I BUILT MY FRIEND A WATERFALL IN THE DESERT

Now this is my best mate Luke, and he's been trying to surprise his wife with her dream waterfall for years. So how long have you been putting this off?

It might be getting close to three years.

Three years? Now Luke lives in a desert, and the town that he lives in is one of the driest places in America.

Droughts, that currently many counties in the state of Oregon are going through.

And that comes with a huge problem.

Oregon and Washington are on fire, and 2026 is now officially the worst.

According to the fire marshals, I've got three clear days to make this dream happen before the area becomes too dangerous for us to work in, and we may get evacuated. Now we're going to be installing the water feature right here at the front of Luke's home, and we're trying to keep it a secret from his wife. To build the water feature, we're going to dig a trough. We're going to line that trough with liner, and then we're going to put underlay across the whole project, then install the aqua blocks, then the pond liner, and then we need to add loads and loads of rocks.

This is where the pond artistry comes in. Once we're fully happy with everything, we can then add the water and the plants. This is the plan.

I'm sure it's not going to go as smooth as that. Now the first job is to shape the water feature, and to do that, we're going to use all of this soil here. However, we have got a huge problem, which is the soil. It's that dry it would just create loads of dust.

Hey Freddy.

I'm ready, baby. Now if you breathe that dust in, it can become extremely harmful.

So we're going to use this to suppress all of that dust.

Now something like this we wouldn't necessarily have to do in England because we don't have 300 days of dry weather. However, it is really important to try and keep that dust down because you don't want to get dust all over the house, in your lungs. It's just not nice to be around. Now I know what you're thinking, my job's easy. But to prove you wrong, I have used editing skills. Now Luke is actually shaping up this big pile of mud into hopefully the best waterfall that you have ever seen.

Well, that's the plan anyway.

Now, we're going to walk around panning out this pathway because where we're putting this water feature, Whitney has always dreamed of having different elements around our property with trails that lead from one area to the other.

So, here we're going to start from the front when you enter the home, there's a pathway that leads around to the back patio.

What is that? What is that? I have never seen one of them before.

It's like a... It's like a gun for spraying.

Have to bend over. We're lazy in America.

Wow. That is so cool. Believe it or not, everything that we need to build this water feature is in all of these boxes.

So, now I'm going to dig this down 30 inches.

So, while Luke is digging, I'm going to be building these aqua blocks up.

So, this is what's going to hold all of the water down in that reservoir.

This is why I shouldn't have my phone on loud. Good job. 'Cause I always get distracted.

Dude, how are you on your phone?

What do you mean?

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What the heck is Saylite?

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Huh. Who knew?

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So, this is what an Aquablox looks like fully installed. There we go, one complete Aquablox. Now, that is three Aquablox done, only a million more to do. Thank you so much to Sal for sponsoring this video.

Now, it's time for me to build the rest of these Aquablox. Now, digging out this intake bay is seriously important because we want to make sure that the flow of water works its way towards that inspection chamber. So, although we're kind of taking a bit of time here, it's probably the most important part of the job to make sure that we've got the right depth and the flow is going where we want it to be.

We're looking for minus 30. Yeah baby. No baby. One in. Now, where we are working, the fires are currently four miles away from Luke's home, which is a little bit worrying. But, what's more worrying, there were fires popping up all around Oregon. Right, I'm just going to explain why we're building a mound of soil there and building the pump vault here. So, when Greg set up Aquascape, he believes that you should build a pond that works with nature rather than against it. So, rather than use pumps to kind of force water where we kind of don't really want it to go, what I'm going to show you now is... Give me that water there, Luke. If we were to build this water feature nice and flat, the water wouldn't really go anywhere, it would just sit. So, we're going to manipulate the water to come out of the spillway and kind of work its way down the soil like that. But, as you can see right now, the water's soaking into the ground really quick. It's probably evaporating quicker. So, we need to put something in here to hold the water. So, that's going to be what we're installing a little bit later on. But, now we're just shaping everything so this fits in, which is the pump vault. Again, what we're doing here is we're just manipulating the soil so the lowest point of this whole little reservoir that we're creating is this pump vault.

