Sewer, Utilities, and Backfill Ep.38
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The gravel shooter truck has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in construction. The little boy in me was filled with glee.
A selling point on this house is going to potentially be this video series: a value adding component that will “always be up for the buyer to see how well their home was made. Great work!
Trav Wilson I have a strong feeling his son will be living in this house
@asdf it doesn't need to be built by the builder to be up to the builders standards as if if was doing all the work himself. Clearly he is on hand for every step of the way so far and I bet will be for all the steps.
@asdf I suspect this house will be better built than 95% of the other houses built today.
They call it a stone Slinger, i drive and operate one.
You should see a concrete curb maker.. those things are nifty
As a utility locator, I thank you very much for adding a tracer wire to your water lines.
Yup that was is great practice.
Thanks for clarifying/correcting the name of that wire. I couldn't find any info about "sounding wire".
Shouldn't you be able to use the water itself to help locate a pvc pipe?
Its code!
How does the tracer wire works in relation to locating the lines? At first, I thought you might be able to use a metal detector or something to locate them, but after reading more it seems you run electricity through it, but how does that help with locating the lines especially when electricity lines also go underground?
looked like the deer had a bum right front leg.
Looks like she'd been hit by a car.
or a burke bar. j/k
@ big_ups - Good one!
Yea, I first noticed the dark spot on it at 13:30, then saw it gimpin’ along so I’m guessin’ a car as well. Hopefully it’ll “Make it by with a little help from its friends 🎶”.
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Yup, yet happily eating and surviving along. She might be coyote food soon, but if she hides in town and heals up she might have a long happy life yet.
Arrow
11:15 those deer's in the background are paid actors
deer* ;)
Just a heads up guys next time you order rock on that telebelt truck after you get cetera weight goes across the scales he can water that down and you don't have to dust the neighbors out
telebelt truck that's what they're called never seen on untill this vid thanks mike.
@@parker9646 also known as a "stone slinger"
I mean iv never seen one till now
Southernthunder nz we have a similar type of truck here in the uk that mixes and dispenses concrete on site. It has all the dry ingredients on board along with the water. They just bill you how many cubic meters you have off the end of the conveyor. We call it sitemix or volumetric mix concrete. It’s very popular
Gravel cannon?
I always burry danger tape above my utility’s while backfilling that way the next guy to come dig will have a warning he is getting close to the pipe and doesn’t break it.
Very good idea, but how useful is it when someone is digging with a backhoe? Would someone be able to see it at all prior to digging too far? I've seen those locating companies come out and mark where utilities are buried only for someone to still dig through them because somehow they weren't marked in the right spot.
In this area the clean sand will be a good indicator. Any experienced operator will see it and think twice
@@MookieMan1 Ahh, thanks. Makes more sense now, I was thinking just the tape alone they may not see it when they're digging with equipment.
It's cheap as crap, and if you bury it a decent bit above your lines somebody might notice they're digging it up before they hit it. Cheap insurance.
@@wildbill23c , if they are already being a bit cautious while digging they will definitely notice if they catch a long piece of tape, provided it is strong enough to pull a little dirt with it when caught. It is exactly the sort of thing an operator is watching out for when digging around stuff. So as long as you don't use the crappiest and thinnest tape it would help. That said, like another person said, if it has clean fill sand around it operators will notice that too.
The music reminds me of Firefly, love it. Love the channel as well. You all do a great job
Great series. I bought the DVD set.
Best show i love it also
"The Man they call Scott......" His Burke bar is called Vera.
It's funny that I was just thinking that as I watched it!!
Cable and phone should have sweeps not plumbing fittings big difference in pulling wire and allowing fluid to flow.
Yes!! We swapped it out!!
Already reported him
kendall p reported who?
kendall p yea, who?
@@essentialcraftsman speaking of cable and phone will the house have telecom such as Ethernet/Cat5 run inside for internet connectivity a nd future use?
I would recommend a garage floor drain to get melted snow from vehicles out of the garage. Love the series. Thank you.
Melted snow? Maybe where you are at, where this is at, snow is not much of an issue.
Surprisingly, even in my area of the North east, that is no longer allowed by code. Fear of oils making their way from car drippings into groundwater I think.
