Yard Drainage Failures Must Watch!!!

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Welcome to the French Drain Man Channel. Where we're to educate the homeowner, all the different contractors that come in with different yard water systems to help with your drainage issues. We're going to hopefully clear some of that up today in this video right here.
I know that I'm always talking about the inlet basins, but let's, let's provide you with some visuals. So most of what I see is a four-inch inlet and a six-inch inlet. So let's give him the benefit of the doubt. This is a 12 by 12. Notice how it leaves all the water in the bottom of the French drain system or yard drainage system. Nobody ever wants to talk about this, so I got to be the whistleblower. I got to expose them for what they are.
When the water's running in here leaves and debris. This is directly tied to the pipe. So those leaves float and fill this pipe. It breaks down and becomes topsoil, organic material. They love getting you on a maintenance program. After a career. Putting drainage systems in. That's great. That's a cash grab their run around in a van and provide a service of cleaning out these systems that if they would have built them right in the first place, wouldn't need any maintenance, they'd last forever.
Now we take the stone and we bring it right to the top. The entire system is an inlet. It doesn't get any better than that. All the water's coming down and goes right into our French drain system. Now again, our system there is stone all the way to the bottom. So we're going to drain our system all the way to the bottom. You're not getting that with these basins and then it's choking it down to a four-inch pipe, which I don't like. I build a lot of really long runs, systems where you're taking on your water, your neighbor's water. You might be handling water, three, four lots of water. You're choking it down to a four-inch pipe. [...]
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[@robertmahaney2854]

To bad we didn’t get to see you installing the new system that works.

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

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[@dennisgibbs5708]

Thanks! This is your best video.

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

Thank you

[@SopHia-ny1rd]

Wonderful company. Called to ask questions, Erin who answered the phone was gracious and took the time to help me. God Bless them. What service. If I lived nearer to them, I'd be using their services.

[@klbax63]

i believe Those basins are for rain flood control and french drains are for ground water is that true?

[@oceans281]

NDS basin with risers and set it below the bottom of the trench are great. You should come over my house. I have bought and installed your virgin pipes and they are the best. NDS basins are very good products too. High octane is great stuff but pricey in my area. I used several hundred feet of it. I did not use peanut pipe, but I think it does have its place too. Not in my yard. I have all river stone and geo fabric, high quality, not the home depot stuff. NDS basins are the best on the market quality wise in my opinion, I have 17 of them in my yard. I would say your pipes and NDS basins are the best combination. I am in FL and it keeps up with mother nature. I do not run my French drains into basins except to discharge to the culvert Basins. My culvert runs straight through my property. Basins with a bit of water in the bottom also provide nice locations for frogs and other wildlife. I have seen you use open grates in your system as overflows. Black pipe has nothing wrong with it if it is solid. Black pipe in a french drain can provide excellent aeration when stacked above high octane. High octane at the bottom is ideal. I have never seen an interest by any critters eating any of my black pipes, yes, I have some, but very little perforated, none perforated in sight. I ran a bit short and had to get this job done. My french drain system runs from my 8" culvert into the 36" city culvert 24/7, it never stops. Thanks for all your advice. You need to get lower pricing on shipping, down here to FL cost me a small fortune. Also, Chuck is a nice guy and does good work. We should not take for granted we as people are all not the same and there is more than one way to skin a cat. Thanks Robert for your educational videos.

[@juliusm5908]

I have a question, do you need to burrito wrap the top of the round rock french drain? I would not be planning to put grass on top.

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

You can run it wide open on top if you want to I do that when I can however if your catching sheet water off a roof or parking lot it will get loaded up with sediment. We sell 3ft x 100ft drainage fabric for open French drain with no fabric on top.

[@NThe313]

I need help in Southfield, Michigan, can you refer anyone?

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