I would consider that a case of fraud by the original contractor or whomever supposedly did the original job! So sad that you can not trust some people. Great quick one today G. Thanks for the fun. Peace.
I am happy to see all your team showed up Gavin! It's a shame who ever did the pipes did not do them the right way. Now the owner has to pay someone to do the job right! Great video Gavin! Please tell Mrs. P. and Winnie I said "Hi" and have an awesome day!
I find these episodes so relaxing. Love to see someone so dedicated to their job and does the job well. Love learning about different things. Thanks for explaining things in lay terms. 👏
I wish for the home owner there was a way to hold the person who did this responsible & make them correct what they was to lazy to do right to start with
Fantastic job Gavin and problem solved 👍🏆 It's great to see the team back 😉👍 I love your wee lassie name Winnie 🥰 Mr lizard 🦎 will no be going home wae any tails of woe tonight 😂🤣😂❤
Great bit of detective work Gavin, now does the customer have to get permission to cut a trench through the path or can he just do it, but like you said cut underneath with the jetter now that would make a great video if you got the job 👍👍
I see the plumbers company ' Bodgett and Scarper ' have a branch in Brisbane too, damn cowboys. Nicely done Gavin, at least you have made a good path when the drain is completed. Thanks for the post, stay fit and well mate 👍
Gavin the drain team was on the job today like the introduction plus the customer had to fix his storm water drain to add a pipe to the existing one to make it flow nice job right o mate si u on the next one 👍👍🐸🐸
That was nice of the client to hold the camera for you.😊 he did a pretty good job too. Gavin I think you need to change your employees diets, they sound cranky. LOL 😂🤣🙂😄😁
I currently have a cutting from a plant in a bottle of water, waiting to see if it grows roots so I can plant it in the garden. This morning, I held it up to the light and discovered roots growing and I yelled out “roots!” And then I thought where have I heard that before? 😂😂😂
I wonder if staking down a square metre of canvas on one side over the street outlet would contain rocks and debris flying everywhere but still allow water to flow.
When they ran electrical conduit under the parking lot where I worked, they had several lengths of plastic conduit connected together. They ran a pressure washer nozzle in the end of it and pushed the conduit through the ground. Your nozzle cut a pretty good trench. I reckon it would go right under the sidewalk with no problems.
Yep, I've seen a lot of people use a pipe, and a hose with a good garden nozzle, cut trenches under concrete paths. Then backfill it neatly, and job's done 👍
That’s what he said might work, but that’s a different job to the call out and maybe needs pipe and connectors he doesn’t necessarily keep on the truck.
jetting under the walk will make a hole, but guessing it will be deep enough to make a belly / low spot, based on the height of the curb outlet and thickness of the sidewalk. Cutting the cement will allow good pitch and then you fill the last few inches with fresh concrete.
As the nozzle cut a channel through the soil so efficiently I think if I was the home owner I would have asked Gavin if he could use the nozzle to excavate a tunnel under the path / sidewalk. It’s then a simple job to surface dig a shallow trench to join up the kerb outlet to the end of the pipe in the garden.
Hey Gavin! Hope all is well with you n yours. My mom swore she would never watch you or Ollie's videos. Recently I've caught her watching both, especially yours'. She thinks you're adorable, LOL. Her words not mine, lol. Me n you are close in age so I think she views you as a cute young man with a water hose lol. Again her words, not mine. But anyway I'm so glad she has FINALLY taken a liking to drain videos. It's taken about 4yrs to happen, so thank you to you Gavin. It gives me and her something else to bond over and talk about. We're best friends but we tend not to watch the same things, now you and Ollie are helping me to change that. Both of your channels are amazing! Thanks to you both, have a great day Gavin! Love to Mrs. P and lil P as well. :) :)
Stormwater Drain is Block. You begin from the Street side. By the Drain., Sand Earth and a little Lizard. But then the Drain out. You Work from Garden with Presswater, and in the middle from Garden is the Drain out.! A new Plan is to make, how it go farther. 🤔😮
0:28 seconds in and I'm 100% confident the blockage it roots. It's always roots accept when it's not roots. But, it's always roots. Yeah, ROOTS!!!!!! Now on with the video.
Gavin, thanks for the help with pointing out my rollerblade wheel had fallen off. I could have eaten the bitumen there! Comment here if you happen to have come across my axle! haha
Penetrator: Hello from Nebraska, USA. This is interesting content to watch. I have a curious question for you. Why is the PVC piping used in Australia so paper thin? With all the issues your videos show with multiple pipe breaks, crushed pipes & the ease of which tree roots gain access to these pipes, what gives? I know "down under" generally has a very mild winter climate. Does that play a part?
