*****Derek, I was in the engineering business 40 years. That ditch you put on the road might work on a small rain but will eventually silt in. Filling it with rock has cut your water volume handling in half. It would have been better to not fill it with rock. A dirt berm at the top of your bank with a ditch in front of it would do a much better job of diverting the water away from your hillside. Another big rain will blow right over the top of that rock ditch. As an example, you need a 24" pipe to adequately drain a 20 acre field, so if you have 60 acres draining in you direction you are going to continue to have issues without proper ditches and diversions. (10'w x 3'd)... MY advice, Have a good licensed civil engineer come out to your place and pay him to advise you what needs to be done. It will be money well spent. They do this work every day and can save you money and grey hairs. I felt terrible for you and the damage that resulted. Hopefully what you have put in place can still be utilized. Love your channels and your family. Good luck brother.

I do drainage for a living, and one thing I absolutely recommend is a good old fashioned ditch. It’s easy for a French drain to get clogged with fines or get overwhelmed. With a ditch, you won’t be dealing with blockages. Water doesn’t flow uphill!

As an old, retired engineer, I echo what Ralph says below. Several terraces in the 60 acre field will do more to eliminate the problem in the future than the rock and underdrain pipe you have installed. Terraces always work and require very little or no maintenance. You also mentioned establishing vegetation on the bare soil, which will help.

When I saw how the shop was butted up against a hill, my first thought was, "that's gonna flood." Didn't expect it to happen so soon. Used pallet racks can be had pretty cheap. Nothing should be one the floor, cardboard wicks up moisture out of the concrete.

Bummer. I remember thinking this would be a problem when watching the grading and slab pour videos. I deal with this problem every day as earthmoving and road construction is what I do for a living. This is probably too late (its never too late) but take this into consideration.... The drain system you are installing is only a temporary solution. Especially with no filter fabric. What happens is the fine particles from the dirt and roots from vegetation eventually work their way into the voids of the rock, eventually making it impermeable. The other problem i have with your new system is the use of the flexible black perforated pipe. With no filter cloth used, there is a very high chance dirt will eventually clog the pipe. I always use a hard pipe this way a drain snake and or drain jetter machine wont damage and collapse the pipe. The solution i recommend is a concrete ditch at the top of the slope, and a smaller one at the Toe of slope. Place a 2' band of rip rap at the leading edge of the ditch and that will help keep dirt out of the ditch. With the concrete ditch, you can shovel out the sediment therefore making it a lifetime solution. For stuff like this I always spend the extra money. The peace of mind when your away, that there is absolutely no way water can make it into the shop is worth it. -Phill

I would add a separate pipe that is solid for your downspouts. It looks like with the amount of rain you get your new pipe will fill up with just the downspout water, leaving no room for the other ground water.

Had a massive tree (neighbors) fall on my 24X24garage. We put it back, paid for a second massive tree removal in her yard (she has no money). “Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning’ love your attitude!

Man out of every channel I watch on here this has got to be one of my favorites. This guy and his family are just so nice and you can tell they really do appreciate all their fans and subscribers. They have worked so hard and imo totally deserve all they have, congratulations on it all.

That perforated piping should be wrapped in fabric before it's buried to prevent clogging and rooting. Also make sure the highest point is lower than your lowest grade on the garage. Also, you should have Y pipe cleanouts for your downspouts so you can wash them out if they clog.

I don't think they're "cheap" but Big Ass Fans provides a quality product, and they stand behind them. I believe their headquarters is in Kentucky. (Maybe an episode touring their production facility would help a guy get a discount)

That sucks! Thankfully you have support on your channels and people love your family to help get through this.

Keep these updates comin! It's nice to wind down and watch a feller make progress on his homestead.

That cut bank behind your building still needs fabric below the rip-rap or all that clay is still going to wash out into your perforated drain and clog it up eventually. And ideally you want to stack that rip-rap from the bottom up on a slop that steep so the rock doesn't settle down over time. Also it is going to be a nightmare to maintain without fabric under it once weeds start growing in between the rip-rap. It's better to do that now or this will most likely happen again. I also agree with people saying you need to run your gutters on a separate drain. That's way too much water for only one 4" drain to handle! It's also a very bad idea to park a heavy RV over that shallow drain. It doesn't work at all when it's smashed. You need a heavy duty pipe for that if you plan on driving on it, or at least PVC schedule 40. But an RV still might even smash that. It will 100% smash that pipe you are using now.

