This makes so much sense. I don't need the pop-up at the end, because my drain goes straight to a side gully, but I do need the InLine catch basin to move the water off the lawn. This is too smart. Thank you.
I get a flooded yard after heavy rains. I dug 2 vertical 4” PVC pipe drains wrapped in a silt sock and a drain cap on top. I have to cover the top of the pipe with weed block material due to the small sticks, branches,debris that clogs the top. Also there is a natural spring located about 8’ deep where the water pools up. The yard drains little better. Thanks for the video
These look simple and clean to work with great video! Would you be willing to do a video comparing these with the D-Boxes you used so much in the past? Wondering if these are the next evolution of that concept or are these in line catch basins far superior to that approach? Also, FDM should consider a polylok d-box buy back/trade program for folks who pulled the trigger on a few of them but hadn’t gotten around to installing them if these catch basins + turf restrictor plate are the better way to go. Naturally asking for a friend here… 😏
@@FRENCHDRAINMANit's lovely but in the uk you aren't allowed to drain water from your garden onto the street, we have gulleys under our rain water pipes from the roofs that go to the sewage drain
Will this type of set up work if your yard ends up with about 8" of water in it? Have a place at Higgins Lake in northern Michigan. There was a lot of snow and then it warmed up and rained for a couple days. Then it snowed a bunch followed by more rain. The water table was so high the ground had water seeping through. I pumped water away from my house with 4 pumps for 2 days straight. I've had a couple different companies give me their ideas a price quotes but I don't think their solutions will work. After watching your videos and then asking them about what type of materials they would use and nobody was using stuff that was the quality of what you use. I know this may have been a once every 20 year occurrence but I can't go through this again. I guess until I can find someone that impresses me with their knowledge like you have I'm stuck. Thanks
I have a paddock that floods and I was going to use the perforated pipe but after watching this I'm confused. Which one do I use solid or perforated pipe?
Watched a guy, dig a hole in the low area of a lawn, dig a hole below the hard soil line, about 1 to 2 feet. Lines it with soil cloth. Filled that with stone and replace the grass plug on top. Drained all the puddled water. A bit cheaper.
My yard keeps settling even after 25 years. I regraded it to run it to the swale behind my back yard butbit has settled again and thr back yard looks like a bowl. Visible to the naked eye. Any suggestions on where to run it? Drywell? Other than doing catch basins or a drywell im at a loss and I owned an excavation company and did drainage installs a bunch
I have a question.....I have standing water in my back yard coming from a piece of property behind my house. That property is at a higher grade than mine. Is it possible that I can install the inline basins for the surface water, connecting it to perforated pipe below to catch the water below and send it to pop up admitters...this way I can grab the water before it gets to my house and then into the basement. As it is we get water from below into the basement anyway and out sump pump works a lot. I am just tired of the water pouring out of the neighbors back yard flooding mine.
This year, I'm doing many new videos on this topic. In July, I have some trick new parts for this, too. This video is an older video. But the concept stays the same. If you are going to do what you described, it only works with a knife cut ( or fine cut ) perforated pipe. I will do my best to build on this subject. It's one of the most misinformed systems built on RUclips. What you see on Chuck in a van channel is wrong and fails in 2 years. That's why he has a 2-star review and no longer has his Google reviews listed. He pulled them down. Stay Tuned ruclips.net/video/76EcYaGDboM/видео.htmlsi=uxntPbvzmaBHTqvO
Does this work for rerouting the water that floods from a protected fish habitat stream that runs along the property side back into the stream? And what about debris entering the pipe system? Your water looks pretty clean but this water also has some mud/dirt and things. Can this still be done?
If you wrap the French drain system and you use a solid pipe for your yard drain and a separate perforated pipe for your French drain, you will isolate your French drain pipe from those contaminations.
The industry is missing a dry well basin that has a large enough pipe coming to the surface that you can drop a portable sump pump down into. NDS makes a basin but it only has a 4 inch opening and that isn't enough to drop in a sump. wish you could get an 8 inch pipe leading to the surface to drop the pump down into.
I’ve watched several of your videos. I have not seen in any of them, at least not the ones i’ve watched, where does all that water go? Does it drain to the curb, the municipal sewer line, is being pumped out somewhere else, etc? Whether it be down spout drains, french drains, or yard drains.