The reason that's important is you want to make sure that when you're maintaining and cleaning out the pond, this is your lowest point so you can suck out all the old water and replace it with new. Now, what we have done is we have dry fitted some aqua blocks below me for one very important reason. We want to make sure that it fully fits before we're pulling that big heavy pond liner and the membrane, start building up and then figure out that it doesn't fit. So, it's super important to just do a dry fit first. But, the big question is why have I flown over 5,000 miles to help my buddy Luke build his missus a water feature? Now, Luke has been with Whitney since he was a teenager. They are literally soulmates. They do absolutely everything together. But, unfortunately in recent years, because Luke has been extremely busy with work, he's missed out on some incredible family moments. And together they have raised two of the kindest souls that I have ever met, Wyatt and G.W. And I don't want them missing out on any more family time. And I believe a water feature brings a family together. That is why I got Tina to take Whitney out for the day, completely keep her distracted so we could build the water feature.

So, that's why this build is super special to me. So, let's get it built. Now, as I mentioned before, it would have been a huge problem if we didn't dry fit the aqua blocks, but now that...

teenager. They are literally [music] soulmates. They do absolutely everything together. But, unfortunately [music] in recent years because Luke has been extremely busy with work, he's missed out on some incredible family moments.

And together they have raised two of the kindest souls that I have ever met, Wyatt and G.W. And I don't want them missing out on [music] any more family time. And I believe a water feature brings a family together. [music] That

is why I got Tina to take Whitney out for the day, completely keep her distracted so we could build the water feature.

So, that's why this build is super special to me. So, let's get it built. Now, as I mentioned before, it would have been a huge problem if we didn't dry fit the aqua blocks, but now that [music] we'd

fixed that problem, it was time to add the underlay. Now, this is important because it protects your liner from potentially being scratched from anything from underneath the pond.

>> So, how long you've been putting [music] this off? This whole build. >> We might be getting close to 3 years.

>> 3 years? >> Yeah. We've had those boulders sitting here. Just been busy with life.

Teenagers. >> Now, Luke has given me a very important task of cutting some fabric. The problem is in England, we work in millimeters.

>> 3 ft. And we don't really work in feet in England. So, I'm just going to do my feet and if he says it wrong, I'll say, "Well, that was 3 ft." 1 2 3 >> [snorts] >> Now, to make sure that we don't pinch

the liner, we need to make sure when we're putting the aqua blocks in, we're putting them in perfectly [music] aligned with each other.

>> Now, we have to protect this line at all costs. Let me just explain something. If this twig was under here and then we were to put a rock in it, you could pierce that liner. So, what we're doing is we're adding this stuff

which is a really, really strong underlay. So, if worst case scenario, anything was underneath here, that kind of dampens the spike and then we put that over top and you're fine.

>> That is why we put it over and under the liner. That way it protects the aqua blocks from pushing [music] in the liner and anything underneath the in the soil that push up through the other side. So,

we sandwich the liner with the rock pad. It is super important to protect the liner.

>> Now that we was fully happy with everything, it was time to build up this intake bay, making sure that all them aqua blocks were importantly not sharp or pointing into any part of the liner and that was covered with underlay. Once

we're fully happy, we fold the whole thing up like a bit of a burrito and then we start to backfill. Again, this is super important. You don't want no air pockets or anything sagging. You want everything fully locked in place.

So, what Luke's doing is handing me the soil and I'm just compacting it in until it was fully complete. Now, we have compacted in all of this inlet take bay.

So, we've compacted all the soil in nice and tight. Membrane comes back. Liner goes above [music] that. Now, this pump vault this is super important. So, if you was to have [music] a problem with your pump, that is what this is for.

So, all this will get buried with rocks and stone and gravel, whereas you'll be able to always get access [music] to that just like I think I've got maybe three pump vaults at my pond at home. But, because this is going to

be a pondless waterfall, you just need one pump vault. >> So, the problem we have here is uh these boulders weigh a lot. So, we're going to sling them up and uh we start with the first boulder. The first boulder sets

the tone for how this whole water feature is going to go. So, we're going to go through this whole thing, pick out [music] the best one, probably our spillway rock, or maybe a big framing rock. [music] And then, we're going to

show Mark Marshall here how to sling properly. That way uh none of these get dropped on me and break a leg or worse, kill me. So, we're going to show him how to do it right.

