To Drain a Flat Yard With No Slope do this!
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- Drain a Flat Yard With No Slope. It's Easier Than You Think.
When you have a flat yard no slope a lot of times you just want to start with a 3 in pipe. Start with a 3-in pipe and start digging shallow (maybe five six inches) Then as you start to get deeper and create slope you take a connector like this this is a reducer it reduces you from the 4 in pipe down to the 3 in pipe this is how we get slope in a flat yard.
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Drain a Flat Yard With No Slope. It's Easier Than You Think.
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Man, you guys just didn’t get it. It creates slope because you can dig much more shallow to start your trench when you use the smaller pipe. As you continue digging and getting deeper, you can change to the larger diameter pipe
Why wouldn’t you just keep going in 3” since it’s bottlenecked all ready? Will it not disperse correctly or something? Genuinely curious.
There’s no context of the volume or if any solids “could” be present when in use.
We are all correct and all wrong potentially it depends on a couple of factors.
On a Segway… here is where that Math in high school is used….😅
Okay, Captain Projection. lol As you’ve been taught here in your comment section by numerous people, increasing diameter ≠ increasing slope. Unless you need increased volume, just run the 3in the whole way.
@AsixA6 That is slotted pipe for a French drain, not solid pipe to remove water from a pickup . Larger pipe for larger void to absorb more water, which dries the yard quicker.
@@robertaltman3801 Irrelevant to slope.
It is good to see Boris the animal changed his life around & is now teaching about & installing french drains. Good for you Boris.
Hilariously accurate
Dang man, it's just Boris.
Hank Williams knows what he's talking about... thank you Hank
He knows what he is doing. He doesn't know what he is saying about it.
How do you get slope in a flat yard?
Dig a trench with slope.
There you go. Fixed it for ya.
Sounds way too simple. I think we need to complicate it more lol
Yep but if yard is flat bt ghe time you at the property lane lane or front street you will be below you elevation in order to drain
@@jeffsim8664it doesn't matter either way if it's flat how would it drain
So you start with a 3" pipe and reduce it down to 4" makes sense 😂 I get what you're saying but it's a trick on words lol 😂
Was looking for this 😅😅
Going from a 3-in pipe to a 4-inch pipe is not a decrease.
The "increaser" is a old Army trick that he learned in the Navy.
@@dudetheblessed2524trying to figure out which way is right - 3 to 4 or 4 to 3
@@TheParaplegic in plumbing codes, you may never decrease the size of a drainage pipe downstream. It's against code to start with a 4" pipe and decrease to 3"
Thank you, French Drain Bosephus.
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Get slope in a flat yard. I would just keep digging deeper as I went 😅
Yes, exactly 💯.
Use an outdoor sump pump system to lift the water and discharge
@@FRENCHDRAINMANthis point negates your point that increasing the pipe diameter increases slope. You literally just disproved your entire video. Bahahaha and the arrogant replies you give everyone while being completely full of bs is epic hilarity.
I figured out what the problem is. It's his communication. He is simply not saying what he actually means. This is why English teachers in high school tried to teach you the language.
What he is trying to convey is that 4 inch is the regular pipe size he uses for these jobs. But if the slope is zero, starting with a smaller pipe size, affords you an extra inch or two as the slope is dug out
But because he failed or barely passed 10th grade English, he accidentally made it sound like the increase in pipe diameter is what gains the slope.
Simple failure to properly communicate in his native language. And instead of realizing it's his own wording that is causing the problem, he resorts to insulting his viewers. Which will eventually hurt his channel as he loses viewers and people like me mark his channel "do not recommend."
There is no reason to change from a small pipe to a larger
Hillbilly explanation
I can't believe ZZ top is now in the drain business
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I need to see this in action
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Absolutely brilliant 🤣
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Thanx I would’ve never guess that was a reducer smh lol
Local in Michigan and bought a house a year ago and had some backyard issues due to being the lowest yard in neighbor hood. I love your product it works. I used the 2 4 inch at the bottom and the 3 3 inch pipes on top to haul around less rock. As you said in one of your videos
It's so great to hear that you found the videos helpful. I appreciate your commenting and sharing.
"All my rowdy friends are here to lay some pipe".
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That makes sense. Thanks for the info.👍👍
Thank you.
Thanks for that info
Ooooh! Thanks!!
The video + comment section saves the day.
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Perfect example of someone who is too close to the trees to see the forest! Makes no sense at all!
You don't get it.
Maybe next time 🤷♂️
There’s not as much water at the beginning so you can put a smaller pipe and less digging but the farther you go it is collecting more water so it needs to be bigger and since your digging a slope you can now have room to lay the bigger pipe. So beginning to end, you dug a lot less dirt.
Thx
Also can do the too shallow portion of the trench with no pipe just clean washed stone.
