French drain - holes up (increases silt capacity of the bed). Septic leach - holes down (solids purge out sooner during slight septic failures without plugging 60% of the pipe. Systems will work if holes are reversed but there are reasons for each. In this case that upper drain pipe will never see water drainage unless somehow there's a horrible silting issue that plugs the lower pipe. Also for those thinking water is only standing a few inches before entering the pipe his gravel bed is 2 or 3 feet deep below his lower pipe (another video), so water is standing feet deep, not inches, before rising enough to find the holes in the lower pipe. We've gone back years later to footing drains where the gravel bed extended out for some distance from the building and you could tell the drain pipe had never seen water. The gravel bed was the easiest path for drainage.
Excellent quality work! Reminds me of my many days of home building....including the frozen ground, terrible delivery people, cold temps., mud, ice, and employees wanting to take off for deer hunting (because it was too cold to work....lol) rather than working....ah the "good old days!" You're a young man, doing what needs to be done to survive, thanks for sharing! ....13
An utterly fascinating video taking us step by step through the process. The commentary enhances what we see on the screen and keeps us involved. I also like your “warts and all” approach, instead of giving us a video so slick that the machines don’t even get dirty. Keep up the good work.
Hey. Love the videos. I operate track machines in Ontario Canada. You cant park machines like that in the winter. Once you blow your final drives and see what a repair that is. Your going clean your tracks every day once the leaves fall of the trees lol.
These videos are great, I love them. It's like watching people work not just with your hand in your pockets, but also from the comfort of home :D But the great thing is I think you do learn at least a little bit by watching how things are done. It's really educational by making construction processes more accessible to tech guys like me. So thanks a lot! And haha "ah this thing is not gonna be frozen" haha and of course it is :D
Hey , just a tip when rolling that barrier paper along the foundation when u get to the corner, flip the roll over and it will make a perfect turn to start next side of foundation!!! 👌👌 U r the man and I totally enjoy your videos! I’m buying property in Saugersties NY in about a year or two so I’ll be calling u to do some work!!!!!
Holes down. Black flexible perforated pipe has holes all the way around the circumference. Holes down let’s the water fill from the bottom and then travel the path of least resistance. If up then it has to fill around 3” of water before evacuating which would always leave 3” of water to say. This dude has some sweet videos though I must say. And many people are pretty hard on him and his techniques which I think is harsh because he’s always learning just like the rest of us. Great job Andrew. Keep it up man. Nevermind the naysayers. 👍
With the holes facing up, if the pipe is pitched down-grade correctly, it won't fill with 3" of water or have any standing water in it. The water will travel downhill as soon as it enters, as is the nature of water, and go out into the drain field.
Frozen ground is hard on any equipment.So in Alberta you must rent heaters,and Tarp to cover up your digging hole or wait till Spring. We learn from experience trades people or books and internet. Thanks sir. Your work is Appreciated.
9:54 that diesel-heated pressure washer would be nice to have here. Or you could add an oil filter sandwich adapter on your dump trucks that adds in/out flow ports. Run the hot oil to a liquid-to-liquid plate heat exchanger (or a few in series) then back to the oil filter. Then add garden hose hookups to the other liquid loop and a water tank if you please. Now you got piping hot water on demand on the go. Add at least one pump to the water loop so you can spray down equipment on jobs where there's no water hook-up. Maybe a pump for the hot oil loop too if it's a long run.
I really enjoy your videos, I wish my dad was still around to see some of the work that you do. It definitely shows that you do quality work, you can't really cover things up or hide Falls whenever you're videoing yourself throughout the whole process. I bet you have a lot of people waiting in line to get you to work for them keep on videoing thanks John from Indiana
It started as frozen mud pit and you made a nice and clean job at the end. This is what I like about you. You care about details and you are not afraid of hard work. I did experienced the frustration of dump truck drivers not willing to backup my driveway when semi trailer did the same day...
Holes always go down. Water comes up in the pipe and flows away. Remember footing drains are laid flat. Holes up and water has to build up around the pipe to get in. So 1" standing water with holes down or 3" standing water with holes up. Which do you think is better??
Interesting. That does make more sense to me. I was thinking, how does the water make it into those itty bitty holes? But if they're down... That makes sense.
AC u gotta try making my hot water on demand idea for defrosting equipment. Also u should build a surface steam cleaning machine that can do cement floors, carpet and tile for your walls and countertops, and grout lines in your walls and floors both inside and out. The machine can also pressure wash, soft wash, hot or cold, with or without chemical injection. Wastewater gray water collects in a tank like a giant shop-vac when cleaning using the vacuum. Pressure washing obviously doesn't collect waste water in a tank. U can dispose of the gray water in fields, yards, or open a pipe access to your sewer, whatever your municipality rules. If you build the machine in a van, or box van, or in an enclosed trailer, you can take it to other houses and businesses. So, when you're not using the machine to clean your own house and equipment, you can rent it out to other cleaning service companies and DIY homeowners, or u can operate it yourself and charge for your services. I think you could build a very useful and easy to fix/maintain machine for $5000 or less not including the cost of a host vehicle.
If you place a pipe in A trench with holes up, not all water goes into holes and you have 4" of water in trench before it works. Now turn pipe with writing up, which places holes in correct position and water rises only an inch in trench before it enters pipe and flows away in channel between holes. Inspectors look for writing on top.
