa and other vegetation under control a bit? They will eat almost anything and make wonderful pets ❤🐐🐐

Great job by all!! Maya, you've made me realize that I am capable of so much more (at 57 y.o.). Thank you for the inspiration ❤.

well done for working so hard but i have to say that is the strangest "french drain" ive ever seen as long as it works all good .🤔👍

For a french drain you normally put filter fabric down and lay the pipe with the perforation’s down then cover with gravel and fold the filter fabric over the gravel creating a burrito for the roof drains it should be in a separate pipe You want to keep water out of the footing area what you’ve done is a system to introduce water into the area you want to keep dry lot of wasted work 😢

Dave is a good man,so very helpful and a hard worker. He sounds like Ben Wishaw,both have a lovely voice.

Maya, I think it is important to collect of much fo the rain as possible and store it into your soil. Slow down the flow of the water leaving your land. Good luck.

Wieder mal wilde Szenen da bei dir! 😂 aber, ich habe mal einen Splitter, der im Staub herumflog, ins Auge gekriegt. 😢 Bitte setzt Schutzbrillen auf! Das Drama wollt ihr nicht. Die Augen sind das wichtigste überhaupt! Schutz, Schutz, Schutz! 🩵 … ansonsten super Arbeit! Mach weiter so und unterhalte uns mit deinen Videos! Ist schon ein Sonntagsritual geworden, die zu schauen 😊🎉

It's called "Platonmatta" in swedish...

Great job! A longlasting result with dry walls and clean in side the house. Perfecto!

Phew! What a job! Great help along the way, and you are a fantastic leader!❤

Fantastic episode. Sad to see the ladies leave but glad you got other help right away. :)

Such hard work but such a happy team. Well done. Blessings to all xxxx

Been watching since the beginning. It's so satisfying seeing you little paradise coming together, Maya. I look forward to seeing your videos. They make me so happy. Congratulations from down under. 😃👏👍🏼🇦🇺

great to see so many people come to help! gives the videos a new flavor, love it!

Need to find an efficient way to retain all that water rushing off your land.

What awesome volunteers you had! Great progress and I loved the video.

You should think about growing lavender flowers to reduce bugs

Ideally, when you install a French drain, the holes in the pipe should be on the bottom, so that the water will enter the pipe as soon as it starts to rise. When the holes are on the top of the pipe, the water level must rise to the top of the pipe before it starts to drain off. This means you will have as much standing water as the diameter of the pipe, and when it is on rock it won't soak into the ground and must migrate along the pipe until it reaches the end. When the rain stops, the water below the top of the pipe will remain, 4" for a 4" pipe. When the holes are on the bottom, the remaining water will only be the height of the thickness of the pipe wall.

Looking good Maya, just don’t forget to slop the dirt away from the house

Well done Maya with the help this beautiful team jo done 🎉

Rilliant progress on such a steep slope

Great job! What a journey you are on Maya. You have had such wonderful people to help! Take care 🌿

Great work Maya and the team. It’s really starting to take shape now. So nice to have helpers.😊😊😊

Mega progress, Maya!!!! Congrats!!! See you next week!!!!

I am enjoying your content! This is better than watching a movie, because it's real life challenges being overcome by real people.

So happy everything turns out so well in the end and nobody got injured 💓 great job again!!

Congratulations on completing this job! It was huge accomplishment!

You have really been taking on harder projects; super cool!

You girls are absolutely charming. If I weren't a. in Australia b. 74, I would volunteer to lend a hand. But with you in spirit, good luck.

Such a great positive in a world of negative 🌼🌼

So lucky to have rain! Here in Alentejo we're still waiting---

Wow, it's starting to come together nicely now ❤❤❤

I want a Maya River Land Beauty Treatment!!!

Generator and electric jack hammer to break up the rocks. Or generator, compressor and pneumatic jack hammer. Dimpled or perforated black sheet for wall protection and water runoff. Normally secure to wall with screws, washers and 3" plastic. French drain in place and connected to open storage tank. Backfill and regraded. Need to finish roof tiles, gutters and downspouts. Hot and cold outside shower. Need base and drain pan and gray water routing. Pump house construction is progressing. Lower level graded.

You should make molds and put all that concrete to good use. XD also we need more dancing content . Lol gotta make Paul?bust a move at some point. You should also get one of those solar water heaters they’re like 100$ it’s basically a glass pyramid with a spiral hose that heats water

hi maya feliz,best regards from Philippines been followed you quite awhile now

Hiya Maya , now it's taking shape well done you've had some great help to get on ..👍

Very good that a big job has been completed. I am a bit surprised that you didn't use one batten high on the wall to temporarily hold the plastic membrane in place.

Wow Maya 🎉 thought you were in Manchester England with all that rain. Tony ❤️🇬🇧 xx

Wow. What a huge job! Amazing accomplishment. What an awesome team! 🎉

Watching from south africa hard work paying off

That was a huge job! Well done all of you, great coordinating, Maya! 💙

So Overkill XD that wall could be a contention pound for a nuclear power station

You are always happy, the environment is also pleasant there.I want to volunteer you mam from India🇮🇳

What an amazing feat that was.! Bravo

Just Finished Whole playlist and here you are with new video 🙃🙃

wow, such a progress. Well done girl

Well done 👍👍

Hi Maya. Food for thought. If you still have help at the house I would replace your French drain perforated pipe to a solid sewer pipe . There is a lot of weight on it and eventual fail by being crushed. Sewer pipe is made stronger and better. You don't want the water to soak away you want the water to leave the area as fast as possible where it won't affect the house or pooling. What you have used for the French drain is ribbed corrugated so the water has resistance and the speed of the water will cause it to linger longer. It is also prone to being blocked as the Robb's will gather sediment from the roof over time and block your flow over time eventually causing issues with your gutter. Sewer pipe has less resistance and the sediment build up will be minimal leaves etc will flow with more ease. Just a opinion will be easie to change out now. Your down pipes is the sort of what you need but get sewer pipe not pipe for downpipe peace your doing well on your project. Other option is to kust join into the down pipes at sub surface leave and then run sewer pipe just 200 mm below theand it will have a good fall away from the house the french drain will fail. Though you should chat to someone else about this and not from a reply from youtuber better discuss with amongst others

“Always Happy” your last name, Feliz means Happy. It suits you well😃

Besides the hard work you'll have so many lovely memories

Wow 🤩- well done !!!

You need a concrete breaker 😊

Great job, no wonder Maya is muy feliz..

I love your positivity and determination

Is looking more beautiful everyday, love to see all the changes, and also learn so much by watching all you do, all your volunteer are amaizing.

Epic job, bet you don't want to do that again!

Bom trabalho 👍👏 bravo Maya, excelente equipe... kisses e tudo de bom 😘

That’s so cool!!! 🎉

Great job! 😎👍👊

Great job! 👍

So much work ❤

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Yo go girls i did almost thousand freet of a French drain on my Vinyard and you did good

You guys were crushing it… 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥…. So far you have gotten some really wonderful volunteers.. God bless their hearts ❤️ I’m sure that’s a real feather in your hat .. you get to met so many people and who knows found yourself life Long friends.. thank you again for sharing your journey

Another amazing video

Awesome work!

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Battery powered jackhammer

🎉 soooo good