Yeaaa you're back🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉😂 this is a shame the city is putting the owner through so much to say nothing of the lawn sprinkler owner. Here in Texas we are going through a drought and it is a major fine if you use a sprinkler of any kind for your lawn, hand watering once a week. I am so glad that Tye is there to help and find a solution for this ugly problem 🎉🎉😂😂. Keep up the great work❤❤❤ waiting for part 2 happily. Lone Star State
Hello Rosalyn and thank you very much. You always leave the nicest comments. I was amazed a town would do something like this, but we're getting it fixed. There will probably be 3 parts to this project. Dawn is editing the 2nd part and we have to wait for the town to do their work before we can complete the front. Thanks again and have a great weekend, Tom
It's ridiculous that the township wouldn't allow you to tie into the culvert pipe . True professionals that you are you overcome these obstacles . See you next video .
Thank you Lee. We are looking forward to that rain. Unfortunately, it's coming at night and not too good for videoing, but we'll take it. Hopefully we get a good rain during the daytime so we can do some updates. Thank you very much and enjoy your weekend, Tom
I watched this yesterday, but had nothing worth posting, but couldn't stop thinking about the source of the water. I can't believe the town would take water from one side of a road and send it to the other side and aim it directly at a private property. The other thing that's amazing is the amount of water from the neighbor's irrigation. Did your customer ever speak to a lawyer about the town's responsibility for the open pipe? Can't wait to see part III.
Thank you Joe. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town and he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town,or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
Even without qualified immunity, you'd struggle to make the city liable. A culvert has been there for over 40 years and was there when the home owner bought the property. The problem seems to be due to the changes the *neighbour* made, not the culvert itself. All that culvert does is transfer water from one side of the road to another. If it wasn't there, water would be flowing over the road and onto the property...
Thank you very much Jim. You always give us the nicest compliments. Dawn is almost finished with pt2 and we actually have rain in the forecast for the middle of the week. We will keep our fingers crossed that we can get some rain footage. Have a great weekend, Tom
Pretty big project. Good the town was helpful. They could have regraded the ditch. Clearing the trees. Let the water run down the side of the road. So much cost to the home owner. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers. Your crew needs a Jerry. 😅🐱🐭😂.
That was my first thought too: build a shield wall. But their neighbor is so close that the water would just be diverted to their yard. You'd probably need a wall that spans the entire block to avoid pissing off your immediate neighbors. Still, unless you can get the water to pond up to endanger the road, the City would probably still blow you off.
@@HowHingPauthere’s gone be bigger problems once that whole hill is developed. If just one house has done that. The city should just buy her out and make that a water drainage. Otherwise it’s gonna need 36” pipes eventually with concrete drainage basins
Although it is irritating not being able to connect to the existing culvert pipe, the set up that you have done does allow for some water to soak back into the ground in dry periods so could be beneficial in the long run. It would be great to see this flowing in heavy rain.
You two are the best. I would think the town would be a little more responsive but that's Govt for you. How much water goes down on the neighbor's lawn? This is really a tough job, but you are going to push right through. Can't wait for part two.
You are right, but the gate opening is less than 33 inches. All the concrete buggies and mini skids I looked into renting were 36 inches or more. So, we used what we have. Thanks
I can see you are doing the best you can but this solution is absolutely insane. 1. This is the towns responsibility to fix - at their cost. 2. Not allowing you to tie into the existing pipe is pure insanity. Why let water go that then needs to be re-caught. Stupidity. 3. Their solution at the street is equally stupid. This town is run by idiots.
We agree Emmett. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action and he couldn’t get anyone local to take the case. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thank you for sharing your opinion, Tom
Is the large black drainage pipe sealed to the catch basin? I didn’t see anything connecting it to keep water from going around the pipe. You guys do such good work I must have missed it or it just didn’t get filmed. Keep up the good work, love your solutions to unusual problems
Thank you Jeff. The pipe is not sealed to the catch basin. It is also a dry well and has about 25 5/8 holes drilled in it. I did cut the hole tight enough that no rock would migrate into the basin. We didn’t film that much because we have shown perforating the basin in several videos. Thank you for asking and I hope I answered your question. Tom
Looks like your machinery might have been a bit undersized for that berm work ( but great for yard work ), I hope you don’t have a problem with your catch basin being to small with that amount of water..I might have used a larger concrete one with larger grate.
