Testing French Drain Scenarios To Find Out....Fabric or No Fabric? Which Is Best | Dr Drainz

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We have been running this experiment for a couple of months on 3 different French drain scenarios to simulate what the ground drainage would look like with no drainage fabric and with drainage fabric.

Which way will be the best way? Well stop reading and start watchin!!

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[martino]

My family owns a $10M landscape and design company and everything he said about the fabric is correct. He just showed you why. It’s the better way to do it . If you choose not to that’s your prerogative but it will be prone to packing the stone which must stay clean for best results. He never said without fabric it wouldn’t work. It’s a difference of quality and life of the drain working well

[KyleDisantoMASTERING]

This is one of the best demonstration videos showing the different options!

[ndshiftaudio]

You're exactly right. It all depends on what type of soil you're dealing with.

[jerrysmith]

Thank you for taking the time to shed light on this question. Every bit of information helps us make a decision on our unique situation.

[worldpeace]

This is a GREAT visual demonstration. I have been researching French drains for a couple years now for a 195 ft run I need to put in. Absolutely love the surface drain in conjunction with the French drain
Thanks so much 🌎 ☮

[darinjohnson]

so many experts on here! it is amazing!

[sevenspineiii]

We have been installing lawn drains as a company for probably 50 years with thousands of customers and never use any fabric at all. And we have never had any issues with our lawn drains.

[gXXrGoNe]

The link for the 6oz fabric is broken, likely not available by the seller. Can you post a new link or more detail description so we can search it ourselves.
Thanks

[bradkuznik]

Loved the experiment. You have changed my mind regarding fabric, hard to argue with your demonstration. Well done!

[shaungarbry]

Man this is a great video! It explained how these thing work and helped me figure out how I want to set up my drainage system. Thank you! for putting this together.

[cedeugene]

When dealing with clay sch 80 is your best bet to prevent cracks long term. 😊

[negrilsand]

DUDE !!!! .. Thanks for the class . . I now understand what the heck I have been watching between all these videos out there . . thanks !!!

[herodotomello]

Very good this experiment, Drainz. I will try to follow your guidelines. A big hug, from Brazil.

[alecsimages]

Six foot culverts get clogged and micro mesh wont, thats truely amazing!

[frankhahne]

We usually place the "non-woven" filter fabric along the bottom of the trench, place some #57 stone in the bottom (3-4inches thick) place the pipe and cover it with 6-8 inches of stone. Then wrap the stone with the fabric to create a "burrito" effect encapsulating the stone. This prevents soil from getting to the pipe from all directions, top, sides and bottom. Then backfill the trench. In commercial use we backfill with mason sand or concrete sand above the fabric.

[Buckeyejames]

Hello Dr Drains, Mr French Drain here out of Columbus Ohio. You seem to be the middle man between The French Drain Man and Apple Drains.

[Keifsanderson]

Great demo. French drains are for ground water. People need to remember that. If surface water is the issue, you use non-perforated pipe and the surface drains.

[detailin_dave]

I’ve done both ways with and without the fabric. The water flow pretty good either way while there testing after the install. No matter which one you choose you’ll still have to clean the system. The fabric will give you a some extra time.

[gooblin]

ewryone says that use fabric caus then the gravel dont clog up. But dont the poors in the fabric clog up also over time due to the same "problem"? Filter fabric its a filter all filters clog up....kinda the whole idea of a filter?

[weddingdjMN]

I’m in Minnesota with a clay yard and ground water. Our pool has schedule 40 pipe. It was build in 2003.
We’ve never had an issue and the freeze/thaw cycle here is intense.