In 12 months the silt fills the perforated pipe full of crud and you get to dig it up and replace the entire pipe.
It's better to use a perforated sock tile. The sock keeps the silt out of the pipe for a longer period of time.
We wrapped the stone and pipe as one in a non woven Geo textile filter fabric that has been punched twice.
That's ok if the blue pipe he's holding isn't better quality than the black I used he'll be replacing it with pvc like I had to.... Saying the black pipe I used dererioted in a few short year's..... Expensive lesson for me.... We had a saying in the steel mill " If Your Stupid "Suffer"....😢
Boris the Animal!!!!
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It's called an eccentric reducer because it reduces to the opposite side of the pipe. Good video 👍
Thank you
opposite side? It means the 3 in and 4 in diameters are not concentric.
@@takeitasacompliment. Right. Concentric is reduced evenly through the center of the pipe. Eccentric is reduced but each pipe has its own center. O o
The number of commenters that can’t comprehend the simple concept amuses me 😂
Is that Boris the Animal from the movie Men in Black?
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Is that the dude from Men In Black 3 (Boris the Animal)?
So if you start with 3in..its not a reducer it's actually an increaser...correct?
Adapter actually 4"×3" ADS COUPLING
I saw this tutorial in the movie RV..😂
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What about a yard with lots of slope? Should I start the 3" pipe on stilts to get above the highest part of the yard. Water runs uphill too.
Whatever you want to do
You need to tell them, or show them how it has to positioned so that it works properly
Great idea. I'll make another video.!
Thanks
I'm lost - if you dig deeper then you don't need the reducer because the line you dig will automatically slope the pipe...........
The 3" pipe has a shorter profile (Not as tall) so you can dig shallower till you reach a depth that requires a taller pipe (4 inch pipe). 😉
Where can I get the reducers? I keep looking but all I find are amplifiers.
3 in. x 4 in. Single Wall Reducing Coupler
frenchdrainman.com/product/3-in-x-4-in-single-wall-reducing-coupler/
It's called an increaser. No drain fitting is meant to reduce the pipe size, it should only get bigger the further down the line it goes.
You're really adding water volume downstream. A given amount of water will fill the 3" pipe to a certain level, but when that same amount of water enters a 4" pipe it can spread out due to the larger diameter and this creates a little fall in the depth of the water. Think of a 3 inch pipe connected to a 10 foot pipe. A gallon of water will be at a certain height in the 3 inch pipe and when that gallon enters a 10 foot pipe there will be little to no height. Therefore it falls in to the larger pipe. It's not really slope, it's pulling the water into the larger pipe because the water can spread out.
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Dude looks like the bad guy from one of the men in black movies!
I'm not him!
I'm a good guy 😉🫠
Borris
What’s the best way to clear stuck water in the drain?
Leaf blower
Got it the first time. I need to that to a flat area about 130 feet
Thanks, man. appreciate your comment.
This guy knows how to lay the pipe 😂😂😂
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Using a level 1/2 a bubble no trouble for fall. Craig the plumber told me works everytime.
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If you were laying the 3" pipe in a flat yard, is the purpose of sloping to a 4" pipe to draw the water away from something or to make it flow to a targeted area?
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@FRENCHDRAINMAN thanks brother🙏
That's what she said
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Is that assembly upside down?
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So start with a 3 inch pipe and tie in a 4 in pipe later down the stream. How about discharge if no slope? Wouldnt you have to come back up to.discharge to day light ?.ps love your videos as they are very informative!!
I've done many full-length videos on sump pump systems. You really need to go to my homepage, and I have many playlists that I have put together. One of them is on outdoor sump pump systems. Thank you for commenting and contributing!
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN This video makes no sense at all. Do you go 3" to 4" ? Do you put the 4" upside down to create slope?
@user-tk2mf5lt9b Glad you understand it - do you have some background in this field? Check the other comments, for most of us, the explanation is as clear as mud.
@user-tk2mf5lt9bi listened to it and that was not explained at all. Not even close to bringing up that point.
@user-tk2mf5lt9b yes. The pipe increases in diameter. We all know that without him saying it. Even those outside the field can simply see it.
But that doesn't explain how to lay in the pipe nor his claim that it increases the slope. The person is clearly asking if he places the drop in the reducer up or down. Which is not explained.
At the end of the day, 10 years of professional plumbing tells me the person making this video doesn't understand what he's talking about. Increasing diameter does not in any way shape nor form, increase the drop angle in order to slope the pipe more. In fact, it makes it more difficult and actually reduces slope as the larger pipe diameter instantly removes approximately 1-1/2" from said slope into a short drop that could have been achieved with street 22 elbows, keep the same pipe diameter.
