My dad's number one advice when buying/renting a house is to avoid houses that are positioned lower than the road, as water will always flow downward and it's only a matter of time until the rain gets hard enough so then the water will flow through your house.

This is the most German renovation project I have seen lol "it is Sunday, so I cannot cut today" and also those welds look way better then I can do! Everything looks phenomenal.

There is nothing worse than flood water coming in to the house. Nice work and sympathetically done to match the area.

I don’t have a basement or a flood risk but loved watching this. Fascinating.

Genius approach! I would have clumsily created a tripping hazard but your approach to a dam is much better thought out.

Who else is here Bc of the algorithm rabbit hole?

"Grinder and Paint make me the Welder I ain't." 😁😁

pls never stop making videos like this, cuz I love them

I strongly suggest that you get a bunch of sand bags and have them ready for the next major storm, your dam is only as good as the last storm, and the gentle slope will make it easier for the water the crest.

I love how thorough you are with fixing the flooding issue, you not only made sure that the original ingress point was blocked, you beefed up all the other entry ways I would have called it a day at the dam

Really great work, and not just on the anti-flooding measures, but everything. The driveway, the garbage cans. Just a blast to watch these videos and get ideas for my own house/yard. Keep up the great work!

Really interesting. Catching videos of the water flow during the storm really helps to understand the problem. I hope you can do another follow up where we see the flood defense in action.

Tip on mixing concrete - there is usually a required quantity of water per bag on the bag. I have poured a couple concrete projects around the house that uses 20-50 bags. I first go into the kitchen with a bucket and fill it with a measuring cup to the appropriate level. Then mark the bucket with a sharpie at the water level. Very easy, repeatable, consistent method.

Bro your demeanour when encountering this is admirable. I wish i could be as stoic

It's the first time I really thought about securing my parents house from water in that way, I wasn't there in a long time, but we had an event like that many years ago. Good work as always and thanks for some ideas.

Well done, I wouldn't have thought of raising the entire walkway or putting a gutter inside but now I am. Are you going to post an small update on the driveway when it blooms next year? I'd really love to see it.

Ive been waiting for the driveway update! looks FANTASTIC!!

As always, your neighbours are lucky to have you. Well done!

0:52 this scene looks like it was taken straight from a cutscene which would be in a game with some 4K quality. This shot is just so cool.

Great video, the writing and editing were great. Impressed with your good cheer in the face of disaster, and the pragmatic solutions you constructed to manage the risks. Thanks for sharing, final fixes look great!

Great video! I had some flooding in my garage & home entrance way, so this has given me some ideas. Flood proofing existing homes will probably become a full time occupation in the future :)

These sudden weather events are certainly increasing in frequency and severity, so you're right to get on this now and start mitigation measures wherever you can. That's a very elegant and practical solution to the problem and it looks like you've added extra in expectation that the next time it could be a little worse. I don't think most people would have had the rationality to study the flow dynamics while this was happening, but there's not much else a person can do until it's over. I'm sure this is going to protect your home for a good few years.

You have such a good attitude about it all… finding ways to fix the issues and the labor, there was not complaining, which I admire.

Great job, would love to have seen another rain episode to see the dam working. I admire how you get jobs done and have the ability to see the positive in all you do. That's a great skill in itself.

This is actually a good tip. You don't need huge dams, you only have to be higher than your surroundings. I am planning some dams in my garden as well (being located next to a small river) and this helps me a lot.

Amazing attention to detail, what a brilliant job!

Fantastic work friend. The dam matches very well and almost not even noticeable unless you where looking

Sorry you had that flood to deal with and yes good job it was only rain water. Also much respect to you for your positive attitude in tackling the problem - great job - well done!!! I wish you well for the future and a dry safe home.

Great video, my only concern would be the edge of the steel dams. If anyone tripped and fell they would be very unforgiving. Perhaps a rubber/plastic rounded top on them? Maybe a thin pipe, cut so you can slide it on the top edge of the dam?

Well done! I'd like to see a follow-up video showing how well all your changes worked!

I love all the updates at the end, it was the nice surprise I didn't expect. Also nice to see the progress in all the projects, like oh I remember that video, oh and that one too. Thank you for sharing

I saw your garbage train a while ago and never really thought about it again. But I just today it got recommended to me again which led to me watching your most recent videos which were very good and I will now watch your back-catalogue.

