How to Build a French Drain Full Tutorial in Less than 10 Minutes [ Veteran Contractor Explains ]
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- in this video we're going to cover how to build a french drain system we're going to show you that not all drain systems are created equal and why our blueprint will get you the highest results in yard drainage the advantages to having holes 360 degrees all the way around the pipe is you can take water in from 360 degrees you can fill this area this giant void that this pipe creates you can lay this on the bottom of the trench i don't have to worry about the bottom holes or bottom inlets getting compromised because i have eight total inlets going all around the pipe making this pipe superior to pipes with just holes on the bottom i can't stress that enough
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what is the blue perforated pipe called and where can I purchase it? Also, where can I purchase the geo textile fabric? Thanks for the video!!
I had no clue about how a French drain works, now I do. Thank you
Gotta say, if only all contractors were as honest and forthright as you. Lots of good “trade secrets” in this video but you’re helping homeowners get their moneys worth and best possible product and your also helping contractors do a better job through your experience and wisdom. It’s a win/win. Can’t thank you enough. Education like this usually comes at a high price and we are getting it here for free. Liked and subscribed!
Just had a quote from you... since you said "if there was a video you would like me to make"... I would like to see a video using my house as an example. So I can watch it on youtube.
When Ray Liotta is the Narator. "As far back as I can remember I've always wanted to drain a gutter."
😂 but Rip Ray Liotta
Bahahahaha
Bro good one😅😅
Kinda sounds like Eugene Levy too. Lol
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Omg, you’re right! He shape shifts his voice from Liotta to Levy.
Would be nice to see one of these in action during the heavy rain season.
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I'm starting to get an education in yard drainage because the house I'm about to buy has some minor water infiltration issues in the basement. My goal is to make that 0 issues. Had two basement guys out who said all I needed was to fill the small cracks in the foundation. That made no sense to me, just a bandaid answer. What also doesn't make sense to me, a lot of these guys use pond liner in the trench, so water can't move in from the sides. Thanks for posting. Mark
I would try that first.
When you use epoxy, fill the cracks,
if there's nothing wrong with the drain tile, and it just happens to be a leak, you're fine.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Thank you. Mark
I'm impressed my your professionalism and restraint and your videos. Thank you.
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a Suburb called Eastleigh, and at times we have severe rain that causes instant flooding of properties. I will definitely try to install the French drain along the perimeter fence. I am usually flooded by water from neighbour's property. Thanks a lot.
there's a suburb of Nairobi with the same name of your home
Great concise video without all the BS. Thank you.
Here's one on Downspouts done with the same format
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Most informative video I've seen on RUclips.
Thank you
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Thank you. Here is a playlist of all our current videos showcasing French drain systems.
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builing our property side drain as council has required us to build high for flood levels - thanks for the advice
Well, after watching this vid im excited for nxt spring. I will definately be installing an french drain in yard. Nice project to do with my grandson.
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Thanks for this run through on drains. The thing is, most of the problems we are trying to solve with these drains are to save our homes and yard living spaces. I have a new home with a 4'x2' open trench three channel and a runout ( 400 to 500 ft total) dug because of water in the crawlspace. It's huge and ugly at this point, but I couldn't be happier seeing the storm surges run to the street in those trenches as opposed to knowing the under home was wet. Go Big, Do it once and right. Do it quick. Me, I'll have open trenches for a few more weeks. Or until my orders come in. These products are just what I need to finish.
Where u buy the pipe at
@@larrytheplumber9851 Larry, I opted for the 2-hole PVC plastic perforated pipe from the local box store. ( I figured the 3 plus feet of rock was going to move enough water that a premium pipe would not be necessary as the rock would take care of 90% of the rain anyway.) I bought the fabric online 400' of 100' x 12' of heavy duty sandbaggy? I'm still dropping drain rock - have another 5 yards delivered today. So far 30 yards and I have maybe 100' total of completed covered pipe and rock in the out fall trench. The remaining should be less rock as the trenches are narrower. I have faith that my overkill in design and depth will eliminate ever needing a sump pump under the house.
Three days ago we had a 15 minute thunder shower go through the area. 10 min from totally dry to water flowing from the exposed outfall pipe, (which ran water for another 20 minutes). 40 minutes from storm to done running with nothing getting near the crawlspace.
