Good job fixing this mess. Just reinforces my belief you should never buy a house in a hole.

Proper site grading at the beginning of the construction phase would have prevented most of this issue. This was the fault of either the architect, builder, or the inspector. Also, it rains hard enough in Texas to outrun that pump.

It’s good to see people doing this type of work who actually have equipment and care about using the right type of pipe.

You should do a video about what to look out for when buying a house.

Very satisfying to see that water flowing out of the curb!

Good job putting holes in the bucket. This will also help prevent it from wanting to rise up!

That curb hole was beautiful. 😀

great video on how poor some places can be built and great install. For future less spinny/zoomie shots and more slow panning or stationary shots. It will really help the watch-ability of your content

Neat install. Hopefully that will make a massive difference

Love these videos. Find myself amazed at how different things are between the states and the UK though. Over here you absolutely cannot discharge private drainage into the highway. I’m also amazed at how poor the developments are in the US, it’s like the developers don’t even think about drainage!? I guess it’s easy money for you guys though!

Wow!!! I’ve been in business over 15 years and am always looking to learn something new. This is definitely a learning experience. I have a newer customer that has major water issues and am literally putting a proposal together trying to figure out where to take the water besides letting it sit underground in drain basins or French drains. I am definitely going to use this as one of the options. I’ve never done or thought of anything like this but like all things we will figure it out and I am saving this video as a reference. My team and I were scratching our heads on where and how to take the water once we captured it. Thanks for the great video!

Here in germany it isn't even allowed to discharge water on the street. You either have to collect it on your plot as for rainwater usage or let it run into the sewer -and pay for it. But the pipe and pumps seem pretty small. But I mean, if it works, it works!

A TON of this is caused by the planning dept during the permitting process allowing zero to low flow areas around the construction site.

Got lucky with that hole in the front. Nice job, thanks for posting

As someone who has had to endure soggy yards, and seen the destruction standing water over time can do. I enjoy the HELL out of these vids.

Love the trim out securing the cord. Most guys on KZfaq just leave it flopping for mowers and weed eaters and claim ”someone else will fix that”. I laughed when you talked about the “corrugated pipe to nowhere” that was put in just for show! I see those every day and we follow behind and fix them. It’s not magic; it’s gravity.

THIS WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL I LEARNED A LOT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

There are some really cool tools at work in this video. Awesome stuff!

Those core saws are awesome

Excellent video and great detail!

Always love your videos, even at advanced age, I love learning about things like this. Do you catch any flack about where you out your pipes and bitching about the parking space taking all that water? Share a recent project I had done. Generator began putting carbon monoxide in our house so moved it 100 feet into the woods. Has a huge area of expensive rock side walks and landscaping. Opted for underground gas and electric lines. These were in plastic pipes that come in rolls. Guy was setting up his rig and I gave him a bit of time and went out to see how he does it. He was finished! No damage to yard. Amazing work from you and him.

That concrete core drill!!!! Wow!!

Whoever is assigned parking space #60 isn't going to be very happy! 😂

I envy this type of drainage system. I live near the ocean and that hole would be full of water from the time it was dug until the planet earth blows up :(

Good work guys 👍

Nice work 🤙🏽

We'll done. Great video! The core bit penetration was very satisfying lol.

Another example of sub-par building site prep...but it keeps u guys in business!

Perfect place for a pond.

increadibly satsfying video. please consider an ASMR style draining video!!

Ok you guys are really good at what you do 10 out of 10. Only thing that gives me an itch is the mess of dirt you left behind. I’m A non medicated OCD Mr. perfect and that makes talk to myself.

This is one of those cases where the Algorithm is doing some good lol. No coincidence this is in my recommended feed. I'm actually local to you (Davidson County) and we are in desperate need of some drainage work. I'll be contacting y'all soon!

Bought a house in Meridian, ID that had a sump pump right next to the foundation (crawl space) but it was in a black pipe about 6' down. It kicked on once or twice a day in the summer. My house was about 60' from a canal so I think the original owner had water under the house and that was his solution. No idea but it worked.

who ever parks there is going to hate this.... hopefully its a warm climate area and it wont be throwing out water all winter long..

Great vid!

