Man, every time it rained we had 3-5 inches of water in our basement. I followed your instructions and never had a drop since. Thanks so much !!!

@manjarrezramon

3 ай бұрын

You’re French drain stopped water from going under your house? Having the same problem

@mountainmanmike8383

3 ай бұрын

@@manjarrezramon absolutely. I did two French drains. Both of them from back yard all the way down both sides of house and i mean down both sides clear down about 6 feet deep On both sides of house out to front yard. I hinge watched everything the French drain man talked about. I even called the company in Michigan to order his pipe but it was just too much to ship. Did separate Solid pipe from all my gutters. Not a single drop of water inside anymore. You have to remember putting a basement in home, is basically like building a house in a bowl of soup. You have to have a way of getting the majority of the water out of that hole and giving it a place to go. Water will always go to the path of least resistance.

@manjarrezramon

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I’ve also been watching French drain videos non stop. got my trench about a third of the way dug. This gives me hope this will fix my problem.

@MrSunshine1079

2 ай бұрын

Well, this is good to know.

@fatimamohammed731

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your helpful comments. My sump pump keeps running. I'm trying to learn what to do. I just bought a house with trash drainage that was missed during inspecting. I added a non perforated house going 50 ft away from my house at a slope. I could help a third world country how much water is being pumped out. The previous hose collapsed and the culverts are clogged. Your post gives me hope. My line isn't buried yet. Just a temp fix as I learn what is needed. My downspouts also suck. I'm in se michigan.

I didn’t know putting the dirt back was even an option

@patrciaclemons8183

8 ай бұрын

You get what you pay for

@raidzeromatt

8 ай бұрын

Fitting that the French drain is the kind that just gave up

@Faesharlyn

8 ай бұрын

@trollolol705 if the drain is properly filled with gravel there's no room for the dirt to "go" back in..

@CainChaosis

8 ай бұрын

I was about to say the exact same thing.

@TheGodParticle

8 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised, costs money to move dirt

This is good general advice for many areas of your life. “When you take the dirt out, never put it back in.”

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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@whyomgwhywtf

8 ай бұрын

Yep. Once you remove the cancer, don't invite it back over for drinks.

@ShoutsWillEcho1

8 ай бұрын

It depends.

@philljustphill1656

8 ай бұрын

​@@ShoutsWillEcho1yeah, like are the feds gonna see it or not?

@FalloutUrMum

8 ай бұрын

Unless it’s a grave

I did little research on french drains for my yard. I did put the dirt back in and to my surprise I still had the problem. So I had to dig up the dirt again and I used rock instead. Worked like a charm. Go figure... lol

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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@fredgervinm.p.3315

8 ай бұрын

Guilty as charged...

@missbelle13222

8 ай бұрын

What are these drainage systems for, the lawn? I’m confused start to finish

@fredgervinm.p.3315

8 ай бұрын

@@missbelle13222 I'm confused too and I dug one. lol... I get standing water along the side of my houses after a heavy rain. I want to "drain" the water away, French drains hide the PVC or Corrugated pipe under the lawn or flower beds, ect... If you look it up, a picture is worth a thousand words. : )

@missbelle13222

8 ай бұрын

@@fredgervinm.p.3315 ahh right I get it, draining away from a flood prone area. Thanks

Good advise. Gotta be sure to have adequate spacing between the rock and grass root bed or the sun will cook your grass lying on top of the drain.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@alanking7331

11 ай бұрын

That may work in your area but in the hot south that grass will cook in days. In this area you need at least a foot of new soil before the drain, and sometimes is still burns. @@FRENCHDRAINMAN

@davelew86

11 ай бұрын

Yeah but can you play 36 holes on it during the day and get stoned to the bejesus every night?

@michaeltracey6513

11 ай бұрын

@@davelew86 that's the beauty about that.

@jackbarnes9728

11 ай бұрын

@@davelew86 and thank God for that.

