Unblocking a Culvert in the Woods AGAIN

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Unblocking a Culvert in the Woods AGAIN

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Whirlpool and bubbling as I clear the blockage and get this water flowing again in our woodland. We built the culvert in 2007, to take a seasonal stream under the track rather than over it - it used to be a muddy bog most of the year.

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@spparodi 3 жыл бұрын

Post 10 is making me seek out more soothing and relaxing unclogging of culvert videos; anyone else?

@denisecosta3275 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Can watch this all day. Thanks for uploading Mike

@mikepepler 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! I enjoyed making the video too! 🙂

@insert-username-mark 5 жыл бұрын

Having to take care of beaver damns in the past, I find this video extremely satisfying.

@gordonmccoy4537 5 жыл бұрын

Love it when a plan come together... Nice to see water flow downhill....

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

It would be more Interesting if it flowed UPHILL! Gordon.

@howler1579 5 жыл бұрын

Nice reference

@denisecosta3275 4 жыл бұрын

love this! can watch this all day (and night)

@cybercab 5 жыл бұрын

I find this strangling relaxing. Restoring order to the forest!

@CGCampbellJr 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, the 'forest' was a bog, until man modified it.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

This is true! It's more of an endless battle against the natural forces of water and leaves... All woodland in the UK is at best "ancient semi-natural", there's nothing that hasn't had human influence over the past few centuries.

@johnm.evangelis693 5 жыл бұрын

Good job Mike!!!

@mountainviewcattle 5 жыл бұрын

It's so satisfying when you get it going again though!

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, for sure! 🙂

@Lesloi6227 5 жыл бұрын

All is well again - thanks

@goerizal1 5 жыл бұрын

considering the yearly leaf fall issue in that wooded area, an open ditch with a bridge over it maybe an easier maintenance.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

It would have been better, maybe one day I'll rebuild it...

@itscoolhesmybrother.6701 5 жыл бұрын

Very satisfying to watch.

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

WHY! How about trying "Paint Drying"?

@memeconnect4489 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you recommended

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@user-pd2gu6li2n 3 жыл бұрын

You need to put a bright flag or pole pained bright to tell where to find it😄

@howardsix9708 5 жыл бұрын

great cure for insomnia, well done...................

@Radionut 5 жыл бұрын

That was about the dullest video I have ever seen on KZfaq however it is one of the most satisfying I have ever seen on KZfaq

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Haha... I don't know why so many people watch it... But it is satisfying.

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler NO! It's just Plain BORING!

@elixtido1448 5 жыл бұрын

This guy's serious about keeping that culvert clear - brings tools and a sewer camera with a usb drive input!

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I used a GoPro on a stick - thought it would make an interesting addition to the video! :-)

@calviincalifornia4048 5 жыл бұрын

when i saw the mass headed towards the cleared drain from the right i was like _noooooo_

@calviincalifornia4048 5 жыл бұрын

1:00

@kellyjoiner4418 5 жыл бұрын

Haha me too 🌞

@erwinkoopmans8357 5 жыл бұрын

Great place for a culvert

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, not much choice, that's where the stream crossed the track...

@eligebrown8998 5 жыл бұрын

I just boaught a place in oklahoma in march 2018. It has a creek that runs through the property a few ft from the house. At the far end of the property the water backed up halfway across the property during a storm on the opasite end from the house from a 3 day storm. Finly the storm stopped and when the water went down, i pulled a 13 inch car tire out of one pipe and a 2x3 ft piece of metal out of the other and a bunch of branches wich the city should have done a long time ago. No problems after i did the cities job for them sofar.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a lot of junk!

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

OH! That's Nice! ...lol...

@Bill_Bogan 3 жыл бұрын

Having read a couple of the comments and reading that you made the culvert in the first place... Why wouldn't you, when all the leaves start to fall not just go and clean it out once a week? Then you wouldn't have to do it in the cold and rain. It's what I used to do with one of the school's drains once I sorted it out. Prevention is always better than the cure.

@mikepepler 3 жыл бұрын

I certainly could, but it only blocks a couple of times each winter. A bigger pipe would help, but would be lot of work to install

@wordreet 5 жыл бұрын

Heh, sufficiently interesting to see someone do something ordinary. I'll probably go and watch the other vid as well, before tea.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂

@chrissygw4971 4 жыл бұрын

Swimming through the pipe after, cool hahaha.

@kellyjoiner4418 5 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking that's a yearly thing... at least. Pretty in there though 🌞

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it needs doing once most years.

