How do I Install a French Drain? French Drain 101 - Everything You Need to Know!
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- How do I Install a French Drain? Step by Step Instructions
Following these tips will give you a French Drain that literally lasts forever (over 200 years).
Remember, you’ll want to use a non-woven geotextile fabric in 4 or 8oz. Don’t buy the cheaper landscape fabric if you want your french drain to last!
Remember to put your corrugated pipe at the bottom of the trench on the fabric. Then put the stone on top of your drain pipe. A common mistake among contractors and DIYers is they put the stone at the bottom of the trench.
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Dude is a drain scientist. Thanks for the info tips and hammering the main points. Saved me a ton of money and headache! God bless you and your business man
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I live in the U.k. so plenty plenty water I just love watching folk that firstly know what they are doing but mostly I love watching folk that care and want to do it right sadly these days
not many folk like that around !! All they seem to want these days is the pay cheq the money for the least amount of work ..So well done Sir I can tell you are passionate
about what you do and thats why you will never be out of work Wish you were over the pond I really really do!! Its simple things like boards so the track machine does not
make a mess its cutting the sod so it fits Its using the right materials etc etc etc ITS MAKING SURE THE CUSTOMER IS HAPPY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I purchased the high octane 4” blue. Followed his directions on the burrito wrap with rounded stone. I had over 200’ to run. Took me two days and I am very pleased and water disappears very quickly. Also got the shipment very fast. I’m just saying thanks problem solved.
Two days to to complete 200feet is impressive.. took me 14 days all by hand
Did you run a single 200 ft line or a dbl line
Could you describe how you pinned or secured the burrito wrap so it would not unravel ie) How far apart did you pin it (every 12", 16", etc.), how much do you need to OVERLAP the burrito wrap (6" overlap or 12" overlap, etc.) and what device or component did you actually use to PIN the wrap? Thanks!
These videos make me want a French drain even if I didn’t need it! 😂
I placed an order yesterday to do a drain around my garage, cant wait to get it,thank u👍
Watched most of your videos, and still learning new stuff!
Hey I subscribed today after viewing your videos. Another reason is that you have excellent detailed description on your professional install. Your a professional with a plan.
Thank you for this video! It takes a good person to give everybody this!!
Thanks so much. This video was exactly what I was looking for.
I have watched several drain company RUclips presentations where they have absolutely no idea what they are doing. I have extensive knowledge as a builder and developer.
You know your subject all these others are a joke.
Good job
You add no value to the comment section, all you did is come on here bragging of your knowledge yet you did not share anything but jealousy, I am not an expert at any of this, but I find it very upsetting when so called expert like you find fault of other people with no real solution.
If you don't have anything positive to say, stay the fuck off the net, if you were all that good you would not be watching this. I am watching because I am trying to fix my water problem and I am not an expert.
@@MrNanah38 His comment was directed at other professional drainage companies who share videos of their work that is poorly done. When somebody is an expert in their trade, it pains them to see other so called experts give out false information and advice that wont solve people's problems and waste their time and money. His comment was definitely not directed at DIYers like yourself trying to learn how to fix their own water issues and is reassuring to some people that they have come to the right place to learn about the topic.
So glad i found this channel. Im getting ready to DIY a system in my backyard and was close to using the low quality materials offered from lowes or homedepot. After watching these vids and going to there site for only a few hundred dollars more i can have higher quality materials shipped straight to the house. I will be placing an order soon.
@17:00 - Man that is GENIUS! Seriously, I've been able to understand why the pipe has holes, but describing it the way you did was really remarkable. The trench is filled with gravel, so there are voids. That's why it can flow (and flow downward because of its constant tilt ... but your description of the pipe was magnificent: The pipe is the BIGGEST VOID. The idea being you need a lot of void to get the water from the surrounding soil and from the surface into the trench, but you need even MORE void LATERALLY, the length of your drain, to keep the drainage moving. So you force a 6" diameter continuous void to "reside" inside the trench. Magnificent! Seriously, I was able to "feel" why it worked, but I could not really explain how it worked until now.
I wish you were in TEXAS! I had a guy come in and dig down 12 inches in our clay soil and fill with topsoil. Now I have a swimming pool with no outlet. He now wants a fortune to put in a french drain. I'm 70 and my husband is 80 and we are looking to do this ourselves. I'm exhausted just watching the video! I am convinced yours works.