“Ahhhh boss is doing one of his videos again. Wish he would just help so we can go home faster”

@Youngone-ve4ox

9 ай бұрын

😂😂

@sureshotmcgee1085

9 ай бұрын

Boss man doing some advertising so he doesn’t have to lay you off 😂

@Altered76

9 ай бұрын

@@sureshotmcgee1085 Boss trying to double up on income on this job. 😂

@itwasaliens

8 ай бұрын

​@@sureshotmcgee1085 How bad are they doing that they rely entirely on KZread money to get by? Sounds like he is doing something terribly wrong if he can't even afford to pay his employees.

@sureshotmcgee1085

8 ай бұрын

@@itwasaliens he makes 1 video a week and not a lot of views to pay much less pay a whole crew and if he is making a video he clearly has work … if he didn’t have work what would he video 🤦‍♂️🤣ps this advertisement is clearly working that’s why we’re still talking about it in the comments🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Whenever a contractor says something will "never need maintenance". I get really spooked.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

😇

You need at least 4" of top soil for the grass to take hold and and not die in the hot summer sun.

@MrElkslayer7

11 ай бұрын

Exactly my friend I've installed the whole bunch of these. Cover the burrito another layer of fabric three or four inches of soil and meet the soil height with the existing grass sod that you cut out with a sod cutter . And It was like you weren't even there🥲👍

@rickdowdin9441

11 ай бұрын

You took the words right from my mouth.

@wadeschmitt9798

11 ай бұрын

So not true

@cbundy53ness

10 ай бұрын

​​@@wadeschmitt9798what isnt true? That the roots need atleast 4" of soil to retain and hold moisture so they dont get heat stressed midday? Because that is absolutely fact.

@zbruh7268

10 ай бұрын

He's a plumber, not a landscaper.

“Hey, what’s that brown stripe in your lawn?” “Sod my drain guy said would root into fabric.”

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

Need sprinklers when you do this otherwise put 50% topsoil 50% sand mixed

@chillynewberg2652

11 ай бұрын

​@FRENCHDRAINMAN Ph so you do put dirt back in. 😂

@jacoblowe7129

11 ай бұрын

Hes absolutely right, backfill over the liner would ideally be a composite mixture with a higher infiltration rate (sand, silty loam) than the spoil that was removed, drain is deep enough for the turf at grade to have a 3-4 inch root zone, which is sufficient for pretty much all cool and warm season turf types. Guy knows his shit

@GH0ST369

11 ай бұрын

Some people put fake turf over so the grass slowly grows in from the sides.

@davidgraham2673

11 ай бұрын

​@@chillynewberg2652 Best if you sat this one out.

As a regular car mechanic, I agree, never put the dirt back in.

@jeffhuang5962

2 ай бұрын

As a family physician, I agree. Never put the dirt back in.

Exactly, you'd be surprised at how many times my old boss would lose his marbles for my crew bringing back the "dirt" from jobs. Finally I had to SIT HIM DOWN AND EXPLAIN TO HIM STEP-BY-STEP WHY I DID IT THIS WAY. THE LOOK ON HIS FACE OF ACTUALLY LEARNING HOW TO PROPERLY FINISH JOB, WAS EXTREMELY SATISFYING. (Mainly because he always had me pictured as being the "slow-one". So for ME even though I ran circles around most of his other employees, he never would show me the "atta-boy". So when i had the chance to mush his face in something he was doing wrong for YEARS, I didn't. I simply explained logic. Dirt could get back through the holes, and eventually result in "back up/blocked drainage systems. Shortly afterward I was promoted to foreman on the irrigation/fertilization side of the companyn plus a SIZABLE INCREASE IN WAGES.(Well deserved if i do say so myself!)

@sniperfity2327

8 ай бұрын

That's a life changing moment right there

@John-Doe-Yo

8 ай бұрын

Always nice when the older guys listen to your suggestions / ideas instead of being stubborn and brushing you off because your young lol.

@paulmryglod4802

8 ай бұрын

Good for you bringing up a valid point, and good on him for recognizing your abilities.

@jodirauth8847

7 ай бұрын

Slow and steady man, slow and steady.

@charleyhill9867

5 ай бұрын

Please! 😂

"It will never need maintenance or cleaning". Yeah, never say never.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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@HavanaWoody

8 ай бұрын

Because they forgot the contractors name by the time the roots and silt clog up the undulating pipe.

