Pro Tip | Drainage Solutions You Can DIY in Your Landscape
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2022
- Today's Pro Tip: Is your drainage preventing water damage? Let's look at drains, slope and gutters.
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Fix your leaky hose outlets! I neglected doing so, and the constant drip all year long took a good chunk of foundation out of the concrete base, due to rust and corrosion. The rebar rusted away, accelerating the break down of concrete.
Holy cow that must have been dripping for a long time..all good now I hope. Good advice and thanks for the comment. Coach.
For people who don’t have gutters and their foundation is flooding it’s more likely the yards drainage is the issue. You should have gutters and a french drain.
Go french 💯👍
🏡. My sidewalk leans into my garden bed . What level should the dirt be .At the level of the sidewalk ? I need to water but when it rains it soaks the ground and my Perennials are not happy .
#2. Do you have a simple video showing how to put in a French drain away from the house . I have a a gutter drain run off at the corner of my home ( NE) which looks like a mini pond !
Garden bed is on the house side of the walkway or away from the house side?
I do not a simple video addressing exactly what you are asking for. But French drains are not for gutter water. A solid drain line or catch basin system would be best. French drain would be applicable if you have no gutters or are capturing surface and subsurface water in a drainage problem area.
If you have ice damning…buy an extra length of hose. Hook it to the hot water feed for your washing machine….and hose your roof. Melt a channel down to the shingles every 4 feet. Should help the ice damn break up
Good idea. Thx Mike.
I've been considering adding a hot and cold water outdoor spigot when I do my remodel and you've just given me another reason to justify the cost
@marshallferron let me know how it works out for you..it’s one of my top priorities this coming Spring..Coach..
Gravel and pvc pipe with holes facing down will do the trick
why with the holes facing down and not up?
@seanofdabed so it captures water quickly and does not have to fill all the way to the holes facing up.
thanks great help. Would one 4'' perforated drain suffice for an area by my house, about 3' x 7'? Seems like there's alot of surface area for one pipe to handle all that space. Does it have to be connected to a downspout, or can the pipe system be entirely undergroud? Thanks!
Danny, thanks for watching. Technically perforated drain line should not be connected to a downspout. Too much chance of clogging from roof n gutter debris. Solid pipe can be connected. A small area like 3x7 can be handled by a drain box or catch basin with a drain line evacuating water to a better location. It’s all about grading and slope for water to be caught and the ability to take it away with sloping pipe in the trench. Now, if you are capturing ground water and subsurface water your perforated pipe in a french drain works well. Hope that answered your Q. Coach Matt.
You seem very knowledgeable sir. I have a question for you. I live at the top of a hill and water is pooling at the corner of my garage. I dug a ditch to deepen the spot where the water is pooling and the ditch runs downhill off the side of the hill. Over the past 40 years the same corner of the garage has developed a pretty large crack and a little sag. I'm trying to put an end to the foundation damage. Is a ditch as effective as a french drain? How deep should my ditch be to prevent further foundation damage? Thanks for your help. I'm definitely subscribing.
Thanks for the question. Odd that your on top of a hill and have this water collection problem. Usually I here this from folks who are at the base of hills. To answer you quickly, a ditch can solve the problem and only needs to be deep enough to evacuate the collecting water. That is the short answer.
Now, for a more in depth suggestion.
Does the garage have gutters. If so, GOOD. How about downspouts? My point being a collection of roof water, then a specific disbursement location. Preferably away from the problem area. Then channel the water away from the garage using drain pipe and safely evacuating the water to safe place. Now, if the area around the garage has a slope problem that forces water to this problem area, then the grade needs to be changed or a catch basin and piping needs to be installed. A complete approach will always work better than just trying to band aid it. Identify the cause, plan out the cure then do it. Works every time. Either doing it yourself or hiring it out. Then fix the foundation. Let me know how it works out for you. Thanks for watching.
Is there there a better option without using gravel, rocks or river stones? We have snakes issues here and they love the heat that gets trapped in between them.
In regards to dry creek beds being used for surface drainage, you can create SWALES in turf or groundcover design for water flow and direction. Does that address your question?
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Good people are hard to find these days. Ask around and you will find one in these industries pretty easy.
A french drain is much more expensive and labor intensive than gutters. Plus, you have to somewhere to run it to. This advice is correct, but misguided.
Not necessarily Pete. Remember DIY costs and your own sweat equity. It was an either or scenario not a both scenario.
Pipe, filter sock, trencher and gravel will be almost equal to gutters, downspouts, hardware, ladders and helping hands.
In my world I’d have gutters and a drain system with that place pretty flat but a short run to culvert. Thx for watching.
@@YardCoach Trust me, I've done both DIY. A real french drain is harder. Granted some people (i.e. most) will do a poor man's french drain that will only last a season or two and then they will be back to square one. Gutters are a much easier and basic addition that are harder to screw up.
@@petem4411 I guess it would be impossible to capture every scenario. I live in Los Angeles where we don't get much rain. I bought my house 8 years ago. Most houses in my neighborhood don't have gutters but I have a French drain. The goofy thing I'm trying to solve is why the builder installed French drains in the front and side yards but they didn't extend it to the flower beds around the house. They put it on the far side of the garage. Since they spent money for the pro drain install, why not solve for foundation?
Who doesn’t have gutters? 🤦♂️
Plenty of folks.
Plenty of people
Me
Most homes in texas dont have gutters because builders and everyone else cuts corners, years go by and owners complain of foundation issues which are very very expensive to repair. Why not just install the darn gutters and simple drainage while building? They still pass on 200% of extra costs to the buyers. Some may argue that it's hot and dont need them but every spring and fall there are flash floods and hurricanes in TX. Gutters are 100% necessary, especially with shifting clay soil.
@JustMe-gx4xt agreed!!