Yes I agree. However I don't understand why you only have holes in one side. Here in Australia the pipes are perforated all around so there is no up or down.
Awesome job Andrew I’ve been a carpenter for 45 years It’s fun watching you learn I had to do the same F*** the naysayers Glad to see your enthusiasm and lack of fear of trying something new 👍👍😎
Hiya Buddy .. Make sure when u clean out the tracks u clean the LOWER fronts too .... on the bobcat i saw when the big drive sprocket was getting free the front sprocket was still locked up ... and on the digger, pretty much the same thing .. the front (bottom) rollers were all pretty much locked up. NOW >>>> bout the collector drain pipes .... their main purpose is to keep ground water from percolating between the foundation wall and footer or cracks/gaps in a wall ... NOT surface water soaking down ... so when you're putting them in, they should be close to the top of the footer-- couple inches from the wall >> HOLES DOWN
Ruthless Goat - that what happen when loose dirt,a lot of traffic and melting ice/snow can do. It makes mud and make the place look shitty but that how most places look before it done.
Because I am Canadian I think I am qualified to say this... LOL I am so happy to hear that is the last time you will go home with out cleaning the tracks. Kills me to watch that. May I suggest you take any two tarp. Double them up one over the other. Lay it on the ground and drive onto to with the Rear sprockets. Rap the entire thing up and over to the front and tuck it in under tracks on outside. Now when you get there first thing you take that forced air type kerosene heater you have or add a stove pipe to the end of the tiger torch (easier to control less heat) and lay it in at the front under the front pointing back to the motor and final drives. Heat rises and what does not has to go into the track and idlers. For that little machine I bet only one hour would have the entire machine 30 degrees Fer. warmer. The key is to pull the torch back and turn it up. The stove pipe turns in to a huge hair dryer. Those cold start morning from the engine to the hydraulic pumps to the drives and track are really taking a beating the way you are doing it now. Epic job. way to roll with "the guy in that area" about the pipe. I agree with you but I dont build. If nothing else obviously your pipe install will have a lot more water in it than his ever will as yours is four inches lower! LOL just make those guys happy.... power trippers.
Hey mate, been in the building trade for 32years & it still spins out how people build builings in holes that don't drain correctly!! Apart from that the job is looking good mate.
Greetings from the UK Andrew, respect for working in the cold tempertures with open cab machines all day some people over hear would not operate machines without a cab and heater if it 50F (10C) or below.
Thanks. Well if I'm not operating the machine, I'm not making money. Tell those guys, if you try hard enough, you can find an excuse not to work every day. And that's all that is an excuse.
Man, you have been such an inspiration! I have recently got back into making videos about my truck and the backhoe that I just purchased. I have learned so much from your videos. I never would have ever guessed that the tracks could freeze up like that!
OH, Hell no, you can have that cold country up there, everything froze to the ground...I'll stay here in South East Texas.I remember this video, engineer problems..Your the Man for sure stay warm, and keep your power dry, See Ya
I’m surprised the bldg codes up there don’t make you put a protective layer against the waterproofing membrane. In my area (So Fla), we do the filter fabric exactly the same - gravel, pipe, gravel, filter fabric then backfill. But we put a 90lb felt paper against the wall, over the waterproofing membrane so that gravel and rocks in the backfill don’t dick-up the membrane. It’s an extra step and cost but I think it’s worth it. Just my opinion. Great work and videos Andrew!
At the 9:00 mark... Andrew, there is a better way to cut corners in with that felt. Instead of "turning" the corner like you do, which just bunches up the felt and is all messy, try flipping the felt over and folding it into itself at a nice 45° angle. It lays perfectly flat and doesn't get all bunched up like you're doing it here.
I worked commercial construction when I was young. I was a union laborer. In 1979, when I was 21, another laborer and I backfilled around the deep 8'-10' basement of a new bank building with wheelbarrows and shovels. We were young pups though, strong and in the prime of life, and we got 'er done in short order. I don't remember why they couldn't use a machine. Maybe it was clearance around the building or something. Those were the good ole days! LOL
It's really cool to see all the work you've done with clearing this place off, putting in a driveway, grading the house pad, ect. Definitely makes me want to get into this kind of business.
Again just a thought if you had a tent like structure to put your machines in at night with a small diesel heater it would save a lot of wasted time in the mornings trying to start up and move 😉 😁 worth thinking about
Just a suggestion. Makita make a cordless blower( 2 models) but single batt is powerful enough for what I use and suggest. Your pressure washer with water tank on truck if no water supply at property. Use blower to get rid of water freezing in tracks etc. Great little machine for cleaning up after jobs etc. Inside of cab of machine, truck etc. Also great at end of day to blow all dust etc off yourself. It's small and pretty cheap gets used on all my jobs, tools, vehicle now daily.
On your excavator you can free your frozen track with your bucket. Just turn it sideways and lightly lift the top of your track. This normally breaks it free enough to roll again. I learned that one the hard way. Lol 😂 Oh you can also use your excavator to free up your tracks on other machines like your skid .
Andrew, exactly why I don't do house lots in the winter. Broke the ram right off my Cat 312 once trying to backfill a frozen clay mess. Sheared the eye right off.So not worth it, tears everything up.
@@rickoncordova1 They point down in septic pipes because it has to leach out into the ground. Drainage pipes have to transport it to the end of the system. Holes up.
