New Concrete Driveway Solves 20 Year Crawlspace Flooding
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2022
- We solve a crawl space that has been flooding for 20 years with a new, properly sloping driveway.
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I love when Sean says, “This is Sean, with Gate City Foundation Drainage.” There should be a compilation of all the intros lol
That would be pretty funny for sure!
People underestimate the amount of damage water intrusion can do to a house, and while it's definitely not cheap to resolve these issues, it is incredibly important for the longevity of the structure. I never get tired of watching you fix these problems.
Those houses with no roof overhangs have so many problems. The cinder block wall needs a surface bonding cement finish to make it look better as well. Great video, you did an excellent job.
Thank you Dave! Great suggestions too!
@@GCFD Perhaps you could use a thin coat of leveling compound to make a finish for the ground out part. That should make it look better.
The drive has a nice clean look now. The kitty paw prints was a cute touch.
Haha I thought so too.
Excellent job. Some customers are never happy.
👍 Thank you Thomas
Hi Shawn, I like the work in the drive way. But I guess a channel drain under the car port going out to the garden would have done the trick and also looking nice. Anyway, there is a say in Germany: "Hinterher ist man immer schlauer" -> "Afterwards you are always smarter."
Here we say Hindsight's 20/20
A very good Friday morning to you all in the USA from Wellington Somerset in the UK
Good morning David!
It's great to see the follow up at the end.
It's my favorite part
It is hard to believe that when they poured that slab they didnt reali?e the problem of the slope. Need more guys like you that just wants to do the job right.
Another job well done ! I have upgraded my gutters since watching you. What a difference.
Nice Mac! Gutters are such an important first step of solving drainage problems.
Your cinematography is getting so good! I can’t tell on some shots if they are drone or stabilized camera work!
Thank you Evan! This project had a little over 200 video clips and it took me about 10 hours to edit it together. I have been working pretty hard with the cameras, editing software, and various techniques to improve the videos. This video stuff does not come naturally to me so I've been doing a lot of research. I'm glad you're noticing improvements! I was cracking up over that drone shot of the dump truck. It's so overly dramatic for the subject of just a dump truck. I hope you enjoyed it! - Shawn
@@GCFD Are you one of those people who sleeps 4 hours per night and is fine with it? Just wondering how you get so much done, impressive!
Great job . There are real dangers to changing the design off the cuff. And of course it's always your fault if it doesn't work out. On another topic, the neighbor's retaining wall looks to be in trouble. If it fails, expect the neighbor to blame you for it.
It looks like you can see the bottom of it after excavation before the new drive concrete was placed. The now exposed bricks? underneath the the concrete blocks at the carport do not appear to have anything holding them together.
Depending how you analysis the wall the increase retained height could be causing in the region of a 50% increase in stress within the wall. But I doubt that the wall would in theory have been stable before works began. Excavating below someone else's property that is already on the move may not be a good idea financially and emotionally if you start arguing over the consequences.
I talked to the homeowner about that. They said the neighbor had some work done on the wall a couple years ago and knew it was in trouble already. Time will tell for sure.
@@GCFD Was the neighbor not ready to fix his wall? Could have extended the driveway right into a new block wall footing or just pour the whole thing and be done with it. Maybe put a drain in or behind the wall for the neighbor's driveway so it's less water for the homeowner to deal with.
Great job Shawn and crew. You and Harvey are 2 contractors that work great together. It's hard to find 2 contractors that actually care about the job they are doing. I Know the homeowner is happy to have their crawlspace dry. Can't wait until the next video.
Thank you Shane!
Amazed that the camera mount stayed on the concrete breaker.... Nic e drone work as well 🙂
Thank you Ramon
A huge improvement to what it was before and looks a lot better
Thank you!
That's fantastic to see that you keep in contact with your customers, usually once you pay you never see the tradie for dead
Yes, I get lots of random texts during the rains with old customers letting me know things are still good. I had a customer text me back on the one year anniversary saying they have had no problems.
Love the way you get to the bottom of the issue, plus how you always check your work. It is so gratifying to see a job well done. Also I got to be 1k like on this video, first time that has ever happened to me lol 😂
Thank you Lou Ann!