Like others are saying, don't put your gutters into your foundation drain. Run the gutters underground in solid pipe and the foundation drain in perf pipe. PVC is more expensive but it's a lot cheaper than digging it up again if it ever gets clogged.

Sorry your shop got damaged, looking good now. Thank you for sharing. 🙂👍👍👍🙏

I'm really sorry to see that Derek. Having been through 3 floods myself, that feeling of just seeing everything going to the trash pile is just sickening. Best of luck to you and your family in the future. We had sewage and storm back up in our previous house twice - several feet both times. Destroyed basically everything. After the dam broke in Sanford a couple years ago, the basement in our new house also flooded - not nearly as bad as some, but enough to cause quite the trash heap. Just such a helpless feeling - you can't do anything to stop the flow, and can't make it go down any faster. Just have to sit there and watch it happen.

I have a concern with your drainage. You shouldn't dump your gutters into the same pipes as yard drains. I would of ran a separate solid line for the gutters and keep the corrugated drain tile for the french drains. You have a lot of roof and terrain square footage for watershed. Not bashin on the setup and I know its too late by the time this video go up, just something to keep in mind.

Yep that hillside behind made me nervous from the first time I seen it. I’ve seen the same thing happen several times. Gotta have a good tile/drain system when u got a shop like that on a side hill. The worst is getting all that mud off the floors and everything, I feel for u brother. Sometimes life decides our projects for us 👍

I moved to Tennessee a few years ago and also learned a lot about water drainage. Also the hard way like you! It’s a never ending always changing story. Rain here is brutal. Good luck in the future!

Just saw this video. I can totally relate to the flood. 20 years ago, I woke up to 5 inches of water in my basement. I know what you and Jessica went through in the process of moving, drying, and moving your stuff around. Kudos to Jessica for catching it early. Great job on the shop. Nice layout, lots of room for modification. Love the double hoist. Thought about a bedroom or a mezzanine above the shelter area. For those late nights and lucky guests. No matter what the subject, your videos are always worth the watch. Not a bad one yet. Good Karma.

I recommend getting pallets to put stuff on. One, to prevent dampness due to concrete contact/water and Two, to make it easy to move stuff around with a pallet jack.

What your doing at the back of your shop with the weeping tile and the rip rap is not enough for all that water coming down from the hill! You should also dig a large swale behind the tree line and let it drain away from your shop!👍🇨🇦

Thanks for sharing. I love how the new shop it coming together. Hope the updates help with the water and mud.

Finished watching video and what a beautiful workshop and such an adorable kitty! Kudos to Jessica for holding it down while you were away...she's the best! Praying everything goes well for you all!😊

Civil engineer here…. you might think about adding a berm beyond your rip rap ditch up the hill in case the channel gets overwhelmed. Also, sod everything upstream of your riprap channel. Good luck! We sure enjoy your content. Sorry this happened. Looks like you have a good crew working on it.

Just for future reference, if you pour a concrete stem-wall up against the back and side walls you'll not have that flooding inside again. Thnx for the update!

All derrick I'm so sorry to hear that. You were making so much progress . Wish we could help you. It hit 20 miles south of me in Apollo beach Florida. Keep the faith. You'll pull through and no one in your family got hurt. Neal

Great to have you in the great state of Tennessee. That's where I was born and raised and still live i don't think I'll ever leave.

Suggestion for the air compressor: an 8 hour timer on a solenoid. When you need air you hit the button and it stays open for 8 hours and then automatically closes. No more forgetting about it.

Derek, your "trench" up on the hill isn't wide enough to carry the volume of water coming down the mountain. Clay soil won't allow the water to peculate so all of it is looking for the low point to pool. Definitely look at the building grade and make sure the lower ditch is lower than the building or you'll be mopping that floor again. When you are setting the drainage ditch assume you'll have 1" of water covering that whole mountain coming for your building. I'd hate to see a guy and gal have to go through this again.

