An update video would be nice to see. I love watching the process of you building ponds but we rarely get to see them filled with water and greened up surrounds. Being it's your own, maybe we could see a walk around video.
Maybe build a coffer dam around the intake instead of draining the pond, tongue and groove / depends on how fast the pond refills itself. Enjoyed watching you at work.
I'm almost 65 Suze in Reno. I cannot stop watching your excellent moves... It looks like smooth as frosting a cake! 😳😁😋❤ 💜🚜 Thank you... Love Winston too❤💜😊
On todays episode of "This old pond." Chris repairs an admitted budget build. Good video Chris hope to see the video for the proper fix. Glad that you damned it up for know.
It survived several hurricanes. I remember you building that pond and just the torrent of water going over the top. It never washed out. You did a helluva job.
If you want to get rid of the brown water quickly, the fastest route is to place activated carbon within the pond. It will attach itself to the tannins and other unwanted materials and remove them from the water. A very simple way to add oxygen to the pond is to add an air pump. Sitting at the side of the pond, it will pump air through a small hose to an air stone and bubbles will enter the water. When the bubbles break the water's surface oxygen will then be added. Prevent excess nutrients in the pond with natural bacteria and enzyme mixtures.
We use smooth PVC pipe & well casing here all the time and rubber anti-seep collars with no issues here in the tri state area of OH,IN & MI but might be are clay soils are different yet we freeze hard as well. I do like your style of drainage though my pond near an acre of surface and a 5'' has worked fine for 20 yrs now but we don't get the rains/storms you guys get there ! My pond stays near overflow year round too from land run off !
Good evening I've been doing this one or two days myself I found that use bentonite mix it in with the dirt it does the job it'll seal everything up and keep the water where it's supposed to be hope you have a nice evening hopefully this little truck will help you
PVC is so smooth and slick on the outside that I am surprised anyone can get a proper seal with it when using it as an overflow. If anyone can, it's you.
@Cade Franco bruh I never understood weirdos like you Leave your poor girlfriend alone😭 tf she do to you If she cheated let her go If she hasn’t, don’t worry about it But damn you like a creep now all up in her business without her knowing
Next time your pond gets really low, Get some bags of drilling mud and pack it in really well around the area. We dug our pond too deep and it was leaking from the bottom. We brought in a pallet of drilling mud and just poured it on the water surface. It settled and stopped the leak, and didn't harm our fish.
I have the several leaks on my pond dam. Sure wish you were closer to me, hard to find people that want to mess with a dam in West Georgia. In 25 minutes you fixed the problem. Nice job
After watching 100 of letsdig18 videos of trenching, scraping, compacting, clearing, and burning, I thought I pretty much knew it all. But ... the bucket on the excavator is reversible!
Hey Chris !! I kinda know the Owner of that Pond and he's pretty "OCD" about his shit !! Your gonna have to seed n straw that mud , He just ain't gonna have that !! lololololol...... Oh Me, I had too....lololol.... Have a Great Evening Man !! On too the Next.....
Thanks for that troubleshooting narrative at the beginning and end of the video. That kind of information really adds to my appreciation of what I am watching.
So. Looks like a future Job for...Chris! Nice 18" pipe with one of those metal grates. Maybe a customer will upsell to larger pipe after order and ... well that's how we supply ourselves!
You ever been riding passenger in a car going along a cliff or across a tall bridge? That's how I feel watching lol. Everytime I see you moving forward or back, I feel like saying "Ahh you're too close to the edge! You're gonna fall in!" haha but that's what makes it fun to watch also! 25min video = 17 surprises
As a contractor (retired) I too did things at my home on a tight budget. Was gonna say something about the dam water leaking around the dam overflow where it went through the dam.
I thought of the Blue Crawfish (Crawdad) we had in West Virginia as soon as I saw the leak. They would burrow and bring the ground water to the surface on a bank and create a mess when trying to mow.
Chris I have the exact same problem New pond only 3 ft deep would your pour concrete around the anti seep collar from the bottom to almost the top of the dam ? That's a cool compactor attachment Wish they had one for my kioti backhoe
Good diagnosis, plan of attack and temporary cure for the time being, Chris. I gotta hand it to you brother, I like the way you leave things 👍👍 I couldn't have done a better job myself if I tracked it in with my newly upgraded swivel office chair with air ride and cup holder.
