Excellent job, all i would have said, was when you backfilled the house side with a narrow wall of pea shingle. I would have also put in a sheet of fabric between the shingle and soil, to prevent the soil from mixing with the shingle. As the silt would eventually come in contact with the house. Although you have treated the wall, so thats a bonus 👍
Like some others who have stated on your foundation flooding video I came here from Gosforth Handyman's recommendation. As you can see, I'm now 11 video later, I'm hooked. You've done some fantastic work here fella. You've absolutely inspired me to fix my patio area by my back door!
Hey Neil, glad to have you following along 😁 I've been working outside for the past few days, make sure you've got some long John's! Or maybe wait until the spring 😅 haha
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT No need to worry about that. My lack of skill and knowledge means I substitute quality work with speed, and of course the faster you work the warmer you are, hahaha.
Keep it up buddy, I know the feeling when your body is totally broken and yet you have to carry on 💪🏽. Solider lad 💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽👍🏽. Pee gravel will do the job bang on, 👌🏼
Solid effort fellas. How you maintain a smile through all that is beyond me, but super well done lads. Although Dan looked proper 'Lets get this f**king done and dusted' and rightfully so. What a mate you have there.
Great job well done👍. If I can suggest because you asked I would have dispensed with the grouting/parging of your walls and used “Delta-MS” on the walls below the ground surface. It would have saved you considerable time & money in the end. It keeps the hydrostatic pressure off the wall and all water runs down it and into your french drain. Don’t get too paranoid about standing water in the future. Remember your french drain pipe is at or lower than your footing so all surrounding water both inside & outside the building will weep to the lowest point which is your french drain. Your challenge for the future is to maintain the clear flow of water from the exit point of your french drain until it gets to your neighbours pond. Any obstructions in this section of the system will backup into your french drain. Don’t worry if the slope of the pipe is not perfect as even perfectly level pipe will still flow water. On the issue of pea gravel or using something larger I believe the problem shows up when the french drain envelope eventually gets contaminated with silt. Pea gravel will clog up more quickly than larger gravel as the silt can more easily pass through the larger spaces around the stone. Every french drain will have an expiry date sometime in the future when it plugs up with silt. Silt is the killer here so my advise is to use more stone(ish) material on top of the french drain when you backfill with a few inches of topsoil on top to support lawn growth. I’m not a fan of backfilling with clay material as you are trying to take water away from your buildings and clay typically has low perk qualities. On using a separate pipe system to handle roof rain runoff I think you will be happy with your choice. Lastly get a lock on that sand filter thingy before the neighbours steal it and sell it on Ebay🥱
Hopefully the drain will outlast my ownership of the place at the very least, it'll be interesting to see how it will actually hold up in years to come
Great job so far. Just imagine all those ground workers that do the job and cover it and it never gets seen at least people we see on RUclips how much effort you put into proper drainage.
A great job as always, nice to see all the research and planning before just rushing in to do the job, for anyone who has never done this type of work it is good educational video to watch. Well done and another thumbs up!
Im exhausted just watching. Been there. And here's the thing .. When/if you come to sell, the couple who is viewing will rock up on a nice sunny day in their Audi, and lady boss will ask, '"Oh nice, can we see the kitchen?" And you'll wonder why the hell you bothered.
😂 even my lady boss is saying "where is all the money going? Have you bought the windows yet?" It's crazy how much time, effort and money goes into things you will never see!
Your doing a good job. Difficult to maintain mental focus when inundated with tasks to do. The physical aspect, let's put it this way, if you did it for a living, you'd find it less taxing on your body. Keep up the standard, keep your chin up. I enjoy watching.
Yeah I suppose my body would get used to it. I remember doing p90x and the first few weeks were killer but it got easier as time went on. I don't really wanna be digging trenches for weeks on end though haha
Give yourself a pat on the back - both you & Dan. Terrible conditions but you worked through the pain. A bit like a marathon runner hitting 'the wall', eventually you finish the race and the pain was worth it....hopefully!! Someone in an earlier video likened it to the Somme - and I watched a TV programme on it yesterday - and there are similarities, although hopefully the neighbours aren't Germans firing machine guns at you. PS OK if they are German, just not the guns & mustard gas!!
