Seeing you working with the trencher made me smile. Many many years ago when I was 18, I worked on a farm. The boss assigned me and another guy to dig a trench which must have been several hundred feed on a hill. The trencher was much larger than the one you are using and it weighed a lot. It had auto propel but it didn't work so the boss harnessed me and the other guy to the trencher and we had to pull it. This thing was so big and heavy that even with the 2 of us harnessed to it like a pair of oxen we could only move it a couple of feet at a time. This went on for days. The boss finally realized that this was getting us nowhere so he hired a professional trench digger and they had the job done in less than an hour.
For anyone doing this it is recommended that you use flexible connections (funny pipe) for final sprinkler head connections. Many reasons including ease of final placement/height, etc and most of all, you reduce the risk of breaking off the adjustable risers when they get bumped. Trust me, they break easily. Also, please check building code requirements before you run your electrical to make sure you bury it deep enough.
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Man, you're such a hard-worker. I just spent about 2 hours washing and ceramic coating my car and I'm shattered, just can't be bothered moving! I envy your energy, great job on the house interior, "barn", and you're going to have an amazing yard/garden too!
It's nice that you show the REALITY of projects like this. Too many people and places make every job seem as if it were no big deal - perfectly perfect on the first try.
I have to admit you are one of the hardest working people I’ve ever seen, but then you don’t seem to make it easy on yourself either. Work smarter not harder has always been my motto. In the end things are looking good though.
Reminds me of when I was in my 30s and doing all these projects. Neighbors were amazed with how I figured stuff out and did it. Always learning along the way. Keep up the good work.
Your videos are educational and inspiring. I know they take a lot of work in themselves (in addition to the work being shown). The videos are greatly appreciated!
You are so methodical - I love watching your process. I’ve been waiting for this video as I have been following your progress on Insta. Once again a great job.
I felt your pain with the trencher. We installed drainage in our back yard recently, and it wiped me out. All worth the hard work in the end. Keep up the great content!
Really enjoying watching the process. The only input I will add tho, is I really think what you are planning for the trees is wrong. Rather than the bubbler, I would change it to a drip line with mulch. I would say the 30cm drip spacing would be good (I think that's 12 inches?)Would be far better, run the dripline as a loop around the tree as far out as you can, you want it to be in the drip zone of the tree or the ring where the leaves end. Spray the tree with water and you will quickly see where that it. That's where the tree mostly takes its water from, not near the trunk. Then cover with a mulch, I use sugar cane, but not sure what you guys would have access to. I replaced my front lawn with fruit trees, and all 7 of them have the drip loops and they love it and never have issues, for reference we get regular 40C days here in Melbourne.
How can I be exhausted just from watching you do all this? Bet the doggos where dying to get out there to see what you were doing! Love the technical difficulties...😂
The backyard is really starting to look awesome. Even without grass and new beds, the cleared, open yard and rearranged brick walkway and gazebo landing really set up a clead frame for how great this yard is going to be. I am starting to get very curious about what color you and the boss are thinking about for the house. Will it tie in with the workshop or do you plan on keeping different color schemes for the two buildings?
I hope for you the winters are not to cold.....PVC piping and gutters get verry hard and brittle in frost....normaly i would us a 32 mm pipe 3.2 mm thick.....or a flexible pipe that connect with speed connectors.....
Ben... Do you have prior DIY experience or are you learning as you show us? I’m impressed with the wide range of skills you use around the house. I’m have a small home that needs attention in a lot of areas so I’m enjoying this channel.
Adding a spare zone allows for drip line for planter’s or hanging plants later on! Any sprinkler system is never complete, also make sure you run spare control wiring never know when you might add or need a spare!
Surely running a main ling around the yard and putting valve boxes at the junction points would've been more efficient use of materials. Also why plumb your valves above grade?
Nice work on the irrigation - and testing before burying !;-) Your only real mistake here is NOT rototilling the entire space and bringing in a truck load of good dirt to till in!! You’ll never get a lawn to stay beautiful long term in Adobe, which is basically what you’re growing in. (Trust me, my neighbors and I have all tried. One of them has replaced his sod 3x and finally out in artificial turf last year.) Although this is an exhausting step, it helps immensely with the trenching!! Sadly, you now have all your lines in and rolling through them is not a desirable option! Hopefully your lawn stays nice because you’ve done sooo many things right!!! Can’t believe I never see rototillers in SoCal when most of our dirt is literally adobe?!? Love your videos, your planning, and your persistence!! You should end up with an EXTREMELY livable home for the rest of your life!!
Also, you did a lot more work than you needed to. Placing a few valve boxes along the main line would alleviate the need to have 7 pipes in one hole. Also, it's going to be miserable to fix a leak with more than one pipe in a trench. 1" Poly pipe and fittings with clamps would have been your friend here along with funnypipe as was mentioned below.