I really like that fence! It is so many steps above what I see in most videos online. I'm sure it will be a short video when you change out the overflow pipe as it was a very good "economy build" to begin with. jack
Nice Video. That compactor Works great.i hope that the holes in the Mud compacted well enough To hold Up for a while now. But weird that after all those years that pvc piping doesent hold Up To its expectations. Always something To fix.im wondering if you could put a big culvert pipe in there with a Concrete overflow To Stop the leak? 🤔. 💪💪💪Kool Video.
Should have packed bentonite clay around the pipe when it was built . Bentonite may fix it without digging it up - tip it in the pond next to the pipe .
It must be hard to talk about something you did wrong on your own property when it's your main line of work. But so is life, you learn and make your work better over time. I forsee a video one day where you overbuild it like crazy.
I can’t see a guy like this having ‘aw shit’ moments and/or messing up.....this guy doesn’t make mistakes. It was one of those things that just happens I think.
I think you will get a 'test' on you fix with lots of rain coming Wed/Thurs this week. Such is owning property - I am still refixing stuff I did in 2006.
Great channel. Curious if all the ponds have "yabbies" in them? Yabby being Australia slang for cray fish. Robbie Fishing channel has him using nets in ponds catching a bunch of these. Keep digging!
This is a dream job if you look at it properly... The Homeowner doesn't have to fight to get the Warranty work done in a timely matter and he know the work will be the absolute best possible quality the Contractor can give... And the Contractor doesn't have to argue with the Homeowner about what work needs to be done or worry about getting Screamed at when the Bill is delivered... Having the Homeowner and the Contractor be one and the same does solve a LOT of problems...
That appears to be the bell end of the pipe at the discharge end. Is it possible that the pipe was laid backwards? I thought water was supposed to flow through the end end first.
I'm 78 I worked for my grandpa when I was 14. He did a lot of the same jobs you do. He always told me "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?"
Funny how a little hole the size of a mole digs through the dirt and drains a major pond. Imagine what a pair of nesting groundhogs can do to a dam. Sorry, I know critters had nothing to do with your leak, Im just thinking out loud.
I noticed you stealthily cleared the PVC pipe of the dirt that fell into it while you were back-filling and compacting the hole, heh. Good detective work and repair job.
Safety check that bucket after hook up, The company my brother worked for had a "Bottom man" killed by what the operator thought was an engaged coupling. Didn't do a ground pressure test.
First time I've ever seen someone find a pipe or anything underground with a trackhoe without ripping the thing in half or crushing it. That's skill there!
Have you ever tried using coal ash to stop dam leaks? I worked many hydroelectric projects and the coal ash sprinkled around the upstream area where you suspect the leak is usually stopped the leak.
It's always the guy who does the work for others and doesn't do it for himself! 👍👍😁 After many days of hard work, the last thing you want to do is more of the same on your stuff for "free"! Keep up the good work Chris.
Im proud for you that you're making more money than you used to. Thats a good sign of success, and I can see from the care you guve to your projects thst you deserve the success. From start to finish I see you taking great care to be satisfued of your work
Sometimes you just have to do it yourself to get it done right! Oh, wait,,,, never mind
An update video would be nice to see. I love watching the process of you building ponds but we rarely get to see them filled with water and greened up surrounds. Being it's your own, maybe we could see a walk around video.
Maybe build a coffer dam around the intake instead of draining the pond, tongue and groove / depends on how fast the pond refills itself. Enjoyed watching you at work.
I'm almost 65 Suze in Reno. I cannot stop watching your excellent moves... It looks like smooth as frosting a cake!
😳😁😋❤
💜🚜 Thank you... Love Winston too❤💜😊
On todays episode of "This old pond." Chris repairs an admitted budget build. Good video Chris hope to see the video for the proper fix. Glad that you damned it up for know.
Lmao, would make an excellent tv. show.
I'm just glad there is a new pond video.
Your pond will have to be perfect, because we all know your work
Bentonite around the pipe will seal it.
You can hire Chris Guins, he is very good at digging
and repairing leaking ponds and more.
I don't think he'll do as good of a job as Chris Guins.
@@dignation216 That was hilarious.
Hell that pond looks wonderful
It is a pretty nice pond
Heart-shaped pond. That's undeniable adorable and a huge statement as well. Nice.