@@benningtoncamper2852 Being from the south I'd both never considered piled up snow-melt off your car in a garage and the mess it would make. Jim mentioning a drain for it sounded like a great idea. Then you mentioned the prospect of oil and the like hitting the storm drain, and it sounds like a bad idea when implemented en-mass. What a ride.
We just pitched the garage floor about two degrees and water runs out the door.
Every time Scott asks a rhetorical question, I expect to hear "No, I have a Burke bar."
Fun fact for anyone that may not know, the second load from the stone slinger at the beginning of the video... the driver was backing the truck up using his remote control from behind the truck, it's a very cool piece of technology
I always enjoy watching building techniques from different areas of the world. Our water meters have to be inside do to climate and water lines have to be 8’ deep.
Eight Feet? Are you in tundra country?
Dan Lauzon seems like it some winters.
The videos just keep getting better and better guys. Nate, your music selection and editing is fantastic, keep it up brother!
Scott, I could listen to you teach all day long man. I came here 4 years ago to watch a video on your Tool Tank work truck... I never leftbecause the content is amazing and that all has to do with your knowledge and the way you share it.
Love you guys and I'm so grateful for the community that is around in the comments!
"Cover your water lines with sand." Sitting here with my front yard dug up fixing a thirty year old irrigation system that the builder decided to pack with rocks.
I'd like to express my thanks to Scott and Nate, as well as everyone working on this project, it's been such an eye opening and positive series to follow for me, and it's really kept me going through some rough times as of late. Much love from California and god bless you gentlemen.
6:48 Good thing that electrician was working hard when the boss came through.
Those stone slingers are amazing, especially with skilled operators. And just be happy you've got deer feeding on the blackberries and not bears.
I remember those being used on coal delivery trucks when I was very young. That is a good way to repurpose an old tool.
Once again Scott, a pleasure to hear of, and see your progress, narrated in gentle but authoritative manner.
I remember when you were just evaluating the site, things are really coming along. I've learned so much and I really appreciate all the work that went into making the series. (the work beyond the work)
I dig the camera work with the background "scenery." =) Very much appreciate what you guys are doing, I'm loving this content more than you can understand. Thank you Scott and Nate!
You bring Me Joy and Enjoyment every time I sit down to watch your Videos. The two Best things I like about you that you show throughout your video is Your Honesty, How you are just so Humble. Your one of the most Knowledgeable men I know with this kind of Construction Knowledge. Can’t wait to see walls and floors going in that will be a Exiting day. God Bless You Essential Craftsmen
I just love and appreciate you for making this content. You do things the right way, not the easy way.
Wow, the clever material handling machinery in your episodes is amazing, some smart engineers over there, hooray for human ingenuity.
Just a reminder to the viewing audience about those utilities chases. Don’t put too many bends in, each bend makes the pull that much harder. By the way, a good tip is to install a pulling tape or cord (nylon or polyester) in the chase. We used to do that when placing empty chases at the power plant where I worked, when I was younger.
Did I spy a glimpse of a mud sill? It's bout to start taking shape! Keep up the good work, guys!
Great vid. You need gutter piping clean outs that way they can be scoped and cleaned in the future. Thanks
Can't you just remove the downspout to run the scope?
@@NotSureJoeBauers Oh, I see. Yes especially if they don't daylight in the yard somewhere.
This series of videos is a collection of priceless information
Thank you for sharing
On Australia we use slotted ag drain for drainage. I cover it with an ag drain sock to catch fine particles and then cover it in an materal, then gravel.
Scott, to the south of you (where I live), we are slowly coming around to intercepting all that precious rainwater runoff before it reaches the curb. More and more municipalities are requiring catchment systems to mitigate the effects of the inevitable droughts we'll face in the future. Way cool rock truck btw, that conveyor belt must have been doing 30 MPH!
Mr. Scott, I fully agree with your thoughts on equipment operators. If you haven't seen Barnwood Builders, on DIY Network in the southeast, get a load of Johnny Jett running a boom forklift. Unbelievable. Thank you for teaching us. If I'd had your videos, I may have been unable to move away from construction. Each one makes me wanna go back.
Watching a skilled operator always makes me smile, the finesse that they can achieve at times is awesome to watch.
Had to be rescued once when the road gave way under my SUV on the side of a cliff. The backhoe operator who had to blaze a path in, I SWEAR was CONCEIVED in that thing! He was AMAZING to watch!
@@jum5238 yeah man I'm glad he was there to get you!