In a case like this, can he just put a "popup" or a surface outlet instead? I mean, that's what we do here in the States in most cases, as we don't usually run roof storm water to the streets, we send it to the yards and let any storm water drains take it if it comes to that much water.
17:31 I wouldn’t think it would be too hard to link those two ends together. Dig a trench where needed and use your laser gun under the side walk to dig the tunnel finish digging to the trench that’s there and link the two. IMO.
As a temporary fix, would it be legal there to extend the drain pipe just under the fence, then add a "drain" on it - so that the water has a place to exit...? and then annoyingly run across the top of the sidewalk in the rain... I'm sure the neighbors would complain, but the jetter just created the trench to drop in the pipe....
Hello Gavin were you a commando in your younger years by any chance? What are those neck scares from did the missus try to choke you out with barbed wire? lolololololol
A team of worker Ants built a mansion for their Queen. However, the Foreman Ant 🐜 was drunk that day and it was built in the wrong location. So no, I don't think it's blocked 🚪🚶🏾🚶🏾🚶🏾🚶🏾🚶🏾
I would suing the people who supposedly installed that drain. AND I would be making a complaint to whatever Consumer Affairs organization that they have in Oz. I would not let these cowboys get away with this.
instead of being sue happy, they could call up the city and explain that last time the sidewalk was replaced, they forgot to make the connection. You never know what they might do if you ask nice. (first)
Whoever did such a cra&*$#y job should be reported to the council or whomever so they don't continue to do such shoddy work. Is this a new(ish) homeowner that just lately found out about the water problem?
I would think you would install a pipe after you clear the pipe that does exist. My comment is in the beginning so maybe you will do it, before my comment is read.
I feel like you copped out on this one, you could have easily done the whole job. That man can do it but he hired you to fix it. It’s only a foot deep, shame on you Gavin.
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I'd normally say 🎵Roooooots🎶
But this time it just might be,
🐜🐜🐜🐜ANTTTSSSS🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
Do I have blocked drains...No. Am I a plumber...No. Do I even live in Australia....again No. But do I love your videos....absolutely ❤❤
🐸 Easy! The cause of the blockage is insufficient maintenance by the Penetrator. 😉
I would consider that a case of fraud by the original contractor or whomever supposedly did the original job! So sad that you can not trust some people. Great quick one today G. Thanks for the fun. Peace.
0:19 It seems the ants have gone into the dam-building business 😄
The viewer actually did a really good job with the camera! And the toad is getting cheeky lately 😂! Excellent job as always Mr.P
I enjoyed when you went crabbing. You should do show that again
Roots!!!! Another mad ball!! Toilet paper!! Wipes!!! Frogs!! Beer bottles /cans kids toys. rocks. AIR. Kitchen sink!
I am happy to see all your team showed up Gavin! It's a shame who ever did the pipes did not do them the right way. Now the owner has to pay someone to do the job right! Great video Gavin! Please tell Mrs. P. and Winnie I said "Hi" and have an awesome day!
I find these episodes so relaxing. Love to see someone so dedicated to their job and does the job well. Love learning about different things. Thanks for explaining things in lay terms. 👏
I wish for the home owner there was a way to hold the person who did this responsible & make them correct what they was to lazy to do right to start with
Fantastic job Gavin and problem solved 👍🏆 It's great to see the team back 😉👍 I love your wee lassie name Winnie 🥰 Mr lizard 🦎 will no be going home wae any tails of woe tonight 😂🤣😂❤
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING "THE TEAM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great bit of detective work Gavin, now does the customer have to get permission to cut a trench through the path or can he just do it, but like you said cut underneath with the jetter now that would make a great video if you got the job 👍👍
@@samhudson8033 And if you damage other utilities you’ll be in serious doodoo?
I see the plumbers company ' Bodgett and Scarper ' have a branch in Brisbane too, damn cowboys. Nicely done Gavin, at least you have made a good path when the drain is completed. Thanks for the post, stay fit and well mate 👍
A nice discovery that helped the owner. Your the best, Gavin! See you on the next. ❤😊
Love the video, the customer seems to be a videographer
Nice perspective with the customer video! Good work and fun to watch.
Nice tip of the cap to Jetter 1 with the throwing of the screwdriver! 😄
Great job mate keep it up we love you here in South Korea!
Thanks! Will do!
Not much to do but give Gavin the satisfaction of practicing his semi-retirement job of powerwashing concrete
Sad to see how lazy people can be when doing a job for someone else. Great job .
