Exactly. I have one wheelbarrow, and can't do 2 things at once with it. And I can't spread gravel before trenching ... so trench, dump the soil somewhere else, next spread gravel.
Take the dump trailer to the job empty, fill with dirt and haul off. Return with stone and maybe a lil coarse sand to backfill. No time lost if the crew is drilling the curb, cutting/ laying fabric or other site specific tasks.
Appreciate how well you take care and talk of your workers. Not just anyone can pick up a shovel and do that. It's back breaking work. Especially with the heat we are dealing with right. I'm in DFW and will definitely keep your number handy.
Just stumbled on your video because I need to do some work on my yard and I happened to last until the end where you talk about how you want to build your company. If you truly stand behind what you said about paying a guy to do a job for 2 days and if they finish early they get the free time, then good for you and that makes me subscribe instantly. That's how it should be and I hope you keep this up while you thrive in this domain! Cheers from Quebec!
You seem like a great guy to work for. Mural will do wonders around the work place. Your crew will want to come to work if they feel appreciated each day. Keep up the great work!
oh wow great crew...maybe on the next french drain just to make things easier...put the dug out clay soil onto a strip of the geo fabric or plastic so when backfilling or transporting y'all don't have to shovel the dirt from the grass to wheelbarrow but rather just slide it along the grass. it takes very diligent men to dig ANYTHING with a shovel. well done fellas!
Wow! Your video is a perfect French Drain tutorial! Loved how DIY friendly it is & how any homeowner with some time & muscle can install one. Thank you for sharing & caring!
I appreciate you sharing the great work of your workers and appreciate even more how you treat your workers with fairness and appreciation!! You lay down a great foundation for loyal workers down the line for your company !! Way to go!! 😃👏👏
brother that was a nice touch you shared right at the end I don't know you but what you said at the end about sharing and rewarding hard. work is. all I needed to hear of the kind. of man you are. You have started out with the. best. work ethic and it will without dought bring you good fortune.
Solid work and great attitude. Thanks for the tips, about to do one for the first time since my summer landscaping job days and would have done the pipe holes upside down. Appreciate ya!
Wish your business was here in Austin. We’d happily use you for our drainage issue. I would love to support your company due to the quality of your team’s work and how you treat your employees.
Thank you so much for your words - they mean a lot and we love to hear the encouragement. You may have to do a little vetting but hopefully you can find a good contractor without too much trouble. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
Awesome job and really professional 👏 on the sharing side and showing your employees respect and appreciation 👏 🙌 👍 😀 👌. I wish you and your crew success and longevity .
Good but untested. Would want my contractor to show that the drain works. Area should have been saturated to check that the drain output spews most water out into the roadside gutter and how this compares with a photo showing how it used to be.
Great question! Using a hand level during install is necessary to ensure each pipe has a slight pitch. Before install, however, we generally use a laser level to ensure we’ve chosen a viable path with enough slope to begin with.
Great info...really helps on a job that i just signed on for. Pretty close to you,I'm in Wichita Falls . Looking at other videoa for more insights. With drainage work its almost like every job is different ... This one i have has a negative slope so kind of challenging
The big difference is durability - corrugated pipe is so flexible that it develops bellies and ridges very quickly, rending the system useless. Unless you have a lot of slope (at least 2%) you’re better off with PVC. Best of luck!
Hey so when finding the slope with the level does it mean there’s significantly more rock under the pipe closer to the gutter down spout ? How deep are you typically going as well
You want the pipe towards the bottom of the entire length of the trench, with most of the gravel on top of the pipe. For that reason, your trench needs to slope along with the pipe. As far as depth, it depends on the objective - for a french drain that is only addressing saturation toward the top of the soil, we go about 12" deep. For foundations, however, we generally want to have the pipe below the bottom of the foundation, so as to be able to draw saturation out (this would usually be 24" or more) Hope this helps and that it answers your questions!
Wow looks great!!! About how much does something like that cost? I'm a new homeowner and looking into getting something like this done (or doing it myself if it's pretty expensive).
