A French drain is a perforated pipe buried beneath the surface of your yard, usually the lowest point of your lawn where water would gather. Water that would otherwise pool or flood your ...

Often on my jobs, I’d install a hidden linear French drain ... water to flow rapidly down and into the perforated pipe. Once in the pipe, the water quickly goes around your home and exits in you ...

Without proper drainage, your lawns and flowerbeds will become waterlogged, killing your plants before spring arrives. In the ...

(BPT) - Whether it’s the result of melting snow or a heavy rainstorm, standing water in the backyard ... French drains are comprised of a trench filled with gravel and perforated pipe that ...

“I want to say it was like a water slide,” Fort Myers Battalion Chief Chris Bevan said. Fort Myers, Fla., workers installed metal bars over the mouth of a drain pipe after the 5-year-old boy ...

If the phrase “a river runs through it” doesn’t conjure up the beautiful sights and melodious sounds of a nearby river, you may have a water problem. DIY: Yard water problem fixed with ...

Most drain systems use rigid pipes fairly large in diameter. You can't flex them enough to slide on that last fitting ... Now you don't have to worry about leaks or water damage.

His bid does not call for perforated pipe or fabric. He said the water ... drain needs to be deep enough to protect the lowest part of the house, so would a 4-feet-deep French drain in the ...

“It has been a frustrating spring, with all the rain leaving me with a yard ... water from reaching the drain. A very thin layer of clay soil over the drain tile can block water from reaching it ...

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A large drainage ... Butler’s backyard. He says the pipe collapsed in mid-February and that’s when the hole began forming. “The pipes collapsed and caused basically the water to overflow ...