At least the work you did got the cat's seal of approval! Love those paw prints. I'd have paid extra for those and this homeowner got them for free! 🤭😊
I know! I thought those paw prints were awesome too. My girlfriend's cat spends a lot of time at my place so I'm turning into a cat guy I think.
Can't go far wrong with being a cat guy. The first cat I fell for was a friend's and she, the cat, loved lying on me, almost nose to nose, purring and drooling at me! Awesome! When a cat accepts you for more than just being a can opener, it's an amazing feeling! 🤣😊
After watching all the "fail" videos here on Yt i was about to ask if something major has ever happened etc & sure enough Luckily it was just a cat which does not weigh very much
Stratos I have a major concrete fail that I need to put together. It's over 400 video clips and I just haven't started it yet.
@@GCFD Oh mercy.......
I'm hooked on your videos been watching all your past videos and just caught up. It's amazing to see how you have grown this channel, just wanted to say that you and your team do an amazing job and provide such excellent service. You, Andrew Camarata, copper creeks cuts and odell concrete are my favorite channels.
Thank you John! I'm glad you like my stuff! - Shawn
You are a very patient man.
Sunshine and pizza on a cold day. You can’t beat that plus the great workers you have. -Awesome job Shawn
Thank you Tony!
Another fine job by Gate City Foundation Drainage!
Thank you Alan!
Wow another great job! It is amazing how many ways that water can cause issues and you always find a way to fix the problem.
The first time I saw one of those front dump concrete trucks, I was amazed at hos great an idea it was.
Yes they are the only way to go. I still see rear ones around and I just shake my head.
Great how you addressed your customer's dissatisfaction. The entire part under the carport looked to be a big challenge. Several ways to fix the ground down area to look better, but all still noticeable and probably expensive.
Your work is first rate and the way you run your business.Your willingness to work with your consumers shows very well.Home owners should have listened to your advice.
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Why did they wait 20 years to deal with the original problem? Great work Shawn, at least you got it sorted out for the customer.
I never asked why they waited but they mentioned it a few times.
I would say the cost?!!
Always difficult when the customer throws u a last minute change that upsets all your carefully designed planning and prep. And then expects to work as previously designed. Great job as always mate and yeah, the camera work and editing is very professional.
Thank you! I've been working hard on the camera stuff as it's not easy for me. I'm glad you enjoyed it. - Shawn
Another cool video and great camera work! Love the drone footage at 16:40. Homeowner got a huge increase on his home's value. Thanks Shawn!
Thank you Sheena. It's the first time I though to fly the drone during the pour. I had several tries because there were trees and power lines around there. That clip was the best so it made the video! 👍
You always do a great job love watching the progress in action and the follow up rain footage.
Thank you Stuey!
That was a lot of concrete. Turned out really nice Shawn. This is one of those cases where the customer isn't right. He refused to listen too you and insisted you modify the plan disregarding reality/physics. Then you had to try and fix an issue that wouldn't have happened in the first place if the homeowner had listened. Now the customer is mad at themselves for not listening to you and taking it out on you.
Thank you! I hope he gets over it. I'm just happy the flooding problem is solved.
it's been great to see your channel and your video skills grow over the last year. Keep up the good work, both on the channel and on the jobsite!
Thank you! I've been trying to continue to improve. I'm glad you noticed! - Shawn
Great work Sean if people never had a water issue either a roof or basement one they can't understand how much stress it causes. I've have experienced both and believe me you want to do anything you can to make it stop right away.
I have customers tell me all the time about how much stress is gone now that the water issues are fixed. 👍
great job Shawn
Thank you Anthony!
Excellent work. I really enjoy the post work videos with rain.
Same! Seeing the work we did in the rain makes my day.
Nice video Shawn. From the first time I saw a job of yours that Harvey and crew were working on I was impressed that they take the time to tape poly against the house wall to keep the conc splatter off. That tells me that they really care about their work. It is too bad that you had to grind down that high spot.
Thank you Roy!
Another job well done!
Thank you!
Awesome as usual. Tough one hard to get total satisfaction all the time.
Yes and I'm used to that, so this was a tough one. Thanks Matthew!
and once again great video excellent concrete gang well done👍
Thank you Taylor!