That poor lizard. He had his tail chopped off, then he was buried alive, then he was stabbed to death with a screw driver. RIP
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Haha right?😂
Time you service the machine ,time and again seen you having starting problems..😂😂😂😂
Gavin the drain team was on the job today like the introduction plus the customer had to fix his storm water drain to add a pipe to the existing one to make it flow nice job right o mate si u on the next one 👍👍🐸🐸
That was nice of the client to hold the camera for you.😊 he did a pretty good job too.
Gavin I think you need to change your employees diets, they sound cranky. LOL 😂🤣🙂😄😁
I currently have a cutting from a plant in a bottle of water, waiting to see if it grows roots so I can plant it in the garden. This morning, I held it up to the light and discovered roots growing and I yelled out “roots!” And then I thought where have I heard that before? 😂😂😂
That’s so funny in a nice way that the viewer helped 😁
A very good Monday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset in the UK 🇬🇧
Pipe cut backs or mud invasion?
I wonder if staking down a square metre of canvas on one side over the street outlet would contain rocks and debris flying everywhere but still allow water to flow.
Man!! There's some nice fish bait in that trench!
Well then. Hard to clear a pipe when there’s no pipe🫣🧐. Nice one Gav. Cheers🇨🇦❤️
to gavin good luck on cleaning this drain from paul chapman at London uk 🇬🇧
Hey Gavin you get to charge extra for fixing the leaking faucet. lol 😆
its blocked by ants 😂
Beat me to this one
Scotland watching Roots
Engineered by the ants ...
When they ran electrical conduit under the parking lot where I worked, they had several lengths of plastic conduit connected together. They ran a pressure washer nozzle in the end of it and pushed the conduit through the ground. Your nozzle cut a pretty good trench. I reckon it would go right under the sidewalk with no problems.
Yep, I've seen a lot of people use a pipe, and a hose with a good garden nozzle, cut trenches under concrete paths. Then backfill it neatly, and job's done 👍
Glad the whole crew was on this one
Great to see the team back out on a job site! Good detective work!
🐸 Could you have tried jetting under the path to make a hole for the stormwater pipe?
If I was the customer I would have asked him to do it (just under the path), would have only taken 5 minutes.
That’s what he said might work, but that’s a different job to the call out and maybe needs pipe and connectors he doesn’t necessarily keep on the truck.
jetting under the walk will make a hole, but guessing it will be deep enough to make a belly / low spot, based on the height of the curb outlet and thickness of the sidewalk. Cutting the cement will allow good pitch and then you fill the last few inches with fresh concrete.
Good job, Gavin!! Love the way you figured out the problem right away!! You're awesome!!
Glad you liked it!
Will you let us know if he calls you back to do the repair? Maybe film it too? It would be good to see it working properly :)
Nice find...👍
As the nozzle cut a channel through the soil so efficiently I think if I was the home owner I would have asked Gavin if he could use the nozzle to excavate a tunnel under the path / sidewalk. It’s then a simple job to surface dig a shallow trench to join up the kerb outlet to the end of the pipe in the garden.
No toads!!! Lizards are the new toads loo
Hey Gavin! Hope all is well with you n yours. My mom swore she would never watch you or Ollie's videos. Recently I've caught her watching both, especially yours'. She thinks you're adorable, LOL. Her words not mine, lol. Me n you are close in age so I think she views you as a cute young man with a water hose lol. Again her words, not mine. But anyway I'm so glad she has FINALLY taken a liking to drain videos. It's taken about 4yrs to happen, so thank you to you Gavin. It gives me and her something else to bond over and talk about. We're best friends but we tend not to watch the same things, now you and Ollie are helping me to change that. Both of your channels are amazing! Thanks to you both, have a great day Gavin! Love to Mrs. P and lil P as well. :) :)
I see that your safety crew have voices. Would like to hear from them more in future videos.
Stormwater Drain is Block. You begin from the Street side. By the Drain., Sand Earth and a little Lizard. But then the Drain out. You Work from Garden with Presswater, and in the middle from Garden is the Drain out.! A new Plan is to make, how it go farther. 🤔😮
0:28 seconds in and I'm 100% confident the blockage it roots. It's always roots accept when it's not roots. But, it's always roots. Yeah, ROOTS!!!!!! Now on with the video.
Uk watching x
Looks like a broken pipe and or no pipe ,it's just chuckers full of sand because there's no pipe ,Hey the Boys are back in town
Someone not done there work properly carried out unless the homeowner could not afford the extra expenses but gavin good honest job again 😊
Is there something happen again in system guys?🤔
Hmm, the zombies again??