@turntheheart4268

7 ай бұрын

Famous first words

@nathancullen9919

6 ай бұрын

You know what works even better and is cheaper and easier to install? A straight pipe with a couple of catch basins and grates.

@wishbone2165

5 ай бұрын

​@@nathancullen9919to catch rain and run off yes but not for ground water which is what french drains are usually used for. I don't landscape I work pipeline construction pretty much do everything from 4" to 96" storm drain and area drain and we always put dirt back that's what the felt i blocks dirt and let water in

That burrito wrap is super important because the gravel itself has zero porosity so if silt gets into the spaces it stops being a drain just like that original soil. Which is why thats good advice dont put impermeable stuff where you expect water to drain

@giuseppebonatici7169

8 ай бұрын

the rocks. gravel is the assembly of rock fragments. gravel has tons of porosity/permeability. rock, generally speaking, does not. silt is also not the biggest concern, as it lacks cohesion, is really susceptible to be eroded while the drain is active. it only a problem if you overbuild the french drain so the flow becomes laminar o close to it so you end up with a net depositional environment. the problem is clay. clay is sticky and will slowly seal away the macro porosities in the gravel.

@mcard48able

8 ай бұрын

It's no longer a drain if you put dirt back in it. Might as well dig a ditch and put the dirt back in.

@mcard48able

8 ай бұрын

Even a culvert under your driveway gets clogged up with dirt and has to be cleaned out regularly.

@HkLY45

7 ай бұрын

If you wrap plastic all the way around the drain, how does the water get in the trench?

@mcard48able

7 ай бұрын

@@HkLY45 it's not plastic. It's more like a cloth.

Got himself a fill-dirt business as well. 😂

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

I wish that was true. Fuel is to expensive to take it where it's needed. We get nothing for it and sometimes have to pay to dump.

@kc72186

11 ай бұрын

And the extra cost of all that rock.

@djcbanks

11 ай бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMANthere are companies/apps/websites that pairs people together that need fill dirt, mulch or wood. There is a small cost on the side of the person looking to get rid of the material (on chip drop it’s $20 per drop but I don’t think they do dirt, Dirt Match is $30 per month and you get unlimited drops) and free for the receiver, but you might want to look into it. You can search for free, but you might be able to find someone within a few miles of the job your at where you can haul the job spoils to.

@peterparker9286

10 ай бұрын

​@@FRENCHDRAINMANU need a Dump spot or Holding Area for Surplus Fill or Line up People willing to take or pay for it in Advance. Keep keeping On. Gots me a 4" drain in my D way. Rocks and seed screen with rubber Roofing....

@theformalmooshroom9147

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely selling that soil as topsoil to some gardening place or something.

With that nice deep trench and rock, when you properly top the drain with a 4"-6" bed of the same soil the rest of the turf grows in, you'll have excellent drainage...and healthy sod over the drain. Otherwise you'll be wasting water trying to keep those sod strips looking good because their root zone does not retain water like the surrounding turf does; contributing to the drainage problem you're trying to alleviate.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Funny thing I did do the soil 6 years ago and it STILL drains perfectly.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@SergeantSquared

8 ай бұрын

Six years is hardly a testimonial. Common life expenctancy of a professional French Drain is 25 years at least. Done right it could last 50+ years. KZread is not to be trusted. What is the composition of the soil where he is? Is it more sand/dirt, or more clay/dirt, how rocky is it, filled with large rocks or some pebbles in the sand-dirt?

@lolwtnick4362

7 ай бұрын

@JesseSargentSoG those are big IFs and Whataboutisms.. no contractor will ever guarantee their work for that long. All fabric breaks down after 7 years or more. it's just nature.

@SergeantSquared

7 ай бұрын

@@lolwtnick4362 *as a contractor,* i never made the claim that a contractor would make such a guarantee. The contractor doesn't engineer and manufacture the actual building and construction products, he merely uses them in conjunction. *It appears that neither building materials /physics nor supply chain / distribution are your topical fortes.* Nor is engineering; the science of solving _"what if"_ with _"what about.."_ Socialists can't debate real matters. You forgot your element is not with much depth. _"Seven years -_*_or more_*_-"_ Way to say nothing. Incredible.