Sorry to hear that Little Pond had a little leak but happy it turned out not to be a Big Leak for you to fix. Good job on sealing that sucker.
Nice home job Chris. Even better as it’s for yourself just for a change.. take care,be safe. Graham 🇬🇧🇬🇧
It survived several hurricanes. I remember you building that pond and just the torrent of water going over the top. It never washed out. You did a helluva job.
If you want to get rid of the brown water quickly, the fastest route is to place activated carbon within the pond. It will attach itself to the tannins and other unwanted materials and remove them from the water. A very simple way to add oxygen to the pond is to add an air pump. Sitting at the side of the pond, it will pump air through a small hose to an air stone and bubbles will enter the water. When the bubbles break the water's surface oxygen will then be added. Prevent excess nutrients in the pond with natural bacteria and enzyme mixtures.
Sure hope the property owner is happy with this fix bro. Made for a great video all the same. Safe travels
We use smooth PVC pipe & well casing here all the time and rubber anti-seep collars with no issues here in the tri state area of OH,IN & MI but might be are clay soils are different yet we freeze hard as well. I do like your style of drainage though my pond near an acre of surface and a 5'' has worked fine for 20 yrs now but we don't get the rains/storms you guys get there ! My pond stays near overflow year round too from land run off !
That is a nice little pond great location also shaded nice place to sit and relax on a hot summer day
Beautiful place and good job
Bet that compacter makes loads of difference ! 😇😇😇
I believe that pipe replacement is in order and due to be added to the budget
Good evening I've been doing this one or two days myself I found that use bentonite mix it in with the dirt it does the job it'll seal everything up and keep the water where it's supposed to be hope you have a nice evening hopefully this little truck will help you
PVC is so smooth and slick on the outside that I am surprised anyone can get a proper seal with it when using it as an overflow. If anyone can, it's you.
What it’s used instead of PVC?
@@thigtsquare950 a correlated hdpe pipe I guess not sure what else
@Cade Franco bruh I never understood weirdos like you
Leave your poor girlfriend alone😭 tf she do to you
If she cheated let her go
If she hasn’t, don’t worry about it
But damn you like a creep now all up in her business without her knowing
Next time your pond gets really low, Get some bags of drilling mud and pack it in really well around the area. We dug our pond too deep and it was leaking from the bottom. We brought in a pallet of drilling mud and just poured it on the water surface. It settled and stopped the leak, and didn't harm our fish.
Thanks for the video. I like how you don't have to announce the ending of your videos. We can tell when they end.
Once again, I'm fixing someone else's screw up. Oh, wait...
Oh Wait, Arrgghhhh Duhhh
i LOOOVE you nick name, i wish it did it to my ding.
That is mastery of your machine!! Good work Chris!!
Smart. Love the patter those tracks make.
Still remember this pond from the hurricane and you running around it on the golf cart. I’d say you did a good job on it.
Whew! Glad you found the leak without tearing up the entire dam! Yup, one little fissure or porosity between lifts and water will find its way.
I have the several leaks on my pond dam. Sure wish you were closer to me, hard to find people that want to mess with a dam in West Georgia. In 25 minutes you fixed the problem. Nice job
I like that size pond or even smaller! 👍🏻
After watching 100 of letsdig18 videos of trenching, scraping, compacting, clearing, and burning, I thought I pretty much knew it all.
But ... the bucket on the excavator is reversible!
Another good job. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Them pond worms are big down in those parts of the state...LOL
Hey Chris !! I kinda know the Owner of that Pond and he's pretty "OCD" about his shit !! Your gonna have to seed n straw that mud , He just ain't gonna have that !! lololololol...... Oh Me, I had too....lololol.... Have a Great Evening Man !! On too the Next.....
I was prepared to see the compactor go through the pvc. Or the dirt wall cave off and and the hole get flooded out. I'm glad I was wrong.
Your pond is leaking? I guess the cobbler’s children really don’t have shoes.
Never seen someone take a scoop with the bottom of the bucket like that. 😂 good work Chris. Cant wait to see the permanent repair.
Thanks for that troubleshooting narrative at the beginning and end of the video. That kind of information really adds to my appreciation of what I am watching.
So. Looks like a future Job for...Chris! Nice 18" pipe with one of those metal grates. Maybe a customer will upsell to larger pipe after order and ... well that's how we supply ourselves!
Well that guy never paid his bill from the first time so I wouldn’t sweat it.