Great job man!! faraonic repair you are making. Have a suggestion, also from researching around, gullies and gutters would be better to plug them on a normal pipe, on top of french burrito, not to the french drain pipe. You might be overflowing the frech perforated pipe, and zipping water into the ground soil.
Thanks dude. I ended up just combining one side of the roof and gullies into the French drain but that was away from the building. I think I'll probably get away with it and it might end up helping to wash any silt down to the trap I put in. I suppose I'll find out at a later date 😬🤞
Hi, really helpful videos, did you have to run this through with building control beforehand? Assume you didn’t get a design done just took the advice of permaguard?
No I didn't run it past them. They did have details of a land drain for a small part of it on my plans and that's it. They should have really asked for further details at the time for how it would be tanked on that section. I had them round recently for the underground drainage and had to explain what everything was, he seemed a little baffled, as the full French drain with clean out points is never done in the UK. As far as the tanking coupled with a French drain, I had a few typical details from different structural waterproofing companies. What with the advice from permagaurd I made the most logical decision based on all the information I had
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT perfect, Thankyou, my builder says I need a full design done, but not convinced especially after watching your videos, going to propose this is what I do to my building inspector and see what he says. Thanks for coming back to me.
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT my extension is next to a church car park whose ground level is about 7-800mm above my new floor slab, so similar sort of height to yours. I don’t have an issue with the water table it just needs to be a barrier against moisture, so what you’ve done in my mind should be sufficient for me. Hopefully building control will agree.
Thanks! Indeed they will be. I'm going for galvanised steel. I'm just waiting to see whether I might be getting the roof replaced or not before I put the gutters on. I've got quite a few jobs to do before I get to the gutter job though 😑
Might be worth putting in a sump at the lowest point under your floor with a submersible pump to deal with future flooding. Fit it with a level switch set to come on automatically when the water reaches a set level. Have an inspection hatch located in the floor over it for maintenance access.
Hopefully I'll be OK with what I've done so far. I was considering a sump pump or French drain internally but that was before I tanked the whole property rather than just one part. There's still some water inside that I will wetvac out once I've got the windows in and from there I think the vents with dry out the rest eventually. In theory there shouldn't be much chance of any water getting in from now on in 🤞
Let's recap a moment... all this messing about and expense is a direct consequence of your original contractor specifying a block and beam floor when it was totally unsuitable for the ground conditions? The same contractor then ballsed up the roof and you ended binning him off but not before he'd already had a good chunk of cash? Your perseverance is amazing Aiden, many people would have given up already
Same contractor but he didn't specify the floor exactly, he just took creative license on creating it because of the last minute foundation change. Just an unfortunate sequence of events that lead to more freedom to bodge it without me realising. Maybe he didn't even realise 🤷♂️ I've learnt my lesson hopefully 😂
when you do the inside foundation wall dont seal it allow it to dry just lay your drain pipe like you did on the outside and the physics called hydro static should never effect your home again. don't forget to get s structural engineer's blue print on the wall next to the road.
Yeah I won't be dealing the inside. Once I get the windows in I'll be pumping out or will wet vac the last of the water out. I think the brick vents will take care of the rest 🤞 I only took the boundary wall down partially so will rebuild that later. The other retaining wall in between that wall and the house will be less than 800mm so I don't need a structural engineer for that. I already know I just need to lay concrete blocks flat and that's fine for anything up to 800mm ✌️
Grate (yes I know) drainage work - If you are using soil pipe connectors with perforated pipe you could have taken the seals out -they serve no real purpose.
Excellent job, all i would have said, was when you backfilled the house side with a narrow wall of pea shingle. I would have also put in a sheet of fabric between the shingle and soil, to prevent the soil from mixing with the shingle. As the silt would eventually come in contact with the house. Although you have treated the wall, so thats a bonus 👍
Yeah I reckon it will be absolutely fine. I'm sure I over engineered the problem 😅
Loved the spirit level grading tip
Like some others who have stated on your foundation flooding video I came here from Gosforth Handyman's recommendation. As you can see, I'm now 11 video later, I'm hooked. You've done some fantastic work here fella. You've absolutely inspired me to fix my patio area by my back door!