@JohnFourtyTwo

7 ай бұрын

@@SergeantSquaredThe French drains found on Oak Island in Nova Scotia Canada used coconut fiber for its resistance to biodegradation for the burrito wrap and they were still intact and functioning after hundreds of years of exposure to sea water.

I've done french drains and this is the absolute best advice offered. KUDOS to you sir! 👏

The sod will die, ir will dry out far more quickly than the surrounding lawn. So, you'll have working french drains, but you'll also have an 18" and very loooooong strip of dead grass for the rest of your life.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@judyl.761

11 ай бұрын

Add a strip of Astro turf over the drain.

@straight-up-shots

11 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Shallow roots will dry out easily.

@dfsilversurfer

11 ай бұрын

Buffalo doesn't have deep roots so I think it's a matter of selecting the correct grass . Iv had it grow over concrete

@HouseWashingRick

10 ай бұрын

As long as you water it Dick Wald it won’t dry out good day Sir

I've done hundreds of these. I totally agree. Hardly any company does this. Im so glad i got out of the business because no homeowners even care or want to pay the cost

I have covered several French drains exactly like he's done and then added 3 inches of sand and one inch of topsoil then put grass down and I have never ever had a problem and I've done 40 of those type of French drains just like that and I've never had the problem doing it the way I just said. OH IT IS IN FL.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Just learned something new Thank you priceless information

I’d never heard of a bredle wrap. Then he clarified, “Burrito Wrap” 😂

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

👍

As a regular garbage collector, I agree , never put the dirt back in.

Thanks for the education. I’ve been running this around in my head for 6 months. I need to do this in my backyard.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@danwallace9734

11 ай бұрын

The guy gave us a good tip. I need to do the same due to a a wet spot outback.

You can’t beat a STONE french drain. ⚒️

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

Жыл бұрын

💯 agree 👍

@elvispresley6392

11 ай бұрын

But you can beat a stoned french drain man . . . ✌😎

@wildbill1988

11 ай бұрын

Curtain drain. And thank you for knowing the difference between Stone gravel and Rock

@richardwebb9532

10 ай бұрын

Lol.....old tires in a 3m X 3m pit. Ive put in french drains 20 years ago, that still work. 🍻👍🇿🇦

@bradical2723

10 ай бұрын

​@williamsemonite326 what si the difference?

🤔 would have thought you'd put a little bit of the dirt on top of the rap before the sod went in to keep some moisture on the roots, we don't have sprinklers in the yard here

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@boomer1049

8 ай бұрын

I always do. Either way sediment is going to get through that wrap eventually anyway

You are absolutely correct. Never put the dirt back in the trench. Get it out of there and put in some good wash rock.

Finally someone doing it right! I was inspecting a construction site in Germany when the workers did it wrong and gave me attitude. I took some pictures and let them know that they'll have to redo it...

You dont need all that rock. Set your pipe in some good sand and cover 3 ft if it in #6 wash rock and throw your dirt ontop. Your exsposing it to freezing in the winter its alot easier for frost to get thru rock then it is dirt. Ive done septics alot if years ive seen it all. Plus its alot more money to fill a hole with rock bud.

I've covered French drains with dirt for 30 years. Never a problem. After you cover the pipe with gravel, cover that with landscape cloth so that the dirt can't wash into the pipe or gravel.

"It'll never need maintenance or cleaning" RIGHT!!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

Correct

Thank you for sharing this important information, I have watched homesteaders fill it with stone leveling it down and away from the house.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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That grass will be the first to die in the heat

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

They have automatic sprinklers

@phattygoodness7347

6 ай бұрын

​@FRENCHDRAINMAN That's brilliant. So they have to water the crap out of their entire lawn just to keep that 18" strip from burning and looking like shit? Gotcha. Huge water bill and likely going to invite fungus...red thread, mushrooms, etc, into an otherwise healthy lawn. It makes no sense. You can link whatever you like, but the reality is that without an ample layer of soil...even some organic matter that holds moisture...that sod is going to burn. You're better off not even putting the grass back on it. In the summer it'll cook from underneath. The stone will absorb the heat and hold it. It's why you can see people's leach fields and septic ranks during a hot dry summer...and they're buried under a foot or 2 of soil. It's why you can see buried boulders, ledge, or even stumps that have been grinded in people's property.

