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!
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.
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.
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 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.
Thank you this was very helpful,I live in Washington state so I have small flood problem .I did the french drain but I tried to cut corners,bad move didn't use. Fabric didn't use stone .my bad so now have to dig it out again by hand,anyways thank you Allen Barrington
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.
I'm starting to get an education in yard drainage because the house I'm about to buy has some minor water infiltration issues in the basement. My goal is to make that 0 issues. Had two basement guys out who said all I needed was to fill the small cracks in the foundation. That made no sense to me, just a bandaid answer. What also doesn't make sense to me, a lot of these guys use pond liner in the trench, so water can't move in from the sides. Thanks for posting. Mark
I would try that first. When you use epoxy, fill the cracks, if there's nothing wrong with the drain tile, and it just happens to be a leak, you're fine.
Thank you. Here is a playlist of all our current videos showcasing French drain systems. th-cam.com/play/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXWZPUFUNw6SMI64dtHlhzl.html&si=nlgCLnPmFt3zL9M5
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 ;-)
Recomiendas no poner una cama de piedra antes de tender el tubo perforado, y explicas el por que de mas orificios en el tubo, seguire tus sugerencias, confio en tu experiencia, gracias por tu tiempo, paciencia y dedicacion haciendo videos. CdMx.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do you have a tutorial on how to dig the trench(for a DIYour-selfer)? I have an amended berm and it scares me to dig a trench with amended soil on the high end of the trench. *Great site BTW!
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.
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 !
How do you prepare the top end, the high end of the pipe? do you wrap the fabric around the open end or do you cap it in some other way? Great videos and info! Thanks
Here is a current French drain video playlist. You don't need luck. You just need this playlist. th-cam.com/play/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXWZPUFUNw6SMI64dtHlhzl.html&si=WPXAAJWnaweJwQcl
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?
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)
I have a question. If I plan on using the 4” high octane perforated for a curtain drain, and then want to connect it to 4” corrugated solid to move the water far from my house where no curtain drainage is needed, would you use an inside or outside coupler to go from perforated to solid? Thanks! Your videos are great, BTW!!
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.
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!
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.
thanx. hvy rain here. we use 2’x 2’ trench, 3 1/2” leach rock on pipes, 1 1/2” on top. we usually leave top open. what did you use between top rock & sod: Filter/drain fabric or regular weed block? also, did you say that in some jurisdictions it’s code to put the French drain in the actual side yard setback?
@@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.
Question: is that flex duct any good underneath a driveway? I was looking at some in Home Depot, today, but it occurred to me that it might be a bit too flimsy to stand up to the weight of a car going overhead.
Honest question, building that right next to all those trees will that create an issue with those trees being able to get enough water if it’s draining all the water around it?
Can I install this right up against the foundation of the house? My house is downhill where the water flows, and my concrete happens to be in the way. It is pooling around the house and is going up against the house during heavy rains
Yes, it can be shallow. Or it can be a foundation drain like in this video: th-cam.com/play/PLjFCqaZ4v1BWSyew4JyZuxDpBvULztf91.html&si=gPVu11PQwT_SwTpI
I live in western Washington and need to divert rain/ground water from my upper pasture to my lower pasture where my home is(getting some basement flooding in the heaviest of rains. I wanted to build a sort of man made stream to look natural but in your opinion is this feasible? or a French drain better? it would be a couple hundred feet long.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks. Great videos by the way. Really insightful into the industry. Another question, is there an effective width of a french drain area that will pull water towards. I.E. If I put my French drain on x, it will pull water 5 ft from either side. I ask because my entire backyard is a swamp. Trying to see how many runs I would need. Thanks
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.
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
my house has a slab but it is built into A 8 foot hill so the back of the house is covered by dirt. The front is free of anything. I'm gonna dig down to the footer and do exactly as your video shows on the back side. with a French drain along footer. But what would you backfill that With after you get the pipe in and the Stone and fabric all in line. What should I backfield that up to the 8 foot mark again???
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!
I have an existing french drain system that dates back to when people didn't know what they were doing. The PVC unfortunately runs underneath concrete (my back patio) to the back yard drain. The storm drain that sits in the concrete just doesnt cut it. Can I somehow cut the PVC where it starts in the yard, after the concrete ends, and fit it to one of these high octanes?
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
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;
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.
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
That Fabric here in Northern NY is almost 500.00 a roll. That's not including a roll of pipe and trucked crush stone delivered..Plus excavator rental if doing it yourself. Everything is so expensive it's insane.
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.
The holes are 360 degrees meaning BOTTOM, TOP, SIDES your 💯% covered. More inlet than any other pipe in the world 🌎 17 1/4"sq of inlet per Linear foot. It's called HIGH OCTANE 8 SLOT for a very good reason. Hope this helps, thank you for commenting!
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.
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.
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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."
😂 but Rip Ray Liotta
Bahahahaha
Bro good one😅😅
Kinda sounds like Eugene Levy too. Lol
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Omg, you’re right! He shape shifts his voice from Liotta to Levy.
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!
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.