The problem w/ clay soil is it will completely clog up filter fabric over time. A system like this will clog up and hold water. PVC would work better at moving water without holding it or clogging up but PVC is more difficult to install. You get what you pay for.
So much information, I love it! Thanks for making these videos.
I used the half corregated half solid on the bottom pipe and it catches the water and then flows wonderful.
great job on this one plus way to finish off the video with detail on how that pop up will work, Thanks
This is excellent video and the whole process is well explained. Thanks French Drain Man.
Excellent, well made video thank you for sharing!!! sheers from California!!!
Have a great day!
Very good overview. Thank you.
I've watched most of your videos. Trying to learn as much as I can and when I happen upon someone else's videos I say to myself that's not how the french drain man would do it. lol.
Same here.
Lol
Would you consider making a video that shows how you wrap your tees, wyes, and drainage basins?
Nice explanation on the mesh. No overlap.
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Back in my day we didn't have any fancy dancy blue yellow or green or black perf pipe, We dug ditching With our bare hands Rapped river rock in burlap sacks Put chip rock over the top of that Then Hay grass good old cowsoils then Is the sweetest blue Kentucky grass on top, And we never called them French Drains they were All-American Irrigation engineered. By hand I tell you By Hand. 💪😉
These drains were popularized by an American.. Henry Flagg French (1813-1885) of Concord, Massachusetts, a lawyer and Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary described them in Farm Drainage (1859). From Wikipedia... the idea may be from France but the guy was Mr French. 👌
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Uphill both ways in 10’ of snow as well🤣
@@Stahodad Thats a cool piec of info to know. Was he big fond of frys as well?😁
Thanks for these videos and helping out us DIY’ers! 👍🏼 can the high octane pipe be ran into a drywell? My backyard is surrounded on three sides by farm field and I don’t have anywhere to go with the water. Thanks!
Thanks for the great content. I plan to follow your model to install a FD between my new home and my neighbor's in order to mitigate basement seepage issues. I have looked around and the blue corrugated pipe you use does not appear to be at any local stores. In your advice, is the only drawback of the ADS pipe it's longevity? Or does it not perform adequately before it breaks down? Second: If you burrito wrap the pipe and use clean stone, doesn't that keep out any debris that would clog the system?
Increíble. Excelente trabajo. Gracias por compartir.
Digging in the winter, always fun. Also I’m stealing the term “sweat equity”! Thanks for all the information!!
Hey! Great videos. I have a driveway on a slope that has ground water coming up through and has destroyed the concrete. So I want a French drain installed before new concrete goes down. I’m thinking a couple lateral and a trench down the side. Should I use your standard design for yard drains under the concrete,I.e. trench, stone, burrito wrap?
Richmond, VA here.
Being a commercial driver does not help; being away from home as I am but, I need to get this done on my front and back yards.
Will hire a crew to get this done.
Great videos! I have a question. I live on a down slope of a mountain. I have water that runs from the road down on to my driveway and on each side of my house. Would this style drain be the best for me? I was thinking of running where the street meets the yard. Thanks
I wish I could have you guys here in Adkins TX! Or somebody with your detail oriented work.
Great video and informative and never got bored. My neighbor has a leak they won’t fix and the city won’t help. My question is I have a 3” pipe that runs under the area I need fixed and it goes to the street though the curb and is used for pool deck and backyard drainage and other than drains in the backyard the pipe is closed . How would I tie into it to take the water away from the side of my house? Do you have a video on that? Again great job!!!
You're the only ones!!!
What should I do if I don't have sod to cut back? In the process of redoing lawn so all I'll have is dirt for the top layer to then seed and straw. Is that okay?
Love your videos, how are you charging your customers if I may ask? We have a system we are getting ready to install and I want to use your product. I know standard systems are 20-30 a foot but just curious since yours are so much nicer
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I have a house built from filled dirt certified by the city where I live. It was a pond before. The builder made sort of made like a drench for the water to keep away from the foundation. I want to put the French Drain, but I am not sure if this appropriate. Is this appropriate to keep water away from the foundation of my house?