@@jonathanst89 Holes down, pick up ground water and start exiting pipe immediately, holes up allow 3" of water to remain around pipe. Ground water leaching into pipe from bottom keeps water below pipe.
Down south we used corrugated plastic pipe with holes and a cloth sleeve wrap...ground up tires in place of gravel.....A lot less expensive and easier to work with....
4:32 for this drainage band to work well, it should be covered with gravel to a depth of at least 1.2 m. And you can see (in 8:16) that the entrance door will not be like this, otherwise the threshold would have to be too high.
Track turns idles are not.you need a nice 4 inch flats shovel is what we always used .try taping it in when you put the heat to it even a piece of old ply wood will hold the heat down.great job and you a good worker
weld heavy clamps to a piece of heavy angel , we call them bridge clamps . only need a crescent (adjustable ) wrench and weld solid bars to angel for a clamp on ripper attachment for your bucket .. .. another great video . learning every day..are you in Canada. in Akron Ohio here ...
I hope you didn't jinx me! I built my house in 1993. It is basically a hundred feet long and thirty feet deep. Back in the day you could get lateral line that was thick and had to use fittings to make turns. That's what I used for my footer drain and my gutter drains. It is an earth contact home so I ran 3 clean outs up the wall and before we backfilled I dumped 3/4 " clean gravel about 4' deep, backfilled and connected 3 lines off the front out about 200' in front of the house I have a 10/12 pitch roof, so it Is a huge area. I didn't put gutters on the back for probably 10 years and using one pipe I still have three places in front of my house that look like a water main break when I get a gully washer. I'm to old for it to fail now!
You should fab up a ripper blade for the end of the Yanmar for breaking up those frozen bits easier , cutting torch some 1 inch plate and a welder and im sure you could make one up to save the stress on the hydraulics and bucket trying to break up that frozen ground
My engineer had me put landscape fabric under the rock and over it to keep dirt away from the pipe and out of the rock. Makes the system last much longer.
You need some sort of heated pressure washer for your tracks in the wintertime. Keep the mud off the tracks before nightfall. Maybe some sort of box trailer you could lock up and vent and run some sort of waste oil burner to keep things toasty inside.
Watched the part 1, it is my belief that those drainage pipes should be installed slightly below the concrete foot level. At least that's how it's done in my country. The water level in the earth is just below the pipe, so now that whole bottom foundation will stay wet and the moisture typically travels upwards the concrete so that might cause some issues in the cellar especially as this looks quite wet area. Otherwise good job, fun to watch those morning mediations with he tracks especially! Over here it can get as low as -35°C in the winter.
I use the ones with the slits all around it. They say the holes are suppose to be on the bottom if you use that type but if I use the ones with the slits around it with a sheet around it, it's almost the same thing as putting the holes on top. They say holes on bottom prevents the piping to get clogged. But over time those plastic pipes get clogged anyway.
That slit black corrugated pipe is frowned upon here in Ct. It has been found to collapse. Schedule 40, holes down with landscape fabric on top with 6'' washed stone underneath. Also, at least a 6 mil plastic up the wall and a proper drainage plane against it for the best result.
I've prolly watched 5 or more video's on this house and property. It reminds me of how every job I was on , the guys would say, "this is the job from hell" !! I use to think I was lucky to have gotten it out of the way so early in my career. Well, needless to say, you look back on all those jobs like child's play compared to the real , "job from hell" and laugh. I don't know how you classify this particular one , but , it doesn't seem that the whole general operation went as smoothly as could have been expected. "Grain of salt", I guess :) Learning experience, for sure and for certain. I'm glad I got to see the video's :)
ANDREW Hiiiii Your hands are going to freeze up -- really your climat is not for an old "Pappy" like me !!! You are really a hard working young man BRAVO Keep well and look after your health carefully ! Warm regards !!
I had my share of dealing with some certain rock haulers over the years. I did road construction 24 years and we would contract out our flexbase rock to be delivered. Yeah some haulers would flat refuse to dump where you wanted it. We were scheduled to be on the jobsite at 6 am and I had some 18 wheeler haulers dump there load before we arrived right in the middle of a public roadway and then leave. One dude I remember did that and turned his rig over in the ditch. You just can't fix stupid. I had a few I'd tell them don't come back.
Holes down, clean tracks, and around here when it's that cold we tent the machines (plywood leaned against the machine all the way around, forming a 3' wall) up on logs and set the torpedo heater blowing under them, between the tracks.
hello Andrew, keep the great videos coming, makes me want to buy some equipment for digging. my opinion is the holes in the pipe should go down it picks up the water sooner and the holes are not at the very bottom they are to the sides. matter of fact the blacksmith concrete Contractor Building A TH-cam house in Oregon just mentioned this fact in episode 19. sorry forget his channel name at the moment. also on putting backfill against this wall why wasn't a product such as miradrain mentioned by the Builder which is the plastic sheeting with the dimples and cloth on top approximately 1/2 inch thick.. this product protects the wall from having dirt or water against it and creates a half inch air space for water to get down to the gravel and pipe and it is not expensive at all. the Oregon Builder used this on his wall and it keeps the water from leaching salts through out of the wall to the inside called efflorescence I believe keep up the good work just my insights and opinion. just asked Google and the blacksmith contractors channel is essential Craftsman awesome Channel with a lot of good information building a job site from the ground up just finished pouring retaining walls. thanks again, Dave
Try putting an insulated tarp over the machine at night. In the morning, if its frozen, with it still tarped , blow the bullet heater under it. Maybe an enclosed trailer would help as well
Maybe one of those tarp tents from tractor supply and running one of those electric heaters in it. Just as long as you can keep it above freezing. Run a bigger gas can on the generator so it doesn't run out at night. I would be hella annoyed by now. You have way more patience then me Andrew. I guess thats why I live in Texas lmao!