I had no clue about how a French drain works, now I do. Thank you
Would be nice to see one of these in action during the heavy rain season.
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I'm impressed my your professionalism and restraint and your videos. Thank you.
Great video. Just had floods here in Victoria Australia yesterday. So French drain here I come.
This video has a few more important points
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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.
there's a suburb of Nairobi with the same name of your home
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.
Where u buy the pipe at
@@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.
Thank you this was very helpful,I live in Washington state so I have small flood problem .I did the french drain but I tried to cut corners,bad move didn't use. Fabric didn't use stone .my bad so now have to dig it out again by hand,anyways thank you Allen Barrington
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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.
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sooner!!! plz
Great concise video without all the BS. Thank you.
Here's one on Downspouts done with the same format
th-cam.com/video/RnA2NOIEZ6M/w-d-xo.html
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.
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builing our property side drain as council has required us to build high for flood levels - thanks for the advice
I'm starting to get an education in yard drainage because the house I'm about to buy has some minor water infiltration issues in the basement. My goal is to make that 0 issues. Had two basement guys out who said all I needed was to fill the small cracks in the foundation. That made no sense to me, just a bandaid answer. What also doesn't make sense to me, a lot of these guys use pond liner in the trench, so water can't move in from the sides. Thanks for posting. Mark
I would try that first.
When you use epoxy, fill the cracks,
if there's nothing wrong with the drain tile, and it just happens to be a leak, you're fine.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Thank you. Mark
Most informative video I've seen on TH-cam.
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Thank you. Here is a playlist of all our current videos showcasing French drain systems.
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Awesome Video!
Wish you guys had a operation in Alabama because I need your services and so do a lot of my neighbors.
Great video. Thanks for sharing this. This has helped me avoid a couple of mistakes I was about to make.
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 ;-)
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Recomiendas no poner una cama de piedra antes de tender el tubo perforado, y explicas el por que de mas orificios en el tubo, seguire tus sugerencias, confio en tu experiencia, gracias por tu tiempo, paciencia y dedicacion haciendo videos. CdMx.
I'm not sure what this means in English, but I'm hoping that was a nice comment. Contributing in a positive way.
Extremely informative video. Thank you.
Thank you
Here's my playlist for French Drain Systems
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excellant job of explianing intricate details of flexible pipe and hydraulic concrete. thnx
Looks like a very professional job!
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.
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.
Surely that membrane slows the drainage flow
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.
th-cam.com/video/KiehdvVTu-8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KKu61WTyj8nVF5LS
Very informative. Thanx for sharing!
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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.
th-cam.com/video/VyC_Bj9KZAE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ySs_znDbv6mKYVTV
Do you have a tutorial on how to dig the trench(for a DIYour-selfer)? I have an amended berm and it scares me to dig a trench with amended soil on the high end of the trench. *Great site BTW!
th-cam.com/video/VyC_Bj9KZAE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JoorHiSmVxKTkSOA
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
Great video. Now I know what a huge job this is!
Thank you for commenting and watching
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Oh gosh RIGHT when I needed this video! Thank you
Thanks Robert, Very informative and well illustrated. ??? What slope do you use on the French Drain pipe???
1% - 2% Slope
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.
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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 !
Crushed screened limestone for foundation french drain. Round rock 1 1/2" for yard drainage
How do you prepare the top end, the high end of the pipe? do you wrap the fabric around the open end or do you cap it in some other way?
Great videos and info! Thanks
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Nice, informative video, how about drain tile around an above ground pool?
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Great video. Can you give links to the pipe and fabric?
frenchdrainman.com/product/8-slot-high-octane-drainage-pipe/
Non-woven Geotextile Fabric in 4 oz and 8 oz
frenchdrainman.com/filter-fabric/
I have to put a french drain in my backyard soon, wish me luck
Here is a current French drain video playlist. You don't need luck. You just need this playlist.
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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?
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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 ?
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Can you make a video doing this with a dry well?
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What do you do next to a lake, where you want to play on the lawn next to it? Not much rise.
Lift the yard elevation.
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)
Your discharge line to the ditch should be Dualwall corrugated pipe.
I have a question. If I plan on using the 4” high octane perforated for a curtain drain, and then want to connect it to 4” corrugated solid to move the water far from my house where no curtain drainage is needed, would you use an inside or outside coupler to go from perforated to solid? Thanks! Your videos are great, BTW!!
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4 in. External Snap Coupler HDPE
frenchdrainman.com/product/4-in-external-snap-coupler-hdpe/
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.
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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!
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.
Great video. Drainage is becoming a special interest of mine.
Thanks for the advice. I have a plot full of clay, so draining will be most necessary.
Thank you for watching & good luck on your project.
Man, talk about EXPENSIVE!!! I could probably just move to another house w/what this would cost!!
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.
Awesome video! Would you share the materials list? I want to make sure that I purchase all the right stuff. Thanks!
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This was very helpful!
Would like to know the angle of drop needed/recommended for the pipes.
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1 percent slope here's how to measure
thanx. hvy rain here. we use 2’x 2’ trench, 3 1/2” leach rock on pipes, 1 1/2” on top. we usually leave top open. what did you use between top rock & sod:
Filter/drain fabric or
regular weed block?
also, did you say that in some jurisdictions it’s code to put the French drain in the actual side yard setback?
