Pop Up or Catch Basin to Stop Downspouts from Clogging? I want to talk about the most important thing to any drainage system, and that's the discharge. The problem is, with vegetation like our grass, that's usually what does a system in and clogs the underground downspout discharge. I see so many flooded yards because of [...]
Oakland County Featured Drainage Project We were contracted in Oakland County to run drainage in a bioswale. Basically it's a detention pond. Now a detention pond is dry for the most part. A retention pond is a pond that always has water in it. This entire community in Rochester Hills, all the streets, all the [...]
Are Your Downspouts Ready for Winter Weather? I just want to remind everybody with winter bearing down on us before we know it, especially here in the north, you'll want to inspect your outdoor drainage system. 1. Inspect Your Sump Discharge Line You want to make sure that you've inspected your sump pump discharge line. [...]
Underground Downspout Kits: Everything You Need FDM is making things easier for contractors and eager DIYers by offering underground downspout kits that can be shipped throughout the country small package which eliminates freight costs. There's going to be an option to go with a two by three by four gutter adapter or a three by [...]
Michigan Sump Pump Installation in Patio We're installing a sump pump system in Michigan that is in a pit patio. There was a drain in the center of this patio and it always got blocked and it would end up flooding causing the water to end up in the basement. We're going to do something [...]
Grass Keep Growing Over Your Downspout Discharge Area? One of the biggest causes of failed downspouts is grass and debris growing over the pop-up and then you cannot discharge your water. We now have a turf restrictor plate that stops grass from growing over downspouts of where the system daylights. And we are putting together [...]
We were installing a massive sump system in Lapeer, Michigan. There was a house on a river. When this river swells up, the water would back feed into a walkout basement. I'm going to show you guys what we did to keep the water out. Digging our Sump Pump Pit So the water keeps back-feeding [...]
Sump System Equipped with a Heater for Cold Climates This is our Micro Bad Seed, built for the north. If you live in a northern climate where the weather gets cold in the winter time, this is the sump pump for you. The new Micro Bad Seed for the north comes with an M53 one-third [...]
PVC Pipe vs Corrugated Perforated Pipe We're replacing a failed PVC French drain system. This system ran for two years and two years only. The community paid good money to have the system put in as PVC is not cheap. I'm going to tell you all the reasons it failed, and what we're going to [...]
Best Basement Sump Pump to Flood Proof Your Home If your basement sump pump runs all the time, if it's turning on and off repeatedly, you need a deeper system and you need a longer chamber. Our patented indoor sump pump system, Screamin Demon is going to take all the stress off the sump pump. It's [...]
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