So, all drains on exterior and interior of building should be placed so drainage occurs before any ground water can rise higher that the footer. Else, slab is always in water and floor is always damp. Promises for eternal damp smelling basement. No slope is ever placed on the drainage pipe because it is used as the path of least resistance through the several feet of gravel banked below and above it. Holes are always down and top of pipe always below footer top.
hell ya it does my dad and i have our own exc. company,and it isn't worth trying to do this kind of work in the winter just a giant fight with nature and it blows.
Andrew, Do you ever use a skidsteer bucket with teeth? I landscape in Iowa, and we use teeth skidsteer buckets for all dirt piles and grading. The only time we use smooth buckets is for pulverized dirt. I enjoy your videos and love that older excavator!
If the pipe is open and freely draining, then the pipe should theoretically decrease the water table to the level of the openings in the pipe. You are correct in that if there is water on the deeper/uphill side when the holes are installed in a downward fashion, then the pipe may leach water to the dry areas; however, the same is true if the holes are up, only you have permitted the water table to be 4" higher. No matter what, so long as the holes are below the level of the slab, it should work.
@@whskythrttl i dont understand why they dont insulate and seal the concrete foundation in a proper way. one layer of bitumen wont do shit and dimpled membrane is completly missing.
yup, holes go down like everyone in the other video told you, don't know where you got the idea they go up to catch surface water, not going to catch much of anything that way due to water percolating through the stone above. Also clean your damn tracks at the end of the day so your shit doesn't freeze up.
Possibly it is wetter now 'cus the trees and ground cover have been removed. Trees, especially cedars and willows sop up a lot of water.. Maybe a perimeter drain around the septic field.Run the Bobcat into the heated basement at nite.
Yes holes down on drain field pipe ! We’re not envy you having to work in that cold climate, but beautiful country must be upper New York area you’re in
Holes always go down...he made you redo it because the way you did it was wrong...now everyone around that job will question if you know what your doing or not, probably why the driver didn't trust your driveway...hopefully you get things figured out, and good luck!
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French drain - holes up (increases silt capacity of the bed). Septic leach - holes down (solids purge out sooner during slight septic failures without plugging 60% of the pipe. Systems will work if holes are reversed but there are reasons for each. In this case that upper drain pipe will never see water drainage unless somehow there's a horrible silting issue that plugs the lower pipe. Also for those thinking water is only standing a few inches before entering the pipe his gravel bed is 2 or 3 feet deep below his lower pipe (another video), so water is standing feet deep, not inches, before rising enough to find the holes in the lower pipe. We've gone back years later to footing drains where the gravel bed extended out for some distance from the building and you could tell the drain pipe had never seen water. The gravel bed was the easiest path for drainage.
Excellent quality work! Reminds me of my many days of home building....including the frozen ground, terrible delivery people, cold temps., mud, ice, and employees wanting to take off for deer hunting (because it was too cold to work....lol) rather than working....ah the "good old days!"
You're a young man, doing what needs to be done to survive, thanks for sharing!
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An utterly fascinating video taking us step by step through the process. The commentary enhances what we see on the screen and keeps us involved. I also like your “warts and all” approach, instead of giving us a video so slick that the machines don’t even get dirty. Keep up the good work.
Hey. Love the videos. I operate track machines in Ontario Canada. You cant park machines like that in the winter. Once you blow your final drives and see what a repair that is. Your going clean your tracks every day once the leaves fall of the trees lol.
Yeah, good advice.
These videos are great, I love them.
It's like watching people work not just with your hand in your pockets, but also from the comfort of home :D But the great thing is I think you do learn at least a little bit by watching how things are done. It's really educational by making construction processes more accessible to tech guys like me.
So thanks a lot!
And haha "ah this thing is not gonna be frozen" haha and of course it is :D
Thanks
Hey , just a tip when rolling that barrier paper along the foundation when u get to the corner, flip the roll over and it will make a perfect turn to start next side of foundation!!! 👌👌 U r the man and I totally enjoy your videos! I’m buying property in Saugersties NY in about a year or two so I’ll be calling u to do some work!!!!!
Your regular music choices are more enjoyable than the generic stuff. Keep them coming!
Man you had a hell of a time on this job. Not just the weather but the people
Holes down. Black flexible perforated pipe has holes all the way around the circumference. Holes down let’s the water fill from the bottom and then travel the path of least resistance. If up then it has to fill around 3” of water before evacuating which would always leave 3” of water to say. This dude has some sweet videos though I must say. And many people are pretty hard on him and his techniques which I think is harsh because he’s always learning just like the rest of us. Great job Andrew. Keep it up man. Nevermind the naysayers. 👍
Ya man!!!
With the holes facing up, if the pipe is pitched down-grade correctly, it won't fill with 3" of water or have any standing water in it. The water will travel downhill as soon as it enters, as is the nature of water, and go out into the drain field.