Hey Neil, glad to have you following along 😁 I've been working outside for the past few days, make sure you've got some long John's! Or maybe wait until the spring 😅 haha
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT No need to worry about that. My lack of skill and knowledge means I substitute quality work with speed, and of course the faster you work the warmer you are, hahaha.
@@NeilGuard haha don't stop moving, keep it up, keep on moving...
Keep it up buddy, I know the feeling when your body is totally broken and yet you have to carry on 💪🏽. Solider lad 💪🏽💪🏽👍🏽👍🏽. Pee gravel will do the job bang on, 👌🏼
Yeah I reckon the pea gravel will be all good for years 😅
Solid effort fellas. How you maintain a smile through all that is beyond me, but super well done lads. Although Dan looked proper 'Lets get this f**king done and dusted' and rightfully so. What a mate you have there.
If you don't smile then 😪😪😪 😄
Great job well done👍. If I can suggest because you asked I would have dispensed with the grouting/parging of your walls and used “Delta-MS” on the walls below the ground surface. It would have saved you considerable time & money in the end. It keeps the hydrostatic pressure off the wall and all water runs down it and into your french drain. Don’t get too paranoid about standing water in the future. Remember your french drain pipe is at or lower than your footing so all surrounding water both inside & outside the building will weep to the lowest point which is your french drain. Your challenge for the future is to maintain the clear flow of water from the exit point of your french drain until it gets to your neighbours pond. Any obstructions in this section of the system will backup into your french drain. Don’t worry if the slope of the pipe is not perfect as even perfectly level pipe will still flow water. On the issue of pea gravel or using something larger I believe the problem shows up when the french drain envelope eventually gets contaminated with silt. Pea gravel will clog up more quickly than larger gravel as the silt can more easily pass through the larger spaces around the stone. Every french drain will have an expiry date sometime in the future when it plugs up with silt. Silt is the killer here so my advise is to use more stone(ish) material on top of the french drain when you backfill with a few inches of topsoil on top to support lawn growth. I’m not a fan of backfilling with clay material as you are trying to take water away from your buildings and clay typically has low perk qualities. On using a separate pipe system to handle roof rain runoff I think you will be happy with your choice.
Lastly get a lock on that sand filter thingy before the neighbours steal it and sell it on Ebay🥱
Hopefully the drain will outlast my ownership of the place at the very least, it'll be interesting to see how it will actually hold up in years to come
Great job so far. Just imagine all those ground workers that do the job and cover it and it never gets seen at least people we see on RUclips how much effort you put into proper drainage.
A great job as always, nice to see all the research and planning before just rushing in to do the job, for anyone who has never done this type of work it is good educational video to watch. Well done and another thumbs up!
Thanks Mike 😀
Im exhausted just watching. Been there. And here's the thing ..
When/if you come to sell, the couple who is viewing will rock up on a nice sunny day in their Audi, and lady boss will ask, '"Oh nice, can we see the kitchen?" And you'll wonder why the hell you bothered.
😂 even my lady boss is saying "where is all the money going? Have you bought the windows yet?" It's crazy how much time, effort and money goes into things you will never see!
Your doing a good job. Difficult to maintain mental focus when inundated with tasks to do. The physical aspect, let's put it this way, if you did it for a living, you'd find it less taxing on your body.
Keep up the standard, keep your chin up. I enjoy watching.
Yeah I suppose my body would get used to it. I remember doing p90x and the first few weeks were killer but it got easier as time went on. I don't really wanna be digging trenches for weeks on end though haha
keep going lad it'll be worth it soon
I hope it will be! 🙈
the caping stones are worth a fortune
Yeah crazy money! That's why the new wall cost so much 😂
Give yourself a pat on the back - both you & Dan. Terrible conditions but you worked through the pain. A bit like a marathon runner hitting 'the wall', eventually you finish the race and the pain was worth it....hopefully!!
Someone in an earlier video likened it to the Somme - and I watched a TV programme on it yesterday - and there are similarities, although hopefully the neighbours aren't Germans firing machine guns at you.