Just sad that my first year at this new home will be remembered for this 66 year old man crawling around in the mud and muck under the house - digging, cleaning, and ensuring the water flows without effort through trenches. I told my wife that it must be tough for her, after all these years, that she has to live with husband who has become an 8 year old kid who just wants to play in the rain and mud all the time. You know the old saying- Make Hay when the sun shines - Well the adage for me would be Divert water when the rain is heaviest. I Spent alot of the winter maintaining the flow!
Good luck with your project, I love the ability to become adept in home,car,building,planting-lifes-work because of videos like these. Thanks too to the Drain Man.
Great video. Thanks for sharing this. This has helped me avoid a couple of mistakes I was about to make.
Thank you for this! I have a drainage problem in my yard since its an old northern home with a narrow yard and a very hilly area. All the water pools at the back of my garage at the end of the yard. So sooner or later I need to install something similar. Since its a lot of tight spaces and only a few feet Im gonna diy since its probably too small a job for most contractors. Only issue is the best I can do is have the water drain out down a sidepath into the alley because of course there are no storm drains here.
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sooner!!! plz
I would love to see a camera view of inside the French drain pipe as it stars to rain, down pour and then stop. A HD pipe inspection camera should do the job.. Maybe also have a camera above ground at the same time. I'd watch it ;-)
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Oh gosh RIGHT when I needed this video! Thank you
No mention was made of the absolute requirement that the french drain pipe must be sloped (min. 1/8" drop per ft of run) for water drainage to reliably occur. Otherwise, trapped water will pool in place and the entire project is for naught. Although that may seem obvious, newbies need to be told.
It's a benefit to have slope but if you do not have slope you can still build a fully Enclosed system. No debris gets in this type of build. We do flat Drains all the time. I will do a video on this. Thank you for commenting.
Surely that membrane slows the drainage flow
thanks mate from Australia
Awesome Video!
Wish you guys had a operation in Alabama because I need your services and so do a lot of my neighbors.
Makes you realise these develoment contractors when they build these housing developments couldn't care less about drainage problems for house purchasers in the future makes me angry knowing they do this because they want to cut costs 😡😠
Here's a playlist that will help
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This is very informative, and I am in the process of doing one myself, bc my backyard always floods. Great video keep up that great work brothers
Extremely informative video. Thank you.
Thank you
Here's my playlist for French Drain Systems
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Recomiendas no poner una cama de piedra antes de tender el tubo perforado, y explicas el por que de mas orificios en el tubo, seguire tus sugerencias, confio en tu experiencia, gracias por tu tiempo, paciencia y dedicacion haciendo videos. CdMx.
I'm not sure what this means in English, but I'm hoping that was a nice comment. Contributing in a positive way.
Thanks for this wonderful video.
Great video. Now I know what a huge job this is!
Thank you for commenting and watching
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This was very helpful!
excellant job of explianing intricate details of flexible pipe and hydraulic concrete. thnx
Man, talk about EXPENSIVE!!! I could probably just move to another house w/what this would cost!!
It's not that bad. If you like the area and home your living in its not that big of deal to install a French Drain System.
Thank you for this helpful information very informative
Thank you
Here's our playlist
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Good program.
Great video. Drainage is becoming a special interest of mine.
Thanks for the advice. I have a plot full of clay, so draining will be most necessary.
Thank you for watching & good luck on your project.
Video on knowing how much pipe is needed in a system. There must be a formula? Sometimes you use one line, others two, and then you see a quad pack show up.
I made many videos to help you
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Excellent work
Informative, well made video.
Outstanding video
This worked perfectly for me .👍
WOW! This is the way!!
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Thank you! Very helpful!
Banging Top video Definitely worth watching & a lot of help, Cheers 👍👍👍👍👍
Nice, informative video, how about drain tile around an above ground pool?
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Thank you!!!
You really need more Adjectives.
Vinyl fence in yard blocks water from draining, it ponds in that one corner
Yes and water will rot the wood posts.
I wonder if I have a storm drain at the back of my yard. I’d love to do this to drain the standing rain water. Great advice. Love it!
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Well done
Thank you 😊
Great video…. I live in the UK. I need to find a drain expert
Thank you for watching
Awesome video! Would you share the materials list? I want to make sure that I purchase all the right stuff. Thanks!
French Drain Kit Double Pipe System - 2 100' Rolls of Drain Pipe
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Next video FRENCHDRAINMAN comes to my house and installs a drain!
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Thanks for the very helpful video. One thing I don't understand is, why cover the top of the pipes with the landscape cloth? Seems like that would reduce the flow of water into the pipes.
