It is obvious you care a lot about your customers, that is rare in the world today. You should be VERY proud of your work ethic, your folks must have raised you with skill!
just finding someone to work in those conditions is very rare today, I just finished digging up a system in the rain and mud, but had to be done, the people couldn't use the bathroom the morning after Thanksgiving... love his mall at 7:42
Msgt D Oorah 1 second ago We The Few are back ... thank you , some of my troops are like you .. We got your message. We expected this attack and were not taken by surprise. We continue with you and others .. Our love , our light, our strength and protection for you JC KAY. OORAH! ✝ALL CHILDREN ARE NOT FOR SALE NOR SLAVERY NOR SACRIFICE. THEY WILL NEVER BE ALONG. G'D SPEED PATRIOR. WWG1WGA! ...""Freedom is not Free'''''.. DOMINION AI MACHINES are still in use around the world to control elections . The OCCULT CCP has control of all the DEMONCRACKS and GOP TRAITORS also All those collaborators who support the Occult .. Prepare all you sinners G'D Justice is upon you and ours ..FEAR is what make you weak .. Righteous one believe in yourself and your power .OORAH!!
the thing that really impresses me is u don't have the flashest gear but u leave ur job sites lookin 10 x beter than people that have the mac daddy million dollar equipment that says alot abowt u and ur attitude, keep it up bro,
The high dollar big daddies need to get to that next job quick; they need the money to make the bank payment on that fancy equipment!! They miss one payment and they're through! So much for doing a good job!!! It's boarder line desperation working for the banksters!!!!
Andrew Camarata Hey, just curious how many bathrooms that house has. Our local code calls for 25 feet of tunnel for every toilet, so I ended up installing 3 times as much as you when building my house. Of course this is in the SE US so while my terrain looks similar to that house, percolation rates and stc are probably different. Thanks If you can answer, and Peace
I’m impressed that you get your jobs done AND get so much video and do a great job editing the jobs into something interesting. Easy to overlook how much work goes into the video portion.
Growing up, my family was poor. One summer, our drain field failed. We couldn’t afford an excavation company, so I got out there and dug a new drain field by shovel. Five rows, each about 75 feet long and seven feet deep. The worst part was when I had to dig close to the septic tank and d-box. It’s was pretty shitty.
Casper Wolf: it was a very hot summer so I worked on it mainly in the morning and then again from 5-ish until sundown. I guess it was about three or four weeks before I got all the trenches dug, pipe laid, filled, and closed. Luckily I didn’t hit very many big rocks when digging.
2 days completed. I'm and out fast and quality. One of you pluses is your finishing work. Cleaning the site before you leave. Your really good at this Andrew. Bravo!
I agree. You pay attention to the details right up to the end. Makes it an art. It's an awesome feeling to not feel pressured or hurried. Customers love it too. Over my career of landscape construction staring 1975 it's been about fifty-fifty working alone vs. small crews. Honestly things take longer alone but the emotional return and quality of results makes working alone my favorite. You really inspire me Andrew,...you've been graced to take the road less traveled and am sure Ur aware of that on some level. I dream now of moving back to the mainland and starting a whole new phase of my life running big equipment moving earth and doing maintenance & construction like you. Damn I miss the mountains and all the space to spread out and create. You are in Paradise too,...You know that, right ?! Blessings Oahu, HI 2019
I like watching your videos, you do so many different projects. Never heard of a Leach Field, much less knew what it was for. Learn about many things watching your videos, even how to repair equipment that I will never own, well after watching you video on your UTV, I am thinking of getting one. Thanks for sharing you life with us all.
I know the people that use you are so happy to have found you because of all the little special attentions you throw at there property. You are a classic example of what my brothers and me call the DRT''''s (doing the right thing). We always went out of way to spoil the customer and it paid off in huge dividends and I know full well that you enjoy the same rewards. Great job Andrew!
A Camarata classic from the archives! I'm dealing with a failed leach field so time to get to work. I like how you did a hybrid approach with using both gravel and the tunnel system. nice. Most vids with the tunnel just throw it straight on bare soil.
When I sold my house I was worried that the leach field would d ail since it was 35 yrs old. My realtor made such a big deal about it. Also I remember my neighbor paying 20k to replace his leach field. You make it look easy!
@Daniel Sherwood right. When I started educating customers not how to do the job but as to what I was doing. They became more comfortable with me doing their work. Which in turn caused more work! You also stay fresh on your knowledge as well
when laying pipe, the water should always flow from the straight end of a section into the bell end of the next section, not out of the bell and into the straight
@@eddiehernandez854 its not about pressure its about making a smooth transition just in case something were to be in the pipe don't want it to get hung at that point.
Nice job on the leach field repair and replacement, Andrew. I love when homeowners tell you they need their drain or leach field repaired or replaced and when you get there you find a damn cesspool. :-)
Thanks. Yeah, that's usually the case. I was there a few months prior looking at it, and there was a little water coming out. He waited it for it to completely fail before having it fixed.
I would love to see your price on this job compared to the big boy septic companies,I see time and materials and very low overhead on your part.Keep on stylin man,i love these jobs.