@@smasica Total horse shit. Holes go down.
horrible job.
no dimpled membane
no proper drainage
no insulation
no proper sealing
wtf????
The reason he installs the black fabric on top to keep the sand from clogging the holes in the pipe. There are holes only on one side
Frozen ground is hard on any equipment.So in Alberta you must rent heaters,and Tarp to cover up your digging hole or wait till Spring. We learn from experience trades people or books and internet. Thanks sir. Your work is Appreciated.
9:54 that diesel-heated pressure washer would be nice to have here. Or you could add an oil filter sandwich adapter on your dump trucks that adds in/out flow ports. Run the hot oil to a liquid-to-liquid plate heat exchanger (or a few in series) then back to the oil filter. Then add garden hose hookups to the other liquid loop and a water tank if you please. Now you got piping hot water on demand on the go. Add at least one pump to the water loop so you can spray down equipment on jobs where there's no water hook-up. Maybe a pump for the hot oil loop too if it's a long run.
I really enjoy your videos, I wish my dad was still around to see some of the work that you do. It definitely shows that you do quality work, you can't really cover things up or hide Falls whenever you're videoing yourself throughout the whole process. I bet you have a lot of people waiting in line to get you to work for them keep on videoing thanks John from Indiana
Thanks. Yeah, putting these construction videos on TH-cam is like having 1000 different building inspectors all commenting at once, lol.
@@AndrewCamarata . I guess everyone is an armchair expert.....when they're not out in single-digit weather.
seeing you do this with such a small crew is an inspiration,thanx
best videos ever. My eight month daughter watch this no problem. Less cussing than her mom.
It started as frozen mud pit and you made a nice and clean job at the end. This is what I like about you. You care about details and you are not afraid of hard work. I did experienced the frustration of dump truck drivers not willing to backup my driveway when semi trailer did the same day...
Holes always go down. Water comes up in the pipe and flows away. Remember footing drains are laid flat. Holes up and water has to build up around the pipe to get in. So 1" standing water with holes down or 3" standing water with holes up. Which do you think is better??
Interesting. That does make more sense to me. I was thinking, how does the water make it into those itty bitty holes? But if they're down... That makes sense.
Yes holes always down. Helps keep small debris from getting in as well as letting water seep in better
Ive seen perf hole both ways, silt can block the pipe either way. Id think adding clean outs in multiple areas would be most helpful
AC u gotta try making my hot water on demand idea for defrosting equipment. Also u should build a surface steam cleaning machine that can do cement floors, carpet and tile for your walls and countertops, and grout lines in your walls and floors both inside and out. The machine can also pressure wash, soft wash, hot or cold, with or without chemical injection. Wastewater gray water collects in a tank like a giant shop-vac when cleaning using the vacuum. Pressure washing obviously doesn't collect waste water in a tank. U can dispose of the gray water in fields, yards, or open a pipe access to your sewer, whatever your municipality rules. If you build the machine in a van, or box van, or in an enclosed trailer, you can take it to other houses and businesses. So, when you're not using the machine to clean your own house and equipment, you can rent it out to other cleaning service companies and DIY homeowners, or u can operate it yourself and charge for your services. I think you could build a very useful and easy to fix/maintain machine for $5000 or less not including the cost of a host vehicle.
If you place a pipe in A trench with holes up, not all water goes into holes and you have 4" of water in trench before it works. Now turn pipe with writing up, which places holes in correct position and water rises only an inch in trench before it enters pipe and flows away in channel between holes. Inspectors look for writing on top.
Nice explanation. I think people assume the water is supposed to fall into the holes from the top.
i have watched this job how could u make any money house drain 2 times septic drain field 3 times and the frozen ground
It might have holes top and bottom
Yes I agree. However I don't understand why you only have holes in one side. Here in Australia the pipes are perforated all around so there is no up or down.
@@messenger8279 That's because of the whole "Down Under" thing = Explained!
Awesome job Andrew
I’ve been a carpenter for 45 years
It’s fun watching you learn
I had to do the same
F*** the naysayers
Glad to see your enthusiasm and lack of fear of trying something new
👍👍😎
Hiya Buddy .. Make sure when u clean out the tracks u clean the LOWER fronts too .... on the bobcat i saw when the big drive sprocket was getting free the front sprocket was still locked up ... and on the digger, pretty much the same thing .. the front (bottom) rollers were all pretty much locked up. NOW >>>> bout the collector drain pipes .... their main purpose is to keep ground water from percolating between the foundation wall and footer or cracks/gaps in a wall ... NOT surface water soaking down ... so when you're putting them in, they should be close to the top of the footer-- couple inches from the wall >> HOLES DOWN
@Livin Vids footer is what the wall sets onusually 16-18 inches wide.holes have to be down to catch water.
and i would back fill with bank run sand.
@Livin Vids Water wont find its way into the pipe until the trench is flooded. The pipe will be ineffective if holes are up.
I consider anybody to get advice from you is a very lucky person . Thanks for helping out fellow utubers .
Wish you posted a new video every day. Thank you, really enjoy watching them.
Whenever something interesting happens, ill try to film it. Editing does take a fair amount of time too.
Andrew Camarata I get it, also not your core business (yet). Thank you again!
@@AndrewCamarata Your efforts are sincerely appreciated. THANKS!
That is some kind of wet property. I hope you're installing a boat dock.
