Section of sidewalk removed to install a French Drain in Oakland County

Section of sidewalk removed to install a French Drain in Oakland County

We’re putting a French drain system in Oakland County where there are many large trees. They’ve lifted, the elevations in the yard changing how the water drains. Now it stands and pools in areas. The anchoring roots to this median tree are so big and so large, we literally had to cut out a piece of the sidewalk and remove it, so that we could cut through the anchoring

The anchoring roots to this median tree are so big and so large, we literally had to cut out a piece of the sidewalk and remove it, so that we could cut through the anchoring roots so that we could put our French drain stone channel through.

We have to go under the walk and take the water to the curb to evacuate the water in this lot. That’s the only way we have enough fall. Right here we’re lining the trench with filter fabric. The stone and the pipe will go inside this channel. It is a very large channel.

Right here we’re lining the trench with filter fabric. The stone and the pipe will go inside this channel. It is a very large channel.It is going to contain a lot of stone. It is going to evacuate the water quickly. Here we have a

Here we have a T’d section. We go off in both directions to where water was standing so that we can take the water and have the French drain system moves it efficiently, quickly and evacuated before it saturates the subsoil of this yard.

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