Love your channel and have spent hours watching your videos. I think you need to do a video on using aircrete and buy the Little Dragon or make one for a DYI aircrete System. Aircrete would have been perfect for your hot tub and grotto. To all those septic experts commenting on permits, percs, and soil, you need to think a little more logically. We all urinate at most a 1/2 gallon per day. Go out an dump a 1/2 gallon of urine in your yard. Most people that have wells and septics are on bigger plots too. That 1/2 gallon will do absolutely nothing to your yard or the ground water. Now multiply it by 5 members in a household. You are now at 2 and 1/2 gallons. It will do zero to your yard and will evaporate or soak in before the day is over. Now dilute that water with all of your toilet flushes, showers, teeth brushings, dish washing and laundry and don’t forget rain and we are talking about gallons and gallons of water diluting your urine going out into the yard. There is zero to worry about. Now then there is also the food we eat that gets put in fancy North Face brown puffer jackets and hangs out in the cement or plastic septic tanks and then the water runs by and Parties with the jackets. All those gallons of water carry a little something extra, but it is underground and so diluted it is all so harmless. If you want to know if the effluent is harmless, go look at the grass near a septic tank that has been in a state of over flow. It is the lushest green you will ever see. What is my point? People are worried about effluent that if used and sprayed all over the yard, would give you the greenest yard ever, but ironically we call Green Lawn and Eco Lab and ACME Grass to put all kinds of dangerous chemicals to kill weeds and bugs and nobody worries about that run off, when all that we need for the healthiest lawn ever is sitting in the septic tank. I have an estimate for what you just did in this video, and in plain English it says to budget $45,000 for a leach field replacement. So Andy...hold your head high. You threaded the needle to help the little guy, and provided a safe leach field and ensured no dangerous water will make it to the Hudson and did it without going through the grifter system.
Great Job Andrew!!! One man's crap is another man's gold!! Bet he was glad to see you! You do finish the job better than anyone I've seen. Cleanup is as important as the job itself.
Yeah, he had me look at it this spring when the ground was a drop soggy by the tank, he said he didn't have the money, but than the septic started running out of the ground by the house after a big rain, and it turned into an emergency repair, and he sure had the money than.
Nice Job man, bottom line... This customer of yours was in a tough spot and you made something happen for very short money. Whatever time they get out of it is time they can use to save money up for the crazy expensive system that will "never fail" if they really feel like they need it... BTW, has anyone ever seen a "guarantee" on a septic system? Hell's no! No installer is going to sign his name to a guarantee---other than on his workmanship---soil, groundwater, trees, people etc are all unpredictable and clearly shit happens! ok sorry, that one slipped out. LOL!
I agree, I have installed that brand system you have 5 years ago and it is top notch!!Some of the issues you have with the rubber tracks I was told rocks kick them off and you and I are working in very rocky areas, when you here popping and clicking I was told to sweep out the rock or run the machine back and forth to help them roll out. Hope that helps! Keep up the good work!
Hello Andrew, how are you doing at this time ?I am doing great sitting at home, lol but I thank God I don't have the virus. I watch you all the time, like I said before I have never saw a man work so hard, and you are good at everything you do, eventhough you did not go to College. You know I watch your videos and the way you talk explaining everything you are good at what you do, I know that your wife are very proud of you, I hope one day I meet a gentleman like you, have a bless day.
The pipe from the tank to leach fields can be pitched... leach field itself should be perfectly level so water drains evenly, doesn’t pool up and fail starting one side to the other, this leach field is definatly fixed but would last longer if leach field was level. Good work brother
Very nice video Andrew and you give some great tips for people that may need to do this in the future! I'm sure you saved this guy a LOT of money since you don't have a big crew and fancy machines with large payments! Oh, got my shirt the other day, looks great! Thank you!
thanks for sharing the video you get a mighty fine job the only thing I would have done different was pulled those trees out that was near the leach line those roots will plug up the leech line within 5 years I like to keep trees and growing bushes 75 ft away from my septic system
good job . i replaced my septic tank with a 1200 gallon cinderblock cesspool and found a 4-500 gallon cwsspool that i put an overflow pipe into. the cinderblocks , lid pvc pipe and excavating cost me. under $500 back in 1980s in NYS . No engineers required, no inspectors etc. Never had a problem with it . My grandkids will be retired before that baby needs service. A buddy of mine had to have an engineered septic designed by a PE. ,and installed by a county approved septic system installer a few years later. It was in a watershed district, and it cost him about 20 thou. Thiw was in 1989 or 1990
Hell... people hating on your repair. They shouldve saw how my grandfather did our septic/leach field in the mid 80's, it was all haggard and still working great till this day.
LoL you just described what I'm finding outside our house that my grandfather built back in 1970. He made creative use of cinder blocks and plastic pipes. It's haggard. But it held up for about 50 years.
First of all great video and thank you for showing us how you do things. I do the same work with my father here in Georgia and I can say that it's similar to where you live. Here we just install the chamber by itself ( no gravel,sand,ect..). The installer needs a license and has to apply for a permit but no engineer is involved ( unless the ground is complete garbage). The inspector goes to the site prior to our work, writes down the general area where they want it and will come to inspect before we cover up to take records/measurements. I would recommend a quick release bucket for digging smaller trenches quicker and less time spent covering up. Everything else is just preference. Great job man!!
Very nice job but you need to bed your pipe before back filling your pipe. That protects the pipe from rocks and it also protects you from redoing a job because of a rock that broke your pipe. Just a little bit of advice from someone that has been there
Andrew Tiefry thanks. I think that schedule 40 is bulletproof, I've never had a problem with that. Maybe if it was thin wall of even sdr35, it would need sand or something.
