French Drain Failure

Biggest Mistake Made to Cause French Drain Failure

2018-11-23T10:27:51-05:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , |

 Biggest Mistake Made to Cause French Drain Failure Most yard drain systems are installed because of surface water first and foremost, and then subsurface water secondary. That's most drainage systems they call you when they see surface water and they're frustrated and they want to do something about the surface water. Their dogs splashing in [...]

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When Too Much Dirt is Put On Top of a French Drain It Fails

2018-08-07T16:03:57-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , , |

 When T0o Much Dirt is Put On Top of a French Drain It Fails I've been called out on a failure of a French drain system and you can see here that they didn't use a lot of stone. You can see they covered the trench with a lot of dirt. They did not wrap [...]

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Do French Drains Really Work When They’re Built Right?

2018-04-27T00:32:28-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , |

 Do French Drains Really Work When They're Built Right? Just wanted to show you how much stone we put up on a French Drain System.  The more stone, the better the drain. The more stone, the faster you're going to evacuate the water, the more stone, the longer the drain lasts As you can see [...]

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French Drain Man Explains Why Yard Drainage Systems Fail With a Pipe Sock

2018-04-27T00:22:06-04:00By |Categories: Michigan French Drain|Tags: , , , |

 French Drain Man Explains Why Yard Drainage Systems Fail With a Pipe Sock I want to talk about why we don't use a pipe with a sock on it. What homeowners and contractors are doing instead of lining the entire trench to create a fully contained French Drain System, They're going to use this pipe [...]

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How NOT To Install a French Drain System in Michigan – French Drain Failure

2018-04-26T22:24:49-04:00By |Categories: French Drain|Tags: , , , |

 How NOT To Install a French Drain System in Michigan - French Drain Failure I'm looking at a failed drainage system. I want to point out a couple of things so that when you're shopping for a French drainage system or a drainage system in Michigan. Some things to know, some things to look out [...]

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