Swiper 90 Gutter with Corrugated Single Wall Pipe for more Velocity Whenever you have a downspout that has an interruption in it like this, this is the way the house was built and they're trying to keep the downspouts tight to the house for a clean look. All the velocity on this gravity-powered system was [...]
How to Use Corrugated Pipe the Correct Way for Downspouts In a lot of my videos, I talk about not leaving a belly underneath walkways. We just took out some corrugated pipe that was single-wall and there's nothing wrong with the pipe. The problem was who installed it. Now obviously when we remove this, we [...]
Why Gravel French Drains are Better with Corrugated pipe and Geo-textile Fabric We're in Macomb Township, Michigan installing a French drain system. When you're installing a French drain system, you want to run your French drain system in the lowest area. That's the collection area. In this case, we have a dwale, so we're in [...]
Corrugated Pipe 101 - The French Drain Man Sets the Record Straight Today we're going to set the record straight on corrugated pipe. For years and years, I've been seeing this picture shared. Now I understand that the public and the average homeowner doesn't know the difference between the pipes. They hear a couple of [...]
Buried Downspouts & Underground Drains for Roof Runoff With all the different pipes to choose from, for a homeowner, it can be quite overwhelming. I'm hoping to clarify why we use the pipes we use how we use them and when we use them. There's three that I use exclusively and then there's several that [...]
The TRUTH About Corrugated Pipe and Deflection I've been told by clients that guys come out to their home and they want to talk about corrugated pipe and deflection. Well, I have the weakest corrugated pipe known to man and it's eight slot. When there's that much sidewall removed from the bite, it weakens the [...]
Don't Use a Filter Wrapped Corrugated Pipe for the Inlet of a French Drain System We're working on a job that has two failed French drains. So, they've lived here 18 years and they're French drains that they have installed, keep failing, and I wanted to go over why. Okay, so this is your three slot [...]
Why use a coarse washed rock for construction of a Michigan French Drain? French Drain Coarse Washed Rock French drains that fail do so for many reasons. Most handymen, DIY guys or lawn sprinkler crews that install a pipe for drainage use as little rock as possible and sometimes none at all. [...]
Why would anyone put dirt back in the trench while building a Michigan French Drain? French Drain With Clean Trench - Dirt Removed French Drain systems/curtain drains depend on the water's ability to travel from the grades surface of the troubled area through usually turf grass plants and leach into a thick [...]
Why is the use of corrugated perforated pipe with a sock on it a recipe for failure in the construction of a Michigan French Drain? Michigan French Drain French Drain trenches are dug in the soil around a home or property. If a good commercial 8 oz. filter fabric does not line [...]
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