Thank you for all the multiple camera angles! You have really grown with how you present your material! Excellent work as always!
Thank you for noticing! I have been trying to make my stuff enjoyable to watch
It shows!! Enjoy your weekend! Don’t spend it all editing 😜
Cool video! I really enjoy your videos Shawn. They are always instructional, but also plain good old fun. I am biased tough as I have a farm I do some drainage at. Some of it in quite steep fields so I am learning a lot from you :-)
It is interesting to see how the concrete trucks have the sprout in the front. The norm here over the pond is for them to have the sprout/chute at the back. The operator comes out with a wireless remote control to distribute the concrete. The chute can be hydraulically extended and rotated and a skilled operator can really make a difference in the work needed afterwards. I think both setups have their merits but interesting to see the difference in how the work is done.
Thank you! We have a lot of rear concrete trucks here too, but this company has front ones ,which are way better.
I think you should start a patreon. And then use the money to go back to this job and cut a channel drain out to the back yard. Viewers like me would love that kind of thing I would think.
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Video production and editing are getting better and better! Great work!
thank you! I've been working hard on getting better at the editing stuff. This video took about 10 hours.
@@GCFD I know, editing is hard and time-stealing. ;)
Looks great! Nice work
Thank you David!
That’s a good-looking driveway! Nice video.
Thank you!
Awesome video as always!
Thank you Jimmy!
Nice work
Currently looking at my own flooding and hoping you're out there seeing all your work paying off.
Lol I actually love seeing paw prints in concrete.
It was pretty cool
Great video as always.
Thank you Andrew!
Thank you for sharing..
Thank you for watching and commenting. - Shawn
Great video Shawn
thank you Ed!
Great job
Thank you!
Love the cat.😂😂😂
Hahah, same!
That neighbours wall could use another course of blocks on it to stop the runoff. Also last minute changes by the client doesn't give you much time to rethink things. They don't appreciate how much planning goes into these jobs. Nice job though, so much water running into the street and not under the house.
Another very good job 👍 excellent.
Thank you!
💪🏻great job!
Thank you Tony!
I saw what you were trying to do although it wasn't apparent until the owner wanted you to grind that section down. You placed a valley on the slab. Although after play this video a few times it appears that its not that straight forward. However in hindsight that concrete valley would have been better closer to the neighbours wall in the section that had a cover then as it lead to the open down the drive way move it closer to the middle, like a winding valley. As for that small section the owner wanted I think you were both right but the owner wanted access and not an abrupt ending. Although an extension of the car port cover would have make that small slop area more justified. I like your sense of humour about the black cat on top of the gate.
Excellent video, you really care and follow up to ensure the result is in line with your objectives. Great work.
Thank you Bob!
11:06 seems like that driveway is collapsing into your client's property too...
Yes for sure. The HO said they had rebuilt that wall within the last few years.
Might be able to grind it down a little more and put a thin set over that spot so it looks a little better just an option All right love the videos keep up the good work
Hey bro mad respect
Thank you!
Funny watching the high speed parts . You can see the " Supervisors " haha
Hahah Rusty!
I observe that you always revisit the place after a gap of some days or weeks to check whether the work done going perfectly. Others don't.
Why all the metal fences??
I have notices that almost every home that you work on, they all have a metal fence separating the gardens.
To me that is very strange and prison like.
Here in Europe, there would always be a wooden or living separation, most typical is a hedge of Ligustrum.
Metal fencing is cheap. That's the whole reason.
@@hitman4499 don't people want to have a nice garden?
I think the metal chain link is faster and easier to install, plus what Chrinton said above. I prefer wood as well though.
great job, you should do a video on henry ,concrete boys,how they got started,how they meet you ,be interesting ,i know lot 1950 builders ,build bunkers for ww3 ,or swimming pools ,make great video ,bet he could tell some great storys ,from the past
.. Cheers to you ..
👍👍 Laurie
Your concrete guys are top notch. We all would be lucky to have people as talented to work on our projects.
Great video as usual, very thorough. Love it. I was wondering if the team ever gets nervous or annoyed with the videography?
They think it's funny and are used to it by now. It can be annoying when all work comes to a stop while I try to set the up the camera.
