Do NOT Use a Retractable Gutter Downspout Extensions in Michigan Never install these retractable gutter extensions in the north. These are frozen up. We're here in Michigan. We're installing an underground drainage system for gutter downspouts. We're gonna use a corrugated pipe. We're going to be using a lot of dual wall corrugated four-inch pipe [...]
Do NOT wrap a French Drain Pipe With Drainage Fabric I want to talk a little bit about the pipe we use, the fabric we use, how we use it and why we use it in the way that we use it. So a lot of guys are just wrapping the pipe and then they'll [...]
How to Use Corrugated Pipe the Correct Way for Downspouts In a lot of my videos, I talk about not leaving a belly underneath walkways. We just took out some corrugated pipe that was single-wall and there's nothing wrong with the pipe. The problem was who installed it. Now obviously when we remove this, we [...]
Why French Drains Without Inlet Basins are Maintenance Free I wanted to show you guys a French drain at work. You always see us building French drains, but I don't show enough footage. Don't do enough video of actually working French drains. So I'm in Washington Township, Michigan. I'm in Glacier Club. Beautiful, beautiful community [...]
Why Gravel French Drains are Better with Corrugated pipe and Geo-textile Fabric We're in Macomb Township, Michigan installing a French drain system. When you're installing a French drain system, you want to run your French drain system in the lowest area. That's the collection area. In this case, we have a dwale, so we're in [...]
Biggest Mistake Made to Cause French Drain Failure Most yard drain systems are installed because of surface water first and foremost, and then subsurface water secondary. That's most drainage systems they call you when they see surface water and they're frustrated and they want to do something about the surface water. Their dogs splashing in [...]
Lake House Drainage Using a Lift Station - Sump Pump system We're putting in a six-foot lift station on the lake. I'll show you what we're doing. We've got an open French drain. and we're catching all the water on the side of this house and we got the downspouts tied into it too. They were [...]
Downspouts Under Wood Decks Must Be Buried Underground The homeowner that contracted us to run underground downspouts was not responsible for the existing system. What you see here is a really bad idea. The water is just ran away from the house a little bit, but it rotted out the deck posts. Those are new. [...]
Why French Drains Fail -- Must Watch YouTube Video! We're installing some shrubs and some trees for some privacy and I wanted to show you why French drains fail. We blew the snow off the sod and then cut the sod out so that we can excavate the side and a snow. Both will act [...]
How to Install an Underground Drainage Systems With Snow on the Ground When working in the north, as long as the frost isn't too deep you can keep putting in an underground drainage system. But you do need to use a leaf blower to clear the snow. That's the best tool when it comes to [...]
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