I love your attention to detail with not only the functionality but the aesthetics too. Awesome stuff :))

Great video! I especially love that you show how to actually do the stuff. I learned a lot about paving and whatever. It certainly looks a lot more professional than what my father did when he paved some parts of the garden - and probably also holds up way better 🙈

I really enjoy your pragmatic approach to issues. Great work!

I very much enjoyed your creatively mitigating the "intrusive water❗" You remind me of my late Dad who was a "welder" who retired from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Good job to you dear Sir & to your good friends❗

Thanks now I want a house just to build some anti flood systems like you did ! Super cool video btw !!

The problem is that they made the base of your house to low. Normally a house is placed higher than street level to prevent something like this.

I LOVE seeing the videos on how you improve your house, these are really fun to watch. Nice work.

Amazing and creative job on fixing all those problems.

you are simply a wizard. can't wait to see the next video

Hope you won't get so heavy rain that causes rivers to appear on your street. But if it does aby chances you upload a video of how well your upgrades are handling? :) I am having constant floods of my basement so I might use some of your ideas 😂

Something simple turns into a huge project. Great work with great results.

first time seeing one of your videos, love the pacing and subject, definitely subscribing

I experience my first tropical storm a few weeks ago. 5 inches of rain in a day. I only had to worry about the water running off my house because my house is several feet above street level.

Amazing, but i'm kind of confused about the building, it may be my American showing but is the house one unit or several?

I really like your videos! You allways tell these stories with so much passion!

Good work. For some reason I liked your last step the best with the rain gutter to your sump pump. Also that trash train was cool lol.

Flooding is the next worse thing after a fire imo. In some places in the UK now its that bad people can't easily get insurance for it. Glad you got yours sorted. One question. At the bottom of the window outside, would it be better to go a little deeper and then install either a drain or gravel to allow the water to drain away? :)

The steel will rust, should have painted it or bought feuerverzinkt.

Really enjoyed your video Max. It is important to keep the water out permanently, as this effects the value and desirability of your house. You don't really want temporary things like sand bags or clip in flood barriers. I would love to hear how you get on at the next big flood.

Great job! I live in a small town called Lismore in Australia. Our floods last year peaked at 14.4 metres. Many people have decided to redesign their houses to be flood ready... not so much flood proof. Given the current climate situation I think videos and content like this is very important. Many thanks for sharing. Big ups from down under!

I love your videos of home improvement projects - please update us when it floods again! PS: The phrase is "WHAT it looks like" not "how it looks like" :)

Interesting that your basement window is not also an emergency exit. Seemed a little scary when you were under there worried about getting out! At least here in our county in the US we have to have an emergency exit window or a walk out door for basement emergencies.

Bravo, sir, good job on all of it. The only thing that I will add and it really is for a once in a 100 year storm, is to get an extra pump and long hose, to place in the front yard, to get rid of the water, hopefully before getting into the home.

Nice work on the outside. In Minnesota, we use clear plastic hoods for our basement windows to keep the snow out. We also put a 3"x4' board sideways so the any reptile or mouse can use it as a ladder to climb back out.

"A grinder and paint makes me the welder i ain't"

You have an elevator in your house??

Love the mitigation techniques you used, simple straight forward and effective

Had a v similar issue and did the same. I also changed all the block paving for gravel and installed French drains as the water can still top the dam in really bad storms

Nice work. I’m a big fan of redundancy and safety factors. You did a very neat job.

Great Idea, we never had this kind of issue with our house, because the windows are all at least 10cm above the ground. Just in case I used the garden in front of the house as a water barrier, by planting a hill of Roses, Blackberries and Rasberries. So even if ther will come some flood from the street, it will happily continue to flow down the street. As we have some interesting kind of rain in this part of northern lower saxony, which means either a little dribbling rain or very rarely flood rain like in your video, i think there is a need to prepare. Please do more like this Projects and post them and when you like to see a real garbage railway, i'll show you my project some time. Thanks a lot and best wishes to Lübeck and the river Wakenitz

That Bin train is amazing! 👏👏

NIce build! One thing I noticed was the grate over the basement window. when you were cleaning it out, it got me thinking about a screen or maybe a grate with smaller holes. wouldn't want that pump in there getting clogged

When sparks happen when welding it means that the surface is too hot or your welder is too hot. It basically means air pockets form in the welding rod.

