How to Read Elevations for Yard Drainage - The French Drain Man
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2019
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Welcome to the French Drain Man channel. We're going go over grade elevations today. I am going to tell you how and where you can go to get those. This is a plot plan you asked for it at your building department. You can also go to your water and sewer department and they'll have separate maps regarding the drainage in your neighborhood. I'm going to show you how easy it is to read a plot plan so that you the homeowner, or if you're a contractor and you're still trying to find your way with this kind of stuff, we're going to keep it simple. There's no reason to have to go over the proper terminologies and make this a technical video. We're going to make this a really easy video and I want everybody to not get intimidated with these plot plans. There's actually there were very, very easy to read once you get a handle on them. So we're going to get you there quickly in this video.
So let's get you familiar with what we have here. This is the property line right here. That's the property line. This is the layout of the house. So this is a bird's eye view. You know you got a topol or topology. So we're looking down on the house now, right here, notice we have a two car garage. Then over here we have a one car garage. So we got the house. These attached garages, it's a side entrance garage and you can tell by the driveway. And this is the concrete driveway. So pretty easy once you get your bearings, pretty easy, you got the lot next door to the left and the right. So there's some information given. And then you find your way to the street.
Let's get to an elevation number and we'll start to go over what they mean. We have an elevation of 977.8. Why is the number so big? What's going on here? So that is an elevation that's 977.8 feet. That's really important to know what these units are. It's in feet, it's 977 .8 feet above sea level. That's why the number is such a large number. When people first look at a plot plan, they have no idea what these numbers mean. So that's why I just wanted to shoot this video to help everybody out. [...]
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Grad student here - studying for my class in urban planning - this was a life saver! Thank you!
I will never understand why engineering university doesn’t teach us reading basic plans. Thank you sir for teaching me this.
They do…..
This was real helpful video. I was searching over and hour for what the high numbers mean on the grading plan and got the answer within 3 minutes on this video - measurement above sea level in FEET. Thanks a lot!
this video is really helpful for my senior design project. Aah I didn't know what to do but now I have an idea. thank you sir for sharing your knowledge with me
Very interesting. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for this video!!
Good info I’m a landscaper main maintenance I’m learning to go to hard scape and I loose my first job because I don’t know this . This a basic thing every contractor need to know
Thanks for the info French Drain Man
Great information!
From Shelby Twp, thank you!
This was enlightening, as a landscaper I've been looking to expand my knowledge on this topic. Would you recommend a class to take to better address and understand grading?
Thank you for making this, good vibes to you}}}
Awesome vids. I was the one of the first homes in my subdivision (walkout basement) and my property was properly graded and water flowed according to the site plan...no access to storm drain system...just flowed out to street curb between property lines...now ...like you mentioned they have built up around me with top soil and sod and now the water just collects along my fence lines and to the back corner of my property. it does eventually dry up but only after a couple of days of hot weather but its still quite soft along property line...oh and my base is clay. Any drainage suggestions to help me manage this...I live in Canada so freezing is a concern. Thanks!
Thanks!!!!
Thank you
Excellent👍🏻👏 that was a nice house building lesson.Just curious, don't this modern survey instrument give elevation directly with the push of a button or we still have to transfer elevation from existing catch basin level or top of the kerb to get our house level?🤔
I just started a new job. I feel like shi because they have me reading elevations and I don't know what I'm doing. This helped me understand some of the plans. Can you explain how to get the differences from one point to another. I know we subtract them, but what does it mean after.
It's elevation above sea level. That's what the numbers mean.
This was really helpful! I have a question though, When building on a swale, is it easy to just direct the drainage by using the plot plan “drainage arrows” and having it go around our project if needed ? Or is it recommended to have it drain on the project area if we have things like planters or sod?
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What are your thoughts on a new build in FL, on clay fill dirt with a 4' slope from the back of the property line to the bottom of the slope...and the elevation from the bottom of the slope to the front of the property line declining 1 inch...
Missing information. 4ft of slope.....I think you are referring to the drop. 4ft of total drop over what distance?
1 inch decline every how many ft?
I don't care about clay filled dirt. I love the clay it sheds water away from the house like it's a rubber Liner. I work in South East Michigan and most everything is clay. This doesn't sound bad at all I just don't have all the information. Based on what you did provide the swale will need a french drain / yard drain combined. I've done many videos on this. Also you can pump the water to the front yard with a outdoor sump pump system. No big deal
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Solitude case im working on peterpan Monticello
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Explain the #s after the decibel and how to read it on your level rod
Buy a stick in tenths of a foot.
How do you add a drain at the bottom of the bank without compromising the visual esthetics of the property?
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But is that nuber refering to the rokf of the structure or the foundation?
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Do french drains require much maintenance?
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Rad!
What is a walkout?
Mihle Ndinisa - According to one site it is a, “basement that incorporates a wall with doors and windows on the ground level”
I'd bet you're from Wisconsin, Michigan, or Illinois
Its a problem if you live in a flood zone
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The house is on a slope
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This don't really explain anything .... this guy is not a very good teacher
You should really read all the comments because people are praising this video, and students are thanking me for helping them understand. ✌️