Ruthless Goat - that what happen when loose dirt,a lot of traffic and melting ice/snow can do. It makes mud and make the place look shitty but that how most places look before it done.
That is some kind of wet property, I hope you’re installing a boat dock.
@SISSY Sue Brett PANTYSISSY That’s some kind of wet property. I always hope that you’re still installing a boat dock.
Because I am Canadian I think I am qualified to say this... LOL I am so happy to hear that is the last time you will go home with out cleaning the tracks. Kills me to watch that. May I suggest you take any two tarp. Double them up one over the other. Lay it on the ground and drive onto to with the Rear sprockets. Rap the entire thing up and over to the front and tuck it in under tracks on outside. Now when you get there first thing you take that forced air type kerosene heater you have or add a stove pipe to the end of the tiger torch (easier to control less heat) and lay it in at the front under the front pointing back to the motor and final drives. Heat rises and what does not has to go into the track and idlers. For that little machine I bet only one hour would have the entire machine 30 degrees Fer. warmer. The key is to pull the torch back and turn it up. The stove pipe turns in to a huge hair dryer. Those cold start morning from the engine to the hydraulic pumps to the drives and track are really taking a beating the way you are doing it now. Epic job. way to roll with "the guy in that area" about the pipe. I agree with you but I dont build. If nothing else obviously your pipe install will have a lot more water in it than his ever will as yours is four inches lower! LOL just make those guys happy.... power trippers.
Hey mate, been in the building trade for 32years & it still spins out how people build builings in holes that don't drain correctly!! Apart from that the job is looking good mate.
That is a nice home and a great location. Great work, looking forward to to your next vid!
Hi Andrew, next time you dig frozen ground - try the narrow bucket you got with the Yanmar. Doubles digging force =)
If you keep making videos like this , your channel will explode with more viewers and subscribers ..... Great job !!
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Greetings from the UK Andrew, respect for working in the cold tempertures with open cab machines all day some people over hear would not operate machines without a cab and heater if it 50F (10C) or below.
Thanks. Well if I'm not operating the machine, I'm not making money. Tell those guys, if you try hard enough, you can find an excuse not to work every day. And that's all that is an excuse.
thanks for the video great job have fun
and that's how the drive motor broke ;)
Man, you have been such an inspiration! I have recently got back into making videos about my truck and the backhoe that I just purchased. I have learned so much from your videos. I never would have ever guessed that the tracks could freeze up like that!
Thanks. Yeah, ice is strong.
Andrew..He aint always right, but he's never in doubt! Aint got time for that! lol
I’m so glad there men like you that can brave that cold weather, because I cannot
OH, Hell no, you can have that cold country up there, everything froze to the ground...I'll stay here in South East Texas.I remember this video, engineer problems..Your the Man for sure stay warm, and keep your power dry, See Ya
I’m surprised the bldg codes up there don’t make you put a protective layer against the waterproofing membrane. In my area (So Fla), we do the filter fabric exactly the same - gravel, pipe, gravel, filter fabric then backfill. But we put a 90lb felt paper against the wall, over the waterproofing membrane so that gravel and rocks in the backfill don’t dick-up the membrane. It’s an extra step and cost but I think it’s worth it. Just my opinion. Great work and videos Andrew!
Cold weather sucks sometimes, guess you should have cleaned the tracks. I would put the holes down. Good video thanks.
At the 9:00 mark... Andrew, there is a better way to cut corners in with that felt. Instead of "turning" the corner like you do, which just bunches up the felt and is all messy, try flipping the felt over and folding it into itself at a nice 45° angle. It lays perfectly flat and doesn't get all bunched up like you're doing it here.
I worked commercial construction when I was young. I was a union laborer. In 1979, when I was 21, another laborer and I backfilled around the deep 8'-10' basement of a new bank building with wheelbarrows and shovels. We were young pups though, strong and in the prime of life, and we got 'er done in short order. I don't remember why they couldn't use a machine. Maybe it was clearance around the building or something. Those were the good ole days! LOL
I was also tough the holes go down.
if they are up, water stays as deep as the top of pipe.
If they are down, it goes up into pipe and flows away.
Water follows least path of resistance! holes down
Man this jobsite is a nightmare. Between the different videos. You are a better man than I andrew. I would have lost it
It's really cool to see all the work you've done with clearing this place off, putting in a driveway, grading the house pad, ect. Definitely makes me want to get into this kind of business.
ALL these hard work for such a small house, was expecting something with a bigger print.
Again just a thought if you had a tent like structure to put your machines in at night with a small diesel heater it would save a lot of wasted time in the mornings trying to start up and move 😉 😁 worth thinking about
Great video man! Working in the cold sucks for sure! Nice to see that you never gave up!
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Just a suggestion. Makita make a cordless blower( 2 models) but single batt is powerful enough for what I use and suggest. Your pressure washer with water tank on truck if no water supply at property. Use blower to get rid of water freezing in tracks etc. Great little machine for cleaning up after jobs etc. Inside of cab of machine, truck etc. Also great at end of day to blow all dust etc off yourself. It's small and pretty cheap gets used on all my jobs, tools, vehicle now daily.
I saw this house and the first thing that came to mind was "omg, the septic field woman"
Man, got to.love building in the north east. I'm in central Vermont we build year round. Good times good times
On your excavator you can free your frozen track with your bucket. Just turn it sideways and lightly lift the top of your track. This normally breaks it free enough to roll again. I learned that one the hard way. Lol 😂
Oh you can also use your excavator to free up your tracks on other machines like your skid .
