I wouldn't use this product because they're using tape to connect everything. Tape does not last very long. Maybe a stainless steel hose clamp would be better. And also would be better to not brag that it's virgin material and instead have recycled material.
You guys came to my home recently and recommended a combination yard drain with a smaller French drain where I need it. That’s awesome that you guys council based on need and not profit.
Did I get anything from the video?? As usual I got a lot, including a full course, and esp for the two small jobs I have in mind. So much less grading & stone to avoid. Props for making all these components available on your website!!
I have a question. I’m in Texas and we have clay soil which I’ve read retains a lot of water. When it rains we get really bad water build up around our house and in our yard, but during torrential rainfall we have found standing water under our house (pier and beam foundation). So would you recommend doing a full French drain install since it seems we have to worry about subsurface water/moisture? Or would we be able to do this surface level drainage?
For this project; Is a 3 in solid white tube just as good as the 4 in blue tubes if that’s the only option on the website with free shipping (non pallet)? Especially if you only have one line? Thank you for answering all questions. English is not my first language so I thought people can track my thoughts.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN will there be an option on your website to buy 4 in 25-50 ft without the pallet shipping requirement in the near future? I don’t seem to see that option. I would also prefer 4 in but don’t want Amazon tires and don’t want to pay 300+ for pallet shipping.
*amazon pipes or Lowe’s quality pipes. It would be a fantastic idea to add a bundle/kit that has everything the gutter kit has but with a drain basin for yard surface water. It’s seems there is frustratingly not an option to get a 4in setup without pallet shipping? Unless I’m mistaken. Truly sold on your product and want to support your business. Awaiting answer before I buy. Thank you. Sorry but I’ve been up all night trying to trouble shoot
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Like even though 4 in is optimal. Would it be detrimental if I used 3 in instead because that’s the only option seemingly (see below comments)
MY yard has a little negative slope to the street with about 50 feet run. I have no ditch to dump it into. Is it ok to use a riser at the end of the run to my emitter? Will the water still get up to the emitter with having the riser? Thank you for all the videos
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I need to catch water coming off the road down the driveway running up on to the apron of the garage. i have two catch basins on the apron but they are way to small. i was thinking of putting 4 by 4 36 inch plastic catch all along the front of the apron which would be about 30 feet. it would catch the water coming down the driveway. Any ideas or thoughts would be apprecited. Jim Ropp Ashland ,Ohio
Is it worth it to put a waterproof coating on the foundation and footer as well as yard drainage to get maximum protection? My crawlspace sits significantly lower then grade, its a post and beam setup in the crawlspace . The neighborhood is sloped with us being one of the last houses at the end of the street. We are catching the water from all the houses ahead of us up the street. Theres an interior french drain with sump pump in the crawl space. Lots of groundwater gets in there as well as surface water in the yard. I want to protect on the outside as well. The grade in the yard has negative slope as well. Yard is not very big maybe 1200 sq ft. Im thinking exterior french drain with some catch basins possibly as well as another sump for the exterior. Whats your input? Appreciate it, your videos are top notch!
It's a lot of work putting a good waterproofing system on any foundation. In many cases, it's not necessary, but not doing it and ending up with a leak would be rough.
I always thought that you had stated not connect any other drains to your roof drain line? Does that only go for a French drain along with a roof drain, meaning the yard drains are OK with a roof drain?
Are you able to give me a step by step of your professional opinion of how i would create a drain around the side of my house (water leaks into the garage) 😅thanks in advance.
@@FRENCHDRAINMANThey're asking about the connection at the gutter, which is 2x3. How do you upgrade your downspouts to 3x4 if the gutter connections are 2x3 without replacing the whole gutter. Something I've been thinking about last few days as well.
I replaced all of my pop ups with the French Drain Man pop ups here in Central Illinois. Neighbors keep asking where to buy them. I have sent several your way.
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Wow this is exactly what we need at our house. We have standing water after ever rain and winter melt. All the gutter drain spouts need to be buried and all directed away from the house. Our neighbors run off comes into our yard also and our backyard becomes a pool. Wish you all were her in Kansas!