Thank you! As far as cost, it really depends on your area and the specifics of your system. I would recommend getting at least two and probably three quotes to get an accurate feel for what to expect. Best of luck!
Nice job! I have a question about the tie in at the house, is it not connected to roof down spout, you didn't show that so I'm wondering maybe they didn't have a downspout?
Great question - we do not normally tie in downspouts directly to a French drain system like this. A gutter tie in would be a separate line so as not to fill the gravel trench with roof runoff.
@@DallasDrainagePros Thank You! I didn't know that french drains aren't tied in to downspouts. I live in very rural farming area of northwest Florida in an old farm house that is over 80 years old. It has no downspouts. I don't allow any plants to grow close to the house, it does drain well enough but I was thinking of french drain to direct water to a rain garden area that I am contemplating installing. It's good to know I don't need to have down spouts in order to employ a french drain system.
5:22 "It's important that you have a flow that goes downhill". Yes, but by how much? what is the fall per yd/m? That is a very large area to drain with just one pipe. I would expect a network of pipes for even drainage. Surely the area right next to the drain will drain very well, but the area 20-30 feet from the drain will drain much less so. I mean you couldn't drain an entire football field area with just one pipe, so how much surrounding area can one pipe drain efficiently before you need a second drain?
Great questions - as far as coverage for a french drain, it's really going to depend on your soil (sand or clay) but around here we generally expect good absorption 4ft on either side of the trench. In this case, we were addressing standing water that was particularly bad in that specific area. As for slope, you need 1% for PVC pipe. That's 1ft for every 100ft of distance. Remember though that this is 1% at the bottom of the pipe, not 1% along the surface. For this reason, you must account for the difference between the top of the soil and the bottom of your pipe at the start of your drain. For example, a 4" pipe sitting 6" in the ground, would mean that you need 22" of slope over 100ft. Hope this makes sense!
@@DallasDrainagePros A strange way to express it as you seem to be calculating the water exit point (22") based on the depth of the [bottom of the] pipe at the far end (10") for a 100' run. Whereas usually the exit height is determined by your drainage constraints. In your video above the exit point for the water (about which you had no choice) going through the kerb being just a few inches below the level of the grass at that point means that, unless the land had a natural slope down to it, you could barely have any downward slope on it at all, if any. However in your job above I think the land does luckily have a natural downward slope to it. I am sure you would have preferred to bury the pipe much deeper though. I shall be using perforated pipe rather than PVC pipe though.
That was a pretty awesome video done very well and the work looked like it was done pretty well too. Do you need a contractors license for doing French drains? I’m a licensed plumber in California moving to Texas. What are your thoughts?
There's no hard rule. As far as dirt above, it depends on the objective - for a french drain that is only addressing saturation toward the top of the soil, we go about 12" deep with 2-3" of soil above. For foundations, however, we generally want to have the pipe below the bottom of the foundation, so as to be able to draw saturation out (this would usually be 24" or more, so the soil above would be 12" or more.) Hope this helps!
You generally want 2% minimum slope to make a pop up outlet most effective, though you can do 1%. The main problem with less slope is that sediment will build up at the 90 because the water is not flowing fast enough.
The area around the flagstone pieces dried up wonderfully! Also, it is not necessary to leave a French drain exposed at the surface - you just don’t want to burry too deep. No more than about 4 inches
It really depends on your area and the specifics of your system. I would recommend getting at least two and probably three quotes to get an accurate feel for what to expect. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
The reason for the holes is to accomplish the goal of this particular drainage system, which is to absorb groundwater. This open system (pipe with holes, gravel and filter fabric) allows excess moisture in the ground to be drawn into the trench. As the water fills up in the trench, it falls into the holes and then runs down the bottom of the pipe towards the exit. Using a solid pipe is for when you want to collect surface water. If standing water above ground is the issue, an area drain (catch basin) would be installed to collect the water. The water which fills up the basin then drains out into the pipe, ultimately draining toward the exit. Thanks for watching - Hope this helps!
