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@rickmoffett2607

Ай бұрын

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!!

When Ray Liotta is the Narator. "As far back as I can remember I've always wanted to drain a gutter."

@Una2Cold

2 жыл бұрын

😂 but Rip Ray Liotta

@dovetunes

Жыл бұрын

Bahahahaha

@blueshirthandyman8460

Жыл бұрын

Bro good one😅😅

@ajridge2264

Жыл бұрын

Kinda sounds like Eugene Levy too. Lol

@denisefitzgerald8783

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@ajridge2264 Omg, you’re right! He shape shifts his voice from Liotta to Levy.

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!

Thanks for your videos. They helped me design a French Drain system for my property.

I'm impressed my your professionalism and restraint and your videos. Thank you.

Great concise video without all the BS. Thank you.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Here's one on Downspouts done with the same format kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKJ1lLCIeajAZrA.html

Would be nice to see one of these in action during the heavy rain season.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

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Great video. Thanks for sharing this. This has helped me avoid a couple of mistakes I was about to make.

Oh gosh RIGHT when I needed this video! Thank you

excellant job of explianing intricate details of flexible pipe and hydraulic concrete. thnx

Looks like a very professional job!

Very good information. Thank you.

Awesome Video! Wish you guys had a operation in Alabama because I need your services and so do a lot of my neighbors.

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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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This worked perfectly for me .👍

Great video. Drainage is becoming a special interest of mine.

Great explanation. Thanks guys

Great video. Just had floods here in Victoria Australia yesterday. So French drain here I come.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

This video has a few more important points kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIamsKaNlbXfm8o.html

This was very helpful!

Excellent work

Thanks for this wonderful video.

Informative, well made video.

Banging Top video Definitely worth watching & a lot of help, Cheers 👍👍👍👍👍

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.

@markfritz8411

Жыл бұрын

there's a suburb of Nairobi with the same name of your home

Outstanding video

Thank you! Very helpful!

Extremely informative video. Thank you.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Here's my playlist for French Drain Systems kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXt8vDpjMmvJXxMn8Tgw0wA&si=NIJiFjnXKdKACJJ1

builing our property side drain as council has required us to build high for flood levels - thanks for the advice

Thanks that was so helpful.

Thank you for this helpful information very informative

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Here's our playlist kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BVyusRT3qfGPooNnHpHaoJg&si=QE3yYOT65gIZg4Mb

thanks mate from Australia

Good program.

Great video. Now I know what a huge job this is!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting and watching kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHqNzJmsktC-d8o.htmlsi=3ZaiQawBkGuuQ4gx

Thank you!!!

WOW! This is the way!!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 ай бұрын

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Well done

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

18 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊

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.

Great video

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

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!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

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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

Good sh*t,brother‼️ Ty for sharing‼️🍻👍

Thanks ❤

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Here's our playlist if you need something specific kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BVyusRT3qfGPooNnHpHaoJg

Thanks for the advice. I have a plot full of clay, so draining will be most necessary.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching & good luck on your project.

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.

@larrytheplumber9851

2 ай бұрын

Where u buy the pipe at

@cedarplankprospector

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

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 ;-)

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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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 😡😠

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

Here's a playlist that will help kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXWZPUFUNw6SMI64dtHlhzl&si=LQCdaog_ZkFoFW44

I have to put a french drain in my backyard soon, wish me luck

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

23 күн бұрын

Here is a current French drain video playlist. You don't need luck. You just need this playlist. kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXWZPUFUNw6SMI64dtHlhzl&si=WPXAAJWnaweJwQcl

Interesting

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

Thanks

Man, talk about EXPENSIVE!!! I could probably just move to another house w/what this would cost!!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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.

Thanks Robert, Very informative and well illustrated. ??? What slope do you use on the French Drain pipe???

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

1% - 2% Slope

Another great video. Just wanted to share that you have helped us install a french drain for a wall we just put in, tied to the storm sewer. Thank you very much from WNY. My only question is what kind of a slope do you guys usually go for over the run? It's not like it's moving solid way so I can't imagine it would be that extreme.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 жыл бұрын

1% Slope

Great video…. I live in the UK. I need to find a drain expert

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

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

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

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Vinyl fence in yard blocks water from draining, it ponds in that one corner

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

Yes and water will rot the wood posts.