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I really wish you were in my area. I'm in north Texas and I'm having a very difficult time finding a good company for this kind of work. At this point I'm thinking I might just buy the supplies from you and do it myself.
Is a slope required? If so, how much? And if a pop-up emitter is being used to allow the water to come out, does the opposite end need to be higher than the pop-up emitter? I would think that without something like a sump pump the only thing that could push the water out where it needs to go would be gravity.
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Thanks for the video. What are options to dump the water if there is no drain. Dig a deep hole and fill with rocks and the water would drain there ?
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A downspout system under patio pavers. I live in upstate NY and we have mountainous area. Id like to see a video with drain system before installing patio pavers.
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Great video. Can you give links to the pipe and fabric?
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Non-woven Geotextile Fabric in 4 oz and 8 oz
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Can you make a video doing this with a dry well?
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I have a question. If I plan on using the 4” high octane perforated for a curtain drain, and then want to connect it to 4” corrugated solid to move the water far from my house where no curtain drainage is needed, would you use an inside or outside coupler to go from perforated to solid? Thanks! Your videos are great, BTW!!
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4 in. External Snap Coupler HDPE
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What is the drainage difference between round rock and crushed limestone like regular 2B or whatever it's called today?
Also, civil engineer friend of mine was saying that the ground cloth should be something with coconut fiber in it, what's that all about?
Great informative video !
Crushed screened limestone for foundation french drain. Round rock 1 1/2" for yard drainage
What do you do next to a lake, where you want to play on the lawn next to it? Not much rise.
Lift the yard elevation.
Great video
Thank you
@GamTube the flooding Gambia is a infrastructure issues that haven’t been addressed by those who should know about French Drains.
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Would like to know the angle of drop needed/recommended for the pipes.
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1 percent slope here's how to measure
Please make a video on your laser level and how to use.
Okay I do need to do that. Give me a few weeks I'm editing a lot of video files that I already shot.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN great!! Thank you. Please go over brand and all the specs. For beginners. Thank you
I need this I can’t find anyone in NJ to do this exact job….
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN what is the purpose of this?
The more holes that's in the pipe the muddy of the hole will be. No holes at the bottom will allow the water to move out of the hole. Otherwise it just drains back into the mud.
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Why don't you use fabric and stone for buried downspout with solid corrugated pipe? Deciding which kind to build but curious why no stone/fabric for solid pipe. Your content has been helpful.
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What are the pros and cons of the blue pipe bs using PVC? Thanks 🙏
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks 🙏
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thanx. hvy rain here. we use 2’x 2’ trench, 3 1/2” leach rock on pipes, 1 1/2” on top. we usually leave top open. what did you use between top rock & sod:
Filter/drain fabric or
regular weed block?
also, did you say that in some jurisdictions it’s code to put the French drain in the actual side yard setback?
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanx4effort, good capital2U
Wouldn’t the fabric clog up long before the dirt would fill the voids in straight stone?
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House built on a hill,already have good drainage except my patio floods when it rains even mud left to scrap off...help!
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Can you show me how you would connect this to a culvert under my driveway? I have a big ugly ditch along my entire front yard connected to underdriveway culvert. Ditch is dirt and is washing away. Am working on correcting slope imbalance now but would like to move forward with french drain
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Hello, I just had a french drain (open/closed) and downspouts routed to a 4" PVC pipe, moving the water to a street sewer which my property has access to. This contractor used your products (wrap, 4" high octane corrugated drain pipe, large gravel, 4" PVC, and buttoned up the system like in your videos). Upon watching this video, your comment about removing all of the dirt from the trench is a must as it shouldn't be reused. In this case - the dirt from the trench was raked out beside the french drain along the side of the house. I'm asking this question as I went out this morning and walked the area beside the house and I have areas that are very saturated still. Should I be concerned? Thank you!
French drains work 365 days a year. Pending weather, it does take some sun and warm weather to make the ground firm. If it's cloudy and cooler, your soil will be soft and damp. Nothing drys the surface soil like wind, sun, and warm temperatures.
my house has a slab but it is built into A 8 foot hill so the back of the house is covered by dirt. The front is free of anything. I'm gonna dig down to the footer and do exactly as your video shows on the back side. with a French drain along footer. But what would you backfill that With after you get the pipe in and the Stone and fabric all in line. What should I backfield that up to the 8 foot mark again???
This house was exactly like you described
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I have an existing french drain system that dates back to when people didn't know what they were doing. The PVC unfortunately runs underneath concrete (my back patio) to the back yard drain. The storm drain that sits in the concrete just doesnt cut it. Can I somehow cut the PVC where it starts in the yard, after the concrete ends, and fit it to one of these high octanes?