So sorry to hear about all this. I’ll pr praying for you guys.

New shop looks GREAT! Love those windows for natural light and a guy can never have too many outlets! Sorry about the flood…that really sucks.

Back and side walls should have been concrete high enough to divert water flow and a french drain installed at the base.

It's going to do it again. They just installed a fancier band-aid this time. That hill, although expensiver, needs to be cut back away from the shop so that you can slope the "pad" (that was never actually built correctly) away from the shop at least 10-15 feet. A diversion terrace or "berm" as others have called it needs to be constructed on top of the hill. While you're up there, make two of them, one on either side of the road that is up there. It isn't complicated at all but excavation cannot be done correctly and cheaply at the same time. Instead of that being a dirt path, have someone that knows what they're doing make you a road up there. That will cause them to cut you a ditch on either side of it. One between the road and fence and one of the other side near the hill. Use the spoils from both road ditches to build a diversion terrace on the top of the hill. 100% of the water from the neighbor will be sent to Rusty Acres and the house, presumably, or whatever is on the other side of the shop. Erosion and flood control measures will then have to be addressed in those areas until you can get it all sent to the neighbor below you so he can make new plans and a KZfaq channel. then, you will deal with only what falls on the rock slope. I do this every day. There is no such thing as overkill when it comes to fighting water runoff. Buried pipes have a defined capacity and are easily overwhelmed and clogged in clay soils like yours. Rip Rap should never be installed in that application without a geomat material underneath it. It will silt in the first time it gets saturated like this last storm and become useless. Good luck with it, wish I was closer because I could fix it in two days with just the dirt on site. Find the old man in town with the track loader business and turn him loose on it.

So sorry for your flooding issue, does look like that is rectified. The shop is AWESOME! I love all your videos! Upper peninsula of Michigan here.

You could also dig against your back slab and place a flashing up the wall a few inches and under the ground a foot it would be another barrier. Looking great

Hi Derek I've been doing drainage for many years and that line behind the garage is Not deep enough! It's almost level with your concrete top and walls which I can see there was no heavy plastic wrap, or a tar coated insulation wrapped around the building or at least across the back because it was well-known a flood area. I would try to save your drive by running a line of tile on the other side of your fence! I'm from Bucyrus Ohio a farm gal so I know about laying tile I had a French drain too!! Good luck I love your videos you 2 are awesome parents!!

I think the "rip rap" will drain good until the spaces between the rocks fill with runoff dirt.

Hey Derek and Family, I’m sorry too see the water damage in the new shop.It’ll be a great shop when all is resolved. You’ve come a long way from your two car garage in Minnesota! Good Stuff! Harry 😎👍🇺🇸

I hope and pray everything works out good for you with the new drainage system and your shop. Looks like whoever doing it doing it right

Two recommendations: Get some pallet size shelving, and keep everything up off the floor. Even stuff on the floor that is on a pallet first will keep longer. Also, provided there is nothing against it locally, you may want to get a ocuple of shipping containers to put next to the shop to use for longer term storage. Put them up on blocks or on concrete pads, and they too will be relatively immune to any water issues. It will also free up a ton of space in your shop.

Sorry to hear the news. I watch another channel called Gate City Foundation Drainage out of North Carolina. One thing he says is to keep the pipe solid that's carrying the water from the gutter to keep that water separate from the surface water captured by the corrugated pipe.

Sorry for your troubles sir.

Ya the fence looks great to . And wow the new floor looks amazing. And them upper back windows . Great natural lighting to.

Sorry this happened to your shop! I'd rather see that T drain connector after your downspout turned into a Y type that would help push the roof water around the corner in the direction you're trying to send the water. The T connector may send water both directions in heavy downpours.

As a licensed professional civil engineer, I can tell you this "fix" is going to fail. The french drain on the top of the hill is located too close to the slope. The slope is too steep and will become water logged by the french drain at which point is will slough off. NEVER use corrugated pipe to convey water long distances; always use smooth wall schedule 40. The corrugated pipe around your building is far too small. Each downspout should be on it's own pipe, and a separate pipe should be used with area drains behind your building to collect runoff. I'm a huge fan and don't want to see you go through this again.