Yeah, that's a very good idea. That wouldn't be necessary in this case, because the ground under the pipe was not disturbed and had already settled. I often make sure I pack the area tightly when backfilling around a new septic tank. Did you see my test video testing the SCH40 pipe? I don't think that would break off easily. Maybe thin wall or the green pipe.
I had to dig one up last year, done exactly like this with sch 40. The backfill material was too soft (looked similar to yours) and the inlet and outlet developed swayback/low spots
we did a geothermal system and had like 12 1" black water lines which is heavier then the sch 40 and ill be damed if we didnt have to dig up their front yard and sidewalk from a single freakin rock that just hit the pipe so perfect and punctured it! we couldnt believe it! i tried to blame the excavator operator but we dug it up and was a rock haha!
i once lived with my grandmother, we had a septic tank at the end of the garden, i always wondered why the grass was wet, after watching Andrews videos now i know :)
8:35 I don't understand why the opening (flap) from this underground channel has not been marked. He was overwhelmed and no one knows where he is. Digging again here may result in accidental damage.
Beautiful! Just what I need to do at my cabin in the woods. I guess those baffles also help with roots? and the landscape fabric. I'll bet that damn guy could have hugged you after fixing a problem like that and leaving the site so nice. Funny to hear these armchairs giving you advice when you obviously wrote the book and have the videos to prove it.
Don't worry, they'll be able to hug him when he's called back for repairs. And I'm not an armchair, been doing this work for sixteen years now. And have seen it all when it comes to septic system repair. And i gaurentee you that job was one hundred percent illegally done. I don't care what state you're from, you're not allowed to move an existing system. It's not repair at that point but new construction, and all applicable codes for new construction must be followed. Including digging perc test holes, not looking around and saying, i think over there looks good.
We just had a septic tank and leech field installed. New or repair is no different, our county officials require, pre-plan drawing, perc test and pre-site inspection before doing anything. We have gravel/sandy soil that water runs though and drains fast. They required 2-75' long leech lines for a 2-3 bedroom house and also require vertical inspection ports at both ends of each leech line. So many rules here and we live in a designated wilderness area. I love Andrews videos even if the rules are different I still learn a lot.
@@moonlandingagain3228 When you have the bell end of the pipe going the wrong way on a gravity drainage systems you are susceptible to clogging as debris catches on the pipe ends facing uphill, this is pipe layer 101.
Only applicable on the house sewage side of the tank. Effluent side should have no solids. Not saying that its not best practice for the sake of consistency, just that it isn't required and makes minimal to no difference.
I have to agree. The over lap should not be hit by running water. I was surprised he did that... I do like the new location easy to seep into the adjacent swamp.
Yes, he should've cut the bell off the first section, then put the rest of them on accordingly. He's a smart guy, but I hope he reads these comments from us "experts". :)
Question. Why hook each segment of the 100' PVC so that the flow to the leach field would encounter each seam on its way? Id think you'd want to hook them in the opposite fashion.
@@h2ouxb No guarantee of that, he should know better if he is in this business. There is no bedding under the first section of pipe from tank to leach field, lots of gaps under pipe that will definitely rely settle due to backfill surcharge and traffic on driveway.
Love how clean the site was left!!!!!!! I'm in my grandparents home now, and our septic is near to fifty years old. I have had it pumped every two years. It was a gift to me and our fam but was hardly maintained. We just had the February snow/ice storm here in Maryland and in a day my septic ran into my shower. Its taken us 5 years to barely get on our feet. Estimates here for this run 5-20,000$!!!!!! Suggestions???????? No, movinfg is not an option. Applied for xmas in April and everything else.
This is the same problem I am having with our home. It's so financially and emotionally straining to need to put a new septic tank in. They basically rob you
Done the same thing Andrew. Forgot PVC hack saw and used a hand tree saw. Job done ! Some where along the line purchased a cheap batt sawzall,... much easier, LOL !
Over all very nice. One change/suggestion, lay the pipe so the bell end is on the upstream side. Slightly less of a chance of debris getting caught in a joint.
I wish septic fields were that easy where I'm in Western Canada, they have to be engineered and approved, a basic gravity fed drain field a person is looking at 10-15,000 dollars, most drain fields have to be pressurized systems now your looking at 30-40,000 dollars. Most contractors don't want to do septic systems because of the regulations plus the fact the contractor is liable for any failures for the life of that field. If you are a home owner and you've screwed up your septic system from neglect its going to cost you a fortune.
New systems here need to be engineered and approved, repairs don't. But for new smaller systems, many people choose not to have it engineered/approved. Sometimes engineers don't know as much as they should.
It’s a risk to the homeowner not having it engineered, perc tested, etc. If they sell the property and the field fails or doesn’t pass a dye test, they can get sued by the buyer and have to shell out $20k for a new system. But few homeowners have $20k sitting around to repair a system. I have to say that a friend had a system that needed to be pumped and an improperly repaired pipe fixed and they didn’t ask too many questions about the rest of the system either!
love the videos ! you do great work....only thing I would ever critique is maybe to put a tarp down and put the dirt on top. I wouldn't want my yard getting all messed up by dirt! love your videos!!!
The baffle should have been a little longer unless it is a ledge or lowboy tank. When I do baffles I measure top of tee to bottom of cover opening, you should have a air gap of at least two inches when cover is on to let air from roof vent flow thru tank to leach field. I just cut top of tee off to be sure. Also putting a vent on end of leach field would help.