Very excited to see the framing. That’s always my favourite part of the build. Cheers
This is coming along quickly Scott. It’s Great to see the growth but I appreciating more and more the details of each video, not just the steps but the errors along the way. Great job!
That rock chucking truck is very cool.
I wish every neighborhood had underground electric. It just looks so much nicer. Rural areas above ground might be cheaper. But in towns like mine it can be an eyesore when you notice it.
MusicBent are you in an older neighborhood?
Agreed. However there is a very big issue with underground. Code changes. Guess who foots the bill when the electric company forces an upgrade..... Happens all the time here. Oh yeah, your solar install/panel upgrade/etc is permitted. We'll issue your cert of occupancy once you upgrade the feed from the street.
badlandskid I live in a semi historic town; my house was built in the 30s I believe.
1dgrdgr I’ve never heard of that. I thought code changes applied to future builds/remodels only.
@@MusicBent My neighbors just went through it. Electrician had to come through my yard. I allowed it as long as they dropped an empty conduit for when I'm going to have to do my side.
It's so good to watch a true craftsman at work. Thank you for posting.
11:17 the deer got me!!! love what you do and love how you do it!
I've been watching your spec house series from the beginning and am very impressed with your attention to detail. Especially the water handling. I used to do foundation waterproofing and repair and most of the problems I solved were caused because they weren't addressed during the beginning stages of construction. We had a saying "Handle the water now or it will handle you later". Thanks for the series. Keep up the good work.
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It is sooo cool to see those dear in the background during this video. Very distracting but hey, I’ll watch a second or third time with pleasure.
Thank you Scott & Nate!
Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
As a contractor in South East Texas coastal area I find extremely interesting the different kinds of problems you encounter than us. I have never seen a rock truck like that because we don't use rock like you do. Keep it up! Love the channel.
I live in myrtle beach. They throw houses together. Mostly terrible workmanship. I have been in construction my whole life from automated homes to concrete. I enjoy your professionalism. Seems lacking today. I learn alot. Please keep them videos coming. I build docks seawall & piers ect now. There are no short cuts aloud the water will tell on you. Thank you.
All the digging reminds me of when I was a young laborer 20+ years ago once had to dig a sewer line where the house set way back from the street wound up with the hole about eight feet deep Oh yeah had to dig by hand really wish the boss hired a backhoe!!! Thanks for another great video.
Scott is an excellent communicator. I can only wonder how he honed this valuable skill over the years. Perhaps it came to him from years of sitting down with clients as they jointly hashed out the particulars of a contract agreement. Not to mention having to deal with so many other professionals and bureaucrats along the way. In short; He is very pragmatic and succinct in his execution of words, which is what I believe to be his most endearing quality. Nice qualities to have, indeed.
You all are coming along with that house's foundation and getting it ready for the further building of that house. Too bad that I didn't know how to build a house that way and get all that done. Instead, I had to buy a house already built and have it placed on site in my rural area. I noticed the two local residents there behind you as you was talking at one point and they seemed to enjoy the work everyone was doing at that site.
I was wearing my dust mask watching this
Pre-COVID. lol
One of my first jobs after rolling and delivering newspapers was carrying 2 five gallon buckets of rock from a pile to a foundation covering the drain tile for the sump system. My friend's dad had always gone in ahead of us and squirted tar on the concrete walls and it was a hot, sticky, smelly, dusty job. But it made me realize how badly I wanted nothing to do with the construction industry. So I got a job in a cabinet shop and woodworking became my livelihood from then on. 😉
Had I seen these rock shooting trucks in 1981 I may have fainted at the atrocity of five gallon buckets carried by hand. 😃
Been there done that Eric. Great memories! Thanks
I did not know one needed a meandering water line. Meandering is such a great word. Enjoy seeing the fancy equipment. Sweetie loves the boom shovel. You know folks love to look at that site. We endeavor to keep up the good work. Best to you and the team!
Thank you.
The rock slinger is something else. Just a big remote control for big kids.
I noticed that the plumber installed pex tubing from the house to the water meter without protecting it from underground rodents. I highly recommend encasing the water line with concrete in order to protect it from being damaged by gophers, moles or squirrels.
Man that truck that you used to throw all the rock fill in is cool. Also the telehandler. Love seeing equipment work. I usually only see equipment when it's broken cause I'm the guy who fixes stuff for a local rental shop.