Wow. This is another side of you we never see. Makes me even more impressed in the way you do these revivals. We think you guys are the best and wish you luck.

Even as someone with just basic construction knowledge could see the entire building and land grading was prone to exactly what happened. I'm very sorry to see this and have experienced the same thing from winter flooding due to quick snow thaw. I would make sure as others have already said to cover all your bases to keep this from happening again. Wishing you the very best, great videos.

Looking better, but you probably should've went ahead and paid for "sock" for the perforated pipe

When I was watching the build one of the first things I thought was there is going to be drainage problems with that hillside behind your shop.Especially with the denuded vegetation and moved soils. I won't pontificate on what should be done since you are already addressing the issue and working with local soils and watershed. I watched,felt bad for the flood but still drank a few Keystones and enjoyed the content.

Wow,we're just seeing this! Sorry for all the loss.

Awe so sorry to hear this Derrick. I know it's your dream to have this shop. But you will overcome this tragic flood . That's why I watch your videos cause you never give up. That my friend makes you a real man who never gives up. Praying you and your family will have the life you worked to provide them . God speed my friend your friend and nabour to the north Kel Kennedy. 💯🇨🇦❤️😎👍🙏

For the fulel set up, gonna need rigid conduit with explosion proof fittings and AHJ approved wiring method. Some require stuffing and fire proof putty/ caulk. Arc/ GFCI combo breaker, if you can get it. We're being told no time soon on them in Kentucky. Love the videos. Thanks for all the hard work. Square D QO

So sorry for the flood and all the families hard work. I'm very sad for such an awesome shop, to have a bad time. NOT FAIR. Yall will grow and be even more heck yea!!!!! Keep it up vice grip family!!! We all love what you do.

Hey Dereck thanks for the update. Sorry the water gotcha there for a bit, but better early than later, if its gonna happen. Hopefully the corrections and improvements will keep that from happenij g again. The shop looks great, I look forward to the next videos yall have coming down the pike. Take care & relax a day or two with Jess and the boys. stay safe.

Sorry to hear about the flooding and hopefully your using 12 to 18 inch corrugated lines, especially when running your gutters into it. I'm not really a civil engineer, but that's a lot of water and it's better to hear more capacity than you need than not enough. Glad the shop's coming along though. Hopefully things continue to work out. Shop is definitely looking nice. Looking forward to seeing what it's like when everythings finished and in use. God bless you and your family and may luck be on your side.

So sorry this happened to you guys, what a pain. On a positive note, the cold snack porch and awning look great! Looking forward to the rest of the build 👍

Sorry about the flooding and loss, Derek! I'm glad you're on the upswing and getting it fixed. God bless bro to you and the family.

I built a iron wood pole barn shop back in the 90s and water was a constant issue good luck looks like your on the rite path .

Derek you have a fantastic workshop. I like the coating you are having put on the floor too. Sorry to see it got flooded and poor Jessica having to deal with it all. That's hard. You don't realise how much stuff you have in there until something like this happens. Good luck with the clean up. If I was there I'd come around and help.

My heart goes out to you. You've earned your way to the top. Keep on keeping on! Good people are hard to find. And you are...

Oh no!! My heart sank when I saw the title. You worked very hard for everything you have there!!

God Blessed Derek and family and I’m so happy for you guys!!! Your shop is amazing and you deserve all of it because you work hard for your money fixing old cars! AND TRUCKS!!!! Hope the new improvements work and everything stays dry!!!! 😅

Nice looking barn really happy to see things are going well for you and your family love this show.

Thanks for taking the time to share your progress on the new building and all of the drainage issues being redone and hopefully corrected to avoid any future problems. Look forward to seeing the work finished and much success for the future.

