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So for drainage all you did was create 3x 4' deep holes filled with river rock? Do they connect to some kind of french drain system or just plain holes? I am not knowledgeable but that doesn't seem like enough drainage?

6:30 A larger propane tank can actually help mitigate the cold start issues

Did you put a well cover on for this? My window sits above grade like that and looking for options.

how much was for labor and how much was for the actual casement window? how much did you save by excavating yourself?

Are you still enjoying your Ego blower ?

Thanks so much! I just needed a somewhat inexpensive, simple, step by step way to build steps off my porch.

this tech went home to their wives and said something along the line of "sorry honey I had a bad day, this asshole watched me work all day" XD

Most people just dig the hole a little deeper and leave the cement there.

you are not even stacking those blocks, by the time there will be large gaps

Nice job u made it look effortless gives me hope thank you

Don’t you need to use paver base under the blocks and sand?

I'm going to guess because you did not stagger that pit you actively did exactly what you shouldn't. So it caved. . Now I'm going to watch the rest of the video

Not going to say your right or wrong all bar running water, I cannot understand why you did that. Your soil seems really sandy or loose. Grass is really resilient all bar Female Dogs urine but even that is easy to sort out. I'm not so sure about the size of hole comments, I think I would have dug a hole that big because if there is a cave in It would never have been dangerous. Where as a smaller hole you may get trapped.

Electrician here and I can share story after story of people who have done their own work and created more problems and expense than if I was out the first time. One guy went to replace his own devices throughout the house, killed the main to turn power off, those main breakers he had are notorious for breaking in the off position which as a HO he wouldn't know. He incurred the cost of a replacement main breaker plus an emergency fee to run out on the weekend. Was an emergency because it was already around 95 at 9 a.m. and climbing, and wife and kids were hot and telling him to get it fixed. Another good story was a lady who added her own wafer lights after watching a video, got to the point where she needed to connect all the lights to the existing light box and realized it was above her skill set, so she called a close family member who is an engineer. A job that would have taken us 15 minutes took us around 3 hours because this guy took apart the entire junction, had tape and thoughts on all the wire. The junction killed half the basement and trying to track where all the wires went, had to put a new box since the old recessed Jbox was never meant for that many pieces of romex to begin with. Story after story......I just spent 4.5k getting a massive tree taken down. It hurts spending money, we tradesman are people and homeowners as well. I support the DIY effort. Not everyone should DIY and some projects should not be DIY. Some people are competent enough to replace a switch or an outlet, you'd be surprised how many do not get the appropriate tightness on the screws and have loose connections that burn up. At my own houseI have a sewer line replacement that needs done. It is a hung sewer so only a few feet deep and I could easily rent a mini X, trench, remove the old cast, and put PVC in with a proper slope. Problem is it is under a driveway and being a sewer line I need it done right the first time so I'll be hiring a professional to do that. Not a time to penny pinch.

If you were willing to dig down 7ft why didn't you just replace the pipe yourself? That's job would have only cost a couple hundred bucks.

A more experienced DIY would have rented an excavator and dug out the whole pipe from the house to the street.

What is with the clowns that identify by their "generation". No wonder your society is taking a shit.

If I would've dug the hole I would've changed the pipe also that's the easier part I don't understand why you wouldn't have done that and then filled it in it would costed you about 100 dollars total they even used rubber couplings that's so easy jeesh you got suckered

trench box is what its called

There but for the grace of God, we've all either been there or dodged a bullet! The only fault in a mistake is not learning from it! Lee

Nice work and video! Thanks!

This sounds exactly like something I would do. I had a case where a fence post was drilled right through my pvc drainage pipe. We had just moved in and there were no maps to indicate where drainage pipes were underground. Luckily this was just a second, half bath. I "fixed" it myself and it took 2 attempts of digging it up and filling it in again. I was quoted 800 dollars to fix it (dig and all). I saved 700 dollars but spent probably 10 total hours getting filthy and ruining clothes. Sometimes we need to factor in time and aggravation when taking on tasks. Thanks for your honesty, glad I'm not alone. Nice hole by the way. It would have taken me months to dig that with the amount of river rock that's in my yard.

That was an amazing hole. I have done this exact same job however my hole was much smaller. Honestly your only real mistake was procrastination. Remember on a job like this to jump in and finish at least covering the pipes. Never leave completed water lines or electric lines open in a pit. Other than that very impressive.

Pi Drain/People Line? What happened to the line 🤷🏾‍♂️ ... No drain for well

It's garbage. Just got home from Lowes. The bit comes loose after tightening multiple times. Struggles to cut 3/8 drywall. Gonna try to get my money back and go to Harbor Freight.

TIPS Slope away from the door, not sideways, it looks crooked. Mitre cut the corners. Offset joins. Color choice was just wrong. Cement in your base is good. Cement instead of glue, for easy repairs decades later.

Thanks for this.

WHAT IN TARNATION

A tv 📺 with a gaming console 🤷‍♂️ so when the power goes out, you can entertain the kids

Cool - did you ever do the follow up vid? Also for anyone stumbling on this vid like me - Amazon Prime Days in July 2024 had the 650 CFM version with 5ah battery and charger on sale for like $229.

Watched your video. I just bought one 2 was ago. But mine is a salt water system which I am not loving. Is your salt water but you use chlorine instead of salt?

But all these cameras have buttons on top, you can press them and all your footage and accounts gonna be deleted.

I did an egress window myself, the digging was the hardest work. I have concrete block and it was easy to cut with just a masonry blade on a cheap circular saw (doing cuts on both sides). Lots of dust so I used plastic to try to seal in the space and a fan blowing out, but with a respirator it wasn't bad. My costs were just some pressured treated lumber, a couple masonry blades, the new egress window well, some decorative gravel, and the window...a few hundred dollars total.

"Installing a Egress Window" is not correct English. The title to this video should read "Installing an Egress Window".

Great job man, I'm a chick and I totally want to build my own steps on my back brick porch. WELL DONE! How fun do to things yourself and afford it, just watch your back!

Same as any other heat pump/mini split over the last 20 years. Nothing new here....

Great

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It really goes through a 6 amp battery that fast? If that’s the case, I’ll just stick with my oscillating tool

What kind of saw is that?

Great video!

Why didn’t you lay the top bricks the opposite way?

Can it work on a refrigerator

A guy at Home Depot steered me to Sika Concrete Fix as my construction adhesive for the cinderblocks and pavers. It's sikaflez + polyurethane crack repair sealant. Seems its intended purpose is crack repair and it has high elasticity. Is this the wrong thing to use here? I'm clueless. Thanks for your help, great video!

What if there is snow blocking the out swinging window??

Excuse me, I have a question, mine doesn't turn on the fan when I turn it on or is it when it needs to cool down???

Window flashing is so overrated, especially for windows below grade that will rarely if ever see any sort of moisture.

How much is it cost to do one window like that?

"Unless you've got slopes, you don't really need a self-propelled model" - Dude, I'm 55 and got the self-propelled model because I have a hard time walking from one end of my property to the other. 😂💀

Any steps should have a nosing.you needn’t cut the slabs but should build for the nosing for proper construction