@excustomer9458

5 ай бұрын

​@@FRENCHDRAINMANm

"never need maintenance ..." 😂

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

Never

@straight-up-shots

11 ай бұрын

​@@FRENCHDRAINMAN How long does your company guarantee that for?

@davidtaylor4053

11 ай бұрын

​@@FRENCHDRAINMAN You sound like a used car salesperson.

@matthewburkholder1076

10 ай бұрын

​@@straight-up-shotsno answer😂😂

@anthonys439

8 ай бұрын

@@straight-up-shots Forever, or until he goes out of business for having to honour so many warranty claims at his cost. Whichever comes first.

Brilliant! 74 years old, and I just learned something. Like the old man said, “son, pay attention. You’ll be a wiser man at the end of the day.”

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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I recommend pebbles or river rock that will drain at a much faster rate rather than that crushed gravel that settles down over time making it harder for water to drain. You can grow grass or create a decorative dry riverbed.

"Never need matanince or cleaning." That's a HUGE statement.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@ViresEtDecus

11 ай бұрын

Every French drain I’ve ever seen has had issues. Even the ones installed like this guy.

@dharrison6832

10 ай бұрын

And lie.... If there's a tree withen a 100 feet of that the roots will go threw all of that ....going today to dig one all the way up and redo because it's full of roots

@secret5.

10 ай бұрын

Its the same way you do drain tile around a foundation. No one is digging that out so I think maintenance free is pretty accurate.

@ViresEtDecus

10 ай бұрын

@@secret5. we have had to re-route foundation drains on a lot of retaining wall projects. Never once have we found a foundation drain that had any water or evidence of water in it. However, several times we’ve found them all full of dirt and buggered up. So no, foundation drains aren’t maintenance free either.

There’s NOTHING cooler than a tradesman that knows EVERY little detail of his trade!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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Been there, caught the contractor and he grudgingly dug it out (and left it to me to fill back in). Had around 150' of french drain installed a few years back. We have heavy dense clay soil and an inch or so of rain would leave standing pools lasting a day or two. hired a guy to install the drainage with no discussion of the particulars of how it should go. He was (still is) an honest guy. Got home just as the crew was finishing up and I immediately saw this situation. They were just shovelling the excavated dirt back in, effectively sealing the drain off. You need to have the water soak in to get to the drain! I ended up having a truck load of percable soil meant for leech fields dropped off and I shoveled it in myself. Works great now but it's settled and I'll need to top the trenches off soon. Thanks for the video, an important tip.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting and sharing

Just made a french drain using crushed gravel last month for my 104x60 foot pole building roof drains. Works fantastic and the access road stays bone dry!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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That is a surface drain. I do real french drains everyday. I excavate down to the footing around the entire building. To remove all the dirt and replace it with gravel adds 20k to a 20k job. You are excavating down 2 feet so getting rid of the dirt costs you and the customer very little. Know what you are talking about before you act like an expert.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

Do you slope your pipe or is it flat around the perimeter?

@bronco1199

7 ай бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN to code where I live the drain should be level. However a slight slope never hurt anybody.

It's not actually a "French Drain" if rock isn't involved.

Wow I never thought of this . I don’t do this for a living but I’m planning on doing a drain at my house next month . Thank you

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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@j.hernandez983

11 ай бұрын

Free fill dirt is cheaper than paid for extra rock.

@circletrack8375

11 ай бұрын

@@j.hernandez983 go ahead and put fill dirt in there instead of rock and get back with me lmao

Super helpful! Im about to put one in the front of my house and will just cover the area with rock anyway instead of sod or grass.

This is surely common sense amongst actual professionals..