Thank you Mike, I considered going with a concrete basin, but I wanted the dry well too. That’s a 15 inch culvert going to a 24 inch catch basin that actually has a 5 foot square dry well opening with rock all the way up. You will see more of that in part 2. Thanks again, Tom
I think digging that area out and turning it into a pond to attract wildlife would have made the neighbor across the street have a fit. Then have a lined river rock overflow going through the yard to the other street to top it off. And top it off with shrubs to block the neighbors view of it.
It's terrible that the town won't let you tie into the existing culvert. This make the possible solutions so much more difficult and more prone to failure!
Hi Shirley. Here in NJ we normally get about an inch of rain per week. We have received 3 inches in the last 90 days. No water restrictions yet, because the reservoirs are still ok. Water restrictions usually start when the reservoirs get low. Thanks again, Tom
Great video! What’s the advantage of using a catch basin with a dry well rather than just a catch basin to grab the water that’s coming out of that culvert pipe going downhill
Thank you Jeff. Couple reasons; the dry well can handle the smaller rains and some of the watering from the neighbor. That can percolate back into the soil. Second - the dry well has rock all the way to the top. You’ll see that in pt2. In a bigger rain the water will fall down through the rock and enter the catch basin from below which turns the dry well into a larger 48 x 48 inch catch basin. I hope that makes sense.
I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the culvert was there before the house was built and even then it wasn't a problem until that pool area was built which massively reduced the surface area for the water to spread out and soak into the ground
That neighbor is psychotic with the irrigation. I'm sure they are pytting at least an inch of water per day in that lawn. I'm surprised the removal of the trees and regrading didn't trigger the need for stormwater management.
It is both. I like this type of setup and I use it on many projects. A catch basin, which will eventually be tied into the city stormwater pipe. And, a dry well to handle the smaller rains and the irrigation from the neighbor across the street. I hope I answered your question, Tom
That neighbor is using too much water if he filled that hole up overnight. I have other questions, but will wait for part 2,to see if you answered any of them.
Exactly this happend if the government not do sewers first with build of the street, at best at both sides. But typically U.S.A. first make it a problem "for other". It is more easy and second it reduce the costs for all taxpayers! Why do you not directly connected your pipe to the other or build the "catch basin" at the other side of the fence with a new brickwork fence how catch every water from this side to tunnel it trough the grass land to the other street?
7:40 I most certainly wouldn't want that lawn. It is way too much work for something that most peoples don't use. I would prefer the privacy that was provided by the trees that used to be there. Also, why the heck would they water the lawn so much? The trick to keeping a green lawn is to cut it early in spring, then just leave it alone. It just about stops growing during summer. It will mostly stay green as long as you don't cut it. Grass goes into dormance during dry spells. You should only ever cut it a few days after a rain storm.> 13:25 Given the water problems, it makes sense that the soil would be clay. Water would go through sand easily enough. Clay is basically all we've got where I live. One thing I would have done differently is asked the town to put the catch bassin on the other side of the fence.
Thank you CC. I believe they can function as both dry well and catch basin, or hybrid system. Catch basin for the heavier rain events and dry well to percolate small rains and runoff from the neighbor's irrigation. When there is more water than can dissipate it raises up and then goes down the pipe. I use this method on many of your systems. If you watch pt2 you will see we have stone the entire length of the pipe. This also allows some of the water to percolate back into the ground. I like when we can send some of this water back down to help recharge the aquifer. Tom
I have a very similar problem. Township here is useless. Did the culvert exist before the house or was it newly installed? Ok so this isn't new. They changed the lot across the street and probably regraded it. Same exact problem here. Funny enough the township let the new business across the street to tie into the culvert with zero fs given for those of us across the street. Sadly you can't sue anyone and just are forced to pay lots of money to fix it. Sadly neither of us affected have the money to do anything about it.