Zoeller M98 sump? Thank you for demonstrating your awesome work. “Apple Drains” needs to take a tutorial from you!!

It looks like this was at some sort of condo complex, or at least a development with a shared parking lot and shared roof lines. I am amazed that they allowed the water to go into the parking area, alot of times those folks don't like people getting water into the parking areas.

I rarely find they give you enough flex on the pumps in the U.K. You can always extend, but still a minor annoyance. Your sparky will be very happy having such a large pipe to work with 👍🏼

Great job.

Great project

Great Video! Marcos pizza for lunch is the real deal!

I would definitely want gutter guards installed on a system like that.

Besides enjoying your channel I also watch Penetrator ‐ a plumber in Brisbane, Australia who specializes in clogged drains - storm and sanitary. The standard for underground stormwater is thin wall PVC. He is kept busy with tree root invasions!!!

lmao he said get your boats ready

Man, the soil you guys have out there is just ridiculous. So much clay in it. No wonder you so much steady work out there.

Nothing beats a little local knowledge. I live in a small village, we moved here 35 years ago. On the corner of our lane is a nice house. Since we’ve been here there has been about 7-8 owners. The turnover is due to the damp. When I mentioned to a neighbour that no one ever stayed long they told me it was built over the village pond. Some developer thought he’d make some money and all those poor people are still paying the price!

So easy with no frost concerns.

That basin will be overwhelmed in 30 minutes of heavy rain.

Probably could run a heat tape in the sump basin that runs off a thermostat, if it ever got below freezing it would prevent the pump from locking up. We use them in our eves troughs up here in the north.

I did this on a much larger scale. 3’ dia 4’ long concrete basins with 3” pumps. Tied into an existing 8” storm line. The installed a 2800 gal concrete tank and ran the storm line through it with an emergency over flow designed to guarantee the lower level of the complex stayed dry. The were 2 more 3” pumps at different levels that pumped to the curb in that tank. All designed by an engineer.

5:20 is the noise I hear when my mother in law talks.

I want that pipe cutter. That's what I want!

That’s impressive

Water is fun

Great job...have you ever had neighbors complain about the water discharging into the street?

Nice!!!!

Living up North I have a 1 1/2" discharge line from a sump pump running to the street and it runs more in the winter than summer. There is a lot of ice in the street because of it..

13:50 get your boat ready!

Gate City is a seriously dangerous hood in Birmingham Alabama. It’s so dangerous that when they connected I-459 to I-20, they built a really long elevated road way that allows to travel above Gate City, rather than through Gate City.

The float on the sump pump will be the 1st thing to fail. Also, what happens when the power goes out in a thunderstorm? Gravity drainage can't fail under any circumstances, but sometimes you do need a pump. good work!

Excellent! Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming! Can you make a video on how to charge for this kind of Job? Thank you.

Love the hat bud!

Those builders found the bottom of a lakebed for their next development. 😆. I’m surprised the HOA let you dig holes. 😬

That water's gonna be great when you have freezing conditions - not sure of your climate but you're gonna have a parking lot you can sublet out to the local hockey league. . ,.

Great video gives me ideas for my own place. Question; would the downpipe at the gutter level not have provided enough fall to the street if the whole piping sections were glued together? The water could sit in the pipe when not raining.

Nice pump solution but I'm a bit amazed that the water from the outfalls spreads all over the street as if there is no camber on it to keep rainwater in the street-edge gutters. Are there no street drains either? Also I've never before seen downpipes taking water from the roof and directing it straight into the soil around the foundations - seems to be asking for cellar flooding, subsidence or rotting joist ends if there are suspended wooden floors. Maybe in a wetter climate (England) local practice anticipates and therefore caters in advance for problems such as these. Not that we do building any better - plenty of houses are still being built on flood plains and are bought by owners who are surprised to find themselves knee-deep in floodwater after a once in a century storm that because of climate change now occurs once a decade.

Not sure how your channel was recommended to me but I'm glad it was - I've been binge watching your videos for a day now. :D I was wondering why you would not want to use the perforated basin if it was a crawl space instead of a slab?