All right. So, this is our first rock. We want it to sit exactly like it is.

So, what we're going to do is we're going to come around each corner on the bottom and we're going to put our anchor point right here in the center.

His ADD kicked and he left. If it's ready to sling, I'm ready to rope, baby.

Got it. Now, I'm going to be honest. I don't know why Luke put me in this machine.

Slinging boulders is extremely dangerous. If somebody votes up a rock wrong or I move too quickly with the machine, these could fall out and really, really hurt someone. So, I need to make sure my ADHD doesn't kick in and

[music] I do exactly what Luke tells me to do. >> So, what I'm doing here is I'm trying to set this. This is our spillway rock. And what it's going to do is we're trying to get it pretty level. So, we only have so

much water coming over these walls. So, we want to be able to use as much of it and create as much I'm trying to do a sheet falls here with this boulder. So, if we have it too far

the wrong direction, we'll get a build-up of water here and it won't come over on this side. So, I'm trying to level up this boulder with some shim rocks.

Now that we got that one set where we want it, we're going to start framing it up and then framing up this whole section right here.

Making it look like a piece of nature. Let's sling some rocks, baby. Now, I know slinging rocks is super dangerous and we need to make sure that we get it right. However, it is actually the most rewarding part of the whole

job. We believe, as pond installers, that the rocks speak to you. They tell you where they want to go. And that is because [music] Luke is a pond artist.

He's actually a certified aquascape contractor and I truly believe he is one of the most talented pond installers on the planet. And I'm hoping by the end of this video, you think the same. However, we did have a little bit of a problem.

When we was installing the rocks, we noticed something pretty alarming. The fires that we was worried about at the start of the video were only 4 miles from Luke's home.

>> It is at 53% containment with more than 1,900 personnel on the ground. Crews held most of them overnight and humidity helped reduce fire's intensity.

Structural task forces are now prepping homes in the Mill Creek >> Now, this was earlier on in the day when we went to collect some rocks from Luke's yard. We was right next to the fire. The smoke was so bad, it was

actually hurting my lungs. Now, I just hope and pray that we can get this waterfall complete before we get evacuated. And that is why we are working as fast and as safe as we possibly can. Now, Tina was still out

entertaining [music] Whitney, keeping her away from the home, keeping this a full surprise. The problem is I don't know how long she can hold her off. The one positive is she never uses the front of the house. She always goes around the

back when she comes home. Now, we haven't got long before Whitney and Tina come back, but they've been out all day.

So, we need [music] to really get this liner overlap. So, what we're going to do essentially now is you have to get this overlap bit right because if you were to do it wrong, then the [music] water can seep out and you'll lose water

in a couple of actually 2 days and then the water will just drain out of your waterfall. So, we're going to lift the liner over this one, which is called an overlap. And we're probably going to do it about 2 3 ft, I think, Luke said. I'm

going to go and help him cuz it's extremely [music] heavy. I just realized something.

>> What's that? >> How are we going to make it so Whitney can't see it? So, before they get back we'll just park the boulder or the the trailer right there by the boulders and they'll go in the back door. And she'd

never really come out of there. No. They're getting back late anyways. It'll be after dark.

>> Now as we pull out this pond liner for the most important part of the job, Luke told me something a little bit worrying.

Whitney is very particular when it comes to the design and decorating the house. So if she's got two guys surprising her with a waterfall, we want to make sure it's right. I don't want Luke in the doghouse, and I want to come back to

Oregon. So this one is super important. >> I think I'm carrying all the weight.

>> Keep going. Keep going. >> Right there. >> How long you been with Whitney?

>> We got married in 2005. >> Wow. Not to make you feel old. I was born in 2005.

>> Shut your front. Shut your mouth. [laughter] You're like what? 6 months younger than me?

>> [snorts] >> 8 years since you're younger than me. >> Yeah. Look at all that gray hair.