What is happening here, is this guy is installing pipe with weep holes. Increasing the diameter allows the pipe to hold more water, giving the appearance that it's draining more. Only because it allows more "sump" area to give time for the water to drain into the floor substrate. But he doesn't understand the concept and incorrectly explained it as gaining slope. Simple math and eyes tell you that is absurd.
I think that adapter is actually an increaser
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This guy just don’t know, what he don’t know!
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the face behind the voice lol
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Eccentric reducer would flow better the other way up
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You always start at the outlet.
I'm pretty sure this guy is a DIY guy. All plumbing codes state that you may not decrease the diameter of the pipe downstream. Besides, if you look at the bottom of the two pipes, they maintain the same plane. There is no pitch unless created by slope.
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Where does the water go? Do you tap into a sewer or something?
You Tube Search "French Drain 101 everything you need to know "
Where in the hell can u buy 3inch pipe can't find it know where
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How does Hank Williams Jr. know about drainage
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Can anyone tell me, please, how to save videos shorts like this to refrence later on or to share with others later on too?
I need to share this with several adjoining neighbors plus my husband but not for a few months yet, plus I saw another video recomending you need to lay a "twin" pipeline to ensure it lasts longer. That video is seemingly long gone as far as I'm concerned 😢
There are 3 dots in the upper right-hand corner of your UA-cam short. Click on those 3 dots. There will be a drop down, and one of your choices will say "save to playlist."
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Thank you!
Where to buy these pipes
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That’s an Eccentric reducer
Dam is that the dude from men in black with one arm
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The inside of those pipes are in line on the bottom, they are the same height. That is a flat on bottom reducer that is what it says. Flat. No slope. Maybe you mean, don't use a Centerline reducer. Use a flat on bottom.
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I don't need a reducer, I need an enlarger. All the hardware store has are reducers
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Whats the context. Is that a septic tank?
French drain
Huh??😮
So basically dig deeper . Lol use the same pipe . Hahaha
Why change the pipe size , just dig deeper as you go ?
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If a 3" pipe will carry the water volume, a 4" pipe is unnecessary. A flat yard has nothing to do with drainage, the bottom of the trench does. A French drain works well for some applications
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So, the water will sit level flat through the entire length. That pipe will drain for 1 season and then you'll get to dig it back out again.
You must be the new guy. You need to watch our full-length videos with all the details.
Okay. I watched your video. Your short is confusing because it is out of context. However your full video is good. You do introduce slope that eventually gets sumped out.
And, I would not be the 'new' guy. Instead, I would be the guy that hires guys like you, so don't be so snark as you will turn potential customers and clients away.
I would suggest you use the THINk principal when you speak or respond to your viewers.
T - Is what I'm saying True?
H - Is it Helpful?
I - Is it Inspiring?
N - Is it Necessary?
K - Is it Kind?
Your work is good, but your communication skill can lead to loss of viewers and bad relationships with others. In the end, you'll realize it isn't that you don't know what you are doing, you just don't know how to THINK before you speak.
I’m not sure but it looks like you might be holding that upside down if you start with 3 inches and you wanted to slow down the bigger pipe has to pitch done which with which means the bell pot hasta face down on the bigger pipe maybe I’m wrong that’s the way I see
Well, actually, it can go both ways, but in the bottom of a French train trench, the way I'm describing it will be the way I'm holding it.
Why is Boris The Animal over here giving drainage tips and not running from the Men In Black?
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Shouldn’t he flip that pipe over so the bottom of the 4” pipe is lower?
The bottom of a French drain is flat with 1% slope
@@FRENCHDRAINMANOkay, I get it now. With the position you are holding the pipe, there would more soil on top of the 3” at a shallower elevation. 👍
He’s holding it upside down.
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Easier to understand if you said “go from a 3 inch pipe to a 4 inch pipe to create slope”.
I want 60 seconds back
I want 15 years back
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN sorry you hate your kid. But you made him. Or at least she claims it’s you. Maybe in 3 more years his lazy ass will move out. Nah
That introduces no slope on it's own.
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Its still the same depth no matter 3or4in pipe that slope is on the top of the pipe which ain't never going to see water😢
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Vertical Drainage...
It's a scam
Or here’s a wild idea. Just dig one inch deeper every 10 foot or so and there’s your slope 🤯
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Is the 4" pipe laid in the trench the same way he's holding it in the video, or flipped 180 degrees with the extended portion pointing down below the resting grade in the rock bed? The only things I can think of that would move the water out are that 2" drop with a 180 degree flip from how he's holding it, or the wider 6" cavity created by the larger pipe holding more water horizontally.
It can go either way. There's no right or wrong, but the way I'm holding it is how we transition into a 4-inch pipe. As the trench gets deeper, we keep our trench bottom flat with slope.