Robert, thank you for your well produced videos and years of expertise! As a civil engineer, I appreciate the necessity of moving water off site. I showed one of your videos to my wife. She has no interest in french drains, but as a professional photographer, she said to watch someone who is passionate about their craft, does beautiful work, and provides a high level of service was satisfying to watch. Related to this video: Do you have a rule of thumb for the tipping point from just a yard drain/roof runoff system to a combo FD and surface drain system? Would you say any standing water vs. one day or two days after heavy rain? I have a relatively flat yard with very little drop to the street and no place to go in the back. I am in Virginia with heavy clays and often get standing water and soft areas for a couple days after rain events. I was planning for a combo system but this video made me rethink whether I need the FD, but I would rather do it right once. This is my first spring in the house, but I suspect our neighborhood was possibly built over some underground water sources 40 years ago, so we may have inherent subsurface issues particularly in the later winter/spring.
It's so hard to say without a proper site inspection. There are way too many variables that play a role in making a conscious decision. That's why I keep making videos. You hope that one of them speaks to you and is very close to your exact situation. If standing water is the only thing you're bothered by, a yard drain will take care of that, along with an underground buried downspout system to take the water away from the house. If you don't have that much standing water, but your yard is always soft and spongy, you need a French drain as well.
I have a hill on the back of my house and when it rains it collects water so it becomes very muddy and very saturated for days. I was going to put a concrete walkway in and a swale, but really do not have a place to move the water only to the front yard which is also a problem for my neighbor. What would you suggest?
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you for the video. Problem is I do not have an area to divert the water without causing a mess for my neighbor. Looking into a drywall.
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If I can't get access to the lower front yard? What about a negative slope? It's common for me to find backyards that slope toward the house, and a driveway or something prevents me from running the water to the low ground and daylight it in front of the house. Is it just a fact I have to send the water to a dry well 25 feet from the back of the house to a dry well where the yard surface has a higher grade level? Worst case the pop-up emitter on the top of the full well of water lets water run back on the surface towards the house (That emitter would have to be lower than the bottom of the leaf trap for sure. Is that the solution? ( I am in the same Nothern climate like you. I don't trust pop-ups in winter for downspouts)
I have a negative grade from the back alley into the back of my house (my business office). However, the ground surface that butts up against the back of the house where the water flows into is made up of paving stones (part of the parking lot) and a concrete path (by the back entry door). So my plan is to draw water out of these areas into a french drain that will be installed in a 50 foot long swale between my property and my neighbour’s property. And I also know I will have to take these paving stones out and a concrete slab out to install what I thought was going to be a trench drain that would drain into the French drain. And keep in my mind I have to reinstall the paving stones and concrete afterwards due to them being part of the parking lot and being beside the entry door. I’m willing to put the work into doing this, and buy the material from you, but I’m hoping you will be able to tell me what to install underneath the paving stones and concrete? If not a trench drain then a yard drain? As well, you should know I live in Canada where I have to deal with slightly colder weather than in Michigan. The frost line depth is 3 feet. And I know for actual sewer and water lines contractors have to go down 6-8 feet deep. Thanks. -Dean
In the sub-tropics we need a separate dedicated pipe for groundwater as best management practice in order to prevent gutters from overflowing and gushing the yard drains in extreme storm events
French Drain Man….how do you know if you need a French vs Yard drain? I’m getting water in my basement that’s coming in over the storm window rings and also - believe it or not - through the exhaust pipe of my oil burner that goes outside to a chimney. This only happens when we get really heavy rains. That yellow and red on the radar. We got ten inches of rain on LI last week and it just destroyed so much. Anyhow, since this only happens wirh really heavy rains, does that mean a French drain or yard drain in these problem areas? I would think a French drain would catch the water rising as the soil is saturated. Then agajn, the yard drain would also work once the water can’t be held anymore by the soil. Very confused. Lol
Having the downspouts run out will solve about 90% of all that water. So I know with catch basins it will definitely eliminate the rest of the water. Why not put filter cloth under the rock where ya putting each catch basin… helps the mini dry wells last even longer.
FDM, what is going to happen when the water freezes in there? I've been trying to figure out the answer to that question for a long time and most examples are in area with out persistent freezing temps. In MI they'll be having the same problem I do in MN: the entire system is going to freeze up and sun melt has nowhere to go. I've seen downspouts solid with ice and water leaking out the seams which then burst under ice expansion
Based on the size of those pipes, there won't be a lot of water, maybe 1/4 inch or so, laying in the bottom. Should there be any rain or melt before that ice melts, then it will simply flow over the ice.