>> [laughter] >> Hey, I'll grab this corner and go this way. So we want to come right. Tuck her down.

>> How important is it to get this right then? >> Very. >> What happens if it goes wrong?

>> Well, if the if you get your overlap wrong, so I always like at least 6 to 8-in overlap of height. That way cuz if you don't, the water water always finds the path of least resistance. [music] So

if the water if you don't have your overlap right, if it doesn't come up like this and this go down, this water [music] that builds up here will come up under and split the liners and then dribble out, and you'll have a leak

behind this liner. >> That's not good. >> Yeah, it's a no-getter. Learned that one the hard way. It's no fun.

We don't want to move this this liner at all. >> So we don't want to move this bit now.

>> Yeah. Up and over the boulders. Now we're going to fill that in with dirt.

>> Yeah. >> Make it nice and level. Now unfortunately, the sun was setting on day one and the girls were setting off back home. We had just a few tasks left to do before that was the end of

day one. But what we've managed to achieve in just one day with two lads was pretty amazing.

>> So right now you start to see the [music] base of the waterfall. So this is what what Luke calls a spillway stone.

>> So the water's going to come over here and it's going to find its way into [music] that reservoir down below. So if aquascape contractors are called artists because putting the stones in [music] certain places is a particular art. So

what Luke's doing now is just walking around. He's seeing what stones are talking to him.

>> Hey, throttle up. Turn up the throttle. More power. He's got to have more power. You got to babysit it. You got to babysit it.

>> And I can't believe I >> said Luke was talented. >> whacked the [music] GoPro right there.

See that? Like within an inch. >> Unlike me who is extremely talented, look at me just picking up that rock with no issues at all.

Oh, I'll take that back. >> Take. >> So reluctantly, Luke come to the rescue slinging the boulder so we could hook it onto the digger and finally set the boulder.

>> Get that out of the way. Is that a coyote? >> Now with a message from Tina saying that they were 20 minutes away, we tried to get the last remaining boulders in as quick as we possibly could. Then we

could hide the machines and that could be an end of day one. Tina's just messaged me saying that she's on her own with Whitney now. So we need to tidy up and start again tomorrow. So I'll see you then. New day.

We've sent the girls out. Hopefully by the end of today, this will be done.

>> I don't know. >> That's a tall order. >> That is a tall order. We need to try and get it done as quick as we can before the girls come back and see it. We're going to start now building up this

area, but to do that, we need to bring this back, backfill it. So, let's go.

Now, thankfully, we roped in the help from Jet and G W. How cool are them names? Now, we needed to push forward and try and get as much of this water feature done as possible. Now, these two things that you will notice right now,

and that is it looks misty and foggy, but that's actually the smoke from the fire. You'll also notice my voice changing. I didn't realize how much the smoke was impacting my lungs.

Now, for Whitney's path, Luke come up with the idea, and I think it's pretty awesome idea. I actually love that. Did it in my garden. He's putting these big Do you call them accent boulders?

>> Yes. >> Accent boulders here. >> Outcropping boulders. >> Outcropping boulders. So, the path will be made up of the boulders, which is super cool. He's going to have them steels in and bring it round, but that's a focus for another time. Right now,

we're trying to get as much of these big boulders set as possible [music] because this is going to be the height of the waterfall. So, we're going to move some things around because Luke quite wasn't happy with the design. Think it was late

and hot the other night, weren't it? >> Yeah, a little bit. >> Little bit.

>> Not bad. Few little adjustments, but we'll be all right. >> Yeah. So, once we've got these in, we can start [music] working back on that water feature again.

Now, these boulders that we're setting right now are possibly the most important because it's going to set the tone for the rest of the build, and that is why we're setting them >> [music] >> right now.

Now, while me and Luke was doing that, G W started to work on the pump [music] vault. Now, this is important because he needs to make sure that he gets the cuts right.

>> cut person there, measure twice, maybe three times, cut once. >> Now, the reason that this job is so important is cuz this is where the water's going to come from. The pump is going to pump it from this location all

the way to the top of the waterfall. >> [laughter] >> All right, we measured it just right first try.

