Michigan French Drain

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How Do I Install a French Drain?

2022-02-03T07:22:05-05:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , |

 How to Install a French Drain, Step by Step Instructions 1. Prep Your French Drain Trench After you've planned your French drain location you will need to cut the sod before you start your dig. You want the sod cutter to be set at the deepest notch so you have a nice thick piece of [...]

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Lawn Drainage in Michigan: Fixing Issues from Previous Landscape Install

2021-03-02T18:11:22-05:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 All right, we're in Rochester Hills, Michigan. There used to be a deck right here. The homeowner replaced a wood deck with a beautiful hardscape paver block, brick paver deck, retaining walls pillars, and it's beautiful. The people that installed it did a really nice job. But unfortunately, drainage is something when it comes to [...]

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How to Get More VOID in Your French Drains

2020-01-06T09:59:58-05:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , , |

 How to Get More VOID in Your French Drains With the Baughman High Octane, we're able to control how much void we have in our yard drain systems or French drain systems. We do a lot of hybrids too and we're going to start showing you guys, but this is the perfect example. I wanted [...]

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How to Build a Pond / Man-Made Lake

2019-10-21T18:22:24-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 How to Build a Pond / Man-Made Lake We got a lot done today. I really blew this out. You can see that this is the dirt dam because of the water that filled up. We'll come back tomorrow and this is going to have a lot of water in it. Is this the way [...]

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DIY How to Dig a Pond Part 1

2019-09-26T05:56:20-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 DIY How to Dig a Pond You never want to dig a pond during the rainy season. You're going to move only a third of the dirt for three times the cost. This is the most efficient way to dig a pond. You want it to be an August dig. You want to make sure [...]

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Yard Drainage Contractor, French Drain, Buried Gutter Downspout

2018-06-26T13:52:25-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 Yard Drainage Contractor, French Drain, Buried Gutter Downspout One of the things that always causes a drainage problem, believe it or not, is landscape. Here you have the side of the home that drains down to the corner of the lot where there's a city storm drain catch basin takes all surface water in. But [...]

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Tips for Burying Gutter Downspouts in New Construction

2018-06-26T10:43:25-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 Tips for Burying Gutter Downspouts in New Construction When burying / running downspouts on a new construction home, always make sure the flag where the pipe is, so the sprinkler company doesn't come through and cut your pipe. They won't even know it and you'll find out months later. Now, you also want to take [...]

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French Drain, Underground Downspouts and Backyard Sump Pump Needed

2018-06-26T15:15:48-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 French Drain, Underground Downspouts and Backyard Sump Pump Needed Before Fill Dirt! This used to be a 48-inch fence. 48-inches this once was. As you can see it's 26. Okay, so what happens here is a neighbor raises the dirt and the driveway on their side. Then the other homeowner has to do the same. [...]

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French Drain Filter Fabric For Residential & Commercial Drainage System

2018-06-26T14:52:25-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 French Drain Filter Fabric For Residential & Commercial Drainage System I'm in Macomb County on Hall Road. They're putting French drains underneath the new road. They're redoing Hall Road and there's a lot of money being spent, and they're doing it the right way. Now the fabric that we use in our French drains we [...]

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Best Outdoor Sump Pump Pit Basin for French Drain for Yard Drainage

2018-06-26T13:51:46-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , |

 Best Outdoor Sump Pump Pit Basin for French Drain for Yard Drainage You should never use an indoor sump pump pit for an outdoor yard drainage situation. When you're working on your drainage, the volumes of water are quite different when you're covering large pieces of property. Now, in the middle there you see that's [...]

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