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Hi there...Australia here. Why the need for a "pop up" - don't you have a system to carry the water away as part of the infrastructure of the neighborhood? I have seen in some of the US house flipping shows where the down pipes discharge directly beside the house ?
I have 100% clay on my property and I think I would have been better served by this than a traditional soil-capped French drain. WAY less earth to move around, less work, and would probably last longer before silt became an issue due to the high speed of water flow.
Hey FDM, Love your work. I live in upstate NY with a lot of clay and snow. My backyard is sloped pretty well but still has pockets of standing water after a rain event. The back of my property does slope down to a creek so I can end the pipe out the side bank. Based on this video, where you mention a soupy mess, I know I need some catch basins but I don't know if I also need a french drain. What is the tipping point to know you need both? Given my clay environment, I don't know how long the french drain will hold up - obviously much longer now that I am subscribed to your channel, but I think you know what I mean. I can't wait to purchase all my supplies from you when I pull the trigger this summer. Thanks, Bob
I always start at the highest low point and work my way to the lowest low point as a general rule. This works most the time. A outdoor sump pump lift station is required in many cases at the lowest low point. Hope this helps. Thank You for your question.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN No, I meant as leaves, needles, and debris plug the pop up emitter, then the water will just flood out of the closest inline drain. Corrugated pipes and pop up emitters are terrible to use when trying to move water.
I'm in NW Ohio, very flat area and neighbor has let where the water used to drain to.... it's virtually gone and county says 'nothing they can do. I can send more on this or if you know some one local I can ask advice. I have done a lot on my own and am now trapped..
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I’m interested in buying your products for a diy job in Ohio but I’m not sure if I need something like this or a French drain. Yard is pretty flat but there is a creek behind it I could drain all the water to.
How is this any different than a NDS 2 outlet 6inch basin if you put them in a series. This is just a way for you to sell product and it’s overly complicated and expensive, I would know because I’ve been a drainage contractor for 20 years and I’d never use that pos
Where is the logic ... If you install the catch bassins in the lowest spots, how can the water find its way (up) towards the exit ??! I mean this kind of system can only work downhill, not uphill (!) or you would need a pump.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN C'mon, in your first video nowhere can we see a deep digging to conter gravitation (as we see in you scd video). So if you place your box at the lowest and make no deep digging ... it just cannot flow out.
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Can you recommend anyone in Canton area who uses your products and techniques. Office tells me you don’t service this area. Love the channel!
@geo5913 I got you bro
This makes so much sense. I don't need the pop-up at the end, because my drain goes straight to a side gully, but I do need the InLine catch basin to move the water off the lawn. This is too smart. Thank you.
Great interview.
Great post sir. Saving this to favorites to remedy our issue at the cottage on Harsen's Island. Thanks much!!
I get a flooded yard after heavy rains. I dug 2 vertical 4” PVC pipe drains wrapped in a silt sock and a drain cap on top. I have to cover the top of the pipe with weed block material due to the small sticks, branches,debris that clogs the top. Also there is a natural spring located about 8’ deep where the water pools up. The yard drains little better. Thanks for the video
PVC is so bad for the environment. I wouldn't recommend ever using that. It's bad for the soil. It's bad for animals and it's bad for humans.
Just received and will be Installing my backyard surface water and downspout system on Sunday.
How is it working? Does it clog?
These look simple and clean to work with great video! Would you be willing to do a video comparing these with the D-Boxes you used so much in the past? Wondering if these are the next evolution of that concept or are these in line catch basins far superior to that approach?
Also, FDM should consider a polylok d-box buy back/trade program for folks who pulled the trigger on a few of them but hadn’t gotten around to installing them if these catch basins + turf restrictor plate are the better way to go. Naturally asking for a friend here… 😏
Not a problem. If the office has your order in the system should be able to switch them out.
Awesome video , perfect for hurricane season in south Texas 956
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Why don't you let us see a wide vision of the water working its way in? Landscape view.
Okay will do!
