French drains...Need some advice...

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

You probably should use a landscape fabric, permeable, over the perforated pipe before you lay the gravel over the pipe to keep sediment and such from going into the pipe and clogging it over time.

They sell sleeves that are made specifically to go over the drainage pipe. I want to say that an 8' peoice of pipe with sleeve will run you about $8.....pretty inexpensive.

I need to replace my dry well this year.....kind of the same thought process only a barrel filled with Crushed Stone.

They also sell these systems you bury in the ground that are used for attaching downspouts to, that works on the Dry well principle.....they had them at Homey's for about $60

[spence]

I'd make sure your problem approach is tuned to the actual problem...for instance if it's surface water you may not need a deep drain, but if it's ground water you need to tame then it could be worth it to build something more substantial.

A simple black 4" perf'd pipe with a nylon sleeve will do a pretty effective job at removing the runoff from your downspouts. It doesn't need to be buried deep or covered in rock...just give it enough angle so it drains well.

-spence

[Raven]

i plan to buy one of these green tanks
to hide in my bushes for roof water
on the street level...

and then i''ll run a 1 inch black poly hose

down to my lower field for good water pressure

http://www.ntotank.com/175gawata.html

[Raven]

no problem there...

this is a topic thats really difficult to figure out
without either pictures or simply standing there
seeing the terrain...


i have an area thats always wet so i'm killing off an oak
that shades it
all year so the sun will get in there and dry things up..

the oak is growing over a lower leaching field anyways
so i dont want it taking over the whole backyard...either

i already have a few gigantic oaks to pick up after as it is..

[spence]

Do you have a slope to work with? How much water do you think you need to drain?

Where is it going to go?

-spence