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Very good information. Thank you.
Wouldn’t the fabric clog up long before the dirt would fill the voids in straight stone?
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What are the pros and cons of the blue pipe bs using PVC? Thanks 🙏
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks 🙏
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Great video…. I live in the UK. I need to find a drain expert
Thank you for watching
Vinyl fence in yard blocks water from draining, it ponds in that one corner
Yes and water will rot the wood posts.
Are these materials common at the Local Home Depot/Lowes? And thanks for the knowledge. Watching your video was very helpful 🫡
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@@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.
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!
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Why did you put the tarp over the rocks? Won't that inhibit surface drainage?
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Question: is that flex duct any good underneath a driveway? I was looking at some in Home Depot, today, but it occurred to me that it might be a bit too flimsy to stand up to the weight of a car going overhead.
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Honest question, building that right next to all those trees will that create an issue with those trees being able to get enough water if it’s draining all the water around it?
Honest answer, absolutely not.
Man i wish this was the Shelby on the west coast i could use help
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Can I install this right up against the foundation of the house? My house is downhill where the water flows, and my concrete happens to be in the way. It is pooling around the house and is going up against the house during heavy rains
Yes, it can be shallow. Or it can be a foundation drain like in this video: th-cam.com/play/PLjFCqaZ4v1BWSyew4JyZuxDpBvULztf91.html&si=gPVu11PQwT_SwTpI
I live in western Washington and need to divert rain/ground water from my upper pasture to my lower pasture where my home is(getting some basement flooding in the heaviest of rains. I wanted to build a sort of man made stream to look natural but in your opinion is this feasible? or a French drain better? it would be a couple hundred feet long.
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What if you have to grow new grass over French drain. How much dirt should you put over the drain then?
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks. Great videos by the way. Really insightful into the industry. Another question, is there an effective width of a french drain area that will pull water towards. I.E. If I put my French drain on x, it will pull water 5 ft from either side. I ask because my entire backyard is a swamp. Trying to see how many runs I would need. Thanks
Hi- great videos. Any recommendations for the brand of non-woven geotextile fabric?? What weight fabric? 4oz? 8 oz? Thanks!
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We use 4 oz double punched
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Hi, can you tie a few gutters in this same line or would that be to much flow?
That's a terrible idea. Don't do that
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That's not a good idea; it will plug the French drain perforations. Do it like this.
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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.
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We use 4 oz all the time
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
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I had no doubt that video existed. After watching, now I understand.
my house has a slab but it is built into A 8 foot hill so the back of the house is covered by dirt. The front is free of anything. I'm gonna dig down to the footer and do exactly as your video shows on the back side. with a French drain along footer. But what would you backfill that With after you get the pipe in and the Stone and fabric all in line. What should I backfield that up to the 8 foot mark again???
This house was exactly like you described
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Can you upload a video to correct a French drain on a upward slope backyard?
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Excellent work
Informative, well made video.
is it immune from the roots penetration? is it strong to handle with jetter?
Yes jetter and 1-2% Slope no roots
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!?
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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!
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%
Banging Top video Definitely worth watching & a lot of help, Cheers 👍👍👍👍👍
I have an existing french drain system that dates back to when people didn't know what they were doing. The PVC unfortunately runs underneath concrete (my back patio) to the back yard drain. The storm drain that sits in the concrete just doesnt cut it. Can I somehow cut the PVC where it starts in the yard, after the concrete ends, and fit it to one of these high octanes?
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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
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Outstanding video
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;
1% Slope
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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.
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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
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how do you handle lawn that is just muddy? water isnt standing but the soil isnt drying and it gets muddy
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What is the dig depth recommended for this french drain ?
14"-16" deep
That Fabric here in Northern NY is almost 500.00 a roll.
That's not including a roll of pipe and trucked crush stone delivered..Plus excavator rental if doing it yourself.
Everything is so expensive it's insane.
What size is the fabric roll?
Industry just seen a 12% increase on fabric
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN The 12 foot wide or the 17 foot wide are the same price. The 17 foot wide is just shorter so its equal material
Where can i buy this blue pipe at tht u speak so highly about bro
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How did you link both pipes to the single?
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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.
Most our installations are on suburban lots with sprinklers. This home had sprinklers. We are in the North ( Michigan ).
Sure the holes would be on the top, rather than on the bottom to collect rain water?
The holes are 360 degrees meaning BOTTOM, TOP, SIDES your 💯% covered. More inlet than any other pipe in the world 🌎 17 1/4"sq of inlet per Linear foot. It's called HIGH OCTANE 8 SLOT for a very good reason.
Hope this helps, thank you for commenting!
not clear if the drain pipe can be layed level or need to be sloped to move the water?
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House built on a hill,already have good drainage except my patio floods when it rains even mud left to scrap off...help!
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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.
I would do a deep system with horses
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Thanks that was so helpful.
If there is no storm drain, would you put stone under the pipe in that case?
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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.
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