Andrew, exactly why I don't do house lots in the winter. Broke the ram right off my Cat 312 once trying to backfill a frozen clay mess. Sheared the eye right off.So not worth it, tears everything up.
Nice vid again Andrew, them tracks are a nightmare in the cold!
Thank you , Andrew .
You guys in the frozen north deal with a lot of complications. Good job.
holes always point down. never do they point up. makes no difference which town you live in :)
yes thay do
Same goes for septic pipes. holes down.
@@rickoncordova1 They point down in septic pipes because it has to leach out into the ground. Drainage pipes have to transport it to the end of the system. Holes up.
@@jonathanst89 Holes down, pick up ground water and start exiting pipe immediately, holes up allow 3" of water to remain around pipe. Ground water leaching into pipe from bottom keeps water below pipe.
Down south we used corrugated plastic pipe with holes and a cloth sleeve wrap...ground up tires in place of gravel.....A lot less expensive and easier to work with....
4:32 for this drainage band to work well, it should be covered with gravel to a depth of at least 1.2 m. And you can see (in 8:16) that the entrance door will not be like this, otherwise the threshold would have to be too high.
well that basement is pretty low ....
Holes should be down ! Always down buddy !😎😂😂😂 by the way i love your never give up attitude !!😂😎🇺🇸
Track turns idles are not.you need a nice 4 inch flats shovel is what we always used .try taping it in when you put the heat to it even a piece of old ply wood will hold the heat down.great job and you a good worker
The skid steer does a awesome job as well.
weld heavy clamps to a piece of heavy angel , we call them bridge clamps . only need a crescent (adjustable ) wrench and weld solid bars to angel for a clamp on ripper attachment for your bucket .. .. another great video . learning every day..are you in Canada. in Akron Ohio here ...
I hope you didn't jinx me! I built my house in 1993. It is basically a hundred feet long and thirty feet deep. Back in the day you could get lateral line that was thick and had to use fittings to make turns. That's what I used for my footer drain and my gutter drains. It is an earth contact home so I ran 3 clean outs up the wall and before we backfilled I dumped 3/4 " clean gravel about 4' deep, backfilled and connected 3 lines off the front out about 200' in front of the house I have a 10/12 pitch roof, so it Is a huge area. I didn't put gutters on the back for probably 10 years and using one pipe I still have three places in front of my house that look like a water main break when I get a gully washer. I'm to old for it to fail now!
I like how the bucket is an extension of Andrews hand. It always goes exactly where it would if you were using your hand!
That’s literally the reason excavators were built.
You should fab up a ripper blade for the end of the Yanmar for breaking up those frozen bits easier , cutting torch some 1 inch plate and a welder and im sure you could make one up to save the stress on the hydraulics and bucket trying to break up that frozen ground
great now the concrete is wett for years ^^ so happy fungui!
holes down always, in most cases we wrap those drains in a special sleeve kinda like a sock to screen out finer dirt allow drains to run freely
My engineer had me put landscape fabric under the rock and over it to keep dirt away from the pipe and out of the rock. Makes the system last much longer.
You need some sort of heated pressure washer for your tracks in the wintertime. Keep the mud off the tracks before nightfall. Maybe some sort of box trailer you could lock up and vent and run some sort of waste oil burner to keep things toasty inside.
Watched the part 1, it is my belief that those drainage pipes should be installed slightly below the concrete foot level. At least that's how it's done in my country. The water level in the earth is just below the pipe, so now that whole bottom foundation will stay wet and the moisture typically travels upwards the concrete so that might cause some issues in the cellar especially as this looks quite wet area. Otherwise good job, fun to watch those morning mediations with he tracks especially! Over here it can get as low as -35°C in the winter.
I use the ones with the slits all around it. They say the holes are suppose to be on the bottom if you use that type but if I use the ones with the slits around it with a sheet around it, it's almost the same thing as putting the holes on top. They say holes on bottom prevents the piping to get clogged. But over time those plastic pipes get clogged anyway.
That slit black corrugated pipe is frowned upon here in Ct. It has been found to collapse. Schedule 40, holes down with landscape fabric on top with 6'' washed stone underneath. Also, at least a 6 mil plastic up the wall and a proper drainage plane against it for the best result.
I've prolly watched 5 or more video's on this house and property. It reminds me of how every job I was on , the guys would say, "this is the job from hell" !! I use to think I was lucky to have gotten it out of the way so early in my career. Well, needless to say, you look back on all those jobs like child's play compared to the real , "job from hell" and laugh.
I don't know how you classify this particular one , but , it doesn't seem that the whole general operation went as smoothly as could have been expected. "Grain of salt", I guess :) Learning experience, for sure and for certain.
I'm glad I got to see the video's :)
ANDREW Hiiiii Your hands are going to freeze up -- really your climat is not for an old "Pappy" like me !!! You are really a hard working young man BRAVO Keep well and look after your health carefully ! Warm regards !!
It's always eye-opening to get a drone view of the site or like a treasure map. Puts the action a bit more into context.