>> You know you're not the liar. >> Don't be the Ask Luke, okay? >> Safe space.

>> Safe space. >> Um, I got witnesses. >> You're a witness to >> I got witnesses.

>> Now what G Dubs is doing here is pretty important because if you were to have a leak at any point, they're super difficult to find. So he's adding the purple stuff which is the primer and [music] then the blue stuff which is the

glue. He pushes it in and holds it for around 3 seconds until he's fully happy that that is set.

>> Now here it is. Pump is installed. Now we just got to add the 3-in flex pipe through right here. But we can't add that yet till we complete this.

>> Now GW helping us on this build really brings home how important this water feature is. This family adores the water. So being able to give them something truly special really brings home how special this is going to be.

>> So all we're doing now is we're trying to find the best rocks that we need for each little segment [music] that we do.

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to spread all these rocks out so we can take a look at them.

>> Now that we'd laid all our boulders out, it was time for task number six, put the boulders in place. And this is where Luke's skills really come into [music] play. He is building the water feature up to how he believes Whitney would

absolutely love it. But [music] I guess there's only one way we're going to find that out. That's by getting it complete and showing it to Whitney at the end of the video.

>> Oh, my buddy pissed his pants. I took a wee. >> What happened? >> Grabbing that diesel exhaust fluid out of the truck. And it uh >> And you pissed your pants?

>> It fell and >> And then you pissed your pants? >> Yeah. >> Mhm.

>> Yep. >> We've all pissed pants. >> Yeah. >> Oh, Mr. Pissy Pants. >> So, we're going to be using this absolutely [music] crazy device crazy device called the Smart Level. And how it [music] works is pretty cool.

I've got one at home. Wherever you move this, the end of this will tell you the perfect height. So, [music] Americans have it in inches, we have it in centimeters, but if you were to click this on here and then click reset where

it says zero. So, right now that has been zeroed. So, for instance, [music] if we were to come over here, that will then tell us that that is minus 1. Uh is that 3 in?

>> 3.1. >> 3.1 in. [music] So, if the water was to come here, we know by using this Smart Level that the water would cascade over here. So, we've got a lot of work to do with this now to make sure all our

levels are correct. >> We'll go right there. And I'll figure out over here. There's our mark.

Right there. Where do these wild dogs come from? These are the neighbor's dogs. They're crazy.

Sooey. Sooey. >> Hello, darling. Now, it's probably not the best idea to have the dogs running across the liner cuz they've got sharp claws. They may potentially pierce a hole in it, which will cause a big problem for us later on. Cuz if there's

a leak, it is super difficult to find them. [music] So, what Luke is doing right now, he's working out the shape of the top of the waterfalls. So, to do that, he's manipulating the soil where he wants it to go. Then he'll jump out

the digger and then just rake that area nice and flat. Now, my chest really started to hurt me at this point, so we sent up the drone to have a look at the local area, and we noticed that the

smoke was creeping in a lot quicker than we initially thought. >> What's with this soil?

>> It's moon dust. Came from the moon. Did you know that, Lukey? >> I did not.

>> Well, you should pay attention. >> [laughter] >> No, it's like volcanic ash mixed with soil, and it's the dustiest, nastiest Yeah, we call it volcanic ash, but it's just like terrible soil.

>> It's now time to start thinking about the water flowing uphill. And for that, we're going to use this ginormous 3-in pipe. So, this is going to take the water from that reservoir, from the pump, pump it up to the top of the

waterfalls. I'll come up a half [music] inch. Oh, yeah. Grab that one. After another long day of building, we had made some great progress, but tomorrow things were about to get a lot more difficult. I don't even know if

we're going to be able to finish this water feature, because tomorrow we might even get evacuated. That is all the rocks complete. Mason's here.

I met Mason the same time I met Luke, all them years ago, 18 months ago.