Ben you should always cut back the foundation instead of having 'funky' bits sticking up here and there. Hire a kangol or other kind of hammer chisel. You can always drop a bit of cement back in once the pipe is in place properly. Toby
A great example of DYI, if you're able. I would have a hard time finding a sprinkler contractor to take the time, and care, necessary to do the job you did.
Love your videos, so cool the way you plan out everything in detail. Just curious about the software you use to plan the job. What software program was that? Or did you create that somehow? Thanks
thanks for the video I am doing a similar project and have had issues finding a big enough valve box. are you using a valve box and if so where did you find it. Thanks!
Is there a reason why you used pvc pipe instead of the black flexabe water line pipe i used it when doin my sprinkle system its alot easy to use then pvc
In 1985 when I was 14 my Aunt Pam and Uncle Gene bought a 19 acre home. The house sat 5 acres away from the county road or about 3500 feet. My Aunt Pam wanted a front lawn that was the envy of all her neighbors. We had to hand dig every run and they had to be 44 inches deep or deeper because of our frost line. We started with shovels and pickaxe, but 2nd day my uncle went a rented 4 post hole diggers. I asked my mom later why he didn't rent a backhoe and she said he wanted all of us kids to work together and bond. It was their son Daryl 9, me 14, my brother Rob 16, cousin Tom 16, cousin Chris 15, cousin Rhonda 8, Uncle Jerry, Aunt Carmen, Uncle Kelly, Uncle Gene, Aunt Pam and my mom, dad and grandma. 14 family members spent 3 weekends building a huge sprinkler system and planted 250 trees of varying types. 35 years later 200 trees are still there and the grass is now cut by 4 of those huge automatic robot lawnmower things that all live under the huge pavilion/gazebo that they built 25 years ago. Hard manual labor makes you appreciate a job well done.
@@BenTardif I rented a brush mower to deal with some blackberries while ago, and it was self-propelled... forward only, the reverse gear was broken! Watching you pull that trencher gave me flashbacks!
Should have rented a small excavator (even one you can't ride) instead of that trencher, that would have been way faster and saved you a bunch of back pain
I have to laugh. You'd never even be able to use a trencher around here. You'd go 6 inches and find a boulder the size of your head. After another few inches you'd find a couple of Doofie sized rocks. Etc...Etc...And I'm not even close to joking. Be thankful you didn't have to use a pick, digging bar and shovel.
Seeing you working with the trencher made me smile. Many many years ago when I was 18, I worked on a farm. The boss assigned me and another guy to dig a trench which must have been several hundred feed on a hill. The trencher was much larger than the one you are using and it weighed a lot. It had auto propel but it didn't work so the boss harnessed me and the other guy to the trencher and we had to pull it. This thing was so big and heavy that even with the 2 of us harnessed to it like a pair of oxen we could only move it a couple of feet at a time. This went on for days. The boss finally realized that this was getting us nowhere so he hired a professional trench digger and they had the job done in less than an hour.
That guy needs to learn about investing ahah
The technical difficulties are great. It's nice to see that we all have little "well that didn't go as planned" moments in making stuff!
I agree. Ben, I appreciate your willingness to show that not everything goes perfectly the first time.
For anyone doing this it is recommended that you use flexible connections (funny pipe) for final sprinkler head connections. Many reasons including ease of final placement/height, etc and most of all, you reduce the risk of breaking off the adjustable risers when they get bumped. Trust me, they break easily. Also, please check building code requirements before you run your electrical to make sure you bury it deep enough.
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I somehow forgot my login password. I love any tips you can give me!
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@Emanuel Mekhi I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Emanuel Mekhi It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy!
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Man, you're such a hard-worker. I just spent about 2 hours washing and ceramic coating my car and I'm shattered, just can't be bothered moving! I envy your energy, great job on the house interior, "barn", and you're going to have an amazing yard/garden too!
Love watching you homeowners do these things and thanks for the chuckles. Texas Irrigator 7170 and Idaho BAT-935. RETIRED
It's nice that you show the REALITY of projects like this. Too many people and places make every job seem as if it were no big deal - perfectly perfect on the first try.
Here in the East we have rolls of black poly pipe, bends easily, less gluing of sections.
Great job!! Enjoy watching your progress
Don't even need to glue them. A barb fitting with a clamp and it surprisingly never leaks
I have to admit you are one of the hardest working people I’ve ever seen, but then you don’t seem to make it easy on yourself either. Work smarter not harder has always been my motto. In the end things are looking good though.
Reminds me of when I was in my 30s and doing all these projects. Neighbors were amazed with how I figured stuff out and did it. Always learning along the way. Keep up the good work.