Tell the guy on the mini-excavator not to dig over his blade, to have his blade behind him when using the arm/bucket. Also, driving that track over the dirt isn't packing it any more than you or I walking over it. You need a jumping jack to contact that soil properly. Otherwise you will have a ditch once all of that soil settles and finds its home.
Nothing but bad news about those things, and this is just one of hundreds of examples out there. th-cam.com/video/dK3fT86528k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9ZyIFcszpbxPRPEQ
Ahh I see you moved away from NDS products LOL. Any chance you will get your fitting or you still will use ADS? Just kidding great video and a lot of intel here.
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Whose product is it? Can we have a link? Awesome!
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I wouldn't use this product because they're using tape to connect everything. Tape does not last very long. Maybe a stainless steel hose clamp would be better. And also would be better to not brag that it's virgin material and instead have recycled material.
Depending on the tape, tape can last a long time.@@Golfboy-ze3le
@@Golfboy-ze3lethe components snap together. The tape only is used for sealing. And virgin plastic is far superior to recycled plastic.
@@Golfboy-ze3leThat’s 200 year tape!😊
You guys came to my home recently and recommended a combination yard drain with a smaller French drain where I need it. That’s awesome that you guys council based on need and not profit.
Would really appreciate more videos of the systems working in light and heavy rain conditions. Thanks FDM 💪
Always great to see these installs, I wish I’d have found them a few years before I did.
What a CLEAN job as always! Other than the yard drains you can’t tell you were there!
Every time I watch one of these videos, it makes glad I'm on a slope. Never a water problem. It all runs around the house and down to the creek.
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Your jobs are so clean at the end. Very impressive work from your crew!
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Thanks for sharing this job! Would be great to see these systems in action after they have been installed. Thanks.
Thanks, that's what my yard needs.
Did I get anything from the video?? As usual I got a lot, including a full course, and esp for the two small jobs I have in mind. So much less grading & stone to avoid. Props for making all these components available on your website!!
Beautiful job and the vid was perfect in terms of instruction and advice
Do you have a video that goes into how a french drain can capture sub-surface water and why it is better for that application than a yard drain?
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What brand of matt yard protection is that it's awsome..
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How often (in feet) do you need to install a catch basin/drain grate?
Do you need a catch basin at every grate?
Put a catch basin with a grate in every pothole that collects water.
I have a question. I’m in Texas and we have clay soil which I’ve read retains a lot of water. When it rains we get really bad water build up around our house and in our yard, but during torrential rainfall we have found standing water under our house (pier and beam foundation). So would you recommend doing a full French drain install since it seems we have to worry about subsurface water/moisture? Or would we be able to do this surface level drainage?
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What are the mats you use to drive over and throw material on ?
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Thanks nice information. Will try to do my own and save thousands dollars
For this project; Is a 3 in solid white tube just as good as the 4 in blue tubes if that’s the only option on the website with free shipping (non pallet)? Especially if you only have one line?
Thank you for answering all questions. English is not my first language so I thought people can track my thoughts.
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I like my YARD DRAIN on a 4" line and my downspouts on a 3" line to a 4" main line.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN will there be an option on your website to buy 4 in 25-50 ft without the pallet shipping requirement in the near future? I don’t seem to see that option. I would also prefer 4 in but don’t want Amazon tires and don’t want to pay 300+ for pallet shipping.
*amazon pipes or Lowe’s quality pipes. It would be a fantastic idea to add a bundle/kit that has everything the gutter kit has but with a drain basin for yard surface water. It’s seems there is frustratingly not an option to get a 4in setup without pallet shipping? Unless I’m mistaken.
Truly sold on your product and want to support your business. Awaiting answer before I buy. Thank you. Sorry but I’ve been up all night trying to trouble shoot
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Like even though 4 in is optimal. Would it be detrimental if I used 3 in instead because that’s the only option seemingly (see below comments)
MY yard has a little negative slope to the street with about 50 feet run. I have no ditch to dump it into. Is it ok to use a riser at the end of the run to my emitter? Will the water still get up to the emitter with having the riser? Thank you for all the videos
You need a sump system
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Are you using perforated or solid pipe?
Solid pipe
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@@mcdlb181 Perhaps FRENCHDRAINMAN knows if a french drain is or isn't the only way or the best way, if you or I didn't catch on. Cheers.
Is this 4 inch corregated pipe with 4 inch risers in the system?