You could have used an angle grinder on that transition ridge on the floor, knock the high spots off. Then a guy that’s good with a trowel could float that area with bridge concrete. You’d likely still see it but it would look 95% better. And you could roll toolboxes etc over it without having to put up ramps

Happened to my shop once… I feel your pain brother, I had a ditch dug for drainage and it got blocked up, even with the best of systems in place I’m always doing a walk around the shop when bad weather is in the forecast

Truly sorry to hear about your flood. My mom's house flooded in NY about 15 years ago, a nightmare. Hate to tell you, but you'll be finding brown talcum powder mud for years. Love your shop, really nice. I hope your new drains etc work out well. Water can be a tough thing to control. Like the floor and wouldn't worry about that ridge. It is a shop. Good luck with it. Sure I'll be seeing more of it.

It's amazing where water goes when you get a few inches of rain, good job on the drainage update. The shop looks amazing. Seems like you have everything planned out really good. Waiting to build a 40x80 in Wisconsin

Being an electrical engineer and wired my own detached garage I see you had the right electricians for the job. Done professionally and as I would expect.

“Letting the check book cool down a little”. I feel your pain. I’m right smack dab in the middle of a similar project. But it sure will be nice when done and the sting wears off. Cheers!

Derek, congrats on your dream shop. looks beautiful!

It’s coming along good, I would suggest putting up pallet racking along one wall for storage, it really clears up a Tom of floor space

I'd go insane with that tragedy, and give you credit for moving forward without a rant or two. Sometimes DIY is costly. Engineers or other professionals cost a penny but you pay them for what they know, not necessarily what they do. Best of luck with the new homestead. As for your wife handling all that while you were away on business -- you have a keeper!

Looking forward to seeing the final product. Nice looking shop so far!

Really coming together nicely! Good rebound from the flood! Your hard work is paying off! Keep the hammer down! 🙂

Oh I feel your pain, when I built my garage, it was a similar situation on a hillside, and when dug the foundation I was 24 inches lower than I should have. First heavy rainstorm we had 2 inches of water in the garage, the garage doors were actually holding the water back. Ended up having 8 inch perf drain installed, with 36 inch wide trenches and 2 large concrete drain basins to catch any thawing snow or influx of major 100 year rain, etc. Needless to say, a huge headache and lesson learned. Very expensive mistake, but extremely happy with end results. Hope your solution corrects the issue, I'm sure it will..

Sorry to hear about the water. I’ve been there when sump pump failed. One suggestion is to get lots of plastic totes and see if you can get wood pallets to stack the totes on. Just in case.

Wow, what a shop!! The floor looks really cool. Congratulations on your new home.

Looking good, good luck with the water problem.

I'm sorry this happened. That hill had me concerned when I watched the build. I.R.C. (international residential code) requires all Grading around a structure to slope away from the structure for the first 10'.

I hate to only be able to gives a thumbs up for when bad things happen

You need louvered exhaust fans in the ends of the gables. Figure out what direction the wind naturally blows. Have the fan on that side draw air in and the fan on the other side draw air out. It will pull cooler outside air through the building. There will be a massive hot air buildup in the top. Regular fans will just push that hot air up and down.

brings back memories my dads house in ssf so dad and i had to dig out around the house to two big pits dug out dirt put in drain cloth , pipe covered the pipe with rock and topped with dirt best thing it worked best of luck

I've been following this with interest, and I'm sorry that this event has set you back. I've moved lots over the years, and the first thing I do when I get a new shop or garage, is build shelves. I always used the suggestions that an article in Hot Rod magazine shared about 30 - 35 years ago. I'd suggest shelving behind every car lift, to hold the parts you need for those vehicles on those lifts. I used the 2X4 uprights, and 1X4 front and rear slats, and then plywood for the shelves. Anything on wheels or in plastic bins on the floor, heavier stuff in the next 2 shelves, and then light stuff on the next ones. Spacing gets taller as you go up. 16" depth, 8' tall. You'll wish you had done it years ago. You might have to move the lifts back a foot, but I highly recommend it. Talk about Organization!!! Could a guy, actually......? I love what you're doing, especially including your kids. I look forward to your revival videos, and the crew cab build was epic! PS, I have to agree that you need a good retaining wall. What you have there is not enough, and the next rain event could bring more mud. We're calling them rain events now. We had one in November that washed out the 3 highways and 2 rail lines that isolated Vancouver from the rest of the country for a few days. They're still repairing one highway, new bridges, etc.