I just purchased a house (not in flood plain) during dry season in FL. Now in the middle of a really wet rainy season and I have a huge standing puddle in my yard. The city culvert isn’t very deep and holds water. Would it be pointless to run my drain over to the culvert? I’m assuming it would back up the syatem
What will happen to the downspout via a pop-up window in late fall or winter? I live in Quebec, it rains several times in winter. The next day it can be -15, the pop-up will freeze, break or become blocked by ice.
You mentioned not using the high octane on a farm. I need to drain from the horse shelter and in a pasture. Only equipment in the area is a lawn mower. does that change anything? no planting . Which pipe should I use?
Scott- those blind inlets will handle pot holes 2+inches in depth?...I have a bad spot, not sure I need badged or if a blind inlet will suffice..Thanks
We’ve got a patio at the end of a field slope that’s flooding the house sits in a dip. If we can get the water around the side then it’s a straight shot to the street. Any suggestions?
I have an area that's about 15 ft wide and 50 ft long and would one row of pipe be sufficient? Can you tell me how big a swath would I need for this system to drain? Would one row of pipe handle that 15 ft? I would appreciate and be thankful for any help you can give me.
What is your typical grade? I read 1% but what do you do with the end of the pipe? I can pump it into my pond but that would require a decently deep sump basin.
I'm in the pacific northwest so we have a ton of rain.
Also why is it soooo expensive to ship the high octane. I literally cannot find it anywhere except what you sell!
Last, generally what permits are required for a French drain project?
I was hoping I might get your advice an something . Where I live must have a high water table, everyone has sumo pumps under there house . And just about everyone gets mold on the HVAC duct work under the house. We are trying to figure out the best way to prevent this from happening again , before we change out the duct work.
My thinking is,
1 - regrade the yard to lesson the water from flowing towards the house.
2-Dig down to the bottom of the foundation wall and seal the out side( since there are several places under the house you can see water coming in )
3. Install a French drain (like yours in this video)on the out side of home
4 -install drains on all the gutter extending them further away from home
5- Install a drain underneath the house to force the water down to sump pump .
But , that takes time and money . But I’m guessing that would be the best thing ? ???
Am I correct ?
I just dug a trench under the house to apply termite killer , and thought , humm while I have this already dug , should I go ahead and install a drain to force water to pump! And then hopefully in spring do some things on the out side.
I guess my question is, if I do the drain under the house now, will I just create more of a flow twords the house ? . A gravity pull effect I guess ? Since I have to do the work my self .. I want to make sure I’m doing it right . And I’ve called a few pros and can’t get a straight answer.
Try that in my yard in northwest CT. I can barely stick a tent stake in my yard. Damn rocks everywhere.
How does water travel though? Do you provide a slope?
Wish you guys were up here in Buffalo, NY!
Hi, thanks, what is the approximate cost of a project like this?
Where do you find that 14in flat shovel? Can't find that anywhere.
Could I use a blind inlet off the side of a driveway where it swales?
Why discharge downspout drain via pop-up behind patio steps? Why not run on out to end of line?
Do have any people near this way? I've seen your work and it's great and just what I need here.
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Hi I’m a first timer doin a French drain👍 my back yards gtn flooded can I zig zag over the lawn to one run off? Thanks
We usually run a main and branch off to low areas. Zig zag might work for you. We do Consultations $500.00 a yard 248-505-3065 to design your system.
Does the length of the trench have to be dug with a slight grade/ slope?
can you run a sump line or French drain into a a dug dutch well for a catch basin if you make the dutch well big enough and deep enough?
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Do you recommend a specific size of round rock? I am having a hard time finding in GA for some reason. The only stuff I could find was almost pea sized round rock.
Stay Tuned because we have been working on a solution for that and our R n D is done very close to covering in videos.
great video, can i ask a question please- i have an area about 7 metres long on my grass where water pools up. im thinking of digging a trench for a french drain pipe, would it work if i just dug the trench, installed a length of pipe and covered it as you say and plugged it both ends? my question being- would it have to have a soakaway at one end ? or would the pipe just get rid of the water and send it downwards?