Reverse bucket scoop was slick. Thanks for posting, plan to catch up on your videos during surgery recovery.
It must be handy having someone on site with everything needed to fix these little problems...😉 😁
ETA You could have tacked on a visit to the cows - we've not seen them for a while.😁
Good job for what you had to work with. Thanks for the great videos stay safe
Hope that you keep your followers up to date on the situation, it looks interesting the fix and I hope that you have been successful.
Always enjoying your videos! Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Wow all the way from Sweden!!
Your pond does have a neat almost perfect leveled wall around it which makes it stand out.
When I use pvc overflow I use a prefab antiseep works really well for me and I've fixed ponds with the exact same problem
You ever been riding passenger in a car going along a cliff or across a tall bridge? That's how I feel watching lol. Everytime I see you moving forward or back, I feel like saying "Ahh you're too close to the edge! You're gonna fall in!" haha but that's what makes it fun to watch also! 25min video = 17 surprises
Man that yanmar is perfect for jobs like that. Nice to have good equipment to work with. Great job brother !
As a contractor (retired) I too did things at my home on a tight budget.
Was gonna say something about the dam water leaking around the dam overflow where it went through the dam.
Looked like a muskrat or crawdad hole burrowing into the bank
Hmmmm. Crawdads.... hmmmmmm.
In Australia, we call small freshwater crayfish, Yabbies.
I thought of the Blue Crawfish (Crawdad) we had in West Virginia as soon as I saw the leak. They would burrow and bring the ground water to the surface on a bank and create a mess when trying to mow.
Y’a know that was one of the 1st things I thought of when the camera hit that leak ... no crawdads but somethings been burrowing in there ...
Chris I have the exact same problem New pond only 3 ft deep would your pour concrete around the anti seep collar from the bottom to almost the top of the dam ? That's a cool compactor attachment Wish they had one for my kioti backhoe
..good one, nice work, stay safe..
Good diagnosis, plan of attack and temporary cure for the time being, Chris. I gotta hand it to you brother, I like the way you leave things 👍👍 I couldn't have done a better job myself if I tracked it in with my newly upgraded swivel office chair with air ride and cup holder.
I really like that fence! It is so many steps above what I see in most videos online. I'm sure it will be a short video when you change out the overflow pipe as it was a very good "economy build" to begin with.
jack
was a bit afraid he was gonna knock that bucket in the water...guess that's why he's the professional and I'm just a spectator. Enjoying the videos!
Nice Video. That compactor Works great.i hope that the holes in the Mud compacted well enough To hold Up for a while now. But weird that after all those years that pvc piping doesent hold Up To its expectations. Always something To fix.im wondering if you could put a big culvert pipe in there with a Concrete overflow To Stop the leak? 🤔. 💪💪💪Kool Video.
Im glad yr videos are videos and not just random clips! Sweet work
Nice little pond. Maybe it'll get bigger in the future.
Should have packed bentonite clay around the pipe when it was built . Bentonite may fix it without digging it up - tip it in the pond next to the pipe .
I've got the same issue here in Montana, free vacation if you come fix my pond. 🤣
Looked like maybe some organic matter at the leak? I’ve seen water run along side a small twig imbedded like that.
But, but that pipe still has a crack in it! I can't sleep now.
Dang warranty work,,,,
It must be hard to talk about something you did wrong on your own property when it's your main line of work. But so is life, you learn and make your work better over time. I forsee a video one day where you overbuild it like crazy.
Agree, totally respect his honesty and humility.
I can’t see a guy like this having ‘aw shit’ moments and/or messing up.....this guy doesn’t make mistakes. It was one of those things that just happens I think.
@@deplorablelibertarian ya some things just happen lol
"... money was tight ..."
He worked with what he had at the time knowing eventually he'd have to make adjustments later. NOT A MISTAKE.
Fun Fact: That excavator's engine and hydraulics make a perfect C major with a 3rd on top - the same as the Apple chime.
I can hear that, but it also sounded like my elderly feline yowling. So much so that I had to see what her problem was.
I think you will get a 'test' on you fix with lots of rain coming Wed/Thurs this week. Such is owning property - I am still refixing stuff I did in 2006.
Nice to be friends with the warranty dept. at the company that built it.
