Commercial Open French Drain vs Covered Drain in Macomb & Oakland County, MI What's the difference between an open French drain and a covered drain? A covered French drain has grass or some bed material over it, but an open French drain is a French drain where you excavate out all the dirt; align the [...]
Commercial French Drain Installation in Macomb and Oakland County, MI We're putting in a commercial French drain system. This commercial French drain system is to handle a high volume of water. Unfortunately, there's quite a bit of water that runs down into this building. So what we're going to do is pick up all that [...]
Walkout Basement Outdoor Patio Drainage System in Oakland Twp., MI We are at a home in Oakland Township, MI where water was getting into the basement. What we did is, we built a brick paver patio that slopes away from the home. We then put in this retaining wall and backfilled it. All the water [...]
What is an Open French Drain? Standing Yard Water Solution Here is an example of an open French drain. We just installed a French drain system in this swale to relieve standing water, and groundwater. When we got to the deck, we went to an open French drain. There is nothing on top of the [...]
What is an Open French Drain? French Drain System Installed in Algonac, MI Example of an open French drain. This is a great example of an open French drain. Water comes off the street and just floods the side of the house and the backyard. We dug out all the dirt alongside the house. We [...]
French Drain Cover in Macomb Twp., Michigan vvvvvv You literally need to leave it as what is known as an open French drain. Which, yes, it is exposed to contaminants. And it will shorten its life expectancy. It'll have an earlier expiration date but we're talking less than 1%. So if you're watching this video, more [...]
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