French Drain System: Oakland County & Macomb County, Michigan All right, this is what it looks like after a storm basin has been cored. We still need to use hydraulic cement to put in a piece of schedule 40 PVC that we'll hook up to with corrugated plate for a French drain. But I just wanted [...]
Michigan French Drain: Storm Basin French Drain Connection - Macomb County & Oakland County, Michigan
Michigan French Drain Installation - Cut Street Curb for French Drain All right, we notched the curb with a concrete saw and basically, we're able to drop our grate. Our basin grate is now a couple of inches lower. Also, there is a storm drain right here. So this is really going to approve the efficiency [...]
I just wanted to talk a little bit about a laser transit. How we use it and how important it is when putting in a French drain in Rochester, Michigan. Basically what a laser transit does is it let's you shoot elevations of a property. That way you know how deep your trench has to be [...]
Oakland County, Michigan French Drain Build Okay, we're at the location where the French drain terminates. You can see that all the stone has been encased with a filter fabric, a heavy eight ounce commercial rated filter fabric. You want a six-foot roll of fabric. That way you can go down both sides of the trench [...]
Michigan French Drain - Oakland County Okay, we're in Rochester, Michigan. The homeowner called said that he was having problems with his backyard -- the water. His children couldn't come out here and play. They would end up getting all wet and muddy, so we designed a French drain system. The lots behind the street that [...]
What are the advantages to running downspouts underground in Michigan? Underground Downspout Most of the time a homeowner wants their downspouts ran underground because the 4 Ft. aluminum extension keeps blowing off into the neighbors’ yard or the lawn equipment keeps crushing the aluminum extension. The extensions can create ice on walkways [...]
Why use a coarse washed rock for construction of a Michigan French Drain? French Drain Coarse Washed Rock French drains that fail do so for many reasons. Most handymen, DIY guys or lawn sprinkler crews that install a pipe for drainage use as little rock as possible and sometimes none at all. [...]
Why would anyone put dirt back in the trench while building a Michigan French Drain? French Drain With Clean Trench - Dirt Removed French Drain systems/curtain drains depend on the water's ability to travel from the grades surface of the troubled area through usually turf grass plants and leach into a thick [...]
Why is the use of corrugated perforated pipe with a sock on it a recipe for failure in the construction of a Michigan French Drain? Michigan French Drain French Drain trenches are dug in the soil around a home or property. If a good commercial 8 oz. filter fabric does not line [...]
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