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Quick question..if there ever was such a thing. My back yard does not have enough slope from where I want the drain to begin to where I want the outflow of water to be. I need to increase the slope by having the beginning of the drain higher than then the outflow. And, I only need the drainage area to be about 40 feet of perforated pipe; the burrito. This area will need to be ground level with the 40 feet of fabric exposed to make the drain area a slightly higher elevation. The remaining 100 feet or so of the drain will only be solid pipe that is a little deeper every 10 feet or so to create a slope to force the water to flow to the outflow. I can't dig the outflow area deep enough to actually bury that 40 feet of drain area because the water would simply pool up and not flow. So, does this idea of 40 feet feet of drain area to 100 feet of solid drain with a gradual slope (outflow lower than the drain area of course) sound like it will or should work? Awesome videos!
If I need to do some regrading and resod should I do it before or after installing the french drain
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What is some advice for installing one while it is already raining?
I take it you need to lay the pipe with a gradually fall so the water flows in the right direction?
I just installed a paver patio and the end of the patio the lawn is very soggy and the yard is unfortunately sloped toward the patio/house. I need a french drain and your videos are extremely helpful and awesome! However, I'd like to put the drain pipe around the patio under decorative stone. Do I need to separate the decorative stone from whatever stone I use around the drain tile? Or should I just use the decorative stone as deep and as wide as the french drain trench. Also, do I just wrap the bottom and up the 2 sides?
Are there any issues with tying downspouts and sump pump to french drain?
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1 1/2 round rocks. Thanks mate. Do we need vents? I saw some French drains at the start of the pipe it has vents on the surface maybe about 2 inches above the grass. What type of fabric do you use?
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Question will duct tape peel off of the overlapping tarp over time?
Looking to do this project next weekend. I’m thinking about ordering the high octane as well as your fabric. Do you you guys have any discount codes for first responders
Yes you need to call the office they will take your order over the phone. Monday morning is madness, call afternoon for a quote. Thank you for commenting.
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that weather though. brrrrrr!
So when you are ready to discharge your water you say to only connect one of the bottom pipes to the pop up emitter and the other pipes you would leave open? Or would you cap them the same way you started the run? Thanks for your videos and help!
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Love your videos and really appreciate you sharing your expertise!! Our back yard here in Connecticut has been a swamp every year from March-June since we bought the house six years ago. Planning to undertake this as a DIY project this summer to reclaim it! I did have one question, and I've been unable to find an answer in any of your awesome vids I've seen so far. After adding the stone and burrito wrapping, should we leave 2.5in for the sod to fit back level? Or should we plan on elevating it a bit? Specifically, does the drain cause the terrain to set or sink at all over time after it's installed?
I believe FDM leaves 2 inches for sod...
Who offers this service here in Houston , Texas? My yard is drowning!!!!!😞
You do want to leave the 2.5 inches for the sod to go back over the top of the fabric. The round gravel does not settle
My home is on a slab and I'm putting an OPEN french drain on the back side of the home. Should the French drain be right up against the back of the house OR should there be some space between the back of the home's foundation and my drain?
If no basement you can go right up to the house.
Why would you put the cable lines inside the french drain vs on top between the drain and the grass tile? I am just imagining someone pulling at that cable for some reason and then messing up the drain.
First off. Love this channel. You all are very talented and have a great crew. Thank you so much for all the insight. I am looking to run a quad pack, but I need to run it in front of 2 garage doors in which cars will pull in and out of. I need it to drain in front of doors but I was unsure how to do it because I dont want the high octane to be crushed from the weight. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Faithful follower.
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN do you have a video of this 6” single wall installation in the driveway by chance? Part of my project involves my driveway. Thank you. I’m about to place an order for my entire project around my house, just making sure I order the correct products.
Hi, FDM!
I commented a few days ago, asking about the gaps that remain between the spikes when overlapping and pinning the material to create a burrito. Thank you for sending the link to the full video!
While your process and materials seem top notch overall, the way you’re pinning the burrito closed with a single spike every 30” or so appears to create gaps big enough for dirt to work its way to the rocks and pipe. The only thing I see to prevent that from happening is that sod gets laid on top of the fabric to hold it in place. But that doesn’t seem like a very effective long term solution.
Am I misunderstanding something? Thx!