It’s going to depend on what type of French drain, the depth it is installed, as well as where you live. I would recommend getting a couple more estimates for the same thing so you have some reference. Thanks for watching!
It is a specialized concrete core drilling machine with a diamond-tipped bit - we actually use a smaller handheld one these days. You can find them in any number of brands - ours is not a name brand and in fact has no markings. I just bought it from a local shop here in Dallas called NT Diamond Tools
@@DallasDrainageProsmust be a amazing level theres no success at all lol who are you kidding ?? standing on the pipe at 5.18 and counting that as fall is ridiculous thats called bending the pipe the fact that you show the height of the outlet at kerb level, can you explain how you have a trench and pipe lower than the outlet and have fall over that distance ????????? you dont what you have is a ramp upwards towards the end
@@wideawake3959 haha that's a good catch at 5.18 😂- it does look funny but that's not the whole install! As far as how this works, the yard slopes toward the curb - the beginning of the yard where we started the drain has a high enough elevation that while the pipe does get closer to the surface, it didn't require that we install the pipe going upward. What is actually happening is that the terrain goes downward, toward the pipe. Hope that makes sense!
@@DallasDrainagePros its not possible to get fall over that distance 2.31 shows how little fall you can possibly have, due to the height of kerb exit point you drilled its about 100mm max so if the pipe is exiting at 100mm at kerb level, and you would need a minimum of 100mm of dirt on top all the way along, otherwise the grass would die without regular watering especially with all the drainage below!! hence no fall possible hope that makes sense!
1% for PVC pipe. That's 1ft for every 100ft of distance. Remember though that this is 1% at the bottom of the pipe, not 1% along the surface. For this reason, you must account for the difference between the top of the soil and the bottom of your pipe at the start of your drain. For example, a 4" pipe sitting 6" in the ground, would mean that you need 22" of slope over 100ft. Hope this makes sense!
Schedule 40 also has its drawbacks, clay swells up and shrinks, also up north ice can also break or crack pvc at the joint. Thanks Thanks@@DallasDrainagePros
Yes - schedule 40 is not the best for drainage because it is too rigid. Basic sewer and drain pipe or SDR 35 are your go-tos for drainage material.@@mopartruxvlog5285
Look at "pay for performance. Mike Andes at Augusta Lawncare is an excellent example of how to reward your employees. Hat's off to ya. You're gonna do extremely well.
@@DallasDrainagePros muchas gracias tengo un trabajo 1 hacer y creo q la mejor propuesta osea un sistema de drenaje es este, espero q todo salga bien, saludos, gracias por responder mi pregunta, bendiciones.
This is a filtered crushed concrete - approximately 1”. Either gravel or a crushed stone like this will work. The main thing is that is is clean and allows water to drain/filter through 👍
Yep , sharing the wealth is a great policy, but how do you reward the screw up’s and when they don’t show up ? I haven’t figured that out lol , nice job 🏁🏁🏁
Fortunately I work with some great guys who always show up when they say they will. Screw ups do happen, and I suppose that's just a judgment call - you do have to leave margin for error!
I'm very confused. Why a closed french drain down the entire lawn? That type of french drain is used to collect sub surface water that is traveling underground toward a basement or crawl space. Does your customer have soggy lawn conditions along 95% of that run to the curb? How does the water get thru the grass, its roots and the fabric to the stones? Grass and its roots are an excellent carrier of above ground water when a lawn has proper fall. Also, how much was the pipe pitched? The pipe in any type of french drain should have very, very little fall, otherwise the high end won't collect water. It looks like the shrub area is lower than the lawn. Did you consider bringing in dirt to build that area higher so it drains naturally? The brick border could be part of the problem. If the source of the problem water is accumulated inside the shrub garden and you can't do those suggestions, either a surface drain or small (doesn't have to be straight) open french drain feeding into solid pipe to the curb. No stones or fabric needed around the solid pipe. The open french drain in the shrub area can be finished off with decorative stone. Open french drains collect above ground water that pools in an area or travels above ground to an area that causes problems..