You apparently did not watch this video, because it does show that it is in this system.
I need to catch water coming off the road down the driveway running up on to the apron of the garage. i have two catch basins on the apron but they are way to small. i was thinking of putting 4 by 4 36 inch plastic catch all along the front of the apron which would be about 30 feet. it would catch the water coming down the driveway.
Any ideas or thoughts would be apprecited.
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What do you do in areas with very high groundwater? Continuous pumping?
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Is it worth it to put a waterproof coating on the foundation and footer as well as yard drainage to get maximum protection? My crawlspace sits significantly lower then grade, its a post and beam setup in the crawlspace . The neighborhood is sloped with us being one of the last houses at the end of the street. We are catching the water from all the houses ahead of us up the street. Theres an interior french drain with sump pump in the crawl space. Lots of groundwater gets in there as well as surface water in the yard. I want to protect on the outside as well. The grade in the yard has negative slope as well. Yard is not very big maybe 1200 sq ft. Im thinking exterior french drain with some catch basins possibly as well as another sump for the exterior. Whats your input? Appreciate it, your videos are top notch!
It's a lot of work putting a good waterproofing system on any foundation. In many cases, it's not necessary, but not doing it and ending up with a leak would be rough.
I always thought that you had stated not connect any other drains to your roof drain line? Does that only go for a French drain along with a roof drain, meaning the yard drains are OK with a roof drain?
A yard drain and a roof run-off drain will plug the perforated pipes in a French Drain.
Are you able to give me a step by step of your professional opinion of how i would create a drain around the side of my house (water leaks into the garage) 😅thanks in advance.
Fill dirt and grade it away from the foundation.
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Is there an adaptor you can use to connect with the gutter if you pull out the 2 by 3 downspout and replace it with a bigger downspout
Yes, we have a 3"x4" Vented Cleanout
@@FRENCHDRAINMANThey're asking about the connection at the gutter, which is 2x3. How do you upgrade your downspouts to 3x4 if the gutter connections are 2x3 without replacing the whole gutter. Something I've been thinking about last few days as well.
I replaced all of my pop ups with the French Drain Man pop ups here in Central Illinois. Neighbors keep asking where to buy them. I have sent several your way.
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Do you usually require town permits for building yard drains? - Love your videos man!!
No permits are needed.
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Wow this is exactly what we need at our house. We have standing water after ever rain and winter melt. All the gutter drain spouts need to be buried and all directed away from the house. Our neighbors run off comes into our yard also and our backyard becomes a pool. Wish you all were her in Kansas!
Robert, thank you for your well produced videos and years of expertise! As a civil engineer, I appreciate the necessity of moving water off site. I showed one of your videos to my wife. She has no interest in french drains, but as a professional photographer, she said to watch someone who is passionate about their craft, does beautiful work, and provides a high level of service was satisfying to watch.
Related to this video: Do you have a rule of thumb for the tipping point from just a yard drain/roof runoff system to a combo FD and surface drain system?
Would you say any standing water vs. one day or two days after heavy rain? I have a relatively flat yard with very little drop to the street and no place to go in the back. I am in Virginia with heavy clays and often get standing water and soft areas for a couple days after rain events. I was planning for a combo system but this video made me rethink whether I need the FD, but I would rather do it right once. This is my first spring in the house, but I suspect our neighborhood was possibly built over some underground water sources 40 years ago, so we may have inherent subsurface issues particularly in the later winter/spring.
It's so hard to say without a proper site inspection. There are way too many variables that play a role in making a conscious decision. That's why I keep making videos. You hope that one of them speaks to you and is very close to your exact situation. If standing water is the only thing you're bothered by, a yard drain will take care of that, along with an underground buried downspout system to take the water away from the house. If you don't have that much standing water, but your yard is always soft and spongy, you need a French drain as well.
I have a hill on the back of my house and when it rains it collects water so it becomes very muddy and very saturated for days. I was going to put a concrete walkway in and a swale, but really do not have a place to move the water only to the front yard which is also a problem for my neighbor. What would you suggest?
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you for the video. Problem is I do not have an area to divert the water without causing a mess for my neighbor. Looking into a drywall.
How do the yard drains do in clay soil?
99% of the videos I have are drains in clay soil.
This is exactly what I am going to build. Do I need a catch basin for every downspout
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Is this cheaper or digging that same trench (not as deep) and putting in a dry creek bed?