Anyway, let's not reminisce. So, what we've done now is all the rocks are in. So, tomorrow's job [music] is backfilling, tidying up, trimming the liner, actually plumbing in the top of the waterfalls, but right now we're tired, so we're

going to bed. I'll see you tomorrow. New day, and we're hoping today to get water running through this water feature. It's super difficult to try and do this while Whitney and Tina are out places. It's currently 16:36, and we're only just getting going

because the girls have been here all day. We've sent them out now. I think she's going to get her nails done. So, we're going to try and get as much work as we can before they come home. So,

what we're going to be doing is G W over here is making tracks for the power cable to go in. It needs to go a little bit deeper than that. So, we're going to run a power cable under the ground so

then that way in the future if you ever need to replace it or anything like that the conduit is in. We are We're twins really, aren't we? Cuz we're both um had our appendixes out.

>> Agreed. Mine was just a lot earlier. >> So, yeah, he can't really do too much digging. So, I'll take over and I'll dig this trench and then Lukey around there is just feathering up all the edges and

then we can start putting some outcropping boulders and making it look fancy. But, we've got a lot of work to do in 2 hours. The [music] girls said they're going to be around 2, maybe maybe 3 hours. What's the plan today,

Lukey? Get it running. >> We've got a lot to do. >> He's a man [music] of many words. Let's go. Now, you'll notice in the background the smoke was getting pretty bad and my chest was actually starting to hurt.

However, we still had a job to do and I really didn't want to let Luke or Whitney down. So, nonetheless, we cracked [music] on to get all the piping complete.

Now, let's take a look at Yeah. We made it. >> [snorts] [sighs] >> Now that job's done.

I'm going to pass you over to G W where he is going to be doing the foam.

>> All right. So, now I'm going to foam the backside of the water feature and the sides to kind of manipulate where the water can go. So, make sure it's all down.

>> I'm going to break the fourth wall. Hi guys. Glue it, baby. >> Here we go.

>> Show me what you're doing, Lukey. >> I'm gluing the pipe >> Oh, love that.

>> to the fitting. >> In America, Do use a primer. >> Not always, but you know, I've had these leak and come apart.

So, instead of doing it twicer, I like to just do it right the first time.

You know what I mean? >> Oh, yeah. And this is what we call in industry the money shot.

Oh baby. >> I got to hold it so it doesn't back out. >> Have you ever had a ever had a pipe slip out before?

>> Yeah, once or twice. >> Yeah, what what uh generally happens when that [music] happens?

>> It's a no gooder. >> No. >> It's a no gooder. >> You want to make sure that pipe stays in that fitting.

And we're we're doing this, we're breaking the fourth wall as Lukey is interviewing G W.

>> [music] >> And we're just doing it just to put G W off really. That's what I'm doing.

>> Hey, you tuck this back over there. >> Oh, shoot. >> It worked. >> Dang.

>> Now, the job that G W is doing here is really important. He's manipulating the flow of water with that Aquascape foam.

So, he's filling up all of the gaps. Now, as for the clouds, they're not actually clouds. That is the smoke. And last night, the fires got so bad, it changed the color of the sky. And it got so bad, I actually started to feel ill.

>> And uh It's going to be a first to go get plants and mulch. And we'll do the out proper to get this thing running in the morning.

>> Tina sent me a message. >> Hi love. I just want to let you know I can't hold Whitney back any longer. Um she literally wants to come home. But we have been out all day. And yeah, she's I think we're

both pretty good. Um so, yeah. Just let you know, we should be back in about I think it's about 35 45 minutes away.

So, see you soon. >> I guess we'll see you tomorrow. The last day, it's time to get this water feature finished.

>> Wildfire officials say flames have scorched at least six houses. You can see some of the smoke behind me off in the distance. We're a little >> This was news we did not want to hear.

However, there was one small positive. The winds were starting to blow in the opposite direction, which means the fire is blowing away from us.

>> So, what I'm doing now is I got extra 20 ft of pipe here. I'm going to cut this pipe. We're going to put a patch on and we can get ready to attach our plumbing to our spillway to finish out our

waterfall. >> All right. >> All right. So, we are connecting the spillway here. >> Yep.

>> So. >> So, the spillway, for the people that don't know, is where the waterfall starts [music] from.