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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Great video! Thank you so much for all the information. Would these drain pipes work with a dry well barrel system? I live in the Dessert and I want to build a drain around my home but I have no where to put the water.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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.

@soldier-Dave

Жыл бұрын

Surely that membrane slows the drainage flow

Are these materials common at the Local Home Depot/Lowes? And thanks for the knowledge. Watching your video was very helpful 🫡

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Best French Drain and Yard Drainage Contractor frenchdrainman.com/

@BeantownToBigD

Жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN do you have plans for including a database of approved contractors on your site? Your videos are informative and make sense but if someone doesn't live near you or isn't interested in DIY, it's tough to implement this system. Also, it would be nice to see how this system is constructed differently for a geographic area that is warm year round.

Great video! Love your content - what options exist when there is no good gravity-based discharge option?

@marshallbell9354

Жыл бұрын

Just saw you answered the question prior about pumping it via an exterior sump. I just have seasonal issues (spring and fall) with an inch or so of water in my back yard. Are there any downsides to the horizontal dry well outside of the obvious of it only being able to hold so much water?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

I made many videos to help you kzread.info/head/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXWZPUFUNw6SMI64dtHlhzl&si=-S4bcTYB-XIXhhqH

What about a comparison video with HydroBlox? I'm sure Octane will come out on top but it would be interesting to see.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

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Robert great video and will research where to get this high octane pipe as i am building a house this spring and have standing water issues on my lot. You did not speak about gravity feed on piping? Also can you tell me where i can get high octane piping and what i should expect what to pay and also is there a brand name for your non woven double punched geo fabric and where you buy it.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Best French Drain and Yard Drainage Contractor frenchdrainman.com/

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

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 жыл бұрын

Watch "How To Install Downspout Drain Kit - French Drain Man" on KZread kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4WF2KWFgcebeso.html

@jmc4695

2 жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I had no doubt that video existed. After watching, now I understand.

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 !

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

Crushed screened limestone for foundation french drain. Round rock 1 1/2" for yard drainage

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 ?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 күн бұрын

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How do I install my French drain system with a basement? Do I dig down to the footers install that pipe on the bottom up against the exterior of the wall fill it with 1 1/2” rock and cover it like a burrito with the woven fabric and then fill the rest with the same rock all the way to the top? I also would put my downspout drains in a separate solid pipe on top of that and bring it all to daylight or do you have a better/different suggestion?? I am also going to waterproof the exterior of my basement wall any suggestions on how to do that??? Thank you. Your videos are awesome. West Virginia.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Do NOT go below the foot. Interior systems are shallow and only require 1% slope.

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)

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

Your discharge line to the ditch should be Dualwall corrugated pipe.

Very informative video! just bought a house. need a french drain system to link all my gutter down spout drains to drain into the canal. House is 15 y/o. existing french drains probably chocked with roots, etc. Many questions on how to know where existing irrigation pipe is located; what is the plum angle for a long run of pipe;

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

1% Slope

@davek7640

Жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you!

What do you do next to a lake, where you want to play on the lawn next to it? Not much rise.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Lift the yard elevation.

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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Would like to know the angle of drop needed/recommended for the pipes.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGmYj5ZwgLLXktI.html 1 percent slope here's how to measure

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!?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

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Do you have to have the stone filling the trench all the way up close to the top of the soil level or can you put dirt in the trench? Say you last bit of pipe ends at 43” down, do you have to fill the whole trench with stone or can you do like 6” on top and then back fill with dirt so your not spending a ton on rock?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Watch this video it explains what you need to do kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKeHrNKzmavKpc4.html

We're building an A-frame cabin in a high snow/rain area. Traditional gutters won't work, as they'd likely be torn off by the snow sliding into/over them, and also the edge of the roof is close to the ground. We'll be utilizing a french drain system, and I'm wondering if there's a "norm" for how far out from the foundation the trench should be? Most of the house is roof (a-frame), so plenty of water coming off from it & I'm not sure if the velocity of the rain running off the steep roof makes a difference? Thoughts or advice?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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Can you make a video doing this with a dry well?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

24 күн бұрын

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How do I connect both lines of a double barrel french drain to a single solid discharge line? Can I run my sump pump discharge line on the same line as my the French drain line if its draining to a ditch/open air discharge?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

Use a sock on the High Octane Armor pipe.

