A “drain tile” refers to a system of perforated pipes laid along the foundation, inside or outside. Also known as French drains or perimeter drains, these system channels water away from the home.

Agricultural drainage tile, ... By the late 1800s, clay tiles were being mass produced. Drainage tile was embedded into the nation’s soil – and its history. By the 20th century, ...

A boom-and-bust era of local tile manufacturing began in the latter half of the 1870s. Back then drain tile was made from clay, giving it the color and texture of those ubiquitous terra cotta pots ...

While drainage tiles are not the only way nutrients escape fields — it can happen through surface runoff, too — they have drastically reduced the time it takes for nitrates and phosphorus to ...

Once the drain tile is extended to daylight beyond the foundation, you can transition to solid pipe. Slope this pipe 1/4 inch per foot to promote rapid water to flow away from the foundation.

In the latter half of the 19th century, technological marvels such as the railroad and grain elevator played an instrumental role in the transformation of the Grand Prairie into the ...

Farmers who want to place drain tile under their land would no longer need a permit under a proposal under consideration by the Minnehaha County Commission. If the new ordinance is approved on ...

Whartenby made 180,000 tiles in 1848 and 840,000 tiles in 1849. By 1871, there were 10 drain tile-making factories in the Waterloo area alone; by 1882, there were 1,140 tile factories throughout ...

We’re adding more drainage tile this year to a field with some serious wet spots. I know every time I mention tile drainage there will be criticism due to the linkage between nitrate runoff and ...