Great considerations! Yes, the entire lawn had a water retention problem, and in order to draw it out over such a large area, a subsurface French drain system was the perfect answer.
It was the result of several things: contour of the property, over watering by themselves and their neighbors, another was just simply the soil composition. You might suggest watering less, but sometimes people don’t want to!
That could be a good idea. Unfortunately that may be a solution for a different part of the country where the soil is sandier and will absorb water underground if dug deep enough. In the north Texas area we have clay for several feet, and then rock. A catch basin will just fill up and overflow, making the French drain obsolete. It is pretty standard operating procedure to discharge to public storm systems for this sort of thing. Thanks for sharing!
Holes face "down" actually means the holes face at 4 and 8 o'clock, leaving the bottom of the pipe (between 4 and 8) to carry the water. Hope this makes sense!
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Shovel your dirt into the wheelbarrow as you dig so you don’t have to handle it 2x . Amazing work
Likely they are getting paid by the hour.
They were using the wheelbarrow to spread the gravel
Exactly. I have one wheelbarrow, and can't do 2 things at once with it. And I can't spread gravel before trenching ... so trench, dump the soil somewhere else, next spread gravel.
Take the dump trailer to the job empty, fill with dirt and haul off. Return with stone and maybe a lil coarse sand to backfill. No time lost if the crew is drilling the curb, cutting/ laying fabric or other site specific tasks.
A few strips of plywood or ground mats helps to prevent rutting from wheel barrel and foot traffic
Appreciate how well you take care and talk of your workers. Not just anyone can pick up a shovel and do that. It's back breaking work. Especially with the heat we are dealing with right. I'm in DFW and will definitely keep your number handy.
Thank you so much for that - yes it is hard work for sure and I am beyond grateful for the team that makes this possible!
Just stumbled on your video because I need to do some work on my yard and I happened to last until the end where you talk about how you want to build your company. If you truly stand behind what you said about paying a guy to do a job for 2 days and if they finish early they get the free time, then good for you and that makes me subscribe instantly. That's how it should be and I hope you keep this up while you thrive in this domain! Cheers from Quebec!
Thank you! I appreciate that a lot. Yes, I stand by that and still operate under that mindset. Always pay as much as you can - not as little.
You seem like a great guy to work for. Mural will do wonders around the work place. Your crew will want to come to work if they feel appreciated each day. Keep up the great work!
That’s awesome - thank you!
oh wow great crew...maybe on the next french drain just to make things easier...put the dug out clay soil onto a strip of the geo fabric or plastic so when backfilling or transporting y'all don't have to shovel the dirt from the grass to wheelbarrow but rather just slide it along the grass. it takes very diligent men to dig ANYTHING with a shovel. well done fellas!
Awesome - thank you so much!
Wow! Your video is a perfect French Drain tutorial! Loved how DIY friendly it is & how any homeowner with some time & muscle can install one. Thank you for sharing & caring!
Thank you so much - Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much - glad it was helpful!
Beautiful work. Nearly anyone can be taught a skill... But caring and Crasftsmanship is not one of them. Good job all around.
Really appreciate that - thank you so much!
I appreciate you sharing the great work of your workers and appreciate even more how you treat your workers with fairness and appreciation!! You lay down a great foundation for loyal workers down the line for your company !! Way to go!! 😃👏👏
Thank you!
Ditto . Appreciate your videos.
@@gergemall thanks!
thank you for taking care of them like you did. it aches me to see my people working so hard but still get taken advantage of by greedy bosses.
Lovely humanistic concept of sharing wealth and rewarding hard work. Keep it up!
Thank you so much - this philosophy has really taken us far. I appreciate you watching and for leaving the encouraging comment!
Very tidy job. Great to watch and I learned a lot. Hope you can stick to your ideas for treating your staff well. Thanks.
