How to Build a French Drain to Stop Sheet Water
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- How to Build a French Drain to Stop Sheet Water
On this job the guys had to do a lot of hand digging. I'm going to show you how to get water out of your side yard and I'm going to show you why water gets trapped in a side yard and how to stop sheet water.
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More than one run of f. drain pipe made intuitive sense to me, so that’s what I did, but you’re the first one to ever confirm that line of thought. Everyone else I’ve seen uses a single one and calls it a day.
A double pipe french drain will overcome a lot. If you use 2 pipes at the bottom, haul all the dirt away and use a non Woven Geo textile filter fabric it's gonna last longer and work better.
THIS is the video I was looking for. Sheet water run off going under a mobile home and pooling underneath on the far end. The open drain is perfect to run along the sides to keep the water at bay and keep it flowing towards the sewer system. Thank you.
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I like the different scenarios you bring in each video. And hey Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you 😊
This is very helpful. Thank you. Good editing, too. I need to do similar.
Thank you for watching
I recently bought the armor pipe for french drainage. I take on a rediculous amount of water and my engineer said to build a french drain/tile drain along my driveway at my garage door to prevent water sitting up against the house. I bought 3 ton of 1.5 round rock for the borrito wrap. This is the 1st video ive heard you mention smaller angular stone to prevent damage to the pipe.
Have you ever ran two 4-inch armor french drain pipes across the front of a garage door and if so how do you decide the combo of stone to max water drainage while protecting pipe.
I have 3 ton of washed #57 and 3 ton of the round rock. No big trucks will cross the threshold. I got 2k worth of FDM products shipped to western NC. Im in Blue ridge mtns. Top 5 in quantity of rain in US, freeze thaw not an issue here.
Pack the area you're driving over in smaller stones so you don't damage the pipe. Large stones have less contact area on the pipe and exert more force in that smaller contact area.
Thank you! I am proud of the system I've built. I followed every rule I've heard you talk about over the past year and a half of my research. Even the 100yr rain calc. In fact, I am a data scientist so I have water Calc. spreadsheet that auto-calculates 24hr roof runoff and sheetwater volume by section of roof coming out each gutter. This was a fun but tough project.
Thanks again. Take care.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. How do you estimate the tons of rock you need for the trench?
35 ft is one cubic yard for us on average
I wish you all had a pipe distributor in Massachusetts. I'd love to use your pipe, but can't justify the ~$400 dollar freight shipping as a DIYer
I put this system in a few years ago and haven’t looked back. I don’t even recall what I spent in total but still marvel at how well the system works. It has essentially made my basement sump pump obsolete!
It's worth it. The sweat equity is ridiculous, so it's worth the cost of frieght to be guaranteed to never have to do it again.
@jeremydurham3028 are you in eastern MA? I'm thinking about ordering - if you're close to me maybe we could split the freight.
It's definitely worth the cost of freight
Shouldn't you be putting socks on the tubes? I'm wondering bc I'm going to have to do this myself and I don't know if you need to put a sock on the tubes? Some people say that you need them but I see that you don't use them . Love your videos.
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How much square footage does one perforated pipe cover? Another word’s, how much water from surrounding yardage will one perforated pipe drain
180 gallons per minute
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN right. But in correlation to how much square footage of the pooling one pipe can cover
Can one pipe cover an entire field or do I need to branch it out to cover more footage
Hey guys. I’m building a stepping stone walk way that will be surrounded by stone. I’ll be putting 2 inches of crushed gravel then an inch of sand and tamp it all down before adding the stone. Can I put a French drain without an outlet underneath?
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If this was a roof runoff system with similar length because that’s my case, would you run each downspout to separate pipes to get your two pipes on the bottom?
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Great video as usual! Who do you contact about connecting directly to the storm drain? The township/county where you live? Thanks.
Ask your local building department.
For every yard of dirt that you remove, how much typical stone do you use to replace that. I assume more pipe equal less stone but on average, what would expect to use?
Every 35 ft average 1 cubic yard
How much stone did you use on this job? I’m working on a roughly 200ft run @ 2ft depth +/- following the properties natural slope
Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
We would use (4) 4" pipes. That fills 15" of trench. More pipe you use the less stone you will need.
Will the French drain still work with 4" of top soil on top of it? or is that too much? I don't have an irrigation system.
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At 25:00, you talk about Dirt Haul off. Still interested to learn how you handle dirt after you leave the site?
1) Pay to dispose
2) Process it to screen for rock?
3) Save the piles of it for future jobs (suspect not as you haul so much away)
4) Can you describe type of dirt you haul away, what is actually useful versus not
Just seems to be a big part of your job quality, but has a lot of hidden stuff before and after the job to consider.
Pay to dispose
great video where could you buy those materials you use in southern Ont Canada
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Awesome video those external couplers are amazing I hate when I have to take it off lol 😅
Is there anywhere in the Buffalo,Rochester, NY are that I can buy your pipe and fabric products?
Not yet
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Great Vid !!! I used your double punched fabric with two 4" corregated pipe in bottom of trench covered with 1 1/4" clean drain rock .......burritoe wrapped Works great!!!!!
How big was the trench you dug? Did you dig by hand or rent a machine?
@@darrinmc trench was only thirty feet long in a tight spot so we dug by hand...clay soil tough to dig used a pick and a shovel
What type of liner do u usr
Non-woven Geotextile Fabric in 4 oz and 8 oz
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Rob, The residents have the ability to have that type of system where you reside. Lucky them, everyone else is going to get either 3 hole shedule piping or the big box store corragated black piping. Can't find anyone in pa (bucks county) who does this this. I'm handy but a bit out of my league for someone who works alot. Anyone you can suggest. Would like to see your product at the outdoor expo exhibits. Thx for any input.
Our office may know of a contractor buying our products in your area. 248-505-3065
If not Google, search "Yard Drainage Contractor near me" and tell them to quote using our products.
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I'll try that. Thx for getting back.
Gary, did you have any luck finding a contractor in Bucks County. I’m located in Montco and also looking for a contractor that will know this system. Thanks
@@robertdefranco5078 Hey Rob, no I haven't looked into it. Been busy with work but now since you asked I will look into it on Friday. Rob from FrenchDrain gave me their office number to call to see if any contractor bought his product. Also in his description he said to Google "Yard drainage contractor near me" In my opinion I don't think I'll have any luck finding a contractor using this product. I will let you know.
Where’s the tape??😮
It's a French drain system, not a roof Runoff System
@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I still tape mine to avoid separation 🤷🏻♂️