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A cool experiment would be to set two pipes together in a trench, feed them each with water colored differently (food coloring) and show how much mixing / cross-communication happens between the two pipes
I've watched several of your videos and I am now grasping the concepts. Thank you. Question - can you build a French drain directly next to a house? Can you dig the trench next to the foundation? Because what's happening is the water is coming off a hill and hitting the side of the house and the side of the house has become the drain. So I wanted to know if I can dig right beside the house since that's where the water is going naturally
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I live in nj bergen county can you install French drain for around my house or basement which is better for house
You want both.
where can I buy the High Octane blue pipe and the geotechnical style fabric. I live south of Byron Center MI. Thank you for your videos
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Do you have to go to a city drain for a French drain system sadly my drain is at the end of my street so across multiple neighbor's properties can I add catch basins or what would be the solution if your not going to the drain at the end of the street
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Thanks for all the videos. Can i place 3 pipes in a French drain to save on the 40mm stones
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Putting several pipes in the hole with plugs on the ends is more efficient than using one drain pipe with just stone? How do the orher.pipes provide more flow than just stone? Interesting idea.. which method is cheaper?
Is there a minimum amount of stone you would recommend putting on top of a French?
I ask because I’m getting ready to trench a long run, and I would like to start the trench shallow as possible in order to maintain the necessary 1% pitch. Last thing I wanna do is start deep and then get so deep at the other end of the trench that I have trouble bringing it to daylight
We'll start 7 inches deep if we're going to do what you describe. Start 7 to 10 inches deep.
I'm managing a community garden and this year the terrain was flooded, algae started growing in between garden plots and I also noticed a few gardens that were extremely muddy after the snow thawed and they stayed wet during the whole season.
We did get a lot of rain, but the biggest issue is how the terrain was built.
They put a backfill of gravel and rock dust but only put about 1-2 foot of soil over it.
So I'm thinking the water just sit over the gravel+rock dust layer and we get puddles of water if it rains too much.
Do you think it would be worth building a French drain?
We are not sure what to do.
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how would you build a blind inlet on a steep hill directly above the french drain? to the other side of the drain is about 18 inches of graded soil (to the drain) and then the house's foundation. the house was built directly in front of a big hill! my lawn guys are putting in a small retaining wall just on the soil directly above the french drain. but I am directing them and trying to figure out what to do as they don't know either. I'd hire you if i was in your area! wondering if I should put a blind inlet or catch basin just above the retaining wall? Thank you!
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I am planning a DIY french drain in my back yard/swamp. I have gained a lot by watching your videos, but I have two questions.
1. What is the size of the trench you are digging? I'm planning a quad pack if that makes a difference.
2. What do I do with the dirt I remove? Are there people that might want it? Not sure where it should go.
Thanks for your helpful videos and commitment to quality work.
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Quad trench 16×16
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Thank you. Any info on how to dispose of the excess dirt? Not sure where to look for that.
Would you still use the non woven geotextile fabric with red clay soil type ? Doing an install on the west coast .
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In the center of a gravel driveway, will this high octane pipe not be crushed in the bottom of an 18" deep by 1' trench with fabric and filled solid with gravel and then wrapped (last 6" would be unwrapped gravel to match the new driveway)?
We use the 6 inch in driveways it's even stronger yet
How deep would the trench need to be in the upper peninsula of Michigan? Worried about freezing in the winter and the frost line.
Also does this need to be down grade like 1% as I’ve read before? Thanks!
The system doesn't hold water like a cistern. A French Drain moves water during a rain or thaw if you have 1% Slope or greater you will not have any water in the system to freeze.
I wonder do we need The fabric here in North Carolina near Charlotte Hoping I can put perforated pipe and rock without Fabric
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Do I need to do both. French drain and downspouts. Or can I just do downspouts out to the road. My yard can’t drain out the water fast enough due to the amount of rain coming from the downspouts. So I’m thinking that if I run pipe from the house to the street that would fix the problem. I just don’t want to have to go back and put a French drain in if it doesn’t fix the issue I have with the water pudding up in the back and sides of the house. What do you think would be the best approach. I live in Houston Tx. I wish I had someone like you out here doing French drains.
I have the same issue. I wish he responded to your comment. Ughhh
The hardest part of this job is digging the trench. Better off to just do separate pipes in the same trench while you have everything opened up. I would use solid pipe for the downspouts.
Can I buy everything I need from you? I have a 130’ run. I don’t know how many blind inlets I need or what else I need.