Thank you! Yes - That's the goal :)
LOL, I didn't realize that hard work was holding a camera..well you charged the owner for 2 days, so it was nice of you to share.
😂 true enough - thanks for following!
He owns the business! That's the way it goes with "Employees"
You are a wise young businessman and I wish you and your new company well!
Thank you so much!
wonderfully explained and demonstrated. Thanks much!
Thank you!
brother that was a nice touch you shared right at the end I don't know you but what you said at the end about sharing and rewarding hard. work is. all I needed to hear of the kind. of man you are. You have started out with the. best. work ethic and it will without dought bring you good fortune.
Thank you so much - really appreciate that!
Solid work and great attitude. Thanks for the tips, about to do one for the first time since my summer landscaping job days and would have done the pipe holes upside down. Appreciate ya!
I found using a reciprocate saw for cutting lines works great 👍
Wish your business was here in Austin. We’d happily use you for our drainage issue. I would love to support your company due to the quality of your team’s work and how you treat your employees.
Thank you so much for your words - they mean a lot and we love to hear the encouragement. You may have to do a little vetting but hopefully you can find a good contractor without too much trouble. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
Awesome job and really professional 👏 on the sharing side and showing your employees respect and appreciation 👏 🙌 👍 😀 👌. I wish you and your crew success and longevity .
Thank you so much!
Nice message at the end
Thank you 🙏 it’s a philosophy that’s taken us a long way!
Great job sir, with a good crew and proper work.
Thank you so much! Definitely lucky to have such a great group.
Real professionals, nice to see!
Thank you very much!
Watching and learning from Ft. Lauderdale Florida ❤️❤️
Awesome!
Good video. Looks like around 250ft run? What does something like this generally cost?
Beautiful job
Thank you!
Nice clean job sir.
Thank you!
Nice work!!
Thank you!
Great work!!
Thank you so much!
Good but untested. Would want my contractor to show that the drain works. Area should have been saturated to check that the drain output spews most water out into the roadside gutter and how this compares with a photo showing how it used to be.
Mannnn ❤❤❤❤❤ that’s beautiful afterwards
Thank you!
Absolutely agree I’ve been on both ends of the coin gives them incentive plus their pay
Well done.
How do you ensure that there is enough slope for the water flow? Especially since it is a long distance.
Great question! Using a hand level during install is necessary to ensure each pipe has a slight pitch. Before install, however, we generally use a laser level to ensure we’ve chosen a viable path with enough slope to begin with.
Great info...really helps on a job that i just signed on for.
Pretty close to you,I'm in Wichita Falls .
Looking at other videoa for more insights. With drainage work its almost like every job is different ...
This one i have has a negative slope so kind of challenging
Thanks for the comment - glad that the video helped :) Good luck on your project!
How much did you charge for this project?
Great post, Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What would a drain like that cost per foot?
$12-$18
Looks great. Only thing ya didn’t do was sock the pipe for extra protection from sediment
Thank you! Yes, there are differing opinions out there - we’re of the belief that it is more advantageous to only sock the outside of the trench.
@@DallasDrainagePros ya depending on the soil I could see that
Why on earth do you not use ready made socked ag-pipe?
Hello. I’m going to attempt this. What’s the big difference between using PCV piping compared to corrugated flex piping? Thanks.
The big difference is durability - corrugated pipe is so flexible that it develops bellies and ridges very quickly, rending the system useless. Unless you have a lot of slope (at least 2%) you’re better off with PVC. Best of luck!
how about laying a tarp down and place the dirt on top of it ? easier to clean up and move the dirt.
Eso pasa cuando trabajas con mis compatriotas mexicanos güero. Saludos y muy buen trabajo cocho salida a mis paisanos desde Illinois 🙏🏼
Muchas Gracias!