Yes
If you leave catch basin unwrapped, roots will get into the catch basin, no?
Yes, I thought he always said to use fabric around the stone?
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What kind of tape is that on the connections?
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Can someone list the name of main pipe and size along with others materials needed. Thanks
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If I can't get access to the lower front yard? What about a negative slope? It's common for me to find backyards that slope toward the house, and a driveway or something prevents me from running the water to the low ground and daylight it in front of the house. Is it just a fact I have to send the water to a dry well 25 feet from the back of the house to a dry well where the yard surface has a higher grade level? Worst case the pop-up emitter on the top of the full well of water lets water run back on the surface towards the house (That emitter would have to be lower than the bottom of the leaf trap for sure. Is that the solution? ( I am in the same Nothern climate like you. I don't trust pop-ups in winter for downspouts)
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I have a negative grade from the back alley into the back of my house (my business office). However, the ground surface that butts up against the back of the house where the water flows into is made up of paving stones (part of the parking lot) and a concrete path (by the back entry door). So my plan is to draw water out of these areas into a french drain that will be installed in a 50 foot long swale between my property and my neighbour’s property. And I also know I will have to take these paving stones out and a concrete slab out to install what I thought was going to be a trench drain that would drain into the French drain. And keep in my mind I have to reinstall the paving stones and concrete afterwards due to them being part of the parking lot and being beside the entry door. I’m willing to put the work into doing this, and buy the material from you, but I’m hoping you will be able to tell me what to install underneath the paving stones and concrete? If not a trench drain then a yard drain? As well, you should know I live in Canada where I have to deal with slightly colder weather than in Michigan. The frost line depth is 3 feet. And I know for actual sewer and water lines contractors have to go down 6-8 feet deep. Thanks. -Dean
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How much did this system cost?
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In the sub-tropics we need a separate dedicated pipe for groundwater as best management practice in order to prevent gutters from overflowing and gushing the yard drains in extreme storm events
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So I have a customer that I know needs a yard drain and not a French drain, do I always want to tie the downspouts to the yard drain system?
Not always. Drain systems are not a one size fits all. That's why we have 1500 videos.
French Drain Man….how do you know if you need a French vs Yard drain? I’m getting water in my basement that’s coming in over the storm window rings and also - believe it or not - through the exhaust pipe of my oil burner that goes outside to a chimney. This only happens when we get really heavy rains. That yellow and red on the radar. We got ten inches of rain on LI last week and it just destroyed so much. Anyhow, since this only happens wirh really heavy rains, does that mean a French drain or yard drain in these problem areas? I would think a French drain would catch the water rising as the soil is saturated. Then agajn, the yard drain would also work once the water can’t be held anymore by the soil. Very confused. Lol
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Having the downspouts run out will solve about 90% of all that water. So I know with catch basins it will definitely eliminate the rest of the water. Why not put filter cloth under the rock where ya putting each catch basin… helps the mini dry wells last even longer.
There was fabric under basins. The video was getting too long, so I couldn't cover everything.
Thank you for watching and contributing.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN ah ok nice. I was like I know you always use fabric… why wouldn’t you this time 😂. Great video man
FDM, what is going to happen when the water freezes in there? I've been trying to figure out the answer to that question for a long time and most examples are in area with out persistent freezing temps. In MI they'll be having the same problem I do in MN: the entire system is going to freeze up and sun melt has nowhere to go. I've seen downspouts solid with ice and water leaking out the seams which then burst under ice expansion
Based on the size of those pipes, there won't be a lot of water, maybe 1/4 inch or so, laying in the bottom. Should there be any rain or melt before that ice melts, then it will simply flow over the ice.
They mentioned they drilled a small hole in the catch basin.
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Tell the guy on the mini-excavator not to dig over his blade, to have his blade behind him when using the arm/bucket. Also, driving that track over the dirt isn't packing it any more than you or I walking over it. You need a jumping jack to contact that soil properly. Otherwise you will have a ditch once all of that soil settles and finds its home.
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Nothing but bad news about those things, and this is just one of hundreds of examples out there.
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these systems and products really have no equal that i can tell. plus made in usa
Thank you
Interesting..Surface Drain compared to French Drain
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Ahh I see you moved away from NDS products LOL. Any chance you will get your fitting or you still will use ADS? Just kidding great video and a lot of intel here.
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