What a lot of headaches and hardwork!
Dust and grit and aching back. Oh my!
I love the pet at 11:47! Beautiful little deer!
@Manager Project This is not a "construction only" channel, it has blacksmith, metalwork, alot of stories from cy about raising animals. If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all.
Phew! Got my EC fix for the day.
Now it’s just about getting through the next few days without a hit..
Love those Knipex!
Very cool video. While I haven’t done construction since my teen years, it’s always nice to see real craftsman at work. The equipment is cool to watch as well. Thanks for doing these videos! 😎👍
Still awestruck by the heavy equipment operator.... pay attention---this guy is crazy talented. I bet he could use the bucket to tie shoelaces.... What skill!
That rock tossing machine is very cool!
Yes, super cool. They need to wet that rock a little though.
Stone slingers, super common
Love watching a heavy equipment operator who knows they are doing. Also that was a cool front end loader with the extending boom
It’s a forklift with a bucket attachment. Worth their weight in gold.
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@@psidvicious thanks I was not sure what it was called
I was so happy to hear him say the project wouldn't be finished until next spring. That means another year at least of the best videos and creator on the internet!
If I ever build again, I’d run the gutters to a cistern as I am a gardener and hate wasting well water. You are allowed to do so in Virginia.
The equipment is wonderful, but I hate the thought of not being able to shovel gravel in August!
Nice video
Western Oregon. Only dry in August. Well, some Augusts.
I believe the pressure reducing valve (per the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code) should be located in an accessible location (not underground), that allows adjustment of the water pressure if the city water pressure changes, and allows for replacement if the valve fails.
Typically, we see them located immediately downstream of the whole house shutoff in the building.
Good video Essential craftsman
Dear Scott-This is the most amazing series of videos I have ever seen. In addition, you are a humble, honest, practical, thoughtful, and I can tell, and I might be wrong here, Christian man who knows and understands his place in the cosmos. I started by watching your "side bar" videos (skil saw tips, top 10 tools , Ladder, String, Tape Measure etc) and then I saw SPEC HOUSE. Super! I told one guy I was watching these videos and I got a little excited and didn't know quite what to say and bust out "I really don't know him, but I know he is a Great American. He built this country, him and those like him". I am a dentist and now I want to be an even better professional because you affirm professionalism. God Bless! Numbers 6:24-26 Allen D. Samuelson DDS Chapel Hill, NC
Thanks Scott -- awesome to see the spec house coming out of the ground!
Interesting to see how you guys do things over there. I like the truck with the conveyor belt, what a time saver that thing is for bringing the stone in with. Cheers
13:45, those are funny looking blackberries, around these parts we call them deer. 😂😂😂
My thought exacly- how can he see those blackberries behind that deer :P :P :P
xxslyher, funny, I was thinking “ticks” when I saw the arrows.
You could try filtering out rocks for a piping back-fill by using a wire mesh frame.
Great vid. Yes, the specialized equipment is expensive but I believe it is economical in terms of time and labour saved, as well as keeping us from wrecking our bodies. That stone slinger is one such tool. When I raised the family house 4.5 feet to allow for a full, level entry basement (and double the usable square footage for a growing family) I also had to raise the basement floor by 1.5 feet to allow for a level entry and, more importantly, to allow for perimeter/roof drainage to the roadside ditches in that neighbourhood. My concrete supplier recommended the stone slinger (which I hadn't heard of at the time) and it was worth every penny. i think it was close to 35 yards of gravel neatly shot into the house through a large window opening, plus the drain rock for the new perimeter drain. Access was tight on one street side, so the operator just drove up the street and shot the rock over the fence and neatly into place. In one morning it was done, and at the end of it the "pain" of cutting a cheque was nothing compared to the pain I avoided by not having to resort to weeks of shovel and wheelbarrow.
Neighbors must have loved those basalt dust storms.
Back hole guy spot on
Some have commented on the plumbing fittings and pulling wire - I concur. At least out here, the cables need to be in electrical conduit, not plumbing pipe, as well. That conveyor truck was awesome. Surprised they don't wet it down for dust control. Here in Vegas, the dust nazis could fine you up to $10K I've heard. Love the project and the channel, despite my nitpicking =)
Wow! I've never seen a rock spitter like that before. It's a whole nuther world out there, back in my day you had to shovel it twice and move it with a wheelbarrow. Wild!