PS OK if they are German, just not the guns & mustard gas!!
hahaha 😂 don't worry, they're not German 😄
Great job man!! faraonic repair you are making.
Have a suggestion, also from researching around, gullies and gutters would be better to plug them on a normal pipe, on top of french burrito, not to the french drain pipe. You might be overflowing the frech perforated pipe, and zipping water into the ground soil.
Thanks dude. I ended up just combining one side of the roof and gullies into the French drain but that was away from the building. I think I'll probably get away with it and it might end up helping to wash any silt down to the trap I put in. I suppose I'll find out at a later date 😬🤞
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Im watching it right now!! part 4 of the mammoth!!
@@agustinpiaggio8888 ahaaa 👍
Oouuttssttaannddiinngg effort 💪
Hi, really helpful videos, did you have to run this through with building control beforehand? Assume you didn’t get a design done just took the advice of permaguard?
No I didn't run it past them. They did have details of a land drain for a small part of it on my plans and that's it. They should have really asked for further details at the time for how it would be tanked on that section. I had them round recently for the underground drainage and had to explain what everything was, he seemed a little baffled, as the full French drain with clean out points is never done in the UK. As far as the tanking coupled with a French drain, I had a few typical details from different structural waterproofing companies. What with the advice from permagaurd I made the most logical decision based on all the information I had
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT perfect, Thankyou, my builder says I need a full design done, but not convinced especially after watching your videos, going to propose this is what I do to my building inspector and see what he says. Thanks for coming back to me.
@@lloydc1671 no problem. What situation are you dealing with for your place?
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT my extension is next to a church car park whose ground level is about 7-800mm above my new floor slab, so similar sort of height to yours. I don’t have an issue with the water table it just needs to be a barrier against moisture, so what you’ve done in my mind should be sufficient for me. Hopefully building control will agree.
@@lloydc1671 🤞
Looking great ! I assume guttering will be going on as well later in the build.
Thanks! Indeed they will be. I'm going for galvanised steel. I'm just waiting to see whether I might be getting the roof replaced or not before I put the gutters on. I've got quite a few jobs to do before I get to the gutter job though 😑
Might be worth putting in a sump at the lowest point under your floor with a submersible pump to deal with future flooding. Fit it with a level switch set to come on automatically when the water reaches a set level. Have an inspection hatch located in the floor over it for maintenance access.
Hopefully I'll be OK with what I've done so far. I was considering a sump pump or French drain internally but that was before I tanked the whole property rather than just one part. There's still some water inside that I will wetvac out once I've got the windows in and from there I think the vents with dry out the rest eventually. In theory there shouldn't be much chance of any water getting in from now on in 🤞
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Sounds like a plan. Best wishes :)
Let's recap a moment... all this messing about and expense is a direct consequence of your original contractor specifying a block and beam floor when it was totally unsuitable for the ground conditions? The same contractor then ballsed up the roof and you ended binning him off but not before he'd already had a good chunk of cash? Your perseverance is amazing Aiden, many people would have given up already
Same contractor but he didn't specify the floor exactly, he just took creative license on creating it because of the last minute foundation change. Just an unfortunate sequence of events that lead to more freedom to bodge it without me realising. Maybe he didn't even realise 🤷♂️ I've learnt my lesson hopefully 😂
The issue "started" because the contractor did not follow the foundation spec. Its all covered in an earlier episode.
it has almost eliminated hydrostatic pressure.
when you do the inside foundation wall dont seal it allow it to dry just lay your drain pipe like you did on the outside and the physics called hydro static should never effect your home again. don't forget to get s structural engineer's blue print on the wall next to the road.
Yeah I won't be dealing the inside. Once I get the windows in I'll be pumping out or will wet vac the last of the water out. I think the brick vents will take care of the rest 🤞 I only took the boundary wall down partially so will rebuild that later. The other retaining wall in between that wall and the house will be less than 800mm so I don't need a structural engineer for that. I already know I just need to lay concrete blocks flat and that's fine for anything up to 800mm ✌️
Grate (yes I know) drainage work - If you are using soil pipe connectors with perforated pipe you could have taken the seals out -they serve no real purpose.
Ah yes you're right, I didn't think of that!