Hey so when finding the slope with the level does it mean there’s significantly more rock under the pipe closer to the gutter down spout ? How deep are you typically going as well
You want the pipe towards the bottom of the entire length of the trench, with most of the gravel on top of the pipe. For that reason, your trench needs to slope along with the pipe. As far as depth, it depends on the objective - for a french drain that is only addressing saturation toward the top of the soil, we go about 12" deep. For foundations, however, we generally want to have the pipe below the bottom of the foundation, so as to be able to draw saturation out (this would usually be 24" or more) Hope this helps and that it answers your questions!
Wow looks great!!! About how much does something like that cost? I'm a new homeowner and looking into getting something like this done (or doing it myself if it's pretty expensive).
Thank you! As far as cost, it really depends on your area and the specifics of your system. I would recommend getting at least two and probably three quotes to get an accurate feel for what to expect. Best of luck!
Respect for sharing …
Thank you!
Nice job! I have a question about the tie in at the house, is it not connected to roof down spout, you didn't show that so I'm wondering maybe they didn't have a downspout?
Great question - we do not normally tie in downspouts directly to a French drain system like this. A gutter tie in would be a separate line so as not to fill the gravel trench with roof runoff.
@@DallasDrainagePros Thank You! I didn't know that french drains aren't tied in to downspouts. I live in very rural farming area of northwest Florida in an old farm house that is over 80 years old. It has no downspouts. I don't allow any plants to grow close to the house, it does drain well enough but I was thinking of french drain to direct water to a rain garden area that I am contemplating installing. It's good to know I don't need to have down spouts in order to employ a french drain system.
Absolutely!
5:22 "It's important that you have a flow that goes downhill". Yes, but by how much? what is the fall per yd/m? That is a very large area to drain with just one pipe. I would expect a network of pipes for even drainage. Surely the area right next to the drain will drain very well, but the area 20-30 feet from the drain will drain much less so. I mean you couldn't drain an entire football field area with just one pipe, so how much surrounding area can one pipe drain efficiently before you need a second drain?
Great questions - as far as coverage for a french drain, it's really going to depend on your soil (sand or clay) but around here we generally expect good absorption 4ft on either side of the trench. In this case, we were addressing standing water that was particularly bad in that specific area. As for slope, you need 1% for PVC pipe. That's 1ft for every 100ft of distance. Remember though that this is 1% at the bottom of the pipe, not 1% along the surface. For this reason, you must account for the difference between the top of the soil and the bottom of your pipe at the start of your drain. For example, a 4" pipe sitting 6" in the ground, would mean that you need 22" of slope over 100ft. Hope this makes sense!
@@DallasDrainagePros A strange way to express it as you seem to be calculating the water exit point (22") based on the depth of the [bottom of the] pipe at the far end (10") for a 100' run. Whereas usually the exit height is determined by your drainage constraints. In your video above the exit point for the water (about which you had no choice) going through the kerb being just a few inches below the level of the grass at that point means that, unless the land had a natural slope down to it, you could barely have any downward slope on it at all, if any. However in your job above I think the land does luckily have a natural downward slope to it. I am sure you would have preferred to bury the pipe much deeper though. I shall be using perforated pipe rather than PVC pipe though.
Great job. I wished you worked in Atlanta.
I don't mean to hijack this guy's awesome video, but I work in Atlanta ...
@@ASGDirtworx send me your information. Thanks
Thank you! And Haha that’s great - get it!
That was a pretty awesome video done very well and the work looked like it was done pretty well too. Do you need a contractors license for doing French drains? I’m a licensed plumber in California moving to Texas. What are your thoughts?
Thank you! Drainage is an unregulated industry in the state of Texas, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. Welcome to Texas!
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It takes a whole team!
How much soil can you put over the geotextile fabric without have issues,
There's no hard rule. As far as dirt above, it depends on the objective - for a french drain that is only addressing saturation toward the top of the soil, we go about 12" deep with 2-3" of soil above. For foundations, however, we generally want to have the pipe below the bottom of the foundation, so as to be able to draw saturation out (this would usually be 24" or more, so the soil above would be 12" or more.) Hope this helps!