Hi Music. Yes, culvert was in before the house. The homeowner said he didn’t know it was there because it was so overgrown back there. The problem got much worse when the neighbor cleared the ‘woods’ in front of his house, regraded, installed a lawn, installed a 20 zone sprinkler system and began over watering. Have a good day
Thanks for responding! I'm still watching and just can't believe how much water the neighbor was putting through the culvert with his sprinklers. 😮@@tyelandscapinganddrainage
Diego, we believe the culvert was there before this development was built, but there’s no way to know for sure. The culvert was definitely there before this homeowner bought the house, and he purchased the house 2 years after it was built in the early 80’s. I don't know how a town engineer would approve building this home and another with a culvert just like it a couple doors down. When this homeowner bought the house it was very overgrown in the back and he couldn't see the culvert. Once again, this was the early 80's
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage then the last owner is legally liable for not telling the new owner, there is always someone that can get sued. unless the new owner changed something. like the pitch or filling in a creek bed. thanks for the response.
You're right Diego. The only thing that changed was the neighbor across the street removing all their trees, in the front yard, and installing a well irrigated lawn. Pt2 is up if you're interested. Have a good weekend, Tom
In Alabama that is against the law .You cannot discharge water onto another person's property . I do not know the laws there . I would check on it . If it's a law there . The city owes them for the repairs . Or they need to reroute the runoff .
Hi Trevelyn. We have the same rules, but we're pretty sure the culvert was there before the house was built. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town, but he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town, or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
@tyelandscapinganddrainage I do understand . If the drain was there first . Then there is no case . At least they have a professional who could fix the problem . Nice you did not need a pump. No long term cost .
Its really dumb on the towns part, if you don't have sewers you have to have a ditch on both sides, now just catch and push it to the next neighbor instead of dispersing the water. I had a problem very similar, the property to the north filled the ditch between us and raised there land as well, filled the entire acre with gravel and pavement causing my yard to flood killing dozens of trees and veering 15 acres of runoff into my acre and 1/2. This was noted over 30 years ago not to do but new owners did it anyway. It is a commercial property that is required storm water management, city did nothing, @sswholes. So last summer I cut all the trees down on the north side and built a berm 17ft high 35ft wide 150ft long. We had so much rain this summer, it was great, THEY FLOODED NOT FROM ANY WATER FROM ME BUT FROM THERE OWN STUPIDITY. They now deal with there own and 6 acres of allot of it being paved, f4ck with the bull you get the horns. That guy should have built a berm and then all the neighbors would have bitched and the town would have been forced to do there job.
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage I know you know that this was not the best solution but your customer was forced to do for lack of government accountability. I feel for the guy I know what it costs, I had to cut over 100 trees and brought in more than 100 quad axel truck loads of dirt and top soil, planted over 60 trees, 3lbs wild flower seeds and 100lbs of grass seed all doing great. Your guy has a few bucks and hopefully recovers some, I got mine watching them flood out. And now I have this really cool mountain in my yard with a switch back and ridge trail that connects to the other trails. It was allot of fun building and planting all the stuff.
Thank you Nic. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town and he couldn’t get anyone local to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thank you for sharing your story, Tom
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage Ya that was my case as well, should have built a berm, then lots of people feel the affect but not him. I could not get the water to come in on one spot or I would have done a stream, really wanted one but could not get the neighbor or city to listen, now there all f4cked and I have a beautiful mountain. LOL Hope all these idiots from around here read this, they all know that I got the last laugh while they were standing in 3ft of raging water. P.S. My basement is dry again.
boy i sure do love sittign water ina culvert, thats goign to elad to setident and blockages, and then also give it 5 to 19 years and the coutnry will decalre it a public use or public utility line, and take it away form the property owner, , they need to route the culvert sdown the road to the next crossing
I agree with you Any, but the only thing the town was willing to do was install an inlet at the curb that we could tie into. They would not redirect their culvert in any way. They wouldn’t even allow us to connect directly to their culvert. We were responsible to get the runoff across the yard and to the curb. The homeowner is paying for everything.
Who’s the idiot that decided hey let’s put a covet that ends and runs in to someone’s yard the homeowner should have gone to court to get it straightened out because that’s slowly eroding everything.
We haven’t meet that person yet Blake. And, this isn’t the only house on this street with the same issue. This homeowner’s problem became much worse when they cleared the property across the street. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Tom
The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town, but he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town, or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
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Yeaaa you're back🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉😂 this is a shame the city is putting the owner through so much to say nothing of the lawn sprinkler owner. Here in Texas we are going through a drought and it is a major fine if you use a sprinkler of any kind for your lawn, hand watering once a week. I am so glad that Tye is there to help and find a solution for this ugly problem 🎉🎉😂😂. Keep up the great work❤❤❤ waiting for part 2 happily. Lone Star State
Hello Rosalyn and thank you very much. You always leave the nicest comments. I was amazed a town would do something like this, but we're getting it fixed. There will probably be 3 parts to this project. Dawn is editing the 2nd part and we have to wait for the town to do their work before we can complete the front. Thanks again and have a great weekend, Tom
It's ridiculous that the township wouldn't allow you to tie into the culvert pipe . True professionals that you are you overcome these obstacles . See you next video .