Thats crushed aggregate not gravel. Gravel is naturally occurring, usually round or subround. Basically large sand.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@topherl1446

11 ай бұрын

Keep in mind people that call Aggregates gravel are the same ones that put in cement driveway the rest of us put in concrete driveways cement driveways would just be very dusty😂

Beautiful work and job. I love when people do it right, the first time. And last time. 👍🏼

ok sure but this costs monies and rock bottom builders will bill rock bottom

@worldpeace8187

11 ай бұрын

It really doesn't cost that much as a diy project. I am 57 year female & used his method for 195 ft French drain. Turned out great! & cost was minimal. Rock cloth & pipes. Digging it out manually was most certainly the hard part.😊

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Thank you. Im doing one for my folks next week. This was a simple way and clear instructions why to do it this way.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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That’s exactly right! I’m a mason and I support this message, and if you are doing any type of masonry anywhere then you should prep your job site with filter fabric and washed stone, never back fill with anything but washed stone (that goes under your foundation and behind any retaining walls).

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, brother

I just poured a huge patio slab , the grade around was slightly above concrete, dug dirt back a few feet, excavated a trench on perimeter of slab, filled with rock, wrapped it, covered it, water flowing onto slab problem resolved! great video for solutions

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

Ten years ago I did as shown, no dirt above, super heavy geotextile liner, around one meter deep. Survived first winter fine. After the second winter, the textile was all pierced and ripped - at least to half a meter depth, and clay began seeping through into the stones. After five years, once white stone surface was all covered in clay. By now, the former drain is back to nature - all hard clay with some stones embedded in it. Not that it really matters - we haven't had more than two meters of snow since 2014, so the spring inundation is quite benign. Likewise, the summers seem to become less damp (thank you Greta...)

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting and sharing

I have no idea about drains, but if I ever need directions, I hope I get someone like you.

I just recently completed a project like that. We dont put sod/grass over that since it'll end up being a brown line. We put edging along both sides, and the rocks are exposed.

As a retired building inspector, youre so right.

That is good to know. I had a big flooding problem on my patio every Winter, so I hired an irrigation expert to fix the problem. It consisted of french drains put all the way around my house with a sump pump placed underground to push the water out of the back yard and into the gutter in the front of the house. I've never had a problem since. Best money I ever spent on the house. It was built in 1950 and no one ever fixed the problem. Crazy!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting and sharing 😊

In related news, don’t flush hand towels down the toilet, don’t throw rocks at a a window after you’ve installed it, and don’t pee into a light socket. Come back next week for more stuff you should already know 🤓

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

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these drains are truly wonderful. My family has a couple in their yard, and these things can take the full force of a tropical storm, without even looking slightly full

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

Gotta love technology thats a thousand years old and still works better than the modern equivalent 👍

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Thanks guys. Now I know what to do with these downspouts💪🏾

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

3 ай бұрын

We have a playlist on downspouts

Never say never but I follow what you're saying. Great advice and looks good

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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100% agree; I did a project and made the mistake to put some of the soil back in; it is still burrito wrapped with some gravel, and it hasn’t turned into a problem, but I still reflected later and regretted not exclusively using clear stone for the complete refill. 😢

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

At least you wrapped it. It probably won't grab up surface water as well, but it can still dry out the sub-surface soil.

Me, about to go to my medical job : never. Put. The. Dirt. Back. In.📝

Thank you. I’m doing this and I had not thought about wrapping it up and putting sod over it. I was going to leave open rock.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

You Tube Search "French Drain 101 Everything You Need to Know"

You can wrap around the stone and put 2" of dirt on top so you get some grass growing, or even sod if you want your lawn back right away. Obviously completely filled with stone drains the best but most hown owners don't want rock stripes on their lawn.

I've always done my drains this way and have never been called back to a job ever 💯💯💯💯💯

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Never seen anyone put dirt back in on top of the stone of a french drain. Apparently this guy says it happens and I believe it.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

9 ай бұрын

Most guys do because it costs more money to haul all the dirt out. Most guys are also under equipped.

Thanks brother. I will try this out for sure.

@Mhhfvbgyfghtuuujbxx

6 ай бұрын

Could we get any videos about code compliance with city or county regulation?

Thank you!!! I can't tell you how many hours I've spent arguing this point.

@chuckg2016

7 ай бұрын

@@ravinraven6913 Yes, it definitely is needed unless early failure is desired, meaning even more money spent way before expected.

There are SO many nuanced elements to landscaping, it's difficult to say always and never, because there are so many methods depending on what you are trying to accomplish. If there is going to be grass on top of this, then you must have soil. But, if you do a river rock, dry river bed above the fabric, then you don't have to worry about dead grass. Again, so many different options.