I had my share of dealing with some certain rock haulers over the years. I did road construction 24 years and we would contract out our flexbase rock to be delivered. Yeah some haulers would flat refuse to dump where you wanted it. We were scheduled to be on the jobsite at 6 am and I had some 18 wheeler haulers dump there load before we arrived right in the middle of a public roadway and then leave. One dude I remember did that and turned his rig over in the ditch. You just can't fix stupid. I had a few I'd tell them don't come back.
Holes down, clean tracks, and around here when it's that cold we tent the machines (plywood leaned against the machine all the way around, forming a 3' wall) up on logs and set the torpedo heater blowing under them, between the tracks.
hello Andrew, keep the great videos coming, makes me want to buy some equipment for digging. my opinion is the holes in the pipe should go down it picks up the water sooner and the holes are not at the very bottom they are to the sides. matter of fact the blacksmith concrete Contractor Building A TH-cam house in Oregon just mentioned this fact in episode 19. sorry forget his channel name at the moment. also on putting backfill against this wall why wasn't a product such as miradrain mentioned by the Builder which is the plastic sheeting with the dimples and cloth on top approximately 1/2 inch thick.. this product protects the wall from having dirt or water against it and creates a half inch air space for water to get down to the gravel and pipe and it is not expensive at all. the Oregon Builder used this on his wall and it keeps the water from leaching salts through out of the wall to the inside called efflorescence I believe keep up the good work just my insights and opinion. just asked Google and the blacksmith contractors channel is essential Craftsman awesome Channel with a lot of good information building a job site from the ground up just finished pouring retaining walls. thanks again, Dave
Always clean your tracks, and park on gravel or stone at the end of the day in the winter months
Try putting an insulated tarp over the machine at night. In the morning, if its frozen, with it still tarped , blow the bullet heater under it.
Maybe an enclosed trailer would help as well
Good job Andrew and have great day or night .
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I think water literally enjoys watching people get frustrated.
Maybe one of those tarp tents from tractor supply and running one of those electric heaters in it. Just as long as you can keep it above freezing. Run a bigger gas can on the generator so it doesn't run out at night. I would be hella annoyed by now. You have way more patience then me Andrew. I guess thats why I live in Texas lmao!
Working in a cold climate looks like a different game 👍
It’s fucking miserable.
So, all drains on exterior and interior of building should be placed so drainage occurs before any ground water can rise higher that the footer. Else, slab is always in water and floor is always damp. Promises for eternal damp smelling basement. No slope is ever placed on the drainage pipe because it is used as the path of least resistance through the several feet of gravel banked below and above it. Holes are always down and top of pipe always below footer top.
Cold makes everything at least 3x harder
hell ya it does my dad and i have our own exc. company,and it isn't worth trying to do this kind of work in the winter just a giant fight with nature and it blows.
I believe your correct with the holes. Should be an upside down y
ALWAYS holes down on footing drains , I guess this was early in your carrier :)
Career?
Andrew, Do you ever use a skidsteer bucket with teeth? I landscape in Iowa, and we use teeth skidsteer buckets for all dirt piles and grading. The only time we use smooth buckets is for pulverized dirt. I enjoy your videos and love that older excavator!
Hey Andrew you should bring that hot water pressure washer to thaw out your equipment extra work saves headaches!
Why do I hear my mothers voice from 50 years ago telling me to clean up my toys before I put them away for the night. Lol.
Honestly, this the reason you bought the 955 Cat in the first place? A third less trips digging the basement/backfilling, etc ChiefD
Working in the winter always takes more time. I know your pain, grew up in the Midwest.
If the pipe is open and freely draining, then the pipe should theoretically decrease the water table to the level of the openings in the pipe. You are correct in that if there is water on the deeper/uphill side when the holes are installed in a downward fashion, then the pipe may leach water to the dry areas; however, the same is true if the holes are up, only you have permitted the water table to be 4" higher. No matter what, so long as the holes are below the level of the slab, it should work.
Herr om Norway we put the holes down and we use fabric and gravel almost to the ground level.
Yeah,,,in the US most do too...never heard of anybody putting the holes up,,,he does good work, but that part ,
@@whskythrttl i dont understand why they dont insulate and seal the concrete foundation in a proper way. one layer of bitumen wont do shit and dimpled membrane is completly missing.
@@TheEscape2012 I'm so on your side on that point. And no insulation in the concrete floor either?
yup, holes go down like everyone in the other video told you, don't know where you got the idea they go up to catch surface water, not going to catch much of anything that way due to water percolating through the stone above. Also clean your damn tracks at the end of the day so your shit doesn't freeze up.
Its like pure living for life the foundation
Quinten Dewit kinda but they would have made six more videos on filling it back in and he uses filter fabric no tyvex paper
Their house will be condemned within 2 years easily.
You are sincere in your work
Possibly it is wetter now 'cus the trees and ground cover have been removed. Trees, especially cedars and willows sop up a lot of water.. Maybe a perimeter drain around the septic field.Run the Bobcat into the heated basement at nite.
GLAD THIS ISNT MY HOUSE
I'm glad I live where we don't have to deal with that all that ice and snow.
Yes holes down on drain field pipe ! We’re not envy you having to work in that cold climate, but beautiful country must be upper New York area you’re in
I’m glad I’m not the only one rocking the Bosch laser level tripod
Holes always go down...he made you redo it because the way you did it was wrong...now everyone around that job will question if you know what your doing or not, probably why the driver didn't trust your driveway...hopefully you get things figured out, and good luck!
Ignorant comment...
You do really nice work