Installing a dry creek bed
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2022
- We install a dry creek bed in this beautiful yard. See the satisfying results!
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Among the best advice my dad ever gave me -- always try to buy the highest elevation property in the neighborhood, but never buy the lowest.
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Same goes for where to put your tent during a music festival or camping in general :-)
Yep, that there is some good old advice from a generation that was great.
Unless of course you enjoy trying to move a whole neighbourhoods worth of water around your property ;)
Elevated property has disadvantages too should build retain wall to hold the soil or else during heavy rain the soil around will collapse
Hahaha!
Homeowner: "Oh, excellent, you've already laid the lining and 9 tonnes of rocks. Extend it out a little will ya."
GCFD: "you know it"
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This guy always goes back in the rain…. Man well done
Thank you!
I’m glad he does. It’s awesome to see the result.
The best part is to watch your work fully functioning for what it was designed for. The before and after are my favorite parts.
Same Louis! I like those parts too!
That bobcat sure was a great investment. Great job there
Yes it's an amazing machine 👍
Before and after videos make it even better!! Showing the problem before and then after
I was fortunate to have that footage from the homeowner. 👍
@@GCFD Yeah that showed the evidence that is for sure
I like the bit where you have the neighbour back their water ;)
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Funny how the last video that I commented on was two neighbours who were happy to work together to solve the problem and this one is two neighbours who are just trying to solve their own problem and it will end up just being tit for tat. The dry creek looked great at the end with the lights too and I think you made the best of a bad situation and it seems to work reasonably well with tons of water making it down to the drain. Great work again Shawn and thanks for showing us your craft!
Thank you Smitcher!
I first thought the same thing - why does this homeowner spend thousands of dollars instead of asking his neighbour if he could add another pipe to an already existing drainage basin? But then I saw the homeowners video with that huge amount of rainwater and I'd say - this would be way more work than just laying down another pvc-pipe through the neighbours garden...
@@craddocraddoc It's not even that, it's more that the neighbour, instead of catching the water entering their property and getting it into a drain had just built up the back corner to block the water and forcing it away from the swale heading to the drain in the centre of the garden, passing the issue back to this homeowner to deal with...
@@smitcher I don't necessary thing the neighbor was doing it on purpose. If they had raise the yard for garden beds, etc it would have done the same thing. So him addressing it for his own yard would have been required in the future anyway.
@@smitcher While the cosmetic fix is nice looking, an easy fix would have been to just build up a larger berm on his side of the fence that would push over the neighbors berm.
Wow that is a crazy amount of water in his little creek. 3:07
I know it's crazy
Your professionalism show itself more with every posting🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you Brian! I have been trying to make better quality videos for sure.
That looked great. Even with the creek overflowing, that was a lot of water going into the drain.
I'm very happy with how this turned out.
@@GCFD BTW the max lifting cap on your Bobcat MT85 is 850LBS.
I wonder what that channel will look like in 5-10 more years. Could be quite natural looking, especially with some vegetation next to it.
Moving a ton of water 👏👏👏
And looking good doing it 👍 haha
the drone shot was perfect for showing the elevation change as you flew up the riff raff! Adds whole new dimension of understanding and visualization to your videos
Thank you! It took a few tries to get the drone to work. I had to turn off the obstacle avoidance to fly between the tree and bush.
Looks good! Glad to see another App State grad in the stormwater world in the south east. It's interesting the local government wanted nothing to do with it. We have ordinances here in Mount Pleasant against dumping stormwater on neighboring lots like that.
Thank you Chris!
Nice work solving their problems. I REALLLLY enjoy the running water cascading over the rocks and the lighting is an awesome touch! would of liked a little more time just watching the water run!
👍I like that part too Vince!
Beautiful solution to the problem
Thank you for coming back out during a hard rain to show us how it did.
Great job. The lights were a good addition.
I loved this one, I did a dry creek bed / rain garden with decorative plants for my mom several years ago catching the runoff from the underground line off the garage roof, when the first rain garden fills with a few in. of water it flows through an overflow pipe underground, out through a decorative cedar sluice box I made , dropping into the lower dry creek bed / rain garden and eventually out a gravel overflow at the end , even got video of it functioning after a rain
That sounds awesome Jason. It sounds beautiful
Gate city foundation and drainage that looks really good i’m amazed myself all I do with pump out the septic tanks
That's a lot of water. Dry creek bed seems like the best solution and it looks nice too.