The water has to penetrate a filtering layer at some point. If the dirt is permeable, the water will still flow. Millions of miles of French Drain does fine in farmers' fields by being buried directly in the existing dirt. Farmers call it 'tiling their fields" Been done long before the French even existed.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

Fine cut perforations. Different types of pipe

@idadho

7 ай бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN And it works great for much less cost and hassle.

Hey, thanks, gives me good idea for what to do for the drainage at my dads house. A bit simpler way than what he had wanted to do with plastic drain pipe.

@Notthisguyeither

8 ай бұрын

You should still use perforated drain pipe to carry out excess water during downpours

You are the first American contractor that knows what he's doing😂😂😂😂😂😂

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Thank God, I don’t feel the obligation to know everything

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Cover drainage rock with newspaper then small amount of dirt at top. Old farmers trick

"When you escavate dirt, get it outta there" - this guy 😂

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

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Thank you for increasing my knowledge.

I am now aware. I will be sure to bring it up once or twice in my lifetime.

Glad I dont have that issue of drainage. I built my house in the desert on a significant slope. Not a lot of moisture out here to begin with, but when it does happen it drains off naturally. Saved a lot of work and money. Now that truly is maintenance free. The house itself is post and beam, big beafy posts going deep into the hard dry soil thats like solid rock and in some cases it is, basalt. Its not easy to work, but once you do than you really have something special. Otherwise I wouldve put my house on a rubble trench using those same stones and had to use your method all the way around the house and covered the top with soil to hide it. Thats pretty much French Drain 101 there. Anyway, your video was good too and that info was accurate. Cheers.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

5 ай бұрын

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Thank you for the advise! Nicely done.

He's speaking out of terms. Some of the dirts going back in. It has to. He's the new guy.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

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We put in a proper drain bigger than what you've got deeper than what you have and then put the dirt back on top of it. The dirt maintains consistency within the lawn and the soil itself. We do put a barrier between the dirt and a rock but I'm not going to share this. That is proprietary. Especially if you have an area where you have sudden changes in temperature and moisture.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

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Never I mean Never put that dirt back in!!! If you put that dirt back in that would be the equivalent to slapping Santa Claus...

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

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Finally!!! Holy moly no one does that around here they just put in the "French drain pipe" and everyone wonders why it doesn't drain after a year or two.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

11 ай бұрын

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Same thing when you're building a septic field. The dirt you take out except for the first 4 in it has to go off and away. You feel it with gravel and put your top 4 in back on.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

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I have learnt a new thing THANK YOU 🙏

Since you're such a pro on what the building industry call things, here are some pointers. The dirt you remove is called spoils, and There is a difference between stone and gravel. And so we don't insult our French friends It is called the curtain drain.Thank you for letting me nit pick

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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I always put extra dirt over my drains and I never burrito wrap them. The customers love it!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

For that day

Nice work men.

I like to burrito wrap the sides and top and leave the bottom with no fabric so the water percolates better

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

7 ай бұрын

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Great advice! Your work looks fantastic!

There's so many experts in the youtube comments! (On every video, not just this one)

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

6 ай бұрын

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Good to know, great advice!

Funny thing - I have been in the "Building Industry" for 43 YEARS - And i have never heard of "burrito wrap" other than on this particular "expert KZread" channel!!!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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Thank you

Had to explain to some guys recently why the holes don’t face up on double perforated pvc pipe. This was of course after they had glued it all it facing up. Didn’t really matter though because they dug out 2’ of shale material then put the French drain 6-8” above the bottom because it was that much deeper than the flow line at the exit. They then wrapped the pipe with filter blanket, sprinkled some rock/dirt mix on top, and filled the rest with sand for a volleyball court. So basically just created a pit of sand that will have at least a foot of water under it before it starts to drain.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

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Yep he right.. alot ppl refill with dirt in order to save on buying so much rock..💯

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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Never put the dirt back in, and NEVER LET THE PARTY DIE!!

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

8 ай бұрын

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Very helpful

learn something new every day!!!! Thank you....

@FRENCHDRAINMAN

10 ай бұрын

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