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That solid drain pipe has a lot of sediment in it...

why would you put clay on top of a french drain? the whole idea is that you WANT the water to flow to the drain. you should put DIRT over the top of the drain. then the water will make it through better. WITH the fabric, of course.

I love how on the white one it flows the fastest lmao. It backfired on him. But what he didnt mention is its trash and dirt and roots will go right through it.

wayyy too much dirt on top of the drain. You want as little as possible. Go watch "the french drain man" hes the world's expert on drainage.

Usually comes up. Very interesting

Would like to see test of heavy vehicle driven over it (after install then dug up to look at pipe.

Whats happen if i dont have earth its a grave garden ...need it anyway ?

For anyone wondering, woven fabric (like the kind for stopping weeds) is used for strength, and non-woven fabric is used for drainage. The thicker non-woven fabrics are used when the thinner ones would rip during use. If you're installing by hand and not finding that the cheap fabric is ripping, then you can use the cheap fabric. Even a cheap fabric is better than no fabric, though.

In case you're wondering if this is true or not: your cities and roads are built using geotextile fabric. You don't need to be a doctor of engineering to learn this, it's a really early thing they teach, it's published in endless public articles, and you can see it when you drive by construction sites. The fabric is cheap to buy, it prevents expensive materials like gravel from mixing with worthless materials like native soil, and it extends the life of anything you build. You can google "civil engineering geotextile" to learn more.

I dug the trench, laid the corrugated pipe and wrapped the pipe with the liner. I'm hoping I didn't need to lay another layer the pipe before covering with rocks. they are larger river rocks

What if you removed the soil and just refilled the hole with rock and the drain

It the other apple drains video the guy says fabric in clay doesn’t matter. So which apple drains guy to I listen to….

The link for your fabric doesn’t work. What fabric do you use?

My family owns a $10M landscape and design company and everything he said about the fabric is correct. He just showed you why. It’s the better way to do it . If you choose not to that’s your prerogative but it will be prone to packing the stone which must stay clean for best results. He never said without fabric it wouldn’t work. It’s a difference of quality and life of the drain working well

Please elaborate using the AOS from the TDS sheets provided by manufacturer. My market is mostly heavy clay and 4oz permits too many soil particles to pass through 4oz. 6oz or 8oz only for most of North Central Texas.

I remain skeptical that clay isnt going to clog any type of fabric.

This was very helpful. How my inches of stone should be under the pipe, and how far should dig from the sunken or level land for the best to redirect and catch the water?

I own a small septic business and currently have a Mytana cable machine. 1/2" by 75'. Yesterday we were at a new customers house trying to clear a blockage and the cable got tangled up so bad that I have to replace it. This is the second time this has happened. I have been researching a few different brands of cable machines and am very interested in your model 300 machine. It seems to have pretty good reviews. Just have to find a local dealer. Hopefully we will have better luck with a Spartan machine. Still deciding if I want the hollow core cable or the solid core.

Where does everybody buy their materials?

Does this guy work for Chuck at Apple Drains?

Bad video. Didnt show how everything is connected, couplers, type of basins etc like French Drain Man does.

From watching French Drain Man n Apple Drains, they use the geo fabric ,stone,pipe, stone n wrap the stone. Why did you use stone n then fabric. Is it ok to buy pipe from home Depot because FDM says its junk .

Do u buy from French Drain Man

Closing on a house in Banner Elk,NC with tons of water getting into the crawl. I plan on installing your recommended system with the surface drain. The house is on a slope and I was only planning on putting the surface drains on the high side of the house. How many surface drains would you recommend for 40ft and would you recommend putting surface drains along the side of the house also ?

FILTER FABRIC link defunct. ANYONE with a NAME for fabric????????

Every soil is different .Just because you're saying no fabric is bad, don't make it true.. the first drain is flowing quickest and best.. the fabric in the two demos is already slowing the water from percolating into the ground, getting to the bottom of the container. I'm not sure 3 years from now that fabric wont be clogged. The water is sitting on top of the last two demos because of the fabric

Can you just connect the catch basin to the french drain instead of using both solid and perforated pipe?

When dealing with clay sch 80 is your best bet to prevent cracks long term. 😊

How were similar drains built before geotextile fabric became widely used?

Do you run both lines separately or can you join them (surface and French) together into one line?

No fabric and stones till the surface

Which fabric?? Your link doesn't work in description and you buried the lead in the video!!! 😂😭😂

What type of rock do you recommend for French drains

this was great, thank you for this

Interesting test, however I note that there is no dirt under the stones. Won’t the stone get clogged over time by sinking into the dirt? Thx for sharing.

Peeeeeeerrrrrfect real world models, genius!!.

Do you have tips as to the easiest way to change out the belts

This proves EXACTLY why I do NOT use fabric! He said “chunks of dirt” to prove his point. Rewind, you see NO chunks of dirt! Horrible salesman here. All fabric does is clog over time! I’m good on offering that to my clients.

i do not understand how water pushes up to the pipe. In a situation of a 10 foot retaining wall will the water have to back fill up to the French drain? I don't understand "fill from the bottom". Sure in a plastic container, where else could it go. So using a sealed plastic container, sure, it fills from the bottom. But with a 10 foot retaining wall the water should just keep going down until it back fills the depth of the retaining wall.

Great job guys!

Great demonstration! Do you ever add a filter at the open grate at the top that catches surface water? I’m interested in a French drain for my large shed (15 foot x 20 foot) water coming from getters down the down pipe. Thanks! Going to watch more of your videos now😀

You are so much better than your partner in Florida. 💯

Excellent video

Do yoh recommend using a pipe sock?

Hit your link and it said link not found

why not wrap the fabric the whole way around the pipe? if the fabric is only on top, then the water rising up from below isn't filtered. i'm going to put a drain in along my house and i'm trying to educate myself so i do it right. thanks...

Probably should have mentioned what "schedule 40" is

I have a dumb question , will the cloth not get clogged with clay eventually ? If so what is there to do ? Does it make sense to add cloth then sand then gravel ?

It is my understanding that any professionally engineered system will specify washed drain rock AND a fabric barrier. If fabric really became sealed, then all the retaining walls would be failing due to hydrostatic pressure. IMO fabric doesn't seal from clay. Water goes through clay. Otherwise the water would never even make it to the fabric.

Why, when clicking on the Amazon link for the fabric, Amazon says that page cannot be found. Please fix this as I need to start building my drains.