Yearly Archives: 2018

Tips on How to Install a DIY NDS EZ Drain for a Successful Yard Drainage System

2018-09-12T14:39:29-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: |

 Tips on How to Install a DIY NDS EZ Drain for a Successful Yard Drainage System EZ Drain installation. I am going to go over a few tips right here for you for when installing EZ Drain by NDS. I don't recommend what they sell at The Home Depot. It's a really weak pipe.  It's [...]

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Residential Yard Water Problems in Southeast Michigan

2018-09-11T12:42:12-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , , |

 Residential Yard Water Problems in Southeast Michigan There are all types of situations that cause residential water problems. Here we have a walkout basement. We have a backyard that's really built up all the water runs this way. This homeowner bought this house in. The previous owner had a landscaper hump these pavers up to [...]

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Yard Drainage Sump Pump Systems for Egress Basement Window Wells

2018-09-10T15:41:18-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , , , |

 Yard Drainage Sump Pump Systems for Egress Basement Window Wells Here's an option for an egress window or any window. Well, that's a problem. You can put a small sump pump system in. You can see all the holes that are drilled in the basin so that the water can run through the stone that [...]

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What is the Difference Between Detention and Retention Ponds?

2018-09-07T11:02:30-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , |

 What is the Difference Between Detention and Retention Ponds? I wanted to talk about the detention areas.  You'll hear people refer to areas that it is a designed and engineered detention area. What's the difference between a retention pond? A detention pond? We're going to go over that right now. A retention pond holds water [...]

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Use more stone and an excavator to build the best French Drain, yard drain and dry wells

2018-09-06T15:39:19-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , , , |

 Use more stone and an excavator to build the best French Drain, yard drain and dry wells Remember, the more stone, the better the French drain. That's why we remove all this dirt. Remove all this dirt and we want a nice flat sloped bottom to our trench. You don't want to leave a high [...]

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Commercial Underground Drainage System – Macomb and Oakland County, MI

2018-09-03T10:56:07-04:00By |Categories: Commercial Drainage System|Tags: , |

 Commercial Underground Drainage System - Macomb and Oakland County, MI The gentleman in the trench is taking readings with the story pole. He's working with the laser transit to maintain a one eighth inch drop for every linear foot of trench. You can see how we piled the dirt on plywood for easy cleanup. There [...]

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Sump Pump Line Installation and Replacement

2018-09-04T12:17:37-04:00By |Categories: Sump Pump|Tags: , |

 Sump Pump Line Installation and Replacement in St Clair, Macomb, Oakland Counties For sump pump connections for sump pump lines, sump pump repairs, always use a hydraulic concrete. We cored into this basin and once we put the pipe in, we went ahead and used hydraulic concrete, in inside and outside. We went under the natural [...]

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How to Reduce Roof Gutter Downspout Freeze Ups on Commercial Buildings

2018-09-03T10:23:42-04:00By |Categories: Commercial Drainage System|Tags: , |

 How to Reduce Roof Gutter Downspout Freeze Ups on Commercial Buildings We're installing a commercial underground drainage system for roof runoff water. We have the downspouts running into an underground drainage system. I want to explain why downspouts freeze up no matter what in the winter time, no matter what system, no matter what pipe [...]

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EZ-Drain by NDS VS Stone / Gravel French Drain Part 3 of 3

2018-08-30T15:28:25-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , |

 EZ-Drain by NDS VS Stone / Gravel French Drain Part 3 of 3 EZ-Drain by NDS  EZ Drain. The gravel free alternative drainage solution. Easy to install. Okay. Alright. So that's the advertisement, right? That's how they solicit this product. Now in clay conditions, they're recommending that we use the filter fabric that we're already [...]

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NDS EZ Drain vs a Stone French Drain Part 2 of 3

2018-08-30T15:08:20-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: |

 NDS EZ Drain vs a Stone French Drain Part 2 of 3 We are backfilling or French drain system or French drain pipe. We're backfilling with the stone. You can see the amount of stone in her French drain system and you can see how the stone just pours around the pipe. When the stone [...]

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