Andrew makes do with about three tools and his equipment, thus he always has what he needs on the job! The rest of us are always wasting our time looking for that specialized tool we bought or heading back to the house or Home Depot for some other tool...!
hi Andrew i am from Mauritius in Indian ocean i see the work you done but here we make it differently one thing i found that you are like mike plumber ,operator /mechanic learn in a different way after excavate the trench must be meter with a slope of 1 cm and the pipe must be slotted to 65% each side with a distance of 10 cm this to protect the pipe crush and the pipe must be sewer type pn 10 ist step excavate trench 2nd trimming of trench then laying of géotextile membrane the a bedding of 15 cm with 30 to 40 mm gravels then laid the pipe after then you backfill with gravel 40 cm you the géotextile and then finally backfill with soil i made it several time and it work for several year
Thanks. I sometimes do that, especially with stuff that's delicate, dangerous, or hard to repair. Those materials are none of that. Plus you really need to be digging hard to break that white pipe, its very strong. Plus whenever someone is digging on a new site, they should ask the home owner where buried utility's are.
Nice job Andy. Just an FYI, we recently had a geothermal system put in, a 50'x100' pit and 200' of trench to the foundation, They laid a metallic tape down as they backfilled and then tagged it at the foundation showing you could then use a metal detector to find it if needed.
"only southerners" lmfao alright, let me guess they're the only people that hunt, fish, do blue collar work, drive semis, pour concrete, farm, build houses too, right?
@@AndrewCamarata That would also explain the PVC seams which I thought were backwards. (See my take above.) Amazing that I could be critical of anything you do, knowing I could never do anything you do... Love your channel, dude, and recommend it to all kinds of folk.
Andrew .. you are the man to do such a disgusting job as repairing a leach reach. Had to do that myself on our home in Wyoming. Had to rent the backhoe, install a new septic tank, 50 to 70 feet of line and many new "infiltrators" or what you called high capacity units. No fun.
It is obvious you care a lot about your customers, that is rare in the world today. You should be VERY proud of your work ethic, your folks must have raised you with skill!
Yeah!
just finding someone to work in those conditions is very rare today, I just finished digging up a system in the rain and mud, but had to be done, the people couldn't use the bathroom the morning after Thanksgiving... love his mall at 7:42
@Pantyboy SISSY Susanne Belinda Andrew Camarata has just replaced a leach field, using chambers after an old leach field was ruined by sludge.
Msgt D Oorah
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We The Few are back ... thank you , some of my troops are like you .. We got your message. We expected this attack and were not taken by surprise. We continue with you and others .. Our love , our light, our strength and protection for you JC KAY. OORAH!
✝ALL CHILDREN ARE NOT FOR SALE NOR SLAVERY NOR SACRIFICE. THEY WILL NEVER BE ALONG. G'D SPEED PATRIOR. WWG1WGA! ...""Freedom is not Free'''''.. DOMINION AI MACHINES are still in use around the world to control elections . The OCCULT CCP has control of all the DEMONCRACKS and GOP TRAITORS also All those collaborators who support the Occult .. Prepare all you sinners G'D Justice is upon you and ours ..FEAR is what make you weak .. Righteous one believe in yourself and your power .OORAH!!
the thing that really impresses me is u don't have the flashest gear but u leave ur job sites lookin 10 x beter than people that have the mac daddy million dollar equipment that says alot abowt u and ur attitude, keep it up bro,
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Thanks, yeah those were a drop difficult to put together, I may get 20's next time. I wear XL shirt.
The high dollar big daddies need to get to that next job quick; they need the money to make the bank payment on that fancy equipment!! They miss one payment and they're through! So much for doing a good job!!! It's boarder line desperation working for the banksters!!!!
I could not have seed it better.
Andrew Camarata
Hey, just curious how many bathrooms that house has. Our local code calls for 25 feet of tunnel for every toilet, so I ended up installing 3 times as much as you when building my house.
Of course this is in the SE US so while my terrain looks similar to that house, percolation rates and stc are probably different.
Thanks If you can answer, and
Peace
I can't believe you did all that in 13 minutes.
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The music made that possible.
@Sloppy Turtle Woosh!
I’m impressed that you get your jobs done AND get so much video and do a great job editing the jobs into something interesting. Easy to overlook how much work goes into the video portion.
Growing up, my family was poor. One summer, our drain field failed. We couldn’t afford an excavation company, so I got out there and dug a new drain field by shovel. Five rows, each about 75 feet long and seven feet deep. The worst part was when I had to dig close to the septic tank and d-box. It’s was pretty shitty.
I reckon you can say, 'you've shoveled your own shit.'
How long did that take?
Mechanisation and tractors in particular have been transformative.
Casper Wolf: it was a very hot summer so I worked on it mainly in the morning and then again from 5-ish until sundown. I guess it was about three or four weeks before I got all the trenches dug, pipe laid, filled, and closed. Luckily I didn’t hit very many big rocks when digging.
Much respect to You !
2 days completed. I'm and out fast and quality.
One of you pluses is your finishing work. Cleaning the site before you leave. Your really good at this Andrew. Bravo!
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I agree.
You pay attention to the details right up to the end. Makes it an art. It's an awesome feeling to not feel pressured or hurried. Customers love it too.