I wonder about the neighbours response to this excellent drainage installation . The rear of the side property has more of a water buildup since the berm prevents free , rapid drainage , and the property to the rear is going to drown in the extra water that the berm directs their way . As well , does the fence line drain slow the side properties drainage , and cause more water buildup there ? I look at these HOA controversies and rules and just wonder if there will be difficulties with adjoining properties . Loved the video, very informative .

Nice job, except, I would have put a rubber cap on the end of the PVC pipe where the power cord comes through. Just cut an X in the rubber cap, push the power cord plug through the X and push the rubber cap on to the end of the PVC pipe. Prevents small animals from nesting in the PVC pipe.

One thing I think it would of needed was a screen or some type of flap on the end of the drains for that any small rodent won’t get stuck on there and clog it ..

I feel bad for whoever has to park in those few spots because they'll always have to be walking through water and tracking mud into their cars. I'd be pissed about that.

I guess my phone hears me talking. I was telling and showing the wife where I was going to put a sump pump.

I may have drank water from a sump outlet as a kid because I was riding my bike a bit far from home and was hot af. It was clear and tasted fine. Also, I didn't die.

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I’m not sure where y’all are located, but here in Texas electrical underground runs must be dug down 18” (per code). But I think your sump system is awesome!

Do you need any permission or permits to core the curb for drainage to the street? I need to run my sump discharge to a nearby curb. Thanks!

Not sure where this is located. If it is someplace that has cold winters and freezes, that check valve might cause a problem if the pipe slopes toward the basin. The water will remain in the pipe and when the weather gets cold enough, will freeze and break the pipe. This would not be a problem in warmer climates though. Great job though.

Awesome video!! Gate City from G’boro? Raleigh here!!

I would be adding and underground holding tank to capture the rain water off the roof to use for watering the garden instead of just sending it to the drain system. Of course send the overflow to the drain system, but it would help reduce water Bill's and water wastage.

Schedule 40 pipe ( is what's it's called), use for pressure plumbing applications

Your company could have improved my happiness over the last 60 years. Only thing is your reliance on sump pumps and electricity would come up short around here.

Great work, but you are the solution to a problem the designers should have taken into account, water flows down....

Nice video! I've been looking at doing a similar project at my house for several years. Couldn't figure out how I was going to get over the curb until I watched your video. Is there a permit requirement to drill through the curb?

Be cautious of buying any newer home in a development like this. Chances are, there’s a reason nobody built there in the previous 200 years. Most are in swamps and built as cheaply as possible.

Thanks for the video. May decide not to build a moat around my house.

Always checkcwere water is going around the house your planning on buying people

Question on the pump. If the pump isn't around an outlet to plug in do you hardwire it or hook up an extension cord to reach the outlet ???

Love your work and videos! One addition/recommendation...use a sod cutter and remove the grass layer before trenching. then when you replace the dirt, just roll the grass back over it for a cleaner look.

Those Zoeler pumps last years.

Wed have to use 5mm aggregate to cover entire drain

Trenching machine is a back saver for sure! Can you control the fall/slope with the trencher?

You can now appreciate the differences between the US and the UK type of plug. The UK type lets the cable run to be flat to the wall, reducing the dimensions of the outside socket box.

That’s one neat job guys 👌🏻 Besides the pumps being able to handle a level of solids through them, would it add extra sustainability to the solution to run the gutter pipes just into the gravel rather than into the sump basin, just as an extra layer of filtration, or not really?

Looks like a handy man patch job rather than a well engineered solution.

Your video of the long yard that you used the rock channel in, looks like what I need. My question is how deep does the water drain into. I have a property in Wisconsin that has had 2-3 ft of water all the way around coming in on 2 sides so I would have to get 2 channels done. When it drys enough to get in there is there a way for me and my buddy to rent a front end loader and do it our self. All the water is going down and sitting all the way around my trailer from 2 sides. Need advice. Great video though just need a little more explanation of where or how you get all the water to a deep basin.

Have you ever used the NDS Flow Well system. I have installed several some with pumps some and without. They the are designed for these outdoor applications.

Great video. Are you guys worried at all about backflow from the basin if the power goes out/ pumps fails?

We have weeping tiles. So any water in the yard or from the roof gets drained far away

Will this work in colder climates / winter ? We have a lot of freeze thaw cycles

Would that pump be strong enough to send the water up a 3-4 foot elevation change to the curb?