I would be worried about where the official property line is on the driveways. Imagine you poured cement on the wrong spot! You'd have to cut it with a diamond saw and jackhammer it out.
We saw the neighbors several times and they all get along. Hopefully we're good.
when he asked for that ramp I would have put one of your channel drain in there that discharge to the backyard to help get tht water away and still look professional
keep up the good work
A hard job, a mountain of grade to remove, lots of angles to get right, changes from the owner last minute, to bad about the grinding situation, wasn’t there so can’t be critical either way. Hope you made it home in the KR.
Thank you Mike! I could have done a channel drain if I had known about the ramp from the start. I hate that he's not 100% happy, but at least it's just some aesthetics and nothing about continued flooding! 👍
Hard to believe you just ground down the concrete to form that little swale to get rid of the standing water. Aesthetically, with the exposed aggregate, it doesn't look very good. And with the aggregates exposed to the elements (freeze/thaw cycle), you may later get spalling of the surface. I think a better way would have been to sawcut grooves one-half inch deep, in about a one-foot wide pattern, toward the front of the property to get the water to moving in that direction. Just saying !!
I think saw kerfs would have worked too
I've noticed how most concrete suppliers are switching to the European standard front loader. Even in my small southern town they've changed their fleet to these.
You can't wrong with a front chute
Yeah you can't expect to keep the looks of the concrete, what was he expecting .. oh well hopefully you get the work, if only he knew he got the best man for the job. We need to clone you for our communities.
Haha thank you! I might have dodged a pain not getting any more work from them. Sometimes these things are telling.
Another cool video Shawn ... I love your concrete jobs .. love the cat, I hope you had a word with it. Are concrete driveways expensive in your area, what do driveways roughly cost if you able to share rough estimates ..
Super straightforward would be around $5.50/sq ft. But hauling old concrete, grading, gravel, can be extra.
The elusive Obcat!
You always do high quality work Shawn. Honestly, your concrete guys seem to aim a bit lower. The flat spot could have been avoided. The control joints have to go all the way to the edge. Yes, the big saw won't get there and you need a hand tool for the last 6 inches or so. If these joints work as expected, you will see the cracks surface right there. The blob of concrete on the right side near the street also looks like an afterthought. Now, if this was a budget job, and everyone, including the homeowner is happy, there's no real issue. Just seems you're not too happy.
The homeowners are very happy with everything except how the ground areas look. The flooding is solved and they are moving to other projects 👍
Yeah I agree with you I said pretty much the same thing lol
Visually, I could not tell if the was a slope or not. You should carry a 6" level in your pocket. Then you can show your viewers the slope of the slab...not a guess like this one.
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Concrete has got to be difficult on soggy ground. Oh well, was a great vid anyway 😀
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The customer wasn’t happy with your work even though they deviated from your plan, and told you they were ok with the risks. Someone who doesn’t listen to the expert.. shocker.
I know, I did try to fix the tiny bit of standing water by grinding it twice. Then he wasn't home when I was supposed to meet him out there to discuss further.
Love the cat LOL
I really wish I had the money to get a new driveway. Mine is huge! Or really wish I had the skill to replace parts myself!
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Another great video Sean... on this drive way are both the left and the right a bit higher than the center so the water is meant to flow to the middle. Is that the way the concert is graded?
Yes we spent a ton of effort to get the concrete to channel the water to the street and protect the foundation.
That turned out pretty good but the homeowner. That's another story. You get everything you could and still not happy. There's no water in his basement but it's complaining about the cement. What can you do? You can't keep everybody happy. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Really interesting to see how different things can be done in different places. I'm in south eastern Australia and I've never seen a pour done without reo, any reason that isn't used here? Also generally use a coarser compacted crush rock base. Good stuff though, love the videos and work!
Thats a pretty bad job mate below standard for Oz.
I know it's different they don't use rebar here. In colorado you can't have too much rebar! Here we have clay subsoils with no bentonite, no subsurface water, and no frost line. I have run into rebar a couple times on tear-outs but that is very very rare. We just poured a 6" slab for a tractor trailer turn around and we used rebar there.
@@damien448 You comment brings nothing of value to this discussion. Why even make it?
@@jerrybarbo7952 because he thinks that their method of pouring concrete is the only way to do it and the rest of the world is wrong.