Over my career of landscape construction staring 1975 it's been about fifty-fifty working alone vs. small crews. Honestly things take longer alone but the emotional return and quality of results makes working alone my favorite. You really inspire me Andrew,...you've been graced to take the road less traveled and am sure Ur aware of that on some level. I dream now of moving back to the mainland and starting a whole new phase of my life running big equipment moving earth and doing maintenance & construction like you. Damn I miss the mountains and all the space to spread out and create. You are in Paradise too,...You know that, right ?!
Blessings
Oahu, HI 2019
I like watching your videos, you do so many different projects. Never heard of a Leach Field, much less knew what it was for. Learn about many things watching your videos, even how to repair equipment that I will never own, well after watching you video on your UTV, I am thinking of getting one.
Thanks for sharing you life with us all.
I know the people that use you are so happy to have found you because of all the little special attentions you throw at there property. You are a classic example of what my brothers and me call the DRT''''s (doing the right thing). We always went out of way to spoil the customer and it paid off in huge dividends and I know full well that you enjoy the same rewards. Great job Andrew!
Dude I found your channel the other day and it's awesome! I've watch probably 20 of your uploads. They're great and you do really good work.
Thanks.
I started watching your videos when I ran across your hot water pressure washer. And now I’m addicted to watching your channel. Nice work bud 🤙🏾
A Camarata classic from the archives! I'm dealing with a failed leach field so time to get to work. I like how you did a hybrid approach with using both gravel and the tunnel system. nice. Most vids with the tunnel just throw it straight on bare soil.
As well as hugely entertaining to watch, this channel is so educational.
Thank you for your popular e-learning delivery lesson for this week 😜
Good job. You are a hard working fellow. Blessings to you! 😎
When I sold my house I was worried that the leach field would d ail since it was 35 yrs old. My realtor made such a big deal about it. Also I remember my neighbor paying 20k to replace his leach field. You make it look easy!
Andrew, as always I learn something watching your videos. Brilliant job.
Wow very large expansion, good for them. Great videos. Keep em coming.
No old man, he's not going to reuse the old broken pipes from the 1960s on the new job. Don't worry.
@Daniel Sherwood right. When I started educating customers not how to do the job but as to what I was doing. They became more comfortable with me doing their work. Which in turn caused more work! You also stay fresh on your knowledge as well
Just tell your client to dig up the old pipes himself, clean them all up, repair them, and sure, I'll reuse it all!
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I really am inspired by your work ethic and quality of work. You lead such a cool life and career!
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Good you replaced that so quickly! It is also great how cleaned up you leave your working areas.
Good job man! I'm impressed at how you did it all by yourself.
when laying pipe, the water should always flow from the straight end of a section into the bell end of the next section, not out of the bell and into the straight
Yes u write but remember no pressure in this pipe
@@eddiehernandez854 its not about pressure its about making a smooth transition just in case something were to be in the pipe don't want it to get hung at that point.
Nice job on the leach field repair and replacement, Andrew. I love when homeowners tell you they need their drain or leach field repaired or replaced and when you get there you find a damn cesspool. :-)
Thanks. Yeah, that's usually the case. I was there a few months prior looking at it, and there was a little water coming out. He waited it for it to completely fail before having it fixed.
You did a great job even though...:-)
Andrew Camarata I thought on these types of systems they use sand instead of stone. Just curious but great job by the way
You’re do a great job, no cutting corners, that is why you will always have work. Customers appreciate this!
Andrew.. Great job and so well explained for those of us who are not up on the workings of replacing a field.
I would love to see your price on this job compared to the big boy septic companies,I see time and materials and very low overhead on your part.Keep on stylin man,i love these jobs.
Love your channel and have spent hours watching your videos.
I think you need to do a video on using aircrete and buy the Little Dragon or make one for a DYI aircrete System. Aircrete would have been perfect for your hot tub and grotto.
To all those septic experts commenting on permits, percs, and soil, you need to think a little more logically.
We all urinate at most a 1/2 gallon per day. Go out an dump a 1/2 gallon of urine in your yard. Most people that have wells and septics are on bigger plots too. That 1/2 gallon will do absolutely nothing to your yard or the ground water. Now multiply it by 5 members in a household. You are now at 2 and 1/2 gallons. It will do zero to your yard and will evaporate or soak in before the day is over.
Now dilute that water with all of your toilet flushes, showers, teeth brushings, dish washing and laundry and don’t forget rain and we are talking about gallons and gallons of water diluting your urine going out into the yard. There is zero to worry about.
Now then there is also the food we eat that gets put in fancy North Face brown puffer jackets and hangs out in the cement or plastic septic tanks and then the water runs by and Parties with the jackets. All those gallons of water carry a little something extra, but it is underground and so diluted it is all so harmless.
If you want to know if the effluent is harmless, go look at the grass near a septic tank that has been in a state of over flow. It is the lushest green you will ever see.
What is my point? People are worried about effluent that if used and sprayed all over the yard, would give you the greenest yard ever, but ironically we call Green Lawn and Eco Lab and ACME Grass to put all kinds of dangerous chemicals to kill weeds and bugs and nobody worries about that run off, when all that we need for the healthiest lawn ever is sitting in the septic tank.
I have an estimate for what you just did in this video, and in plain English it says to budget $45,000 for a leach field replacement.