Got it fixed and didn't have to wait. 👍
You better make sure it’s fixed, I hear the guy that lives there is pretty picky about his stuff 😁
that leaking hole reminded me of the crawfish in my yard making mud tubes every time it rains alot..
And shaking your fillings out going over them in high gear on the zero-turn...
I'm pretty sure that Chris could decorate a cake with that thing, and do a fine job of it.
Meanwhile, mother nature is busy searching for a new void to drain that pond.
Was that void above the pond level? If so, it's actually siphoning.
Plumbers,electricians,hvac,carpenters all have problems at home with there profession. Now, you can add pond builders with dam leaks.
Don't forget mechanics, trust me you ought to see my personal car, most of the time you don't want to buy mechanics car!
No problem you have a good warranty...parts and labor 😎
Check out the guy who worked on the giant ship stuck in the Suez Canal! You could teach him how to really get it done!
good spot for your cows to cool off on the summer
Oh, oh, seems like the company who built the pond makes some mistakes... hm, who built it? You? 😂 Thx god you fixed it. 🙏
‘Goopy” I like it, very descriptive word 👍👍👏👏👏🤠
Great channel. Curious if all the ponds have "yabbies" in them? Yabby being Australia slang for cray fish. Robbie Fishing channel has him using nets in ponds catching a bunch of these. Keep digging!
This is a dream job if you look at it properly...
The Homeowner doesn't have to fight to get the Warranty work done in a timely matter and he know the work will be the absolute best possible quality the Contractor can give...
And the Contractor doesn't have to argue with the Homeowner about what work needs to be done or worry about getting Screamed at when the Bill is delivered...
Having the Homeowner and the Contractor be one and the same does solve a LOT of problems...
That appears to be the bell end of the pipe at the discharge end. Is it possible that the pipe was laid backwards? I thought water was supposed to flow through the end end first.
I think the guy who made you fix this under warranty should at least give you a beer for all the effort you did!
definitely
I'm 78 I worked for my grandpa when I was 14. He did a lot of the same jobs you do. He always told me "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?"
As the radio host Home repair guru Glen Haggy always says, "water always wins."
RIP Glenn, Spring of 2020 🙏🏼🪦🙏🏼
Back to good old goopy mud. :)
6:03 "If in doubt, dig around" :D
I could had recommended a guy I know he is pretty good at stuff like that . But since you already got it fixed maybe next time lol
I also know a guy who works cheap😎
Well I was joking with Chris
I know a guy that could do the same work and fix it
Maybe a little more defined ditch down by the fence might be in order when things dry up in the summer, just sayin !
Funny how a little hole the size of a mole digs through the dirt and drains a major pond. Imagine what a pair of nesting groundhogs can do to a dam. Sorry, I know critters had nothing to do with your leak, Im just thinking out loud.
Tight quarters!
I can see a farm budget having a addition for a cement box , 12 inch pipe and of course a trash steel cover.
You pounded out that leak.✊💪💦
I noticed you stealthily cleared the PVC pipe of the dirt that fell into it while you were back-filling and compacting the hole, heh. Good detective work and repair job.
Safety check that bucket after hook up, The company my brother worked for had a "Bottom man" killed by what the operator thought was an engaged coupling. Didn't do a ground pressure test.
First time I've ever seen someone find a pipe or anything underground with a trackhoe without ripping the thing in half or crushing it. That's skill there!
Howdy! 🤠
Howdy 🤠
@@littlefinkle7757 Cow’s it going? 🐮
Howdy! 🤠
@@DC-1 Helloooooo!
Have you ever tried using coal ash to stop dam leaks? I worked many hydroelectric projects and the coal ash sprinkled around the upstream area where you suspect the leak is usually stopped the leak.
It's always the guy who does the work for others and doesn't do it for himself! 👍👍😁 After many days of hard work, the last thing you want to do is more of the same on your stuff for "free"! Keep up the good work Chris.
Im proud for you that you're making more money than you used to. Thats a good sign of success, and I can see from the care you guve to your projects thst you deserve the success. From start to finish I see you taking great care to be satisfued of your work
I agree👍
Nice comment ..ty friend
Oh well.
They say that you should work from home as much as possible.
This should be the only way for you to follow that advice.
Nice one! Haha!
@@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759 Jupp.
@@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759 Kolla Endagigropen. Han är ganska ny och kan behöva lite starthjälp.
@@makingithappen5178 I saw a comment from him. Shall do!