Good video. Poly pipe connectors to the heads is a must in FL. Also they do make a trenching shovel that’s 5” skinny head. Kudos for using your hands
Your videos are educational and inspiring. I know they take a lot of work in themselves (in addition to the work being shown). The videos are greatly appreciated!
That trenching machine is no joke. It's a workout!
I'm really enjoying all the home improvement videos you're making
You are so methodical - I love watching your process. I’ve been waiting for this video as I have been following your progress on Insta. Once again a great job.
It’s so nice to see a hard working young man, keep it up 💪🏼👍🏼
The bloopers are super appreciated, along with the doggie clips. Thanks for the entertainment bud
I felt your pain with the trencher. We installed drainage in our back yard recently, and it wiped me out. All worth the hard work in the end. Keep up the great content!
Your channel is amazing, I usually stop what I am doing to watch a new video!
Thats a very nice job, well done. planning is the magic word..
I envy your finished product. It’s gonna look great and be a great place to hang out!
Such a simple but hardworking man
Bro I do not skip a second of the video ever.
That trencher is an amazing machine.
Really enjoying watching the process.
The only input I will add tho, is I really think what you are planning for the trees is wrong.
Rather than the bubbler, I would change it to a drip line with mulch. I would say the 30cm drip spacing would be good (I think that's 12 inches?)Would be far better, run the dripline as a loop around the tree as far out as you can, you want it to be in the drip zone of the tree or the ring where the leaves end. Spray the tree with water and you will quickly see where that it. That's where the tree mostly takes its water from, not near the trunk. Then cover with a mulch, I use sugar cane, but not sure what you guys would have access to.
I replaced my front lawn with fruit trees, and all 7 of them have the drip loops and they love it and never have issues, for reference we get regular 40C days here in Melbourne.
Greetings from Iraq .. nice for one to push him salf to learn and achieve .. best wishes and keep up the fine content.. well done
Good work 👍👍👍 I haven't used a trencher now i know what to expect 😁
How can I be exhausted just from watching you do all this?
Bet the doggos where dying to get out there to see what you were doing!
Love the technical difficulties...😂
i was waiting for this video,, thanks a lot for sharing, wish you more success
The backyard is really starting to look awesome. Even without grass and new beds, the cleared, open yard and rearranged brick walkway and gazebo landing really set up a clead frame for how great this yard is going to be. I am starting to get very curious about what color you and the boss are thinking about for the house. Will it tie in with the workshop or do you plan on keeping different color schemes for the two buildings?
Great Job ,Great Video
I REALLY hope you don't EVER run out of projects!!!
I hope for you the winters are not to cold.....PVC piping and gutters get verry hard and brittle in frost....normaly i would us a 32 mm pipe 3.2 mm thick.....or a flexible pipe that connect with speed connectors.....
Ben... Do you have prior DIY experience or are you learning as you show us? I’m impressed with the wide range of skills you use around the house. I’m have a small home that needs attention in a lot of areas so I’m enjoying this channel.
Nice work Ben looking great. Just a question can we be expecting the marble pinball machine have another video soonish
The amount of times I too have forgotten the on switch when trying to start a motor is absurd hahaha I felt your pain!
Daniel Vorlet Same here, it’s happened to me so many times my first thought if it doesn’t start after the second pull “is the switch on?”
Good to know that I’m not alone! I thought I broke the machine before I even started
great vid like always!
Well done, sir.
Adding a spare zone allows for drip line for planter’s or hanging plants later on! Any sprinkler system is never complete, also make sure you run spare control wiring never know when you might add or need a spare!
nice work loveit but 1 question will u document making the greenhouse
Surely running a main ling around the yard and putting valve boxes at the junction points would've been more efficient use of materials. Also why plumb your valves above grade?
Cool you made a doggie-go-around. Suggest running an extra electrical cable chase for any future landscape lighting also.
Nice work on the irrigation - and testing before burying !;-) Your only real mistake here is NOT rototilling the entire space and bringing in a truck load of good dirt to till in!! You’ll never get a lawn to stay beautiful long term in Adobe, which is basically what you’re growing in. (Trust me, my neighbors and I have all tried. One of them has replaced his sod 3x and finally out in artificial turf last year.) Although this is an exhausting step, it helps immensely with the trenching!! Sadly, you now have all your lines in and rolling through them is not a desirable option! Hopefully your lawn stays nice because you’ve done sooo many things right!!! Can’t believe I never see rototillers in SoCal when most of our dirt is literally adobe?!? Love your videos, your planning, and your persistence!! You should end up with an EXTREMELY livable home for the rest of your life!!
You have a huge backyard, watch out for the huge water bill! After a while, you'll wonder if you should have gone with some artificial turf! 😂
Great Job!!