So Andy...hold your head high. You threaded the needle to help the little guy, and provided a safe leach field and ensured no dangerous water will make it to the Hudson and did it without going through the grifter system.
Excellent attention to detail! Great job!
Great Job Andrew!!! One man's crap is another man's gold!! Bet he was glad to see you! You do finish the job better than anyone I've seen. Cleanup is as important as the job itself.
Yeah, he had me look at it this spring when the ground was a drop soggy by the tank, he said he didn't have the money, but than the septic started running out of the ground by the house after a big rain, and it turned into an emergency repair, and he sure had the money than.
Nice Job man, bottom line... This customer of yours was in a tough spot and you made something happen for very short money. Whatever time they get out of it is time they can use to save money up for the crazy expensive system that will "never fail" if they really feel like they need it... BTW, has anyone ever seen a "guarantee" on a septic system? Hell's no! No installer is going to sign his name to a guarantee---other than on his workmanship---soil, groundwater, trees, people etc are all unpredictable and clearly shit happens! ok sorry, that one slipped out. LOL!
Always kick ass videos, I don't know why I like them so much, but I do. !!! :)
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Good work and I like the way you take the time to explain the job...Better than any Classroom teacher.
I agree, I have installed that brand system you have 5 years ago and it is top notch!!Some of the issues you have with the rubber tracks I was told rocks kick them off and you and I are working in very rocky areas, when you here popping and clicking I was told to sweep out the rock or run the machine back and forth to help them roll out. Hope that helps! Keep up the good work!
Hello Andrew, how are you doing at this time ?I am doing great sitting at home, lol but I thank God I don't have the virus. I watch you all the time, like I said before I have never saw a man work so hard, and you are good at everything you do, eventhough you did not go to College. You know I watch your videos and the way you talk explaining everything you are good at what you do, I know that your wife are very proud of you, I hope one day I meet a gentleman like you, have a bless day.
Good job Andrew you always seem to make a nice job of everything!
Thanks
The pipe from the tank to leach fields can be pitched... leach field itself should be perfectly level so water drains evenly, doesn’t pool up and fail starting one side to the other, this leach field is definatly fixed but would last longer if leach field was level. Good work brother
Thanks for the video and I now understand how the chambers work in the leach field !
Thanks for sharing. It's amazing how one person does the whole process.
The world is nuts right now and I'm just over here watching Andrew Camarata non-stop.
Very nice video Andrew and you give some great tips for people that may need to do this in the future! I'm sure you saved this guy a LOT of money since you don't have a big crew and fancy machines with large payments! Oh, got my shirt the other day, looks great! Thank you!
Thanks, glad you like the shirt.
You the man Andrew !!! Awesome job
thanks for sharing the video you get a mighty fine job the only thing I would have done different was pulled those trees out that was near the leach line those roots will plug up the leech line within 5 years I like to keep trees and growing bushes 75 ft away from my septic system
good job . i replaced my septic tank with a 1200 gallon cinderblock cesspool and found a 4-500 gallon cwsspool that i put an overflow pipe into. the cinderblocks , lid pvc pipe and excavating cost me. under $500 back in 1980s in NYS .
No engineers required, no inspectors etc. Never had a problem with it . My grandkids will be retired before that baby needs service.
A buddy of mine had to have an engineered septic designed by a PE. ,and installed by a county approved septic system installer a few years later. It was in a watershed district, and it cost him about 20 thou. Thiw was in 1989 or 1990
Setting a pool timer
I like that pluming hammer Lol
why am i compelled to watch your stuff? i don't know, but i do know you do a great job and make a great upload at the same time, keep it up and thanks
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Milwaukee needs to send you a bunch of tools. I'd say you are a better candidate and investment then half these RUclipsrs they do send tools to
Hell... people hating on your repair. They shouldve saw how my grandfather did our septic/leach field in the mid 80's, it was all haggard and still working great till this day.
LoL you just described what I'm finding outside our house that my grandfather built back in 1970. He made creative use of cinder blocks and plastic pipes. It's haggard. But it held up for about 50 years.
Beautiful Work !
Very nice, quick work, and very quick inspection.
First of all great video and thank you for showing us how you do things.
I do the same work with my father here in Georgia and I can say that it's similar to where you live. Here we just install the chamber by itself ( no gravel,sand,ect..). The installer needs a license and has to apply for a permit but no engineer is involved ( unless the ground is complete garbage). The inspector goes to the site prior to our work, writes down the general area where they want it and will come to inspect before we cover up to take records/measurements.
I would recommend a quick release bucket for digging smaller trenches quicker and less time spent covering up. Everything else is just preference. Great job man!!
I'd say in this situation its more of a "hey buddie, can you do a septic?" Yeah man..be right over. In and out.
I need mine done. In Georgia
Very nice job but you need to bed your pipe before back filling your pipe. That protects the pipe from rocks and it also protects you from redoing a job because of a rock that broke your pipe. Just a little bit of advice from someone that has been there
Andrew Tiefry thanks. I think that schedule 40 is bulletproof, I've never had a problem with that. Maybe if it was thin wall of even sdr35, it would need sand or something.
That's a good comment, I'm going to do a video very soon testing the strengths of all the different types of buried utility lines.
Yeah, that's a very good idea. That wouldn't be necessary in this case, because the ground under the pipe was not disturbed and had already settled. I often make sure I pack the area tightly when backfilling around a new septic tank. Did you see my test video testing the SCH40 pipe? I don't think that would break off easily. Maybe thin wall or the green pipe.
