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What is a French Drain in Macomb Twp., MI

2017-09-29T02:19:59-04:00By |Categories: Macomb Township French Drain|Tags: , , |

What is a French Drain in Macomb Twp., MI What is a French drain? A French drain is an underground means of moving water. So you can draw on surface water of all types, whether it's from a sump line, downspouts, roof runoff. Just a low area, a soft area, a yard, it's difficult to mow. [...]

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Installing Catch Basin Sleeve for a French Drain Macomb Twp., MI

2017-09-29T02:10:56-04:00By |Categories: Macomb Township French Drain|Tags: |

Installing Catch Basin Sleeve for a French drain Macomb Twp., MI We're in Macomb Township putting in a sleeve. We already drilled and tapped the catch basin. We have the representative from Macomb County Water and Sewer doing the inspection. We are going to tie the French drain pipe to the schedule 40 with the adapter. [...]

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How to Make a French Drain – Oakland Township, MI

2017-09-29T02:00:50-04:00By |Categories: Oakland Township French Drain|Tags: , |

How to Make a French Drain - Oakland Township, MI How to make a French drain. There's so many variables to how to make a french drain. I'm just going to go over one right now, and encourage you to go to frenchdrainman.com, to continue to learn about how to make a french drain. In this [...]

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How to Install a French Drain in Harrison Twp., MI

2017-09-29T01:51:45-04:00By |Categories: Harrison Township French Drain|Tags: |

How to Install a French Drain in Harrison Twp., MI How to install a French drain system. You want to use an excavator, and you want to remove all the soil. This trench has already been excavated. The soil has been removed and trucked away, hauled out. We have a pipe at the bottom of the [...]

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How to Install a French Drain at a New Home in Macomb Twp., MI

2017-09-29T01:41:32-04:00By |Categories: Macomb Township French Drain|Tags: , , |

How to Install a French Drain at a New Home in Macomb Twp., MI We're in Macomb Township installing a French drain system. The clay pan in Macomb Township makes it mandatory to have a French drain system so that you have a nice dry yard.  Whether you have children, pets, or you're just maintaining your [...]

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How to Build a French Drain Correctly in Algonac, Michigan

2017-09-29T00:17:31-04:00By |Categories: Algonac French Drain|Tags: , |

How to Build a French Drain Correctly in Algonac, Michigan How to build a French drain system is to take an excavator and trench so that the trench itself starts in low spots and slope your way towards the discharge. Now we like to go 14 inches wide on our trenches. We fill them with coarse [...]

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French Drains in Washington Township, Michigan

2017-09-29T00:03:07-04:00By |Categories: Washington Township French Drain|Tags: |

French Drains in Washington Township, Michigan French drains. There's different names for French drains, but they're made and constructed the same way. The materials are the same. There's a curtain drain. It basically wraps around the perimeter of the house. This happens to be a perimeter drain. That's a French drain. So, your looking at three [...]

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French Drain System in Macomb County, Michigan

2017-09-28T23:52:24-04:00By |Categories: Macomb County French Drain|Tags: , |

French Drain System in Macomb County, Michigan French drain system. A French drain system can be used for dozens of applications. Here in this picture you see a sump. This was in a neighborhood in Macomb County where, a couple decades ago, there was no infrastructure for sump lines to be plumbed to. Landscapers, ran them [...]

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French Drain Discharge to Water Reservoir, Oakland Twp., MI

2017-09-23T19:24:34-04:00By |Categories: Oakland Township French Drain|Tags: , |

French Drain Discharge to Water Reservoir, Oakland Twp., MI We just finished installing a French drain in Oakland Twp., MI. We ended the pipe and there was a lot of fall here on the pond's edge. We ended the pipe at the bottom of the slope, flush with the grade, and we just have rip rap [...]

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French Drain Install Under Sidewalk – Macomb Twp., MI

2017-09-23T19:16:31-04:00By |Categories: Macomb Township French Drain|Tags: |

French Drain Install Under Sidewalk - Macomb Twp., MI We are installing a French drain in Michigan, wanted to show you how we would take a French drain system to the curb of the front yard and go under a sidewalk. We bore under the walk, we use a piece of schedule 40 And then we [...]

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