Maybe because he doesn't want to show the hose? I mean it's not raining 😂
@@FRENCHDRAINMANit's lovely but in the uk you aren't allowed to drain water from your garden onto the street, we have gulleys under our rain water pipes from the roofs that go to the sewage drain
Will this type of set up work if your yard ends up with about 8" of water in it? Have a place at Higgins Lake in northern Michigan. There was a lot of snow and then it warmed up and rained for a couple days. Then it snowed a bunch followed by more rain. The water table was so high the ground had water seeping through. I pumped water away from my house with 4 pumps for 2 days straight. I've had a couple different companies give me their ideas a price quotes but I don't think their solutions will work. After watching your videos and then asking them about what type of materials they would use and nobody was using stuff that was the quality of what you use. I know this may have been a once every 20 year occurrence but I can't go through this again. I guess until I can find someone that impresses me with their knowledge like you have I'm stuck. Thanks
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Can you do a video using a dry well in your drain system please……..thanks in advance
I need this in my yard
When is this going to be available at the big box stores
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I have a paddock that floods and I was going to use the perforated pipe but after watching this I'm confused. Which one do I use solid or perforated pipe?
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Coming to ur website now for supplies
Watched a guy, dig a hole in the low area of a lawn, dig a hole below the hard soil line, about 1 to 2 feet. Lines it with soil cloth. Filled that with stone and replace the grass plug on top. Drained all the puddled water. A bit cheaper.
Best of luck, drywell, seldom work.
You would say that. @@FRENCHDRAINMAN
My yard keeps settling even after 25 years. I regraded it to run it to the swale behind my back yard butbit has settled again and thr back yard looks like a bowl. Visible to the naked eye. Any suggestions on where to run it? Drywell? Other than doing catch basins or a drywell im at a loss and I owned an excavation company and did drainage installs a bunch
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I have a question.....I have standing water in my back yard coming from a piece of property behind my house. That property is at a higher grade than mine. Is it possible that I can install the inline basins for the surface water, connecting it to perforated pipe below to catch the water below and send it to pop up admitters...this way I can grab the water before it gets to my house and then into the basement. As it is we get water from below into the basement anyway and out sump pump works a lot. I am just tired of the water pouring out of the neighbors back yard flooding mine.
This year, I'm doing many new videos on this topic. In July, I have some trick new parts for this, too.
This video is an older video. But the concept stays the same. If you are going to do what you described, it only works with a knife cut ( or fine cut ) perforated pipe.
I will do my best to build on this subject. It's one of the most misinformed systems built on RUclips. What you see on Chuck in a van channel is wrong and fails in 2 years. That's why he has a 2-star review and no longer has his Google reviews listed. He pulled them down.
Stay Tuned
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Does this work for rerouting the water that floods from a protected fish habitat stream that runs along the property side back into the stream? And what about debris entering the pipe system? Your water looks pretty clean but this water also has some mud/dirt and things. Can this still be done?
If you wrap the French drain system and you use a solid pipe for your yard drain and a separate perforated pipe for your French drain, you will isolate your French drain pipe from those contaminations.
How far down did you dig for this install? And how far do you recommend? I’m basically doing this exact thing here soon.
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The industry is missing a dry well basin that has a large enough pipe coming to the surface that you can drop a portable sump pump down into. NDS makes a basin but it only has a 4 inch opening and that isn't enough to drop in a sump. wish you could get an 8 inch pipe leading to the surface to drop the pump down into.
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I’ve watched several of your videos. I have not seen in any of them, at least not the ones i’ve watched, where does all that water go? Does it drain to the curb, the municipal sewer line, is being pumped out somewhere else, etc? Whether it be down spout drains, french drains, or yard drains.
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If my 6inch pipe is backed up with 2% slope should I remove the 6inch pop up drain and just use a critter guard ?
Hi there...Australia here. Why the need for a "pop up" - don't you have a system to carry the water away as part of the infrastructure of the neighborhood? I have seen in some of the US house flipping shows where the down pipes discharge directly beside the house ?
The Infrastructure has fallen behind and it backs up and this is what happens during big rain events.
So you only need to wrap the pipe if it’s a French drain with perforations?
That's correct
I have 100% clay on my property and I think I would have been better served by this than a traditional soil-capped French drain. WAY less earth to move around, less work, and would probably last longer before silt became an issue due to the high speed of water flow.