>> It's where the waterfall starts from and Aquascape makes a waterfall diffuser. So, the water comes in here instead of just splashing out, you know, 7,500 gallons per hour, it diffuses through [music] this waterfall diffuser, raises up and spills over.

>> Now, being over in America with Luke, honestly, is amazing. He has given me so many tips and tricks that I can use [music] on my builds in the future because I am planning such a cool video.

Honestly, I think you're all going to be super, super proud of it. >> So, I like [music] to outline it here, make mark, as you can barely see probably on film, and then you want to be real careful and tedious when you're

doing this part. This gasket here, that. And on this, it's lefty tighty. >> That's weird.

>> Yeah, I've talked to Ed about that. It's opposite [music] day. >> That's it.

>> That's it. >> Oh, >> Yeah, buddy. >> Oh. >> I'm above it. >> Yep.

>> Smash there. And then quarter turn. is >> so pretty. >> Now we're ready for foam. So what we're going to do is we're going to sling some boulders [music] from over there. Kind of I'll get the machine set. We'll sling

them around back over here by this pipe, like right here. Bring this elevation up. So we have to add some soil and dirt coming around right where we're at. That way we're high enough for our liner. [music] Good job, buddy.

Teamwork makes dream work. Now we've got all the boulders set. Most of the dirt is in. I'm going to get the foam in.

Mark's off to get plants. Hopefully he need he needs to hurry up cuz the girls are coming sooner than later. So he's got to hurry.

We got to bang this out before they get here. So I'm going to get after it. Now with the fires hopefully contained, the only thing that we've really got against us right now is time. We cannot keep Whitney and Tina away from the house any

longer. But detail really does take time. Oh, they smell absolutely beautiful. Right, I am back from getting some plants with Jet Jet. Luke has just [music] give me another job, which is putting in these lights. And these are

from Aquascape. These are really cool [music] addition to a water feature. I would never ever install a water feature now without lights. Do you do water features without lights, Luke?

>> Nope. >> Do you not even give the customer an option? >> No. >> And I understand why because when we did my garden, we put some lights in the waterfall and then [music] I've since added some more lights. In fact, I'm

going to show you my pond right now. Lights just make it look absolutely so much better. Warm white. These are warm [music] white. So, what we're going to do is the good old brick that if you stick this under here like so,

>> [music] >> I'm going to hide the cable. When the water comes and cascades, it creates the most beautiful lit in feature ever.

You'll see a little bit later on in the video, but for right now we need to get all the lighting in. Luke's just [music] foaming as you can hear. And the reason that he's doing that is he's just again

like GW earlier on when we was doing that bit down there, we're manipulating [music] the water to where we want it to go.

Pretty cool. Right, let's get these installed. >> What you do need is connect. I'll just start over.

You heard the phrase of do it nice or you got to do it twice or so you cut your wires. Take your speed strippers.

We are number 10. See the number 10 right there at the bottom? >> Yeah.

>> You're right here. >> Oh, Red ants. >> Are they? That was one. >> They hurt. I've no doubt.

>> Yeah, those little buggers hurt. We use these ace connectors. You ever seen these?

>> Mhm. >> We use Wagos. >> What are Wagos? >> That Oh, wow. There's loads of red ants.

>> Watch my video. >> I just bitten it. Red ant. Yeah, >> You all right?

>> I'm going to die. >> So, on these little ones you want to use the number 12, right?

>> Okay. >> Then you come here like this. Twist them on there. Super tight. What are Wagos?

>> Wagos, you just pop your cable in, clip it down, and it clamps it in.

>> Yeah, we have those. >> And this low voltage is why I had only had 70 watts on I >> You want to do the rest while I go do the front?

>> I'll do that. >> Don't heat shrink it. >> I got you, man. [music] >> Thank you, sugar.

>> All right. I'm only going to go mad at me, but I didn't listen to any of that. Did you, Luke? All right, I'm just going to wing it. So, he said number eight, number 10.

So, 10 like that. Oh, wow, look at that. Sorry for not listening, but I was distracted by the red ants. Things that you do for the love of friends. I'm now sat in a nest of red ants being eaten alive for my

friend. It's what we do. He needs a Wago. This is This is far too much guys.

