How to Read Elevations for Yard Drainage Welcome to the French Drain Man channel. We're going go over grade elevations today. I am going to tell you how and where you can go to get those. This is a plot plan you asked for it at your building department. You can also go to your [...]
NDS EZ Flow - WARNING I got a phone call to the office. The homeowner said that there was a drain put in by a contractor, it wasn't us, and it had floated to the surface of the yard water. And I thought they were crazy. I didn't know what they were talking about. So [...]
How To Build a French Drain That Lasts Forever Welcome to the French Drain Man YouTube channel. We're going to go over some do's and don'ts for French drains. I'm going to show you some of our competitor's systems that failed and we had to replace them. And I'll show you how to build a [...]
Outdoor Sump Pump in Patio - Walkout Basement - Washington Twp, MI Welcome to the French drain man channel. We did a project in Washington Township, Michigan, and I wasn't here to shoot video, but it was a job that the crew took care of in a day. I want to show you what they [...]
How and When to Vent Your Underground Downspout System FDM replaced this Vented Wye Clean Out with the New and Improved Downspout Leaf Filter and Clean Out We are yard drainage contractors in Michigan. We're installing an underground drainage system. We're burying downspouts. There's a lot of tricks and tips and things you [...]
I wanted to give an example of why it's so important to control your gutter downspout water, not just for the foundation of your home, but for other structures around the home such as decking. This is a two-story home. You can see how we have a gutter troughed on the second story and there [...]
Installing a Gravel French Drain in a Ditch to a Driveway Culvert - Bruce Twp, MI We are installing a gravel French drain system in Bruce Township, Michigan. We're installing this gravel French drain in a ditch bottom. You can see how the sump pump is running. It runs continuous. It leaves this ditch bottom [...]
Outdoor Sump Pump - Don't Use Bark Mulch With Your Drainage System This is as calm as the lake will get right here. The lakes haven't froze this year and they have been extremely angry. We always recommend that you put decorative stone around if you have a system. In this case, when the water [...]
How to Use an Open French Drain for Faster Drainage - Rochester Hills, MI We are installing an Open French drain system in Rochester Hills, Michigan. I wanted to explain to you what sheet water is and why it's the hardest to control. Sheet water is what comes off your roofs. It's a non-permeable surface, so [...]
Roof Runoff Water, Sizing Downspout Underground Drainage System in Oxford, Michigan We're in beautiful Oxford, Michigan installing a French drain system and we're running underground downspouts. I wanted to take this time to show you what to look for as far as how much water each downspout is responsible for and as far as roof [...]
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