7 French drain mistakes that are ruining your lawn (and how to fix them faster)

One important component in one Yard drainage System, a French Drain Removes water from the yard And the House Foundation by providing water along the path of minimum resistance.

Although A French drain Made of just three elements-pipe, filtration fabric, and gravel-it’s expensive, easy to make mistakes Drain,

Learn the mistakes of the main French drain that Diyers do and how to avoid them.

Misunderstanding fabric

When installing the French drain, a common mistake is to use incorrect type of filtration fabric – or no fabric.

Wrong fabrics cannot drain the water into a perforated pipe. Or, it can allow too much water and sediment to enter and enter the perforated pipe, resulting in clogs.

Not using filtration fabric in a French groove is a big mistake because the sediment will quickly turn off the drain.

The drainage fabric acts as a separatist between soil and drainage filler materials.

The French drain gap with non-woven drainage fabric is clearly designed for drains. These types of fabrics provide the right holes and drainage flow rates.

Avoid knitted use Landscape fabric For French drains. Landscape fabric is for weed control And should not be used with French drains.

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Using solid pipes

Using solid pipes in the French drain gap is a common mistake. This mistake is easy to make a mistake because the solid corrugated pipe at first glance looks like a perforated corrugated pipe.

The solid pipe will not allow water to pass through the French drain. Water can continue to pass through the filling material alone, but at a slow speed if the perforated pipe was also carrying water.

4- Or 6-inch diameter use perforated corrugated (teased) drain pipe. Carefully examine the pipes for the pores, which appear as small slits.

Incorrect fill material

Using incorrect type of rock as a fill material in a French groove is a mistake as it cannot allow the water to reach the perforated pipes at the right rate. Or it can completely prevent the water from moving downwards.

Pea gravel and crushed gravel are usually the types of stone used in error when installing a French drain:

Use 1-1/2-inch round drain rock as a total filling material in a French groove. Large stones avoid packing together. The round texture ensures that there will always be spaces between stones.

Poor sloping angle

French drains are sometimes molded at a low angle or there is no angle (ie, flat).

Since the purpose of a French drain is to remove the water accumulated from the yard, it cannot move water if it is not sufficiently molded down.

The French drain gap should be molded down from 0.5 percent to 1-per cent. The slope should be indicated in one direction away from home and other protected areas.

1-per cent slope means that it falls 1 foot vertical for each 100 horizontal legs.

No discharge station

A French drain along with a discharge station will construct a water pool, possibly flowing at other parts of the yard at the floods or at home or on nearby properties.

Without the discharge station, the drain can also return inside the pipe and stop flowing completely.

Identify a good discharge station for French drain: a drainage trench, swell, or well dried. Or you can discharge the French drain on the edge of a slope.

You may be able to discharge the French drain into a city or other public storm drain. Check from your municipality before doing this.

Routing downspot in drain

The water from the roof is rooted downwards – first side by the gutter, and then downwards.

It is a mistake to root the roof water directly into the French drain because the sudden influx of water can overwhelm the French drain.

The best way to manage the downspot water is to send it to the catch basin at the end of each downspot.

The catch basin should be connected to solid (not perforated) PVC, ABS or corrugated pipes. The pipe should be finished on the pop-up drains in the house and the French drain, or in a drainage trench.

Drain

Driving or parking vehicles on French drains can crush the perforated pipe and compact the fill material. Keeping extremely heavy objects like buildings on French drains can also affect pipes and filler.

It is okay to drive on a properly installed French drain which is 18 inches deep or low. But try to avoid repeated driving or parking on it.

Avoid sitting buildings on French drains. Not only can it affect pipes and filler, but it also reduces drainage area.