@kellyjoiner4418 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler that's not bad. Nice peaceful stroll, lovely scenery, wildlife, cold feets and hands.... 😁 Nah, even that wouldn't be too bad. Enjoy your day 🌞

@jamesohara4295 5 жыл бұрын

The trick is to keep the culvert clear through regular maintenance not through unblocking chokes.

@kenbrewsaugh2473 5 жыл бұрын

There are ways to design/build that drainage system, so that it won't clog and is self cleaning.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely. It was the first one I ever built, I just used some pipe I picked up for free....

@blargkliggle1121 5 жыл бұрын

It still takes proper maintenance though, even the most advanced culverts get clogged from time to time. But it certainly helps to have the know-how to minimize future upkeep requirements.

@linato1855 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else willing him to clear the “debris” on bottom left? Lol…I’ve been watching post for too long…😀

@mikepepler 3 жыл бұрын

😂 I did get to that later. Maybe I'll make a longer video next time I need to do it....

@hankbridges5055 4 жыл бұрын

It'll KEEP clogging up. Rake a WIDE area to prevent clogging.

@mikepepler 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, tried that, but wind and heavy rain always bring more leaves. Anyway, if it didn't keep clogging up, I wouldn't be able to make more of these strangely popular videos! 🙂

@carlosantuckwell 5 жыл бұрын

That was strangely satisfying to watch. What did he do at the end? -- poke the camera through the pipe on a selfie stick??

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I put the camera on a long pole. But it didn't go right through, I did it from both ends, editing the clips together. Glad you liked it! 🙂

@auntgranny 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video even though I had to ask Uncle Google what a culvert was.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I'm intrigued, what is it that you love about it? I'm surprised so many people are watching it.

@auntgranny 5 жыл бұрын

I always love to take the leaves off of the drains in the street. It’s a gratifying feeling to see the water go where it wants to go. Also it’s just so real. So much of life today is lived without producing anything tangible. Go figure.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 Same reason I like working in the woods, at the end of a good day you have a decent pile of wood to show for your effort. My day job is at a desk, so it's a good contrast.

@user-or8ij9uy3k 5 жыл бұрын

The earthen pipe is covered with a thin amount of fallen leaves

@g.r.4853 5 жыл бұрын

Gosh I don't know why there would be problems with leaves blocking a culvert in the woods.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol! 🙂

@Engineer9736 5 жыл бұрын

That contraption seems quite unsafe. If a stranger is walking there and doesn’t know what kind of hole is below the water level..

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

True, though it's not a public path. Most of the time it's not blocked though.

@damianharrison7704 5 жыл бұрын

phill mc caverty of the drain world ....lol

@tenthdimension9836 5 жыл бұрын

Mike, I suggest you put some time into a description to answer some of the more obvious questions I've seen people asking about. That would save you answering them and people hunting for answers.

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

What's all that BLAH BLAH For? Let alone Understand what YOU are talking about!?

@tenthdimension9836 5 жыл бұрын

@@richardsimpson3136- what's the issue? I suggested he add a description because many people have asked a number of the same questions.

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

@@tenthdimension9836 that's NIce! PHFFFFFTT!

@tenthdimension9836 5 жыл бұрын

@@richardsimpson3136- Oh you're insane! Nevermind!!!

@richardsimpson3136 5 жыл бұрын

@@tenthdimension9836 Okay! I Am! thank You!

@Mr.Saephan503 5 жыл бұрын

Why is the culvert there anyways? Is it a walking path or a driving part for bike and other motorize items?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

It's a track I drive on for forestry work.

@tardismole 5 жыл бұрын

Need a bigger culvert, maybe?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

That would help...

@Chicosfinest420 5 жыл бұрын

Why is there a Culvert drainage in the woods?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I built it to take a seasonal stream under the track, to keep it dry so I can drive on it.

@FlynnAlek 5 жыл бұрын

Please record every time you do this

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol! Why?

@andrefleuriel6693 5 жыл бұрын

I am intrigued that there is a storm drain system in the woodlands. Do you know how old the system is? Was it part of a land reclamation effort or just low spot that needed some assistance to drain?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

It's exactly 11.5 years old, I know because I built it 🙂. I put it in to take the seasonal stream under the track, it used to flow over it, making a lot of mud. Wish I'd used a bigger pipe now....

@shexdensmore 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler I'm kinda curious what this looks like from an aerial view and how it helps exactly. Like i understand what you did and it's use, but would get a better grasp and understanding

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

There's some photos of it being built here: peplers.blogspot.com/2008/01/culverts-scythes-and-wildlife.html

@spiderbrandt4066 5 жыл бұрын

You need to get a life

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'm not the one watching it! 🙂

@stevek3036 5 жыл бұрын

a six foot long tube 1 foot below the surface, why? just look at the leaf matter waiting to block it up yet again. Why not just remove the pipe a dig a 6 foot long trench? did I miss something?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I need to be able to drive over it.

