Vertical Drainage - New Way to Remove Water - Straight Down

Can we remove water with simple vertical drain? This video with Results! Watch and see!

This is called VERTICAL DRAINAGE - Best when you have a small area that floods and you cannot route the water to the street. EASY DIY LESS THAN TEN DOLLARS!

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[Megalodonatello]

On your recommendation and with your design we installed a vertical drain behind our garage. It cleared up all of our floodimg issues! Thank you, Chuck!

[stevenmistretta]

Thanks for the great idea, I have clay it is a pain . In my garden I have a problem with drainage due to many factors . I used your idea and the water drained out faster then ever before, thank you.

[troylee]

This has transformed our side yard. Usually It stayed wet for days after a hard rain. Now a day later it's dry enough to mow

[STSwhisperer]

I did similar in my yard in Virginia. Except i went down 5 to 6 feet or more until i hit water. I lined with fabric and filled with stone. It completely eliminated my flowerbeds getting filled up and mulch floating away. I also dug about 5 between house and garage to eliminate water puddling there completely. Additionally, I have pipe running underground from my downspouts and I dug exact same under where popup dumps water in the street gutter. Anything left in pipe drains out to vertical drain below, 6 feet.

[novusshift]

We have just had this done in our back garden. 70 holes dug to 2ft depth and already the grass feels better 👌

[TheBTEAMwins]

yea, im definitely using this in the backyard. could use about 4-5 of them in various low spots...thanks big chuck you da man

[spaceheavy]

I’m in southeast Texas. I installed a vertical drain a week before we received almost 3 inches of rain . If there ever was a test, that was it. There was standing water for about 8 hours after the rain, however, it did dissipate and was completely dry by the next day. Not standing for 2 or 3 days like before. I call it a success. I plan on adding another one like this. Might even go with the 8 inch NDS pipe.

[MrMannyboy]

After watching your video on vertical drains I put 3 on the side of my house where it usually stays wet, and lo and behold the water was gone and I was able to mow my grass without any ruts. Thanks

[tinglestravels]

Thank you so much! I've been battling a spot on the sidewalk in my backyard where a ton of water wants to pool up, making it unusable. I installed one of these bad boys right next to the sidewalk and all of the water runs right into it. I can use my sidewalk again during and after heavy rainfall! Problem solved!

[RustyShackle-vu]

Water finds the path of least resistance. Nice way to speed up the ground recharge process. I like to finish a drain system with a pop up or grate attached to a shallow vertical drain.

[Stephenzaffarano]

May 17th we rented a gas powered post hole digger (Dirt Dawg?) with a 16" auger. I precut 15 round sod pieces around the perimeter of our septic field: 10 close to the house and the septic tank, in line with the fingers, and 5 on the other side of the septic field, then augured down as far as it would go. Ended up with holes that were between 28" and 32" deep. Lined most of them with Geotextile material and #8 stone...2 tons just about filled them all. Put the sod back in place.
12 days later (last night) we get a torrential downpour, which would typically get our toilets gurgling. (The water table in the yard was the issue...not providing enough runoff to keep the septic tank from flooding and backing up in to the house!) NO GURGLES TODAY!! The final test will be later next week, as we expect 4 days of rain here in Indiana.

SO...THANK YOU for this awesome idea!! My backup plan was to trench out along the same line as the holes we dug, if the vertical drain holes didn't work well enough. Seems to be doing the job of keeping the water table below the septic.

Side note: I suggested adding standard french drains around the perimeter to one of the septic replacement companies and they said, "It won't work." But then they turned around and told us that they install french drains when they put in a new septic system. REALLY??!! It's disheartening to see companies still fighting for their bottom line and not advocating for the best and most affordable suggestions for their customers. I would have been more likely to hire them for future jobs had they not been so quick to recommend the $40, 000 MOUND SYSTEM to replace our 50+ year old septic. Keeps chugging along!!

[maryhoffman]

I'm going to try this around spots I have already done to help it more. Thank you Chuck!!

[AtariPamMaria]

Looking forward to trying this in my yard in Connecticut. Thanks for this.

[daakrolb]

Great video man. I imagine some people's hard layer is like really deep though, yeah?

[johnmichael]

Great drainage videos! I saw a few where you just put the sod back on over the vertical hole and others had those caps. Which way do you think is better? Thank you

[robertpeterson]

Lots of sand in that demo. Where was this shot? Looks like a good idea for a problem area that is not too extensive. Thanks.

[Jhu]

Just curious how fast this should be draining if I put a water hose in and let it fill it sticks around for a while

[Lawny-o]

Would it help to make the straight down even much bigger if you have a much bigger area/ water coming? I mean like e.g. 5ft x 5ft, filling it up with gravel?

[jb]

I love it 😂, "... Home Da-pot..."

[PhoRunner]

will this work for my AC condensate line? My line drips into a 3" corrugated pipe that was embedded into the concrete sidewalk. I looked inside that hole and it's all dirt. Wondering if I can dig it somehow and add the rocks. This hole overflows in the summer and ruined my sidewalk finish.