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 [...]
How Do You Grow Grass Over a French Drain? When you cut the sod off, you want to take the sod cutter and go as deep as you possibly can. Set it on the deepest setting for the sod cutter. Then, you want to go ahead and just cut the pieces just 18-inches. That's it. [...]
Yard Drainage for Yard Flooding in Oakland Twp., Michigan Welcome to the French Drain Man channel where the camera is always on the subject matter and not me. I've wanted to bring this to you for a couple of years now, but we had to wait for another storm to show you the results. So [...]
What is a French Drain System and What Yard Drainage Materials are Used in Michigan? What is a French drain system? A lot of people ask that. They hear the term and it's new to them. French drain system is when you take an area in your yard that collects water that's always wet and [...]
Cistern - Dry Well Hybrid Installation Michigan We recently installed a cistern. It's a hybrid system actually, it's a cistern dry well. It was behind a building that was 80-years old and water collects behind the building. It's like a bowl. The video got lost, unfortunately. We had some video and I was going to [...]
We are yard drainage contractors installing a French drain in North Oakland County, Michigan. We're taking that French drain to this storm drain catch basin. We'll dig down 18 inches and we'll core through 12 inches of concrete where we'll do a nice clean tap and use hydraulic concrete. We will put in PVC schedule [...]
Best Buried Downspout for Roof Runoff Water We're installing underground downspouts for roof runoff water. We're using a dual wall pipe. It's smooth on the inside and it's corrugated on the outside. Here is a shorter piece. Smooth on the inside, corrugated on the outside. This pipe is incredibly strong. It has some flexibility so [...]
French Drain Systems Alleviate Yard Water Problems Welcome to the French Drain Man channel on YouTube where the camera's on the subject matter and not me. So, let's get started. French drains are to alleviate a yard water problem. They don't change the circumstances which cause the yard water problem, but they'll alleviate the yard [...]
What is the Difference Between Dual Wall Corrugated Pipe & Single Wall Pipe? I want to talk about the differences between single wall corrugated pipe and dual wall corrugated pipe. So this is single wall corrugated on the outside and corrugated on the inside. You can see the valleys. This is where you hear comments [...]
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