@petekamote 5 жыл бұрын

why do you even have that culvert anyways? isnt it much better to just remove the culvert and have natural canal for the water to flow? the elevation is there to have a good flow of water?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

The track was so muddy you couldn't drive over it most of the year before we put it in.

@bidenhasdementia8657 5 жыл бұрын

Trust me. Never use pipes to drain water where a ditch with a grate over the top is possible. And doing it in an area with a lot of leaves makes it worse.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I believe you! 🙂

@bidenhasdementia8657 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler LOL!! We had a neighbor build a pond fed by a ditch. He covered about 300yds of ditch upstream and ran pipe. Then the neighbor directly on the upstream of our property did the same. So we have about 50yds of uncovered ditch on our property, with covered pipe on both sides. And all the neighbors became convinced our little stretch of open ditch was the reason the water doesn't drain off fast enough in hurricanes and heavy rain. It ended up in court, where a state hydrologist told them what I had said for years. The Pond backs the water up when it gets filled, and the pipes aren't big enough to drain in heavy water. It's not the same situation you're dealing with, but the same principal.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your neighbour took that argument way too far! 🙂

@bidenhasdementia8657 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler It wasn't just one either. And a lot of them still didn't believe the hydrologist.

@rjb6327 5 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to figure out why there's a pipe there at all?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

To take the stream under the track, beforehand it was a bog you couldn't drive through.

@rong3378 5 жыл бұрын

Why not remove the culvert and build a bridge over the stream?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lack of time to do the work really... Also I got some satisfaction from building the culvert using materials that were all recycled and would have ended up in the dump otherwise.

@Mr2at 5 жыл бұрын

Try and establish who is dumping the leaves, then prosecute.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Lol! 🙂

@AlisonBryen 5 жыл бұрын

It's the damn trees lol!!!!!

@kellyjoiner4418 5 жыл бұрын

Get the make and model of that tree!!! and that one, and that.... 😂😂🤣 🌞

@bluemoose2497 5 жыл бұрын

If you have a natural bog why not plant the correct carnivorous plants for the region since bogs are rare and are usually required for that type of plant. Most of these plants went extinct in the wild due to collectors. I mention this since I deduce you like nature due to frog shot.

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea, but I'm not sure they'd survive in woodland, it's not really a bog, just a seasonal stream that can get muddy.

@BuildingWithZach 5 жыл бұрын

Where does this drain

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Into a river eventually, a couple of miles away.

@jamesslagle3268 4 жыл бұрын

Why is this in the woods

@mikepepler 4 жыл бұрын

To take a seasonal stream underneath a track I need to drive on.

@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613 3 жыл бұрын

ask Post 10

@ryanawilson8549 5 жыл бұрын

Why are there random culverts in the woods

@joshuaguenin9507 5 жыл бұрын

Not random...the poster built it

@KalderiusUSA 5 жыл бұрын

Not for nothing, but you say 'AGAIN' as if it's something that shouldn't be happening. Wouldn't upkeep up until the snow flies stop this from being a constant springtime nuisance?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I should have cleared leaves in the autumn but felt too busy... Story of my life! 🙂

@jakewilson4983 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ that must get blocked a lot

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

Two or three times per winter.

@johngreen8693 5 жыл бұрын

What's downstream..?

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

More woodland, and eventually a river, a couple of miles away.

@rayh592 5 жыл бұрын

Title should be "when you realize you're not am engineer".

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

I was, but in electronics and software rather than civil engineering.... 🙄 Though to be fair it was the first culvert I'd ever built. I guess I should have read up on it first! 🙂

@joshuaguenin9507 5 жыл бұрын

I have seen worse by professionals.. This one is perhaps a bit undersized for the leaves...

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

@@joshuaguenin9507 bigger would have been better, but I used a pipe I'd picked up for free. The volume of leaves (and twigs) that come down the stream is huge...

@kellyjoiner4418 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikepepler ok, now I know why "Go Pro on a stick" cracked me up 👍🌞

@kurtismckemmie4850 5 жыл бұрын

Not going down very fast. It still looks plugged up. 2:28

@mikepepler 5 жыл бұрын

There's only a shallow drop on the pipe, so it does drain slowly, but I think you're right - I've had to unblock it again since this video. Probably ought to give it a good clean this summer...