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There's always that person
Thanks for the video this answers my question the other week aswell
I presume it is to do with code where you are but I have noticed no reo going into any other slabs we need to place it into all the work we do here
Another great clip, Hows the truck diving these days after all the work on the suspension?
Yes we don't need rebar here. It's still not running very well. I'm working on it!
you should make a video about how you level and grade concrete. unless you already have one and i just missed it
I haven't done that yet. Great idea!
Nice work!! Wish they had those f250 tipper trucks in Australia
What type of Weight can one of those carry in the back?
Btw the video work in the videos is so good!! It's very well out together must take a long time to edit! Keep up the good work and All the best from down Under!
That white one is an f550 and I can haul 6 tons (12000 lbs) if I'm not going too far. It'll haul 5 ton very well and 7 ton is pretty heavy.
Dumb guy question--but when you replaced the driveway, if you slopped everything towards the neighbors driveway (where you're getting overflow) and installed a channel drain the length of the driveway, would that have helped further, or just additional cost with no significant addition benefit? I only ask as then it seems like you could completely control where the water exits, especially into the back yard.
Yes we could have used a channel drain but it's not needed because the concrete is going to collect and deliver the water. We didn't want to send it to the back when we could send it to the street and it wouldn't cause any more problems.
Welcome to the new modern day. When The Ken and Karen want you to go above and beyond and then Bit-ch about it not being what it did before they ask for all the Extra's, It would not surprise me if they ask for a discount or to get the Job for free. Maybe next time you might want to put the quote in a contract and state and extra will cost extra and it might cause the outcome to look different than the original quote. Good Luck and God Bless.
Thank you James, maybe it's a good thing I didn't do any more work there.
So you turned the driveway into a swale, I can see where you would have to with all the water that's coming off of the neighbors' driveway. Plus, making it a monolithic pour, with saw-cut joints will make it pretty much impossible for the flowing water to undermine the concrete.
I wonder if they didn't have the money all these years, didn't think there was a solution, or thought fixing it would be more of a hassle than the water issue.
It could be. They're doing some other stuff too.
I'm too obsessed with water intrusion and drainage to let it not be the #1 priority. Water does what it wants when it wants to.
What you did looks great until the uphill cinderblock wall fails and takes the driveway with it, Now both driveways are ruined. The only way to fix both problems is to fix the up hill driveway and replace the wall and then fix the downhill driveway.
The wall holding up the uphill driveway is leaning and will fail,.
I mentioned that and they said it was recently repaired and it was good to go. Time will tell.
When that wall collapses it will not ruin the driveway. May get some scratches whilst clearing off the blocks if a machine is not careful but only along the side.
extending the width of the driveway is a no brainer. Adds room as well as getting rid of an area that would require lots of upkeep. Looks fresh and clean too. Was there any discussion about the driveway where it enters the street? Looks pretty narrow compared to the rest of the driveway.
Yes that's called an apron and is the city's property. They wanted to leave it alone instead of trying to get the city to replace it.
Disadvantage is that the wall is now higher so more likely to collapse.
you must either have some serious video software that removes shakey cam, and levels out the output, or you have some machine that is doing those captures at the start.
The start was flying my drone over the area. Mavic Mini 2 was the one I used.
Another great job completed. I guess the home oner would rather have water under the house! They are changing the job at the last min, and they do not like the result of the job that came out incorrect because they changed the plan at last min. You cannot make everyone happy.
Thank you Danny. I hate that he's not happy about where we ground it down but the water is flowing and the entire crawlspace is dry, plus the carport is dry now.
I’m guessing the customer wanted the job done on the cheap. Consider yourself lucky if you don’t get his next project.
Could be a blessing in disguise.
That's pretty much what I was thinking Jerry. 👍
You should use grade stakes next time as guides to screed off of to ensure the pitch you need in different locations of the job. Double checking the laborers work fall on you unfortunately.
Yes we do use them and had a few on this job. 👍
Great video on the concrete poor Sean. Tried to reach out to you to find out what you use to line a swale? I have to rebuild part of a swale at the front of my house here in western North Carolina as it’s been extremely wet as you know. I can’t seem to find that information on any of your videos.