Thank you very much Rick. You’re awesome
Looking forward to part 2! Gonna be getting some rain Sunday into Monday for the first time in a very long time!
Thank you Lee. We are looking forward to that rain. Unfortunately, it's coming at night and not too good for videoing, but we'll take it. Hopefully we get a good rain during the daytime so we can do some updates. Thank you very much and enjoy your weekend, Tom
Love watching your practical approach to solving problems that would make the rest of us crazy. Really enjoy the videos.
Thanks so much Sean. We’re glad to hear that you enjoyed it. Have a good evening, Tom
I watched this yesterday, but had nothing worth posting, but couldn't stop thinking about the source of the water. I can't believe the town would take water from one side of a road and send it to the other side and aim it directly at a private property. The other thing that's amazing is the amount of water from the neighbor's irrigation. Did your customer ever speak to a lawyer about the town's responsibility for the open pipe?
Can't wait to see part III.
Thank you Joe. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town and he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town,or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
Sadly trying to sue city and stuff is hard with qualified immunity.
Even without qualified immunity, you'd struggle to make the city liable. A culvert has been there for over 40 years and was there when the home owner bought the property. The problem seems to be due to the changes the *neighbour* made, not the culvert itself. All that culvert does is transfer water from one side of the road to another. If it wasn't there, water would be flowing over the road and onto the property...
@notsolm thank you for your insights Notsolm. Have a good day
@@notsolm I'm sure the town doesn't adjust the homeowners taxes for the piece of land they're taxing.
Wow!! What a mess and you guys always have the best solution! Civil Engineers at their finest! Look forward to Part 2!!
(From Raleigh, NC!)
Thank you very much Jim. You always give us the nicest compliments. Dawn is almost finished with pt2 and we actually have rain in the forecast for the middle of the week. We will keep our fingers crossed that we can get some rain footage. Have a great weekend, Tom
Your team does very nice work. i really enjoy the videos. Cant wait to see Part 2.
Thank you very much Cable guy. Pt 2 should be up later next week. Thanks again, Tom
Pretty big project. Good the town was helpful. They could have regraded the ditch. Clearing the trees. Let the water run down the side of the road. So much cost to the home owner. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers. Your crew needs a Jerry. 😅🐱🐭😂.
Thank you Jeri. Jerry from DirtPerfect? Part 2 is coming soon. Thanks again, Tom
They should have passed the problem back onto the City by replacing the wire mesh fence with a solid concrete boundary wall😂😂
Good one Jason
That was my first thought too: build a shield wall. But their neighbor is so close that the water would just be diverted to their yard. You'd probably need a wall that spans the entire block to avoid pissing off your immediate neighbors. Still, unless you can get the water to pond up to endanger the road, the City would probably still blow you off.
@@HowHingPauthere’s gone be bigger problems once that whole hill is developed. If just one house has done that. The city should just buy her out and make that a water drainage. Otherwise it’s gonna need 36” pipes eventually with concrete drainage basins
@nathangandara9607 Excellent point! thank you for your thoughts Nathan.
Although it is irritating not being able to connect to the existing culvert pipe, the set up that you have done does allow for some water to soak back into the ground in dry periods so could be beneficial in the long run. It would be great to see this flowing in heavy rain.
We’re expecting to show it working in part 2. Thanks
You two are the best. I would think the town would be a little more responsive but that's Govt for you. How much water goes down on the neighbor's lawn? This is really a tough job, but you are going to push right through. Can't wait for part two.
Thank you very much Billy. That neighbor keeps his new lawn well watered. I also can't wait for Dawn to finish editing part 2. Thanks again, Tom
Concrete buggies on tracks would awesome for hauling dirt away.
You are right, but the gate opening is less than 33 inches. All the concrete buggies and mini skids I looked into renting were 36 inches or more. So, we used what we have. Thanks
I can see you are doing the best you can but this solution is absolutely insane.