Thank you for commenting and contributing.
I have standing water around my drain field like a pond! Would this work for me?
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great videos...what sump pump do you recommend please?
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Is there any chance that over time sediment will clog this system?
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Can you run a yard drain into a dry well?
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If i run a surface water drainage system where do i want all my water to flow to. And what style drains and piping
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Hey FDM, Love your work. I live in upstate NY with a lot of clay and snow. My backyard is sloped pretty well but still has pockets of standing water after a rain event. The back of my property does slope down to a creek so I can end the pipe out the side bank. Based on this video, where you mention a soupy mess, I know I need some catch basins but I don't know if I also need a french drain. What is the tipping point to know you need both? Given my clay environment, I don't know how long the french drain will hold up - obviously much longer now that I am subscribed to your channel, but I think you know what I mean. I can't wait to purchase all my supplies from you when I pull the trigger this summer. Thanks, Bob
I would do both
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Where can I find the emitters and basins with turf restrictor plates?
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How do you take care of an area that you do not have a way to get if off your property?
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Do you try to run a pitch to all this pipe or just by it being a void allows the water to run away?
I always start at the highest low point and work my way to the lowest low point as a general rule. This works most the time. A outdoor sump pump lift station is required in many cases at the lowest low point. Hope this helps. Thank You for your question.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you. I watch your videos quite a bit. I learn lots from you.
Do pop up emitters slow your discharge? I have 6 inch pop up on 6 inch pipe. The pop up says it’s rated for 100gpm and 6inch pipe can move 550gpm?
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Is there any pump involved in this or do you basically just have to make the slope steep enough?
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you! Will check that out
How deep is that pipe closer to the emitter? It doesn't look deep on camera so I wonder about an areator hitting it.
We sell a Riser for the pop-emitter and catch basins if you want to go DEEPER. Thank you for commenting.
How can you move it from backyard to front yard if no downslope?
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When the pop up emitter plugs, the inline drain before it becomes the new pop up emitter.
Yes it vents at the closest outlet.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN No, I meant as leaves, needles, and debris plug the pop up emitter, then the water will just flood out of the closest inline drain. Corrugated pipes and pop up emitters are terrible to use when trying to move water.
What keeps it from getting plugged?
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Is there a company in Milwaukee you would recommend for a french drain system ?
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Won't a pop emitter freeze?
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Where are you?
What state?
Michigan
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I'm in NW Ohio, very flat area and neighbor has let where the water used to drain to.... it's virtually gone and county says 'nothing they can do. I can send more on this or if you know some one local I can ask advice. I have done a lot on my own and am now trapped..
We do consulting packages. There's a charge for this. We value our time. We do not have a franchise in your area just yet. Thank you for commenting.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I’m interested in buying your products for a diy job in Ohio but I’m not sure if I need something like this or a French drain. Yard is pretty flat but there is a creek behind it I could drain all the water to.
I sent more to your web site. I know time is valuable.
Another Ohio DIY’er checking in. Buckeye state gets more rain than Washington. People can’t believe this but it’s true.
I got to look into this boy does my yard need help
Here's my playlist on different options you have for yard drainage.
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You said 1% slope. Is that 1in drop in 100ft or ???
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Great system, whatever it was...
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The issue I see is that with only a couple leaves and the inlet is blocked
An atrium grate fits in it perfectly.
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Until it clogs up.
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How is this any different than a NDS 2 outlet 6inch basin if you put them in a series. This is just a way for you to sell product and it’s overly complicated and expensive, I would know because I’ve been a drainage contractor for 20 years and I’d never use that pos
This video is outdated. The latest catch basin is a game changer 🙌 👏
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Show camera view of the whole project.
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Where is the logic ... If you install the catch bassins in the lowest spots, how can the water find its way (up) towards the exit ??! I mean this kind of system can only work downhill, not uphill (!) or you would need a pump.
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN C'mon, in your first video nowhere can we see a deep digging to conter gravitation (as we see in you scd video). So if you place your box at the lowest and make no deep digging ... it just cannot flow out.
Thar drainage pipe is entirely too shallow! This product is not readily available in the landscape supply distribution chain.
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