But...You didn't use the existing trenches for electric?
Tas pendejo i finish complete sprinkler system in 1 day fully adjusted and WiFi controller installed and MAIN water tie in ALL IN 1 DAY
Also, you did a lot more work than you needed to. Placing a few valve boxes along the main line would alleviate the need to have 7 pipes in one hole. Also, it's going to be miserable to fix a leak with more than one pipe in a trench. 1" Poly pipe and fittings with clamps would have been your friend here along with funnypipe as was mentioned below.
That on switch part was sooooo funny
good job :)
Ben you should always cut back the foundation instead of having 'funky' bits sticking up here and there. Hire a kangol or other kind of hammer chisel. You can always drop a bit of cement back in once the pipe is in place properly. Toby
A great example of DYI, if you're able. I would have a hard time finding a sprinkler contractor to take the time, and care, necessary to do the job you did.
Tough ground! Solid clay! LOL!! Try trenching in South Florida.... Solid limestone! I’ll trade you any day. Great job.
Love your videos, so cool the way you plan out everything in detail. Just curious about the software you use to plan the job. What software program was that? Or did you create that somehow? Thanks
It was made in photoshop. Check out part 2 if you want to see the plan come together th-cam.com/video/W5pS8XqgP3w/w-d-xo.html
Awsome 👍🏼
thanks for the video I am doing a similar project and have had issues finding a big enough valve box. are you using a valve box and if so where did you find it. Thanks!
Is there a reason why you used pvc pipe instead of the black flexabe water line pipe i used it when doin my sprinkle system
its alot easy to use then pvc
Mirror like inside the pipe helps with flow and resistance friction
Did you try using that machine running forwards - seems an awful lot of work for something that's meant to be a labor saving device?
Normally the technical difficulties are just unlucky, but the on/off switch made me laugh 😂
Nice work just subscribed 👍
In 1985 when I was 14 my Aunt Pam and Uncle Gene bought a 19 acre home. The house sat 5 acres away from the county road or about 3500 feet. My Aunt Pam wanted a front lawn that was the envy of all her neighbors. We had to hand dig every run and they had to be 44 inches deep or deeper because of our frost line. We started with shovels and pickaxe, but 2nd day my uncle went a rented 4 post hole diggers. I asked my mom later why he didn't rent a backhoe and she said he wanted all of us kids to work together and bond. It was their son Daryl 9, me 14, my brother Rob 16, cousin Tom 16, cousin Chris 15, cousin Rhonda 8, Uncle Jerry, Aunt Carmen, Uncle Kelly, Uncle Gene, Aunt Pam and my mom, dad and grandma. 14 family members spent 3 weekends building a huge sprinkler system and planted 250 trees of varying types. 35 years later 200 trees are still there and the grass is now cut by 4 of those huge automatic robot lawnmower things that all live under the huge pavilion/gazebo that they built 25 years ago. Hard manual labor makes you appreciate a job well done.
You're just as crazy as the dog running around the Gbizo, but it made me laugh. Loll
Love your videos sorry I’m sooo late
You grow small rocks. We have between tennis ball size to football or basketball. Those are a pain.
Does it just not rain in america 😅
secret on switch position
We have all had the no start moment. Only to realize the “on” button wasn’t on.
Note to self, rent self propelled trencher!
This!
@@BenTardif I rented a brush mower to deal with some blackberries while ago, and it was self-propelled... forward only, the reverse gear was broken! Watching you pull that trencher gave me flashbacks!
water pipes always hidden
Should have rented a small excavator (even one you can't ride) instead of that trencher, that would have been way faster and saved you a bunch of back pain
Do you edit out swear words or are you actually that patient IRL?
My thoughts exactly when he hit that water pipe while trenching! 😂 My guess is he is that patient!
An angle grinder would have made a 3" wide shovel out of a 4" shovel.
Haha you’re not wrong
Where are the doggos?
Locked inside (maybe in the dog run?) That trencher has big teeth you don't want them anywhere near.
Jesus with dirt like that take up pottery lol
That is way too many sprinklers 😳
Couldn’t agree more. A lot of overlap in the larger area
I have to laugh. You'd never even be able to use a trencher around here. You'd go 6 inches and find a boulder the size of your head. After another few inches you'd find a couple of Doofie sized rocks. Etc...Etc...And I'm not even close to joking.
Be thankful you didn't have to use a pick, digging bar and shovel.
Don’t you have some friends to help with these jobs? 😏
Who needs the gym lol
im the 150th!
why bother sprinklers when you don't even need grass. Grow Saffron on something....
You need hydraulic trencher lol
What about your hydraulic calculations .... so easy a cavemen can do it....
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You are rich
WTF if that laugh... 12:04
lawn is not worth it