How to Install a French Drain that Actually Works! DIY Project

How to Install a French Drain that Actually Works! DIY Project

Here's a video that's going to be very relatable to a lot of people. The neighbors property is much higher and all their roof run off water is running down to the home that we're contracted to protect. We're building a French drain curtain drain all the way down the side of this house and wrapping around. There's a big hill in the back there's High Ground coming at this home from all directions. If you find the perfect home in the perfect neighborhood with the perfect School District don't let something like this discourage you. A good drain will remedy this problem. We're going to walk you through it.

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[horsge]

Would love to see a before and after during a storm

[TheFairAgent]

I live in Lapeer Michigan, your work is phenomenal. These videos are helping me prepare to fix a neglected drainage issue. Thanks

[jerseyshoredrainagesolutions]

You’re lucky you get to break into the storm drain… can’t do that where I’m at. Nice video

[alt]

Nice! In New York it is against code to drain storm/rain water into a municipal waste water system. I will install a large drywell

[ralphpomm]

Definitely professionals. You guys are far and few now days. Great job, thank you for sharing.

[larryzdanis]

Nice video.. especially like the use of "round" rock to maintain voids, and the use of separate solid and perforated piping that merges.. Would have loved to see the final product.. I gathered that to increase drainage you were going to leave the rock exposed (as opposed to planting grass over it. I know in some other videos I've seen guys plants grass over the french drain.. maybe you could comment on if/when this is permissible (obviously for lower-flow situations then you had here.

[bryan__m]

It's crazy to me that with all the minutiae covered by building codes these days, that the neighbors are just allowed to pour water into your yard towards your foundation.

[michaelmillsap]

Top notch work and instruction from the best in the business !!!!

[TylerNolan]

Mannnn I need to have you out to my property haha!!! badly

[OgFurious]

You mean i have to change the tape twice in the 500 year lifespan of the pipe? Cmonn man! Haha jk. Clean looking work there fellas!!

[jasonjacobs]

I have an area to drain that will need to turn 90 degrees to get to the road, is this possible if slope is right?

[andrewina]

Where you back filled with dirt for the buried gutter pipe-- how do you prevent that dirt from infiltrating the french drain? Since you had to cut a hole in the geotextile fabric, how does dirt not make it's way through that hole?

[KiloFeenix]

I noticed you didn't use gravel, is there a reason for that?

[luisgonzalez]

Love your channel. I have a 30ft x 30ft elevated back yard on a slope and only one side has a retaining wall. A ton of water puddles on the retaining wall side of the yard. How deep do i need to go to install the french drain? Also its so much water i was thinking of adding two french drains and even an inlet drain(not sure thats the right word for it) . Let me know your thoughts.

[markk]

I'm in a similar situation to the one in the video, water is flowing from my neighbors' higher elevation onto my yard. Unfortunately, I don't have a storm drain to tie into. How would I terminate at the low end? Thanks for posting. Mark

[chads]

Thank you for all of the information! I’m digging the trench by hand now. I strung a line and have the slope just over 2% like you said. I have a natural clay base. I’ve been maintaining 9.5-10.5” so far under my string line. Would you say this is typical for a DIY? What do you like to see in the field?

[trustthescience]

In my area, you can't just send water onto someone else's property for this exact reason! Here, the neighbor would be installing a system to keep THEIR water on THEIR property. They must be a couple of AHs next door if they wouldn't fix the problem.

[sammeya]

That’s us lol. A good home in a nice neighborhood and a nice school district but the drainage is one of our problem everytime it rains especially torrential rains. Our house sits lower than the rest of the neighbor so all their water runs to ours. Though it passes our house because we have a slope out the back that goes to the storm drain, it’s still disheartening seeing that water pool in some part of the yard and our lazy river on the side. A mini pool on a carport because road is higher than our house and our drain isn’t catching up to all the waters coming

Our neighbors roof water and their downspout shoots towards our property

[happyplantsprivategardenin]

I've learned a lot from your videos and I just did my first good size estimate using your system!
You said you put grass over the French Drain in this video? Maybe it's more effective if you don't put anything on top of it but you can?