I had to dig one up last year, done exactly like this with sch 40. The backfill material was too soft (looked similar to yours) and the inlet and outlet developed swayback/low spots
we did a geothermal system and had like 12 1" black water lines which is heavier then the sch 40 and ill be damed if we didnt have to dig up their front yard and sidewalk from a single freakin rock that just hit the pipe so perfect and punctured it! we couldnt believe it! i tried to blame the excavator operator but we dug it up and was a rock haha!
Love your vids been watching for DayZ now
Your neighbours/clients must be very happy you live nearby! Excellent job...nicely done!
Watching an Artist at work. This young man should be an inspiration to other young people.
i once lived with my grandmother, we had a septic tank at the end of the garden, i always wondered why the grass was wet, after watching Andrews videos now i know :)
Amazing that those chambers dont just collapse, good job
You did a great job ☺👍
8:35 I don't understand why the opening (flap) from this underground channel has not been marked. He was overwhelmed and no one knows where he is. Digging again here may result in accidental damage.
And up from the ground came a bubbling crude, Oil that is, Black Gold, Texas Tea! (a line from the Beverly Hillbilly's song)
Where I live they would have made me sleeve that with 6” schedule 80 under the driveway. Enjoy your vids man
A tradesman work is their signature, and this tradesman has very fine penmanship!
Beautiful! Just what I need to do at my cabin in the woods. I guess those baffles also help with roots? and the landscape fabric. I'll bet that damn guy could have hugged you after fixing a problem like that and leaving the site so nice.
Funny to hear these armchairs giving you advice when you obviously wrote the book and have the videos to prove it.
They probably do. Usually you only want grass over your septic area.
Don't worry, they'll be able to hug him when he's called back for repairs. And I'm not an armchair, been doing this work for sixteen years now. And have seen it all when it comes to septic system repair. And i gaurentee you that job was one hundred percent illegally done. I don't care what state you're from, you're not allowed to move an existing system. It's not repair at that point but new construction, and all applicable codes for new construction must be followed. Including digging perc test holes, not looking around and saying, i think over there looks good.
H T fuuuuuuuuuuck off hero.
We just had a septic tank and leech field installed. New or repair is no different, our county officials require, pre-plan drawing, perc test and pre-site inspection before doing anything. We have gravel/sandy soil that water runs though and drains fast. They required 2-75' long leech lines for a 2-3 bedroom house and also require vertical inspection ports at both ends of each leech line. So many rules here and we live in a designated wilderness area. I love Andrews videos even if the rules are different I still learn a lot.
Never run the bell end of the pipe that way cut the bell end off the first piece and run the bell end opposite way
exactly !!!!!
Yes, Andrew did that WRONG...
@@dmitchellhomes will it suddenly explode or what ?
@@moonlandingagain3228 When you have the bell end of the pipe going the wrong way on a gravity drainage systems you are susceptible to clogging as debris catches on the pipe ends facing uphill, this is pipe layer 101.
Only applicable on the house sewage side of the tank. Effluent side should have no solids.
Not saying that its not best practice for the sake of consistency, just that it isn't required and makes minimal to no difference.
Always polite and respectful in addition to a good job
Good work, all the best for you. You forward.
Thanks
Jose.
As a general rule you should put the slip joints the other way around.
I have to agree. The over lap should not be hit by running water. I was surprised he did that...
I do like the new location easy to seep into the adjacent swamp.
And make sure the tank has been pumped before you replace the field...
He said it was,but no proof 100 pct. I guess.
Yes, he should've cut the bell off the first section, then put the rest of them on accordingly. He's a smart guy, but I hope he reads these comments from us "experts". :)
More Glue!
I bet that smelled like fresh baked chocolate chip cookies!
What a dude , a one man wrecking crew. Really came out Nice..
Keep up the good work young fella
Question. Why hook each segment of the 100' PVC so that the flow to the leach field would encounter each seam on its way? Id think you'd want to hook them in the opposite fashion.
because it’s should only ever be liquid on that side of the tank , you don’t have to worry about anything getting snagged
Wicked job Andrew ...and not one word about the nasty smell .
Best channel of this type period.
Excellent, Informative Video!
Andrew! You laid the pipe backwards.
That was my question (see above.)
In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter
@@h2ouxb No guarantee of that, he should know better if he is in this business. There is no bedding under the first section of pipe from tank to leach field, lots of gaps under pipe that will definitely rely settle due to backfill surcharge and traffic on driveway.
I had to turn down the smellavision when that shit come out of the ground. It was not black gold or Texas tea, this is the kind of video I like
Love how clean the site was left!!!!!!! I'm in my grandparents home now, and our septic is near to fifty years old. I have had it pumped every two years. It was a gift to me and our fam but was hardly maintained. We just had the February snow/ice storm here in Maryland and in a day my septic ran into my shower. Its taken us 5 years to barely get on our feet. Estimates here for this run 5-20,000$!!!!!! Suggestions???????? No, movinfg is not an option. Applied for xmas in April and everything else.
This is the same problem I am having with our home. It's so financially and emotionally straining to need to put a new septic tank in. They basically rob you
Good informative video. Thanks for posting.
I like the pvc saw.
It worked, usually a sawzall is my tool of choice, I forgot it though.
Done the same thing Andrew.
Forgot PVC hack saw and used a hand tree saw. Job done !