Beautiful work and really enterprising of you and your mates!!

Been subscribed for a while(following your new workshop build) and this video popped in my feed so I was watching it. At 13:18 I just realized you're the garbage can train guy too! Lol

You need a smaller cup on your torch so you can see better.. i would suggest a narrow 6 or 7. Just remember to increase the cfh on your tank for a narrow cup. You might want to increase your CFH overall because that hole you made was from oxidation. Check your lines

I love watching videos like this. This is amazing keep it up!!

I would be pleased to see a quick follow up for your next flood. :) Nothing is more satisfying then seeing it work in practice.

Just discovered your channel, it increased how much i want to buy a house and customize it myself too ! I'm happy i've stumbled upon it and i'm happy that you seem to enjoy yourself upgrading your house ! I'll check your other videos because the trashcans rolling outside made me curious i have to admit

Good job! Funny, I recognized your trash can train earlier in the video and it gave me a smile (I watched you build it before). : )

For the pump under the window, keep an eye out to make sure water doesn’t overflow it before it goes through the pump system. Great job 👍🏾👍🏾!!

Love this guy's cheerful and can-do attitude !

Nice job. I had to run underground downspouts and regrade around my home to get rid of any potential flood water.

Great way to solve your water puzzle! And looks like it was always there. We have a municipal alley behind a property (in Chicago) and the paved alley is higher than our sidewalk next to our garage. When we have heavy rain all the water from the alley (it really becomes a stream) goes down our sidewalk towards our house and occasionally floods our basement (not too much but still a worry). Your video made me think I need to remove the small fence/door and put a brick step there to keep the water from flowing down onto our property...

I have a similar issue that has taken over 30 yrs to fix. 1870 log cabin in Wyoming + spring thaw. Everyone is higher then me. Each year when things started to melt & leave puddles & mud I would take a photo. I think i got it but I won't know till this spring.

First video I’ve watched of yours. Cool stuff. Great work. Excellent problem solving.

We had this problem, I simply filled up the whole front yard with dirt so the wole front yard was higher then the street level and then lay the bricks on the elevated yard so rainwater could not get stuck in the middle of the yard

Great video!! Good on you for learning new skills, and for doing it yourself instead of waiting on the city to come do it (probably why the last people moved out.)

Thank you for posting this. It was very interesting and I was curious to know how this turned out. You have a beautiful home!

This channel is amazing, building things that genuinely make your life easier all while subsidising the cost through youtube. I’ve been a fan for a while and will continue to be for a very long time 👍👍

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing.

Really interesting video. Very create. Also I Love that you try and do it all on your own instead of getting a company to do the job!

Nice! Responding to calamity productively.

Very interesting. Smart work. Cheers

I just noticed when he says subscribe the subscribe button lights up THAT IS SO AWESOME!!

Awesome easy way to keep the castle dry ❤

Thank you Max, this was a really interesting video. Great job to you and your willing helpers!

Wow that was an interesting watch. I love how you showed a handful of different skills. I need to get one of those tiny forklifts. I wish this video was longer lol, guess I'll have to binge some of your other videos to scratch that maker itch

I liked your thought process. Very interesting. Also, nice thinking about redundancy (many solutions supporting each other). Greetings from Brazil.

Awesome video. I will be building my home on a hill in the countryside side so I don’t have to worry about water, however it will be in the Forrest so I will have to keep the brush down not to have forest fires. :)

Excellent job on that path.. It looks amazing.

Well done Max, it looks really natural, like it was by design.

the sparks when you were welding came because of airflow through the box and tube. As you heat metal, the air can shift around quite dramatically.

My dad always had sandbags on hand in case of stuff like that. They don't have to be very big, but when you do fill them up, you keep them out of the sun so the bags don't deteriorate, and keep them let's say behind the bush next to the stone wall or something like that.

What a fascinating video. I’ll watch some more of yours. Great work to fix the problem, and recognising all you can do is divert the water, nature will do what it does no point trying to stop it.

I'm not a builder. Have no issues with flooding. Yet watched this video transfixed from start to finish for some reason ! 😬👍

Ingenious solutions - and very well done. Everything looks great!