Just dig a big hole at the end of the pipe and buy some plastic ducks.
Gavin, thanks for the help with pointing out my rollerblade wheel had fallen off. I could have eaten the bitumen there! Comment here if you happen to have come across my axle! haha
All good Chris 👍 we didn’t need you causing yourself a mischief lol
ROOOOTS !! 😂
👍You do a good job 🐸.
Looks as though ants have been busy, too Are the lizards fond of ants?
sad for that customer huh but thats life hahahahaha
Penetrator: Hello from Nebraska, USA. This is interesting content to watch. I have a curious question for you. Why is the PVC piping used in Australia so paper thin? With all the issues your videos show with multiple pipe breaks, crushed pipes & the ease of which tree roots gain access to these pipes, what gives? I know "down under" generally has a very mild winter climate. Does that play a part?
Du Schreihalses 😂😂👍👍
Hey mate love the vids have you thought about a chest or head brace for ur go pro keeps your handd and mouth free
Dirt? Nah mate, looks like you got a case of the termites.
I'd include a good side of ants that have helped bring that dirt out. Got a nice little ecosystem going on in that pipe.
Port Arthur, SE Texas online🤪
I like the voices 😀
In a case like this, can he just put a "popup" or a surface outlet instead? I mean, that's what we do here in the States in most cases, as we don't usually run roof storm water to the streets, we send it to the yards and let any storm water drains take it if it comes to that much water.
17:31 I wouldn’t think it would be too hard to link those two ends together. Dig a trench where needed and use your laser gun under the side walk to dig the tunnel finish digging to the trench that’s there and link the two. IMO.
As a temporary fix, would it be legal there to extend the drain pipe just under the fence, then add a "drain" on it - so that the water has a place to exit...? and then annoyingly run across the top of the sidewalk in the rain... I'm sure the neighbors would complain, but the jetter just created the trench to drop in the pipe....
ROOOOTS!!!!
No way Winnie is already 3!❤
Tamworth watching
Hello Gavin were you a commando in your younger years by any chance? What are those neck scares from did the missus try to choke you out with barbed wire? lolololololol
Haha.. good eyes to see the scar on my neck
@@penetratorblockeddrains but you didn't answer my two questions. if they are too personal just let me know mate. Thanks
if the owner can establish that the city forgot to hook it up when they laid a new sidewalk, maybe they will fix it for him?
A team of worker Ants built a mansion for their Queen.
However, the Foreman Ant 🐜 was drunk that day and it was built in the wrong location.
So no, I don't think it's blocked
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I would suing the people who supposedly installed that drain. AND I would be making a complaint to whatever Consumer Affairs organization that they have in Oz. I would not let these cowboys get away with this.
instead of being sue happy, they could call up the city and explain that last time the sidewalk was replaced, they forgot to make the connection. You never know what they might do if you ask nice. (first)
Roots, dirt, broken pipe
looks like massive ant bed to me.
Bejezus mate... you've got some right old crim's down your way.
No bleeding pipe and all to save less than a few dollars 🤦 I ask you. 🙄
3:43 Ants
Sad that someone stuck this guy with a problem that should have been done right the first time
I'll have a guess......ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt's ....🤬🤬🤬🤬
Should call out the company that short changed the pipe work. Id be pissed.
Must have been a lazy plumer... not much work to get it going but 14.00 on a friday and you really dont want to work a full day propably
If you look closely it appears to be blocked by ants 🐜.
Broken pipe? Ran over by heavy machinery?
Whoever did such a cra&*$#y job should be reported to the council or whomever so they don't continue to do such shoddy work. Is this a new(ish) homeowner that just lately found out about the water problem?
It was blocked with ants ...
roots
Wow talk about lazy work. Why would you dig a path for a pipe that doesn't even lead to the drain?
my best guess is the city came by and installed new sidewalks, then it lost in the sauce a few years ago.... and a new owner in the house.
How short do you think they stopped? 2 or 3 meters?
6 odd meters
I would think you would install a pipe after you clear the pipe that does exist. My comment is in the beginning so maybe you will do it, before my comment is read.
I feel like you copped out on this one, you could have easily done the whole job. That man can do it but he hired you to fix it. It’s only a foot deep, shame on you Gavin.
You're short a couple team members! Where's.... Well crap. I can't spell it.. The dinosaur and the panda you just found 1 or 2 videos ago?
Lizards are designed to lose their tails. No worries for those animal lovers in the comments.