I love how it turned out.
looks like it may be getting a bit chilly there with the knit hats, lol. Minus 13 F. here this morning.
Yep! We had snow here yesterday for the first time in a couple years.
Great job done well done to you all
thank you!
The last couple of minutes in this video, shot in the rain, is great 'proof of concept' validation.
I love your channel, your work, and your team, Shawn
Thank you! 👍
Use a torch to cut your landscaping fabric.... A LOT quicker and easier and in some cases, seals the ends from fraying.
Awesome tip Ryan Thank you
That was awesome.
I live about 80% towards the bottom of a hill and my neighbour adjacent to me, in the back, who used to get half the water on his side of the fence, filled his back yard in to plant a garden, so now I get all the water on my side. We contacted the City and found an empathetic guy who “looked and looked” for some sort of bylaw or something that says you can’t mess with the grade, or at least force someone to install some sort of drainage solution, but, no, like you said, it depends on the city.
I hope you were able to resolve it D
@@GCFD Uh, no. 🙂 My back yard is a swamp for days after a rain. I used to have really nice grass, but it won’t grow properly now. Moss, mildew and mud. 😐
Great looking and performing solution. That mini Bobcat is impressive- even if it can't lift that full pallet. Very versatile and nimble machines, and strong for their size.
Yes! I bought that early on for a job and have continued to use it and add attachments.
Those lights do look wonderful. Great example of aesthetics and function.
👍👍Luckily the homeowner had the foresight to install the wiring in our trench before we covered it up.
I like that you go back and film the jobs during the rain. It just shows that you took the extra initiative and I'm sure the customer sees that as well.
Can't help but notice you went to App State. Go Eagles haha
I was at App from 04-07. MS biology.
Wow those lights were a very nice addition to the great rock work.
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Great job as always!
Thank you Ben
Can't wait, loving all the new content
Thank you Benjamin. I think this video came out pretty well. I'm excited to premier it.
@@GCFD yall in my neck of the woods I'm in reidsville
I really enjoy enjoy the videos, great job and keep them coming.
Great information and a great video
Thank you!
beautiful work as usual!
Thank you
That looks fantastic, well done Shaun and crew.
Thank you Alec
Interesting that the riprap stone at the bottom initially made the water flow worse. We did one of these and used smooth river rock. Every couple of feet we had a mound of rock that acted like a speed bump for the water. Our water was coming from a retention pond and flowing about 75’ to a municipal sewer. Our goal was to keep the water clean and slow it down. We accomplished it.
Yes! Riprap is used to slow water down but I see it used to "fix" drainage issues by being thrown in places as a solution.
Looking good!
Thank you Jeffrey
I enjoy the after video. As the others have said, that's a lot of water!
For sure!
Another enjoyable video. 👍
Thank you
Came out great, and the lights really add a cool effect! The whole project took what was an eye sore and made it into a cool feature!
Yes i agree. The other thing is it looks deliberate and not like there's a major problem
Another awesome job
Thank you!
Sweet looking job. Nicely done.
Thank you! This was a cool project.
That turned out really nice!
thank you!
Wow I timed it right to see the premiere! Great job of dealing with a bad situation. Looks great in the end!
Thank you Steve. I'm glad you could join us.
Great job Shawn, Ronald and crew that turned out great. You achieved both looks and functionality. I Know the homeowner is happy great job as always. On to the next one! Hope we get at least 1 more video this week.
Thank you Shane! I'm starting to get caught up on videos and will be waiting for some more rain soon.
thanks Shawn and Crew for the video
thank you
As always Sean, in addition to being interesting and entertaining, a really beautiful result is seen that greatly enhances the view of the front of that house, as always an excellent job !!!!
Thank you Ricardo as always!
Yeah looks great Shawn
Thank you Paul!
Great video
Thank you Tim
Great video.
Thank you!
Man what a freakin awesome job, really impressed with u guys
Thank you!!
It's really great to your working as a team, well done.
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that job turned out nice! you've given more ideas on how to handle my own storm water
👍awesome. Good luck with your project
Another great video, I would love to have a creek bed like that in my yard!