1. This is the towns responsibility to fix - at their cost.
2. Not allowing you to tie into the existing pipe is pure insanity. Why let water go that then needs to be re-caught. Stupidity.
3. Their solution at the street is equally stupid.
This town is run by idiots.
We agree Emmett. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action and he couldn’t get anyone local to take the case. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thank you for sharing your opinion, Tom
Is the large black drainage pipe sealed to the catch basin? I didn’t see anything connecting it to keep water from going around the pipe. You guys do such good work I must have missed it or it just didn’t get filmed. Keep up the good work, love your solutions to unusual problems
Thank you Jeff. The pipe is not sealed to the catch basin. It is also a dry well and has about 25 5/8 holes drilled in it. I did cut the hole tight enough that no rock would migrate into the basin. We didn’t film that much because we have shown perforating the basin in several videos. Thank you for asking and I hope I answered your question. Tom
Would love to see the water bill from the uphill neighbor! Nice lawn, but I'm sure it costs them!
Thank you Matt. I believe everyone around there is on well water. It’s a tremendous amount of water though.
Looks like your machinery might have been a bit undersized for that berm work ( but great for yard work ), I hope you don’t have a problem with your catch basin being to small with that amount of water..I might have used a larger concrete one with larger grate.
Thank you Mike, I considered going with a concrete basin, but I wanted the dry well too. That’s a 15 inch culvert going to a 24 inch catch basin that actually has a 5 foot square dry well opening with rock all the way up. You will see more of that in part 2. Thanks again, Tom
@ I,d be worried about the grate not handling a big rain.
Thank you for sharing your opinion Mike. See you in part 2
A nice ditch type stream rubber line would have given them a nice water feature.
There you go. Go thinking - lol
I think digging that area out and turning it into a pond to attract wildlife would have made the neighbor across the street have a fit. Then have a lined river rock overflow going through the yard to the other street to top it off. And top it off with shrubs to block the neighbors view of it.
Very nice Eric
It's terrible that the town won't let you tie into the existing culvert. This make the possible solutions so much more difficult and more prone to failure!
Very true Alexei. Wait until you see the way the town is letting us tie into their infrastructure. That will be in pt3. Thanks
Big job, what a waste of water in this time of shortage of water, don’t you have restrictions in times of drought?
Hi Shirley. Here in NJ we normally get about an inch of rain per week. We have received 3 inches in the last 90 days. No water restrictions yet, because the reservoirs are still ok. Water restrictions usually start when the reservoirs get low. Thanks again, Tom
This neighbor is insane with the sprinkler. If they have public water the water bill must be outrageous.
They’re on well water
Your homeowner couldn’t ask for a better team to solve their problem.
Thank you very much Pete. Have a great weekend, Tom
Great video! What’s the advantage of using a catch basin with a dry well rather than just a catch basin to grab the water that’s coming out of that culvert pipe going downhill
Thank you Jeff. Couple reasons; the dry well can handle the smaller rains and some of the watering from the neighbor. That can percolate back into the soil. Second - the dry well has rock all the way to the top. You’ll see that in pt2. In a bigger rain the water will fall down through the rock and enter the catch basin from below which turns the dry well into a larger 48 x 48 inch catch basin. I hope that makes sense.
@ thanks! I look forward to part 2!
Thank you Jeff
I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the culvert was there before the house was built and even then it wasn't a problem until that pool area was built which massively reduced the surface area for the water to spread out and soak into the ground
That’s exactly right Sanguine. Thanks
That neighbor is psychotic with the irrigation. I'm sure they are pytting at least an inch of water per day in that lawn.
I'm surprised the removal of the trees and regrading didn't trigger the need for stormwater management.
Thank you Drooplug. We’re just happy the neighbor was willing to stop watering for a few days so we could finish our work. Have a good day, Tom
They are installing a catch basin or dry well? Cant be a tied in catch basin without going into the street, right?
It is both. I like this type of setup and I use it on many projects. A catch basin, which will eventually be tied into the city stormwater pipe. And, a dry well to handle the smaller rains and the irrigation from the neighbor across the street. I hope I answered your question, Tom
Could you not use U shaped culvert pipe to direct flow from the road culvert to the catch basin?
