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French drain questions SteveB 02-10-2008
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on February 10, 2008, 2:17 pm
> what are you trying to accomplish? dry a low area of lawn? dry up your
> basement? dry up a crawl space?
>
> if your trying to dry up your basement the interior french drains work
> better and are more effective.
>
> as I once found out you can re slope the lawn, install new gutters,
> downspouts, and drain lines. and STILL have a wet basement.
>
> for french drains to be effective they must be below the level of the
> footer.
>
> been there done that:(

if your putting down any sort of permanent surface you must backfill
with gravel only, some leveling sand is ok.

dirt takes at least 7 years to settle, so a new pation will be moving
for years

Posted by Oren on February 10, 2008, 5:15 pm
wrote:

>I'm getting ready to put in French drains in several areas. If I have this
>correct, you just dig a ditch to grade away from where you want the water to
>drain from. You line the ditch with porous landscaping cloth. Put some
>gravel in there. Put a perforated pipe in there. Fill with gravel.
>
>Correct?
>
>Any problems with putting leveling sand on top of that with pavers? Any
>need to put those clean out boxes on there?
>
>Looks simple enough, but don't want to make basic mistakes and have to dig
>it up. Is the piping necessary? It's cheap, or does the gravel channel do
>the same thing? Or does the pipe keep a larger opening?
>
>Steve
>

For the fabric (CHRISTY’S. ™. DRAIN-EEZ. ™. PERFORATED PIPE SLEEVING
SOCK - 3.1 oz. Drain-Eez. ™. encases drain pipe and prevents small
particle/ soil drain system ... 100' long.

Pics from Hendersen, NV basement recently.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Bronco1994/Dec19_0002jpg.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Bronco1994/Dec19_0001jpg.jpg


Oren
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on February 10, 2008, 5:25 pm
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >I'm getting ready to put in French drains in several areas. If I have this
> >correct, you just dig a ditch to grade away from where you want the water to
> >drain from. You line the ditch with porous landscaping cloth. Put some
> >gravel in there. Put a perforated pipe in there. Fill with gravel.
>
> >Correct?
>
> >Any problems with putting leveling sand on top of that with pavers? Any
> >need to put those clean out boxes on there?
>
> >Looks simple enough, but don't want to make basic mistakes and have to dig
> >it up. Is the piping necessary? It's cheap, or does the gravel channel do
> >the same thing? Or does the pipe keep a larger opening?
>
> >Steve
>
> For the fabric (CHRISTY'S. (tm). DRAIN-EEZ. (tm). PERFORATED PIPE SLEEVING
> SOCK - 3.1 oz. Drain-Eez. (tm). encases drain pipe and prevents small
> particle/ soil drain system ... 100' long.
>
> Pics from Hendersen, NV basement recently.
>
> http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Bronco1994/Dec19_0002jpg.jpg
>
> http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Bronco1994/Dec19_0001jpg.jpg
>
> Oren
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>
> - Show quoted text -

the sleeve sounds great but will clog way faster than a large fabric
filter surrounding a pipe with gravel

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