It turned out very nice
Nice work
Thank you red
Thank u for sharing all ur work.. I hope u get more subscribers and likes
Thank you!
Beautiful job Shawn, the things is this your methods and systems actually works, nice touch with the lights too, thumbs up for the homeowner shout outs to Ronald and the rest of the gang.
Thank you Anthony!
Great job GCF!
Thank you Ed! We finished a huge and unique job last week. I need to get my finish grading done now if the snow goes away
@@GCFD come on up to Wisconsin... I'll show you some snow. LOL great video though Shawn. Looking forward to the next one. I am curious about what that little circle of bricks was in the back of that yard? Catch basin? Wishing well? Looked too small for a fire pit. 🤷🏻♂️
When a homeowner can budget for not only function but also form, projects are much more enjoyable.
Other solutions to move water to the catch basin would not have looked nearly as nice.
Lovely project and outcome, Shawn!👍
Nice solution and it looked like it was handling a ton of water. Loving all the videos, all the best.
Thank you! It turned out very well
Yup rip rap slows water but the thin layer left gaps and the water does not over take that drain. Real great solution. I like the barn of rocks at the beginning in case of hefy flow or rush. Good solution.
thank you Tuco. this turned out very well
Good Monday morning to you all in the USA from Wellington Somerset in the UK
Hey David!
Damn Shawn, y'all do such nice work. I'm a new sub and I've watched a bunch of your vids. I'm learning a lot, and you've taught me that I need a sump pump for my flat Florida property. Whether I do it myself or hire someone, you're videos have taught me what I need to know. Thank you!!
Thanks for your sub and for watching Scott!
Great video…really enjoyed. From toronto
Thank you Raymond
Sorry to have to be a troll but you folks do excellent work with one exception, I watched a few videos and noticed you are installing your pipes backwards including the culverts.
The built in bell on the pipe goes upstream not downstream. The reason is the seals get no pressure against them but putting them in backwards like you do will give a path for water to wash away because of the pressure. The seals cannot hold up against pressure for long.
Hope to see your guys doing the right thing in future videos.
We use PVC that glues together in the drainage work. There is no bell side. We face the bells upstream when we do culverts with rubber gaskets. 👍
Good afternoon Shawn, I really did enjoy this project and it has turned out very well indeed and as you went back during a rain storm ⛈ and to see how good the dry river bed works was for me fantastic and I’ll bet your customer is more than satisfied with your high standard of work and until next time TaRa for a bit.
Thank you Jack!
Looks like a nice part of the world ( we are pretty dry low rain here country here ). I always like the look of stones in any feature especially when you hose them down and get the colours to shine
👍 I like stone too
Very interesting to watch these videos, and fantastic work as always!! I wish y'all did work over in Wilkes County; the back of my house needs regrading and a french drain put in near the foundation.
👍I went to ASU!
I love your music choices. The 2000s were a great time to be in college and going to the club for EDM. ucla 99-05
Haha I was in College then too!
Geeez - that is so much water. Seems like it is Neighbor water wars, they make a hump of dirt to divert, so then the other neighbor makes a hump of dirt to redivert back over to the other neighbor. That would absolutely suck living right there
I picked up on that too ! I guess neither of those customers will be at the Gate City Foundation Awards Banquet for the "2021 Cooperative Neighbors of the Year Awards"
That banquet is already sold out 👍 haha
I think a concrete channel with ripwrap sides would have been even better especially if painted a bit. That would make the water flow faster.
That is a hell of a lot of water wow.
Yep!
That was a massive amount of water. Personally I sacrifice trees gladly to have proper drainage. Great video both showcasing the work and how to work with customers.
This was a great homeowner to work with. 👍
Beautiful work Shawn. I hope your snow is gone. We did not get any at all. Have a great day.
Hey Brent the snow is still hanging around today
Nice job. Your customer has some neat ideals on how they wanted to fix the problem. Most would have use pump to save the cost.
It turned out very nicely
Wow that was way more water than I was expecting to go through there.
Haha same. When dealing with an unknown amount of water I really want to make sure the HO understands what we are providing.
That’s back breaking work!
👍 Even with the machines
No pizza on this job? 😆 What a crazy ammount of labour involved. You guys rock LOL. Great Job and video as always
Thank you Chris! We had burgers that day. They were awesome. 👍
@@GCFD For some reasons, I read it as you had burglars and I was wondering who stole your pizza!!???
