When Hiring a Drainage Contractor in Macomb County, Do This! What to do when hiring a contractor to do underground pipe to help you with the drainage problem. Well, the first thing you do is take pictures. The very first thing you want to do when hiring a contractor to do underground pipe to take [...]
Macomb County French Drain 4" Pipe vs 6" Pipe We're in Macomb County, Michigan building a French drain system, we're putting in a 6" pipe. We started out at 16 inches wide, ended up at 24 inches wide at the end of this run. A 4" pipe is capable of moving 240 gallons per minute. A [...]
French Drain System in Macomb County, Michigan French drain system. A French drain system can be used for dozens of applications. Here in this picture you see a sump. This was in a neighborhood in Macomb County where, a couple decades ago, there was no infrastructure for sump lines to be plumbed to. Landscapers, ran them [...]
French Drain Install to Storm Drain Catch Basin Macomb County, MI When you run a French drain system to a storm drain catch basin, not all the catch basins are sleeved, you have to core drill the majority of them actually. Here's a picture of a really nice core drilling of the sidewall of a storm [...]
How does a French drain work Macomb Township, Michigan How does a french drain work? French drain works by removing heavy soil usually in the form of clay in Michigan is the problems that we have. And then opening up a trench. That trench then will be filled with rock. Now water moves without interruption through [...]
What is a modern day French drain? Modern day French drain is slightly modified from the French drains that have been built for centuries. French drains that have been built for hundreds and hundreds of years have always been a trench full of stone that moves water. A French drain is the most efficient way to [...]
Repurposing your dirt from the French Drain in Macomb County When having a professional French drain system installed in Macomb County there is a huge cost saving if you're able to repurpose the dirt. Haul away and disposal of dirt is extremely expensive. If you can use the dirt on site or a neighbor. It does [...]
Site Evaluation and Yard water Solutions for Drainage Problems in Macomb County I see this a lot in Macomb County where a tree that's been growing for decades raises the lot, lifts the Earth to the point where it causes a drainage problem. This is the last house on the street. And these are older homes. Several [...]
Growing Grass Over a French Drain System in Michigan I get asked a lot, how do you grow grass over the French drain? I'm going to show you what we do. Basically we already have our pipe in, getting all the 6A in. We're a little further along on the other side of the house. We're basically going [...]
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