What is the correct pitch for a pop up valve
You generally want 2% minimum slope to make a pop up outlet most effective, though you can do 1%. The main problem with less slope is that sediment will build up at the 90 because the water is not flowing fast enough.
what was the cost of something like this ?
Great job. Where do you get your fabric from?
Thanks! I get it from Ewing Irrigation, but it is a “Dewitt Filter Fabric” product.
@@DallasDrainagePros awesome! I was just at Ewing and they had another brand by L&M that looked good too. You using 4oz? 4 or 6ft width?
Show us if it works please. Covering the sod back on top would inhibit water drainage
The area around the flagstone pieces dried up wonderfully! Also, it is not necessary to leave a French drain exposed at the surface - you just don’t want to burry too deep. No more than about 4 inches
Thx
How much is cost??
It really depends on your area and the specifics of your system. I would recommend getting at least two and probably three quotes to get an accurate feel for what to expect. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
Why does the pvc need holes. Couldn’t we use sch 40 PVC and exit through the curb??
The reason for the holes is to accomplish the goal of this particular drainage system, which is to absorb groundwater. This open system (pipe with holes, gravel and filter fabric) allows excess moisture in the ground to be drawn into the trench. As the water fills up in the trench, it falls into the holes and then runs down the bottom of the pipe towards the exit.
Using a solid pipe is for when you want to collect surface water. If standing water above ground is the issue, an area drain (catch basin) would be installed to collect the water. The water which fills up the basin then drains out into the pipe, ultimately draining toward the exit.
Thanks for watching - Hope this helps!
Wonder how much something like this runs for? I was quoted 10k which I think is kind of expensive
It’s going to depend on what type of French drain, the depth it is installed, as well as where you live. I would recommend getting a couple more estimates for the same thing so you have some reference. Thanks for watching!
What kind of a drilling machine was that?
It is a specialized concrete core drilling machine with a diamond-tipped bit - we actually use a smaller handheld one these days. You can find them in any number of brands - ours is not a name brand and in fact has no markings. I just bought it from a local shop here in Dallas called NT Diamond Tools
Good video!!! But how about the start ? You just shows the pipe end and not how begins???
its amazing how you got that fall on the pipe when it comes out at kerb level lol
That's why we use a laser level so there's no accidental success! 😄
@@DallasDrainageProsmust be a amazing level
theres no success at all lol who are you kidding ??
standing on the pipe at 5.18 and counting that as fall is ridiculous thats called bending the pipe
the fact that you show the height of the outlet at kerb level, can you explain how you have a trench and pipe lower than the outlet and have fall over that distance ?????????
you dont what you have is a ramp upwards towards the end
@@wideawake3959 haha that's a good catch at 5.18 😂- it does look funny but that's not the whole install! As far as how this works, the yard slopes toward the curb - the beginning of the yard where we started the drain has a high enough elevation that while the pipe does get closer to the surface, it didn't require that we install the pipe going upward. What is actually happening is that the terrain goes downward, toward the pipe. Hope that makes sense!
@@DallasDrainagePros its not possible to get fall over that distance 2.31 shows how little fall you can possibly have, due to the height of kerb exit point you drilled its about 100mm max
so if the pipe is exiting at 100mm at kerb level, and you would need a minimum of 100mm of dirt on top all the way along, otherwise the grass would die without regular watering especially with all the drainage below!!
hence no fall possible hope that makes sense!
What degree slope is ideal?
1% for PVC pipe. That's 1ft for every 100ft of distance. Remember though that this is 1% at the bottom of the pipe, not 1% along the surface. For this reason, you must account for the difference between the top of the soil and the bottom of your pipe at the start of your drain. For example, a 4" pipe sitting 6" in the ground, would mean that you need 22" of slope over 100ft. Hope this makes sense!
@@DallasDrainagePros makes perfect sense! Thank you!
Nice job isn’t rolled corrugated, pipe, easier, and faster?
Thank you! Corrugated pipe is easier and faster to install, for sure. But it does not last as long or conduct water nearly as fast as smooth PVC pipe.