4 in. Corrugated to 4 in. PVC Coupler
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Excellent video. I'm on 1 acre and have cows on 1/4 of it and in the winter they get ankle deep in mud so I want to put in a french drain and bought enough filter fabric for the entire 1/4 acre pen where I'll put 1 1/2" rock on all of it then on top of that pea gravel then on top of that I might put washed sand so the cows can lay on it. The french drain goes all the way around their pen area which is on a decent slope to the west. Do you have a suggestion for the pipe that exits the pen and continues downward to the west and I don't have a storm drain to dump into, just a slight ditch that goes around the entire block (the ground just slopes down and then climbs back up to the road and is not cemented since we are rural)
Your discharge line to the ditch should be Dualwall corrugated pipe.
What to do if there’s no storm drain nearby. Can I just set a dry well at the end of pipe.?
Dry well typically doesn't work in clay.
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Thanks Robert, Very informative and well illustrated. ??? What slope do you use on the French Drain pipe???
1% - 2% Slope
Thanks ❤
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Why did you put the tarp over the rocks? Won't that inhibit surface drainage?
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How did you connect the solid pipe to your two perforated pipes? Also, what to do if the ditch in draining to gets full fast as well!?
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I live in western Washington and need to divert rain/ground water from my upper pasture to my lower pasture where my home is(getting some basement flooding in the heaviest of rains. I wanted to build a sort of man made stream to look natural but in your opinion is this feasible? or a French drain better? it would be a couple hundred feet long.
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Whats the black membrane under the pipes?
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If there is no storm drain, would you put stone under the pipe in that case?
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How heavy a non-woven geotech fabric do you recommend. I'm seeing, 4, 6 and 8 mil fabric. It seems like thicker fabric might not allow as much water penetration into the French drain system.
Non-woven Geotextile Fabric in 4 oz and 8 oz
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We use 4 oz all the time
cool video I have a plot on a allotment that goes really flooded with rain water ther is a sump in place shower the warter level seems to have risen pat the draining out pipe would building a French Drain system to connect to the sump work I was thinking a few Chanel to connect to the man drains sump
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How do you calculate how much yards of stone you'll need?
1 yd³, for every 30 - 35 feet is a pretty good, rough number.
What if its in the middle of my garden ? I need grass on the top if it . Do I get fresh soil and grass seed ? Or what because leaving gravel on the top isn't an option
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Honest question, building that right next to all those trees will that create an issue with those trees being able to get enough water if it’s draining all the water around it?
Honest answer, absolutely not.
How does the water flow through the pipe if there is holes in the bottom of the pipe . I can’t stress enough,only put holes in top and sides
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Received my order on Friday, great products. For the 4" catch basin kit with the pop-up door, the bottom doesn't need to be capped? I'm guessing that just sits on the dirt without being capped? Description on the website "Sweeping 90° with open sump pit". None of your videos show that level of install detail. I purchased the Downspout basin combo kit 4" Corrugated
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I had no doubt that video existed. After watching, now I understand.
How did you link both pipes to the single?
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Narrated by Ray Liotta and Eugene Levy
Sure the holes would be on the top, rather than on the bottom to collect rain water?
The holes are 360 degrees meaning BOTTOM, TOP, SIDES your 💯% covered. More inlet than any other pipe in the world 🌎 17 1/4"sq of inlet per Linear foot. It's called HIGH OCTANE 8 SLOT for a very good reason.
Hope this helps, thank you for commenting!
What if the only rocks that we can find are the round rocks of 1inch to 3 inches mixed in with a bunch of small pea gravel. They are not washed but that's no problem because I can spray them with water to wash them. My main concern is the small size rocks that might plugged up the hole of the high-octane 8 slot pipe. So, what else can I do? Thank you.
Use a sock on the High Octane Armor pipe.
Where can i buy this blue pipe at tht u speak so highly about bro
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What if you have to grow new grass over French drain. How much dirt should you put over the drain then?
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks. Great videos by the way. Really insightful into the industry. Another question, is there an effective width of a french drain area that will pull water towards. I.E. If I put my French drain on x, it will pull water 5 ft from either side. I ask because my entire backyard is a swamp. Trying to see how many runs I would need. Thanks
What is the dig depth recommended for this french drain ?
14"-16" deep
About how far away do you think this pipe will draw water from?
All soils are different, but on average, 7 feet.