Thank you
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I'd like to learn more about the slope setting process. What is the closest to the surface your pipe can be. Is there a minimum depth? I'm trying to figure out how to manage the 1% slope over a 130ft distance that is pretty flat.
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Just put 2 High Octane Flat moves the same amount of water as 1 pipe with 1% slope. The reason why so many guys preach slope is because they don't use Non woven Geotextile Double Punched Fabric and need slope to push the dirt and debris out of the pipe.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN so does no slope just mean the pressure of the water entering the pipe will move water? What should I do if I have to come up from under ground to pop it up into this concrete culvert? Made this video last year: ruclips.net/video/FKxvRsDYaBo/видео.html
Is this blue pipe really stronger than PVC schedule 40 ? Can vehicles or farm tractors drive over without crushing it? Thats hard to believe but if so, im gonna buy a few pipes this weekend. Plz confirm. Thanks
There is a video on this channel where FDM rolls the front wheels of his truck over the pipe, gets out of the truck and points the camera at the pipe with the truck on it and talks for a few minutes. The pipe was fine.
@@misha6162 +1 I can't find the video you're talking about, trying to find it. It's there somewhere.
If the area the french drain is going has sandy soil - do you take out the sand and bring in good dirt? Or dig until the sand is gone? I'm hoping to be able to make my open french drain fairly shallow
Sandy soil is GOOD DIRT
How close can the trench of the french drain be from the foundation of the house?
I will make you a video Stay Tuned!!
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN OHH I need this video too!!! We get flooding under the house and the builder just paints the brick foundation with tar... French line is right up against the foundation, no gap at all and I wonder if the french drain should be deeper than the foundation? Thanks from Australia! :)
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I have a big puddle on the edge of my driveway. Can I put a French drain next to it? What do I use for a cover or screen to stop crap from getting in? Do I need to put a catch basin there? How far must the pipe run be at a minimum? Do I need to cap the other end off? The discharge end will be underground because I won't have slope otherwise. Thanks for the information.
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So a couple other questions. Could the trench be smaller like the size a trencher would cut? And could smaller stone be used like gravel if you have the sock over the high octane
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I just had a quote by someone here in the Chicago suburbs. "(1) 80’ SOLID 4” PVC FOR (1) SUMP
DISCHARGE + (1) GUTTER BURIED TO LEFT SIDE YARD and (1) 12” X 12” CATCH BOX. More details: Lay down plastic to protect the yard. Cut grass with a sod cutter or manually by hand. Dig trench (8" - 12") pitched to discharge location. Install 4" Air-Gap followed by 4" solid PVC pipe. Backfill and tamp down as required. Replace sod and haul away excess soils." I brought up a couple of concerns with the guy. First, I said that I concerned with the Chicago frost. I wanted to know if a dual-wall corrugated pipe would be better? He said the Chicago winter isn't bad enough to hurt the PVC. He also said that they would be using 10' pipes and using glue. He also is claiming that going in between a couple of trees isn't a problem. The price was not horrible. $20per foot. I'm hoping you have a few moments to help me analyze the situation: 1. Do you have any thoughts on Chicago winter compared to your winters in Michigan that you stress so much in your videos (thank you so much for these by the way)? Also, the PVC connections are the most worrisome thing for me. One tree is large...very big and mature. The other tree is small...growing. From your perspective. 2. What is the relative jump in cost, if any, going from 4" PVC to quality dual-wall CP? 3. Can you speculate on why the contractor is hesitant to use dual-wall CP? 4. Do you know of any contacts in Chicago that do the job the way you do it? Thanks!
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He probably has a system set up for PVC and is hesitant because he gets discounts from his supplier for buying PVC in bulk. It really depends on his setup, in his mind dual wall is probably overkill. If you want to know about climate comparisons, look up plant zone map, it's divided by temperature zones. Northern Illinois is colder than Southern Michigan. www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm
Does anyone know I have to use solid corrugated pipe to connect a french drain to a pop up? I currently have perforated and not sure its working as the water hasn't pushed out the top yet. I live in clay area MN and the water is slowly seeping up through the soil I dumped over the last 5 feet...Thanks.
Yes, you need a solid pipe. The water is leaching out of the corrugated pipe and into the soil, it has no reason to come out of the popup.
Can you go underneath the ceders? Or should I go where the fence door opens?
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