I lost everything I owned in a rising flood, so I know how it goes. My heart goes out to you all. I'm concerned because what you are showing is just not enough. You would need something far bigger than that 6 in corregated drain pipe and rip-rap. It looks like you have maybe ten acres of land sending rainwater directly toward the shop. Plus that dirt road behind the shop is unstable and has nothing holding it in place. It could slip and wreck the entire back of the building. You need the advice of a landscape architect/engineer to reshape the property coming off that hill. Maybe put in an adequately sized catch basin on the other side of the trees with a spillway that leads the water away from the building. I think clearing out that hedgerow last year maybe also let the water come off the hill more easily.

I've done a lot of drainage and all I can say is that you absolutely need geotexitle fabric around every drain line you want to absorb water. They get plugged in a season and you're going to be back to the beginning digging all that up. I would also have laid fabric in the top ditch before you put the rip rap in. It's cheap and great insurance.

Progressing nicely, looking like a showroom 😉..well done so far. It's impressive that you find the time to do all that you do on both your channels. Keep up the hard work. Keen for the next video update.

Glad to get a new VGL video but feel bad this happened to you Derek. But minus the flood, the building looks great. Love the idea of having an ol fuel pump that works sitting in front of the shop. Will be a neat addition.

Enjoyed the tour and happy to see your plans coming together. Sorry about the flooding 😞

Ya I watched the shop build just yesterday, I noticed that high ground behind, sorry this happened Derek, dig that ditch down down down! 2-3 ft below shop grade then rock it in, not level but a V shape like ViseGrip❤

I think I would have wrapped the riprap with an erosion fiber material to prevent the sand from clogging the riprap. Worst case if the material gets plugged up, you can either remove and replace or clean the material from time to time. I'd also HEAVILY hydro-seed that hill and build a temporary straw bale wall at the base of that hill (uphill of the riprap drain) behind the shop to catch all that loose sandy soil/mud at least until the hydro-seed takes hold and controls the inevitable erosion. That 8" rise you pointed out at the drain entrance at the 25:00 mark will fill in on it's own with all that loose soil. If you level it with the pipe, the soil will end up INSIDE the pipe. Leave the "catch basin" at the inlet side and it will fill in on its own. If it's still low after the grass has grown in, then you can fill it but trust me, if you level that off, the soil WILL wash into that pipe.

Watching this as my shop is filling with water. Its been POURING for the past hour. Luckily, I know what happens to my shop when it rains. Previous owner built my shop on a large hillside like yours and didn't do anything for water management. No drain tile, no culvert or anything at all. Wish I could meet the fella and ask him what the hell he was thinking.

Some really go professionals jumped into to help you. If and engineer will help you, use them if you can. It's such a nice shop. Make sure it never happens again. Prayers for you. Neal.

All I can say is, I'm so sorry that this happened to your new shop. Hope you can get it solved.

Can't remember the last time I heard somebody on the internet take responsibility for anything. That's refreshing, and adds to my respect for you. Sorry you got flooded.

Ideally you should have made French drains, using filter cloth to line and cover the gravel ditches, with a filter sock fitted perforated drainage pipe. This stops it getting clogged with silt and clay from just normal rain. A normal ditch up the slope would be very effective and require minimal maintenance to keep clear.

I'm so sorry Man. Water goes wherever it wants. Mold may be an issue also. That sucks. Wish I could come over and help. Love y'all and Jessica was awesome to jump in and get what she could. Please know that my family is thinking good things for you Derek. I have confidence in you and know you will get it back better than ever!!

I have the same golf cart, I fought pumps and various fuel delivery problems for twenty years. I added a two pound elec fuel pump at the outside bottom of the fuel line coming out of the tank, this solved all the fuel issues on my 1985 Yamaha golf kart

I'd throw a couple more drain tiles along side that one for more capacity. I'd also keep the gutters in a separate tile that isn't corrugated. Looking back, it would have been better to have a poured wall foundation along the hillside part