We used the materials we had on site to make a channel with no added expense to the customer. You can see in pt2 that it came out great.
That neighbor is using too much water if he filled that hole up overnight. I have other questions, but will wait for part 2,to see if you answered any of them.
Thank you wolf. See you in pt 2
I think the home owner needs to get some 12in balloons 🎈 and have a party in that culvert pipe
Lol - very funny Bryden.
I was thinking a six foot long rubber hose and a couple cans of spray foam 😂
That sounds like a plan - 88. Lol
Exactly this happend if the government not do sewers first with build of the street, at best at both sides. But typically U.S.A. first make it a problem "for other". It is more easy and second it reduce the costs for all taxpayers!
Why do you not directly connected your pipe to the other or build the "catch basin" at the other side of the fence with a new brickwork fence how catch every water from this side to tunnel it trough the grass land to the other street?
Speedy, the town would not allow us to connect to their pipe. I hope you will watch pt2 to see what we did. Thank you
7:40 I most certainly wouldn't want that lawn. It is way too much work for something that most peoples don't use. I would prefer the privacy that was provided by the trees that used to be there. Also, why the heck would they water the lawn so much? The trick to keeping a green lawn is to cut it early in spring, then just leave it alone. It just about stops growing during summer. It will mostly stay green as long as you don't cut it. Grass goes into dormance during dry spells. You should only ever cut it a few days after a rain storm.>
13:25 Given the water problems, it makes sense that the soil would be clay. Water would go through sand easily enough. Clay is basically all we've got where I live. One thing I would have done differently is asked the town to put the catch bassin on the other side of the fence.
Agreed, thank you Jonathan
Just so you know, there is a difference when they dry well catch bases
Thank you CC. I believe they can function as both dry well and catch basin, or hybrid system. Catch basin for the heavier rain events and dry well to percolate small rains and runoff from the neighbor's irrigation. When there is more water than can dissipate it raises up and then goes down the pipe. I use this method on many of your systems. If you watch pt2 you will see we have stone the entire length of the pipe. This also allows some of the water to percolate back into the ground. I like when we can send some of this water back down to help recharge the aquifer. Tom
That almost seems illegal what the town did, putting an open pipe aimed at someone’s house like that.
You're right Chase. It's pretty crazy. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and have a good day, Tom
I have a very similar problem. Township here is useless. Did the culvert exist before the house or was it newly installed? Ok so this isn't new. They changed the lot across the street and probably regraded it. Same exact problem here. Funny enough the township let the new business across the street to tie into the culvert with zero fs given for those of us across the street. Sadly you can't sue anyone and just are forced to pay lots of money to fix it. Sadly neither of us affected have the money to do anything about it.
Hi Music. Yes, culvert was in before the house. The homeowner said he didn’t know it was there because it was so overgrown back there. The problem got much worse when the neighbor cleared the ‘woods’ in front of his house, regraded, installed a lawn, installed a 20 zone sprinkler system and began over watering. Have a good day
Thanks for responding! I'm still watching and just can't believe how much water the neighbor was putting through the culvert with his sprinklers. 😮@@tyelandscapinganddrainage
It is a ridiculous amount of watering.
Who is paying for this? The customer or the town?
Unfortunately, this is all on the customer / homeowner.
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage Can't wait for part 2! Awesome Job!
Thank you, Dawn is editing it now. Hopefully it will be ready later next week. Thanks again
Whew your customer has been enduring this for WAY TOO LONG. Thankfully the neighbor who enjoys water saturation turn it off so you could work.
Thank you Tony. Yes, the work went much better as it dried out. Thanks again, Tom
SO HOMEOWNER BUILT OR BOUGHT A HOUSE WITH A DRY CREEK RUNNING THRU THE YARD. WHO GAVE THEM THAT PERMIT TO BUILD?
Diego, we believe the culvert was there before this development was built, but there’s no way to know for sure. The culvert was definitely there before this homeowner bought the house, and he purchased the house 2 years after it was built in the early 80’s. I don't know how a town engineer would approve building this home and another with a culvert just like it a couple doors down. When this homeowner bought the house it was very overgrown in the back and he couldn't see the culvert. Once again, this was the early 80's
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage then the last owner is legally liable for not telling the new owner, there is always someone that can get sued. unless the new owner changed something. like the pitch or filling in a creek bed. thanks for the response.