That is a beautiful result, and more professional looking work, thanks! We take clean water for granted in North America, but there can be an advantage to mother nature delivering rainwater straight to you for your garden, etc. provided you can manage it well. This free water looks very well managed now, more of an asset/opportunity than a liability/threat.
Yes we sure do take water for granted here. Whenever I go down to Charleston SC I see all those huge rivers dumping fresh water into the ocean. We could use that water in other areas instead of just letting it go to the ocean.
@@GCFD right!?
Full bubble gang checking in.
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VVVV This is how many people want you to hire post 10 lol (+trying to help the alg).
haha for sure! That's one famous rake.
I would like to see how much water was now flowing under the fence in to the neighbors yard again ....lol
Same
Good move on putting the rocks to the fence and not cutting the birch roots. Hope it didn't hold water back in the back yard.
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Agree make more of a berm along the fence, and list your trailer music ?
That lot should have had a pond instead of a house!
The lights the owner installed really do look great.
Haha Mark
That's a lot of water. It appears to be doing a decent enough job.
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8" french drain with additional solid pipe drains for downspouts seperate runs, inside same trench would have been a better option here. no stone all hidden cored into swail drain
We didn't have the fall to go deeper with a FD. I also don't think a FD could have accepted this much water. We had to keep it on the surface and even that we really had to mind our fall.
It seems to be somewhat functional but it could be more decorative with different sized stone and river rock
The problem with putting rubber liner underneath natural material is eventually it comes back up to the surface... changes a natural looking scene to synthetic pretty quick
We installed a soil stabilization fabric under the rock.
Great vid...all the clickey clackey noises of the stone was funny. Also loved the corrugated '?' ... the creek bed was really pretty when finished too. 😊
PS...forgot to say 🎊 CONGRATULATIONS 🎊 on reaching 30k subscribers. Hope you don't let all this go to your head and become an 'influencer' and start doing fashion and/or make-up tutorials!!! Lol 🤭
haha I'm going to try to stick to drainage videos!
Phew! Glad to hear it! 😊
I guess it's not important to most viewers but knowing the Ksat rating of the soils & knowing the water table hight might explain some of the water problems people are having. It's very common here for a property to have less than 2%-slope, a 0-inch water-table, & a Ksat rating of less than .5-inches. All the information can be found on the USDA's Soil-Web-Survey though some of the information is from 1974 so some of the unincorporated parts of the State might not be as accurate. I still have neighbors trying to sheet-water more than 100ft, they're so silly.
This water seems to perc pretty well. I'm sure it's a relic floodplain and this was the last property to be built upon in the whole area.
Great Video Shawn. Couple of questions:
What was the (black) corrugated pipe for laying back in the garden? Previous diversion pipe for the gutters, before using PVC pipe?!?
To 'speed up' up the water flow you cloud have buried a smaller french drain below the riprap spillway (may be just 1 foot wide). The overflow situation would have not that bad in my opinion. What do you think?
P.S: I would have loved to see how the water was/is flowing in the back yard (to the neighbor). Keep up the good work!
Hi Alexander. With the water percolating very well after a rain I didn't think trying to keep the water contained in the channel during the rain was worth the extra effort and expense. There was also a budget to work with here as the rock was expensive. I tried to be clear with the customer about what to expect with this channel and I'm very happy with how it turned out.
... Cheers...
👍👍 Laurie
Those Rockpallets are also on their maximum load capacity🤔 (or slightly above)
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One thing you may have added to this excellent video - when is it appropriate to use a Dry creek bed VS. a French Drain? That was an enormous amount of water flowing.
If you can keep surface water surface water (and it's not hurting anything) you can bypass the whole FD thing.
Holy moly. That the most water movement you've had in a video! Great job and looks really nice. Would smaller rocks help with the water movement?
Smaller rocks might get washed downstream by the water so it can be tricky. It was a lot of water for sure.
What about putting a french drain in and the dry creek bed/open french drain concept on top?
that would work but it would have cost much more and we would have had to core and tie into the drainage basin.
I see it may silt up pretty fast n clogging the flow unless periodic maintenance involved ..
Gotta keep the leaves out