Schedule 40 also has its drawbacks, clay swells up and shrinks, also up north ice can also break or crack pvc at the joint. Thanks Thanks@@DallasDrainagePros
Yes - schedule 40 is not the best for drainage because it is too rigid. Basic sewer and drain pipe or SDR 35 are your go-tos for drainage material.@@mopartruxvlog5285
Look at "pay for performance. Mike Andes at Augusta Lawncare is an excellent example of how to reward your employees. Hat's off to ya. You're gonna do extremely well.
That’s awesome - thanks so much. It feels great to be able to take care of the people who help you every day!
No hay riesgo de que ese pasto muera al tener la tubería abajo?
Dejamos a menos 2 o 3" de tierra debajo del sacate. Asi debe de estar bien. 👍
@@DallasDrainagePros muchas gracias tengo un trabajo 1 hacer y creo q la mejor propuesta osea un sistema de drenaje es este, espero q todo salga bien, saludos, gracias por responder mi pregunta, bendiciones.
That looks like crushed stone, not gravel. Can you clarify?
This is a filtered crushed concrete - approximately 1”. Either gravel or a crushed stone like this will work. The main thing is that is is clean and allows water to drain/filter through 👍
Yep , sharing the wealth is a great policy, but how do you reward the screw up’s and when they don’t show up ? I haven’t figured that out lol , nice job 🏁🏁🏁
Fortunately I work with some great guys who always show up when they say they will. Screw ups do happen, and I suppose that's just a judgment call - you do have to leave margin for error!
Use a sawzaw instead of an ax for the sod lines, way quicker
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Take care or your employees and you'll succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
That's the truth!
The guys in the background 😂😂 Tiene que aprender algo
I'm very confused. Why a closed french drain down the entire lawn? That type of french drain is used to collect sub surface water that is traveling underground toward a basement or crawl space. Does your customer have soggy lawn conditions along 95% of that run to the curb? How does the water get thru the grass, its roots and the fabric to the stones? Grass and its roots are an excellent carrier of above ground water when a lawn has proper fall. Also, how much was the pipe pitched? The pipe in any type of french drain should have very, very little fall, otherwise the high end won't collect water.
It looks like the shrub area is lower than the lawn. Did you consider bringing in dirt to build that area higher so it drains naturally? The brick border could be part of the problem.
If the source of the problem water is accumulated inside the shrub garden and you can't do those suggestions, either a surface drain or small (doesn't have to be straight) open french drain feeding into solid pipe to the curb. No stones or fabric needed around the solid pipe. The open french drain in the shrub area can be finished off with decorative stone.
Open french drains collect above ground water that pools in an area or travels above ground to an area that causes problems..
Great considerations! Yes, the entire lawn had a water retention problem, and in order to draw it out over such a large area, a subsurface French drain system was the perfect answer.
@@DallasDrainagePros What is the source of the water?
It was the result of several things: contour of the property, over watering by themselves and their neighbors, another was just simply the soil composition. You might suggest watering less, but sometimes people don’t want to!
The watershed should be absorbed on the site with a catch basin and not released onto public watershed to be dealt with down stream.
That could be a good idea. Unfortunately that may be a solution for a different part of the country where the soil is sandier and will absorb water underground if dug deep enough. In the north Texas area we have clay for several feet, and then rock. A catch basin will just fill up and overflow, making the French drain obsolete. It is pretty standard operating procedure to discharge to public storm systems for this sort of thing. Thanks for sharing!
Dirt tarps are nice to have, leave a job clean without much effort.
You got it!
Put plywood down next time!
U lost when u said the whole faces down and then how does it drain if it's dropping all the way ?
Holes face "down" actually means the holes face at 4 and 8 o'clock, leaving the bottom of the pipe (between 4 and 8) to carry the water. Hope this makes sense!
Can you go under a sidewalk?
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There should be an outer cloth sack covering the pvc to keep dirt out and keep water flowing.
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That's a good one :)
What would a drain like that cost per foot ????