DIY Cheap Yard Drainage Solutions Save Homeowners $1000s [ Hurricane Proof System ]

I'm going to show you guys a DIY yard drainage solution for how to drain standing water out of your yard. This is going to be a yard drain system that's super easy for the DIYer to put together. The best design is always the one that gets the job done in the most simple way possible and we're going to show you that these inlet basins are going to take the water to a pop-up emitter and just discharge the water. Whether it's in the front yard, a ditch, storm drain we're going to get the water out of the yard.

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DIY Cheap Yard Drainage Solutions Save Homeowners $1000s [ Hurricane Proof System ]

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[FRENCHDRAINMAN]

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[hollyraby]

This makes so much sense. I don't need the pop-up at the end, because my drain goes straight to a side gully, but I do need the InLine catch basin to move the water off the lawn. This is too smart. Thank you.

[keithp]

Great post sir. Saving this to favorites to remedy our issue at the cottage on Harsen's Island. Thanks much!!

[scotsmanofnewengland]

I get a flooded yard after heavy rains. I dug 2 vertical 4” PVC pipe drains wrapped in a silt sock and a drain cap on top. I have to cover the top of the pipe with weed block material due to the small sticks, branches, debris that clogs the top. Also there is a natural spring located about 8’ deep where the water pools up. The yard drains little better. Thanks for the video

[schaeferlawncarepropertyma]

Just received and will be Installing my backyard surface water and downspout system on Sunday.

[noelg]

Awesome video, perfect for hurricane season in south Texas 956

[luthercunningham]

These look simple and clean to work with great video! Would you be willing to do a video comparing these with the D-Boxes you used so much in the past? Wondering if these are the next evolution of that concept or are these in line catch basins far superior to that approach?

Also, FDM should consider a polylok d-box buy back/trade program for folks who pulled the trigger on a few of them but hadn’t gotten around to installing them if these catch basins + turf restrictor plate are the better way to go. Naturally asking for a friend here… 😏

[cheech-ymtv]

Why don't you let us see a wide vision of the water working its way in? Landscape view.

[channelx]

Will this type of set up work if your yard ends up with about 8" of water in it? Have a place at Higgins Lake in northern Michigan. There was a lot of snow and then it warmed up and rained for a couple days. Then it snowed a bunch followed by more rain. The water table was so high the ground had water seeping through. I pumped water away from my house with 4 pumps for 2 days straight. I've had a couple different companies give me their ideas a price quotes but I don't think their solutions will work. After watching your videos and then asking them about what type of materials they would use and nobody was using stuff that was the quality of what you use. I know this may have been a once every 20 year occurrence but I can't go through this again. I guess until I can find someone that impresses me with their knowledge like you have I'm stuck. Thanks

[shaneward]

I have a paddock that floods and I was going to use the perforated pipe but after watching this I'm confused. Which one do I use solid or perforated pipe?

[denarioty]

Can you do a video using a dry well in your drain system please……..thanks in advance

[rjb]

Watched a guy, dig a hole in the low area of a lawn, dig a hole below the hard soil line, about 1 to 2 feet. Lines it with soil cloth. Filled that with stone and replace the grass plug on top. Drained all the puddled water. A bit cheaper.

[bodycount]

The industry is missing a dry well basin that has a large enough pipe coming to the surface that you can drop a portable sump pump down into. NDS makes a basin but it only has a 4 inch opening and that isn't enough to drop in a sump. wish you could get an 8 inch pipe leading to the surface to drop the pump down into.

[sirblowfish]

When is this going to be available at the big box stores

[TAdolfo]

I’ve watched several of your videos. I have not seen in any of them, at least not the ones i’ve watched, where does all that water go? Does it drain to the curb, the municipal sewer line, is being pumped out somewhere else, etc? Whether it be down spout drains, french drains, or yard drains.

[jwneuf]

Can you run a yard drain into a dry well?

[AlexaB]

Does this work for rerouting the water that floods from a protected fish habitat stream that runs along the property side back into the stream? And what about debris entering the pipe system? Your water looks pretty clean but this water also has some mud/dirt and things. Can this still be done?

[brentphillips]

My yard keeps settling even after 25 years. I regraded it to run it to the swale behind my back yard butbit has settled again and thr back yard looks like a bowl. Visible to the naked eye. Any suggestions on where to run it? Drywell? Other than doing catch basins or a drywell im at a loss and I owned an excavation company and did drainage installs a bunch

[redrock]

Hi there...Australia here. Why the need for a "pop up" - don't you have a system to carry the water away as part of the infrastructure of the neighborhood? I have seen in some of the US house flipping shows where the down pipes discharge directly beside the house ?

[BobPagano]

Hey FDM, Love your work. I live in upstate NY with a lot of clay and snow. My backyard is sloped pretty well but still has pockets of standing water after a rain event. The back of my property does slope down to a creek so I can end the pipe out the side bank. Based on this video, where you mention a soupy mess, I know I need some catch basins but I don't know if I also need a french drain. What is the tipping point to know you need both? Given my clay environment, I don't know how long the french drain will hold up - obviously much longer now that I am subscribed to your channel, but I think you know what I mean. I can't wait to purchase all my supplies from you when I pull the trigger this summer. Thanks, Bob