A 3in pipe will always dig shallow.
Very poorly explained. You left out many important details. Details, which with good economy of language, still could have been communicated in this video short.
I will do this again
Huh
Not enough clarity from start to finish on this one. I'll thumbs down on this.
I will make you a video.
Stay Tuned!
That's great except it doesn't make sense, bud. The invert stays the same. The only thing you're doing is making the top Taller. So the bottom doesn't change with the size of the pipe. Think about it Einstein.
Are you drinking again?
If you're starting with a 3-in pipe shallow. Why are you increasing in the pipe size to a 4-inch pipe??
So you're adding the reducer connection and increasing the pipe size...?!? LMBO!!
You're the one that said there was a flat yard with no slope it doesn't make sense.....
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Not good. When you change the diameter to alarger one, you lose depth and slow the velocity of the water. If the water is not clear, you will have sediment precipitation. Any plumber or engineer should know that.
You have failed to understand anything. You must be the new guy. In your defense, a short just allows you a fraction of the time a full-length video allows. Our fully encapsulated french drains that are 2 pipes wide do NOT have sediment flowing through them. We also use a special non woven Geo textile filter fabric that's double punched. ✌️
@@FRENCHDRAINMANyour explanations are garbage and simply insult all your viewers.
You had plenty of time to explain what you meant in the video but failed to do so. Maybe you understand area drains. But your video production and teaching is amateur at best.
This makes no sense to me. Why would increasing the pipe size gain slope? You have a starting point and an end point. Changing the size of the pipe does not change the angle in any way.
All you are doing is increasing the empty volume of the pipe. Thus, it fits more water. And I'll assume you have weeping holes and this doesn't run solid all the way to a curve, correct? If that is the case, you may know how to install pipe, but are whole heartedly lost on concept and why things work the way they do.
You must be the new guy.
The yard is flat, the bottom of the trench is not, so it slopes and gets DEEPER.
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@@FRENCHDRAINMAN now explain to a 10 year professional plumber with his own company why you claim increasing the pipe size gains more slope when it actually reduces it.
No one is arguing that down hill is down hill . Everyone is blasting your claim of increasing the diameter " this is how we gain slope."
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Maybe learn to speak English and produce better videos.
I believe you wanted to say you use 4 inch pipe but if it's too flat, you start off with 3 inch and then grow it to your normal size pipe.
But because you lack intelligence and planning, you accidentally made it sound like the increase of pipe size is what gains your slope.
It's pretty hilarious that you can't even explain things in a video who's entire purpose is explaining things. And when people point out you said something incredible wrong and stupid, you have the audacity to act like everyone else is the dumb incorrect ones. Bahahaha
@@djaa7 seriously lol been plumbing 15 years still don’t understand what’s it matter if the yard is flat seems to me shouldn’t be nearly as difficult dig 1//8 inch per foot or even 1/4 for grade 😂 worst case put a put in and pump it
If you want slope, slope, the bottom of the trench. No need to increase pipe diameter, which actually slows water flow. What a hack
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Looks like you're holding it upside down.
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Its not a reducer, its an increaser.
Wow, that's the first time I heard that.🤪🙄
The volume of water won't increase, so stay with the 3". I really don't get the point. .
You must be the new guy. ✌️
FLAT yard, FLAT yard
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I understood but this is a bad way of explaining. I recommend in the future using visual by laying it in the groung, on the slope, you are stating. Then explain pros and cons and purpose. But, as always, do what you want. I am only recommending, have a great day!
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Your best bet is to trash all this shit that will give you issues in a year with root intrusion.
Thank you for contributing.
I don't get it 😕
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@FRENCHDRAINMAN How does changing pipe size create slope? In the orientation, you're holding the pipe(s), the bottom is still "flat." Sorry, I just don't get it. Please make another video. This needs more explanation.
No idea what he is talking about! What is the slope for?
A drainage system for yard water
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN Thanks for the info.😃
That's a terrace, not a slope.
Appreciate you commenting and sharing.
What about the frost line when starting shallow?
Corrugated pipe can be in the Frost line. It's flexibility is its strength.
It’s already full of holes if installed correctly there shouldn’t be standing water in it anyhow. It’s not going to freeze and crack on you.
That's absurd. If you lay that pipe in a flat ditch, there is still no slope. The water will just sit on the bottom.
You need to watch this again and, this time, pay attention to what I'm saying. ✌️
I got it, I just don’t give a fuck about this shit. I’m a trucker
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I got my general contractor license in 1987 and that is not slope
When the bottom of the trench gets DEEPER it sure is slope bud
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN He said the reduction of the size of the pipe creates slope, obviously a sloped trench has slope
This said absolutely nothing
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Do what? Show us. Don’t stand there babbling!
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Makes no sense
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