Now, did he say heat shrink it? >> Don't heat shrink it. >> I wasn't listening. No, I'm going to say no. I'm going to say he didn't say that cuz I would I would heat shrink them all together.

So, that's one there. I'm going to slide that across there now, ready [snorts] for heat shrink. Oh my god, there's red ants all over [music] my equipment. Now, being bit of a red ant is like being bit of a rattlesnake,

apparently. But, it's just what you have to do when you're in the desert. There we go. Slide that one over there, and that is all prepared.

I did say to heat shrink it, didn't you? >> No. >> Ha, got you.

>> I'm scared. >> [music] >> Now, as Luke continued to do a bit of detail with the aquascape foam, I continued to try and work on as many of the lights as I possibly could.

>> I find this hard to believe that [music] that's low wattage. Look how thick that cable is.

>> It's huge. >> It's crazy how different the electrics are in America compared [music] to England.

>> Nearly forgot the sheath. But So, I've done it to how you specified, Lukey, but I do think [music] I mean it's I mean it's not going to go anywhere. You are right, but I do think Wago would be quicker. But, I do like

how neat it is as well. So, I guess I guess it's just is what it is, buddy.

>> It is what it is, mate. >> Well, I'm going to just carry on plodding on, putting my lights [music] away.

>> Now, you'll probably notice that I was losing my voice. The smoke had probably done more damage to my lungs than I wanted to believe. And I wanted to keep it from Luke because I really wanted to complete this project. The problem we

have right now is Tina and Whitney are around 45 minutes away from home, and that is not enough time to complete this project.

>> Well, that would cool. >> Yeah, I agree. >> So, how long have you been with Whitney now?

>> Oh. Since I was 16. >> You've been with Whitney since she was 16?

>> 16. >> Wow. >> We met in high school. >> She was your high school sweetheart?

>> Yep. >> Yeah, but >> She's my high school sweetheart. >> How did you ask her out?

>> I actually had to run her down. >> What? >> Yeah, I had to run her down.

>> What does that mean? >> Well, I asked her girlfriend if she was available for lunch, and her girlfriend went snitched on me before I got to ask her to lunch, and she was nervous, so she like ran to the

classroom, and I had to like run in front of her and stop her. >> And then ask her?

>> Asked her to lunch. She said yes. Kind of been together ever since. >> When did you get married?

>> 2005. So, I was 19. >> Now, as you can hear, it is super important that she likes this. They have been together for two [music] decades, and I know how much this means to Luke.

So, we are just going to get all of these planets done before Whitney and [music] Tina get back from their girls day out.

We are all done. However, we've had to drain the water cuz it was murky as anything. Tina and Whitney are just pulling up at the castle. Luke's gone to kind of hold them up while we try and get the water going. So, when we go 3 2

1 to do the reveal, [music] uh the footage that you're going to see will be tomorrow's footage, but we want to show the girls now. We'll show you what it looks like at night first, and then we'll show you what it looks like

in the day cuz when we get it running, all the lights are in, it's going to look amazing. So, let's go and get the girls and see what they think of all our hard work.

Come on, babe. You got to close your eyes. Don't worry, Mark's over here waiting for us.

>> Mhm. >> Are you ready to see your beautiful new water feature in 3 2 1?

Now, this video wasn't actually about Whitney. It was really about Luke. This April, I was going through the most difficult [music] time of my adult life.

I was at the lowest point I think I have ever been at. And Luke dropped absolutely everything, [music] his work, his business, his family life, to fly to England to stand by my side. [music] And here's the thing, Luke himself was

going through a difficult time, yet he stopped everything to help a friend. >> [laughter] >> We have got Luke with us.

>> And what is super crazy, that friendship is only 18 months old. Now, look, I don't know who or what you believe in, but I truly believe I was meant to meet Luke that day because since being in my

life, he has genuinely made me a better human being. And that is what this video is about.

And now it's time for me to show the world how talented my friend really is.

>> Wow, Ben. You did all this while we were gone. >> Love it. >> It's beautiful.

It's absolutely beautiful. >> Oh. Oh.