@GamTube the flooding Gambia is a infrastructure issues that haven’t been addressed by those who should know about French Drains.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

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what does the drainage fabric do? I presume it must be permeable to water and block roots and particulates. Thank you.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

4 ай бұрын

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Next video FRENCHDRAINMAN comes to my house and installs a drain!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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There is alot of controversy over whether or not to use fabric covering the whole trench or just on top of the trench. The method in this video is saying use fabric in the whole trench. If no fabric then over time the rock will get clogged with dirt and no water will penetrate to enter the pipe. But the caveat to that is. When using the fabric. The fabric itself will get clogged with dirt over time. Then become impenetrable. So water won't even enter the trench at all. Any thoughts on this?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

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How would I build a French drain with T and elbow joins? I have not found a single video on doing so. Also, how would I manage the fabric wrap at those points?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 жыл бұрын

Your gonna have to over lap the fabric Watch "Flat Yard No Slope How to Create as Much Slope as You Desire BACKYARD Drainage Made Easy for DIYers" on KZread kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKeX2JWMhdGaqNI.html

Hi, thank you for your video. Can I ask, what is the pitch or drop you look for in running a drain line? So many inches per foot or yard? Also, I'm in Maine, do i need to worry about the frost line for drain lines? Many thanks!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

If you slope your drain properly, it should not hold water, meaning it doesn't matter if it's in the frost line or not. Slope minimum 1%

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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Ай бұрын

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Wondering would you do this same thing in a field with horses? I need field drainage. This seems very close to the top of the land.i want something a little deeper.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

I would do a deep system with horses

Can you upload a video to correct a French drain on a upward slope backyard?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

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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

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

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Question for you. btw I am also in Michigan. You probably already have a video on this but I have to ask. What do you do when you have no where to run the french drain? I would have to trench probably 200 feet or so and go through the utilities to get to the ditch by the road and the customer would rather not have that. So my customer takes all the water from her neighbors, and most of her yard is pitched towards the house. Can I run a french drain 20ft off the house and around the house into a NDS dry well with a catch basin on top? fill the hole with 6a stone and backfill with it as well. Thoughts? I just don't know if you can use a dry well and french drain in unison?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Run. Don't take the job it will only be headaches. Tell the homeowner it goes to the ditch if you want it done right

Round rock is very expensive where i am (its for decorative stuff) can i used clean crush rock? (clean meaning they take out the fine bits and just leave you with the bit stones)

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

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is it immune from the roots penetration? is it strong to handle with jetter?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

Yes jetter and 1-2% Slope no roots

The perforated pipes I bought at Home Depot do not have holes all the way around them. I am considering drilling more as your video showed. Any downside to this and how many and where to make these holes?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

The side wall is to thin so home depot pipe will collapse if you drill it out. Our pipe is at least 3x thicker side wall. I would take it back. Downspout Pipe 4 in. x 100 ft. High Octane ARMOR Pipe frenchdrainman.com/product/heavy-commercial-solid-high-octane/

What are the pros and cons of the blue pipe bs using PVC? Thanks 🙏

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks 🙏

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

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So what happens to the grass over the high-octane pipe and fabric? Does it dry out easily because there isn't much moist soil? Just curious. Thank you.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

9 ай бұрын

Most our installations are on suburban lots with sprinklers. This home had sprinklers. We are in the North ( Michigan ).

Don't the fabric punched holes get clogged with soil fines over time?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 жыл бұрын

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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.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

2 ай бұрын

Non-woven Geotextile Fabric in 4 oz and 8 oz frenchdrainman.com/filter-fabric/ We use 4 oz all the time

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!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

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.