I love sign off at the end.
Good on ya! Coming close to what many of us are waiting for, framing. That's a video I just might have to take an "unplanned break " from work to watch. Looking forward to it!
Thanks again for sharing your info and sharing your video thanks 👍
you have a real talent for explaining the whys and hows in your videos. keep'em coming.
THANK YOU...for sharing. The operator of the slinger did you a nice job.
Dis man the Bob Ross of construction
The gravel shooting truck was real good at creating huge clouds of dust! I will bet that some of the neighbors will be just as glad as Scott when this build is done... 😁
Love it! My first bit of input to the project (that you've likely already thought of but hey, social media lol)
When those gutters go up, try to get some guards on them or at least a leaf screen. I've seen too many times homeowners let their underground drains fill with roof and gutter debris and they're left with some nasty backups... super easy to prevent it right from the top. They'll still need check ups of course but it'll be a heck of a lot easier to maintain. :)
Very organize way to leave no field uncovered. Superb.
No nat gas line? Don't know about you but I sure like a gas H2O heater, dryer and especially a gas range in my home.
Rick maybe they don’t have gas at the street.
Gas will install next spring, and will get a separate video...
Some places in Oregon the gas company does the whole gas install for free. So it might be that.
@@hellonoko So maybe a new subdivision in this case and waiting for homes to be filled then running the gas line? That makes sense. I wish they'd run natural gas lines out where I live, they're about a mile away from my house but the gas company wants $55k to run the lines OUCH!!!
William Todd you might be able to get it tanked like propane.
Life sure is different in Oregon, sprinklers are pretty rare in Wisconsin
That it is Tony. Summer here is a generally bone dry season for four months or more. It gets pretty dry.
5X5 probably 2/3rds of Oregon and Washington are very dry. Almost everything east of the Cascade mountains needs irrigation to survive. But that’s not the case in Roseburg where a decent amt of rain falls. But, not summer. As a rule, unwatered lawns will turn brown only to green up by October
Essential Craftsman would you do a video on how to tell good contractors from poor when getting jobs quoted? Such a large variation in skill levels lead differing level of finish. Higher prices don't always indicate professionalism. Any tips would be great. Thanks from Australia.
I just had a drain snake get stuck in a landscape drain at my friends home. I had to go down through one of the inlets to try and clear the (what I assume is a root ball). I wish I had a "Clean-out" somewhere in the line. I tried for two days to free it but wound up having to cut the cable to free my machine. Now we have to dig down to the blockage to replace to drain pipe. I can assure you that there will be a "clean-out" installed at both ends of the section that gets replaced...
Yep fun running equipment, weather it is small tractors to and heal boom. Great work going on, great job. Looking good Scott.
A Sounding wire!! I learn something new every time, 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
I don’t know how y’all do it but I know what I like and that’s a water faucet on every side of the house and at least 1 an 1/2 ft above ground level
My what a blessing it would be to have someone this knowledgeable and caring build your house. I fear his equals are few and far between.
These videos are so good for my soul. Thanks for all the work.
3" glue together pvc for surface water drainage, we would never use that here in the UK, 4" pvc with rubber sealed couplings so it can move when the ground does.
Heavy equipment has taken so much of the hard work moving materials about out of construction, I don't know if I could go back to working without it. The telehandler is the most useful machine there is in my opinion, have owned our own for almost 20 years now.
Daniel Gray it probably all depends on the soil base you are in. In his case he is using the foundation on top of his compacted soil. Also, there is some flexibility in PVC, and a glued connection is unlikely to wear out or leak. Also, I saw some rubber fittings for the sewer.
The foundation drain, and most American "surface water drainage", is perf pipe anyway. No one cares if the fittings leak.
The deer eating the blackberries is cute
I like the way you think EC.
Nice. Where I live, no way 3” pipe for roof water would be enough, but it is a great idea. That, a french drain, and measures to prevent water penetration at the footing.
Very well made home when Essential craftsman is on site for building
I saw a dear it’s so cute x
I still can't get over how cool and nifty that gravel truck is!
I spent 5 years using robots to locate sewers which costs a zillion dollars per hour for tax payers. That sonding wire is an amazing touch! I've never met a tradesman with so much overall knowledge. Keep up the good work Scott!
Great video, enjoyed the deer grazing in the background as well.