Some where along the line purchased a cheap batt sawzall,... much easier, LOL !
Over all very nice. One change/suggestion, lay the pipe so the bell end is on the upstream side. Slightly less of a chance of debris getting caught in a joint.
Thanks, yes, I always do that from the house to the tank, after the tank I don't feel its as necessary.
Not going to matter after the tank as it is all liquid...
Nine clean job on the back fill. Most of the contractors around here leave the area looking like a war zone.
What you have is knowledge and that never gets old
Instead of rock ,stick your shovel on end of pipe - no level ? Need grade to field .Piping ‘Shoot into bell’
I can smell this job.
Nice video, I have been waiting for a video that is simple and to the point, I'll subscribe now, thanks
Really enjoy your videos, Keep them coming! ( New subscriber )
Wow...way more professional than the one my plumber put in
I wish septic fields were that easy where I'm in Western Canada, they have to be engineered and approved, a basic gravity fed drain field a person is looking at 10-15,000 dollars, most drain fields have to be pressurized systems now your looking at 30-40,000 dollars. Most contractors don't want to do septic systems because of the regulations plus the fact the contractor is liable for any failures for the life of that field. If you are a home owner and you've screwed up your septic system from neglect its going to cost you a fortune.
New systems here need to be engineered and approved, repairs don't. But for new smaller systems, many people choose not to have it engineered/approved. Sometimes engineers don't know as much as they should.
Andrew Camarata I agree in eastern Canada engineers want the most expensive systems but not the best system for the Application
bigfarmall35 thats why you just get it done by a local person you know and trust with experience.
It’s a risk to the homeowner not having it engineered, perc tested, etc. If they sell the property and the field fails or doesn’t pass a dye test, they can get sued by the buyer and have to shell out $20k for a new system. But few homeowners have $20k sitting around to repair a system. I have to say that a friend had a system that needed to be pumped and an improperly repaired pipe fixed and they didn’t ask too many questions about the rest of the system either!
love the videos ! you do great work....only thing I would ever critique is maybe to put a tarp down and put the dirt on top. I wouldn't want my yard getting all messed up by dirt! love your videos!!!
strangely satisfying to watch. good job.
The baffle should have been a little longer unless it is a ledge or lowboy tank. When I do baffles I measure top of tee to bottom of cover opening, you should have a air gap of at least two inches when cover is on to let air from roof vent flow thru tank to leach field. I just cut top of tee off to be sure. Also putting a vent on end of leach field would help.
Somebody buy that boy a cordless sawzall!
My 18 volt cordless circular saw makes a clean and quick cut of PVC pipe, which he must have?
Lol was thinking the same,...comes in handy for cutting roots in soil in tight spots also.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Andrew makes do with about three tools and his equipment, thus he always has what he needs on the job! The rest of us are always wasting our time looking for that specialized tool we bought or heading back to the house or Home Depot for some other tool...!
Nicely done!!!👍👍👍
hi Andrew i am from Mauritius in Indian ocean i see the work you done but here we make it differently one thing i found that you are like mike plumber ,operator /mechanic learn in a different way after excavate the trench must be meter with a slope of 1 cm and the pipe must be slotted to 65% each side with a distance of 10 cm this to protect the pipe crush and the pipe must be sewer type pn 10 ist step excavate trench 2nd trimming of trench then laying of géotextile membrane the a bedding of 15 cm with 30 to 40 mm gravels then laid the pipe after then you backfill with gravel 40 cm you the géotextile and then finally backfill with soil i made it several time and it work for several year
Water was still there the next day and you put the infiltrators in. You be fixing that in a couple years not even.
U do great work A.C.
Would markings be put to avoid accidental digging by some1 else in the future?
Thanks. I sometimes do that, especially with stuff that's delicate, dangerous, or hard to repair. Those materials are none of that. Plus you really need to be digging hard to break that white pipe, its very strong. Plus whenever someone is digging on a new site, they should ask the home owner where buried utility's are.
Nice job Andy.
Just an FYI, we recently had a geothermal system put in, a 50'x100' pit and 200' of trench to the foundation, They laid a metallic tape down as they backfilled and then tagged it at the foundation showing you could then use a metal detector to find it if needed.
ChuckD59 that's good advice, I've never done that before, but I'm sure in some instances that's a good idea to do, Thanks
Andrew Camarata
I believe they do that when installing plastic natural gas lines, but they use a metal wire instead of metallic tape.
What great customer service!
Awesome job brother, I thought only Southerners knew how to operate an excavator like that. Loved your video.
"only southerners" lmfao alright, let me guess they're the only people that hunt, fish, do blue collar work, drive semis, pour concrete, farm, build houses too, right?
is a perc test required when replacing existing drain field
Isn't the bell end of the pipe, supposed face the flow..
Yes, its not a bad idea. This is after the tank though, there are no solids to get stuck in the pipe.
@@AndrewCamarata That would also explain the PVC seams which I thought were backwards. (See my take above.) Amazing that I could be critical of anything you do, knowing I could never do anything you do... Love your channel, dude, and recommend it to all kinds of folk.
Andrew .. you are the man to do such a disgusting job as repairing a leach reach. Had to do that myself on our home in Wyoming. Had to rent the backhoe, install a new septic tank, 50 to 70 feet of line and many new "infiltrators" or what you called high capacity units. No fun.
Wow! Nicely done!