You're right Diego. The only thing that changed was the neighbor across the street removing all their trees, in the front yard, and installing a well irrigated lawn. Pt2 is up if you're interested. Have a good weekend, Tom
In Alabama that is against the law .You cannot discharge water onto another person's property . I do not know the laws there . I would check on it . If it's a law there . The city owes them for the repairs . Or they need to reroute the runoff .
Hi Trevelyn. We have the same rules, but we're pretty sure the culvert was there before the house was built. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town, but he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town, or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
@tyelandscapinganddrainage I do understand . If the drain was there first . Then there is no case .
At least they have a professional who could fix the problem . Nice you did not need a pump. No long term cost .
@trevelynbrown4444 thank you Trevelyn. We have lots of slope so gravity is doing all the work for us. Thanks again and have a great day, Tom
Its really dumb on the towns part, if you don't have sewers you have to have a ditch on both sides, now just catch and push it to the next neighbor instead of dispersing the water.
I had a problem very similar, the property to the north filled the ditch between us and raised there land as well, filled the entire acre with gravel and pavement causing my yard to flood killing dozens of trees and veering 15 acres of runoff into my acre and 1/2. This was noted over 30 years ago not to do but new owners did it anyway.
It is a commercial property that is required storm water management, city did nothing, @sswholes.
So last summer I cut all the trees down on the north side and built a berm 17ft high 35ft wide 150ft long. We had so much rain this summer, it was great, THEY FLOODED NOT FROM ANY WATER FROM ME BUT FROM THERE OWN STUPIDITY. They now deal with there own and 6 acres of allot of it being paved, f4ck with the bull you get the horns.
That guy should have built a berm and then all the neighbors would have bitched and the town would have been forced to do there job.
Awesome story Nic. Thank you for sharing and have a good day, Tom
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage I know you know that this was not the best solution but your customer was forced to do for lack of government accountability. I feel for the guy I know what it costs, I had to cut over 100 trees and brought in more than 100 quad axel truck loads of dirt and top soil, planted over 60 trees, 3lbs wild flower seeds and 100lbs of grass seed all doing great. Your guy has a few bucks and hopefully recovers some, I got mine watching them flood out. And now I have this really cool mountain in my yard with a switch back and ridge trail that connects to the other trails. It was allot of fun building and planting all the stuff.
Thank you Nic. The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town and he couldn’t get anyone local to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thank you for sharing your story, Tom
@@tyelandscapinganddrainage Ya that was my case as well, should have built a berm, then lots of people feel the affect but not him. I could not get the water to come in on one spot or I would have done a stream, really wanted one but could not get the neighbor or city to listen, now there all f4cked and I have a beautiful mountain. LOL Hope all these idiots from around here read this, they all know that I got the last laugh while they were standing in 3ft of raging water. P.S. My basement is dry again.
Good for you Nic
boy i sure do love sittign water ina culvert, thats goign to elad to setident and blockages, and then also give it 5 to 19 years and the coutnry will decalre it a public use or public utility line, and take it away form the property owner, , they need to route the culvert sdown the road to the next crossing
the county better be paying for it and the damages
I agree with you Any, but the only thing the town was willing to do was install an inlet at the curb that we could tie into. They would not redirect their culvert in any way. They wouldn’t even allow us to connect directly to their culvert. We were responsible to get the runoff across the yard and to the curb. The homeowner is paying for everything.
The neighbor watering all night long sounds like they did it on purpose especially with yall working there and sounds like a waist of water.
Thank you Matthew. We got it done anyway. I hope you can watch pt2.
I would just block that pipe.
The homeowner said he wanted to plug that culvert many times.
Who’s the idiot that decided hey let’s put a covet that ends and runs in to someone’s yard the homeowner should have gone to court to get it straightened out because that’s slowly eroding everything.
We haven’t meet that person yet Blake. And, this isn’t the only house on this street with the same issue. This homeowner’s problem became much worse when they cleared the property across the street. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Tom
just sue the township for flooding property
The homeowner tried to pursue legal action against the town, but he couldn’t get any local lawyers to take the case. All the local lawyers wouldn't go against the town, or they said they had some kind of conflict. He decided suing the town was a gamble. He could spend much more than he’s paying us, still loose and be back at square one. Thanks again, Tom
imagine getting a tickly packed useless lawn and then water pools up. get owned