How to Install Exterior Foundation Drain that Lasts Forever

The way we do an exterior foundation drain is different than how we do a yard drain. We're going to build a foundation drain and take you guys along for the ride. Were going to show you how to create a soil filter zone so you don't have to worry about sediment building up in your pipe. If you follow this video for your exterior or interior foundation drain, you'll have great results.

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French Drain Man – Michigan’s Yard Water Drainage Experts. Masters in the art of constructing contained French drain systems & curtain drain systems that and fix your yard drainage problems for years to come. Over 30 years’ experience in solving yard water drainage problems in Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, and St. Clair Counties.

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P.O. Box 777
Almont, MI 48003
248-505-3065

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How to Install Exterior Foundation Drain that Lasts Forever

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[misslee]

I installed my open french drain around my house using all of your products. My basement smells better and I haven’t had any water in the basement. Thank you French Drain Man! Love the videos! Easy ordering products online. Products arrived promptly and perfect quality. You will be so happy if you follow their instructions.

[robrowe]

I'm a plumber with over 20 years drain cleaning experience. I love a 2 way tee on sewer lines. Prevents me from needing to pull a toilet if the clog is inside. I can keep all my nasty tools out of a customers house. A drain cleaner with some experience should be able to tell which way his cable is heading even when the pipe is full of sewer. It's as easy as pulling up on the cable and seeing what side of the pipe it goes to. Your snake is going the opposite way because of how the snake bends when it makes a turn. Don't be hatin' on the 2 way tee. Lol. Great work on the perimeter drain.

[appledrains]

Excellent Job,
Stay warm up there
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[rojilander]

People dont realize how complicated ...how many different ways there are to do these jobs...but to get it done right your doing a good job...Was thinking a couple weeks ago about putting an extra 1 to 2 inches of stone on the botttom where in the beginning stages in the first two months after trenching the fines can drift down from the outside edge of the ditch...and this gives them a final resting place outside the fabric ....on the bottom..It seems likely that fines filtration only occurs in the first few heavy rains then when everything is in place the fines are likely done comming through...so this system looks pretty good and I got to see your method for free...You bet thumbs up !

[Gman]

Awesome, very nice system, no shortcuts, hard work done the RIGHT way.

[ryany]

That’s the house just outside of the yard! Just picked up an order last week from your facility. Zeros complaints and easy to work it! Thanks for all your help

[scottpiatek]

Here in Texas we like the trees to shade our house when it's 100° outside which cuts down on the A/C bill. They also add value to the property. Wouldn't cut down any tree unless it was dead !

[LuminairPrime]

I love the reference to the "clay cap" at the end! People don't realize that one of the first layers of water protection is having dirt that water DOESN'T go through!!! The drain is actually just a backup for having dense water-resistant clay sloping away from the foundation.

[edwardgarrison]

Excellent job as usual that's how u build a foundation drainage system

[Buckeyejames]

Another excellent, informative and educational video. Thanks, for this video FDM looking forward to the follow up videos. I am gaining more confidence in this area and will look forward to offering this service to my clients in the Columbus, Ohio area.

[williambradfordbaldwin]

We got a whole village of houses like that here in New Berlin NY! Code should have never allowed it, if they had any back then! Great job!

[bmoore]

Great video showing reality of doing a proper drain where none existed. This is what the spec home builder I worked for in college called "ball busting work" (& why he paid my fellow laborers pretty well for the time). For those thinking this is a DIY project, good luck replicating what French Drain Man does for a living. You would have to have incredible amount of time on your hands and a lot of talent/stamina. These videos are great in terms of showing how to do projects right and why you need to consider the bigger picture (and make judgement call about what you can control - I can't control the distance of large oaks near my house. First, they aren't mine. Second, the county has tree ordinance). FYI, as bad as trees are, let's discuss home builders that plant shrubs 3 feet from foundation (I see it all the time - azaleas and other evergreens that will eventually grow 6-8 feet tall, and just as wide. Talk about stupidity - my number one pet peeve with builders who probably should not be in the

[michaelpayne]

Nice job (as always), why am I not surprised that people didn’t use conduit to save a few bucks.

[wayphun]

I wish you would have talked more about what you do with the water from the sump and beyond, sweet drain video!

[heather]

Awesome video! Youns are THE BEST! Thank you so much for the videos!

[matt]

I'm going to say like this video it showed the rout of problem and you progress as your crew want to fix it thank you for this very very good video these type are the good ones i under stand you can't do this all the time because you a very busy keeping every thing going plus bring more work in but i will say good work by you and your team

[retireearly]

You mentioned several times that water destroyed this house. Could you please elaborate? Also, I can’t believe you didn’t paint the foundation with rubber BEFORE you installed the stone, fabric and pipe. Yes, it would have been more work, but the peace of mind is priceless.

[rainbowonetrinity]

I was waching and enyoing it, thanks ! I will be doing simmilar jobb next week around my house !

[richardstephens]

You are & crew are the best! I have a French drain with solid pipe and think I need perforated also. Can I send a pic and get your opinion

[noriskenderi]

So informative. The clean outs should be freaking mandatory on any foundation drain. Silly question but can you slab a sidewalk on a corner of the house on top of the drain?