How and Why Holes Point Down when installing a French Drain (Gravel Perforated Pipe - Yard Drain) SEE HOW A FRENCH DRAIN REALLY WORKS. Apple Drains Drainage Contractors www.AppleDrains.com We Do It Every Day!!!
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Hey Chuck I live in a place where the normal flexible perforated pipe isnt available so I want to install a drain similar to this at the bottom of a basement ( partially underground) wall. Question is 1 or 2 lines of holes ? I was thinking 2 at 90 degrees to each other facing south west and south east , on a cross section view of the pipe ....Would this be correct ?
THANK YOU!!!! I was about to do a massive DIY drainage project at my house and I am so glad I came across your videos because I was fixing to install it holes facing up. I was literally like “this makes no sense why would the holes be toward the ground” but you did EXCELLENT job explaining everything.
Thank you! Most people either show their work or talk about their work. You took the time to do extra work to demonstrate the idea you are teaching. Thank you for taking the time and extra labor. Great video.
Thanks a lot for your explanation and video. You saved my biggest headache in designing my roof-top-garden. May God bless you with all good things in life.
This is an excellent video and finally makes sense of the whole thing. French Drains, Weeping Tiles, Agricultural Tiles - this is the principle of how they work and what they are for. Thanks so much!!!
Hi Chuck, I learn a lot from RU-vid videos, BUT yours are absolutely the best video presentations I have seen in any category. You are the BEST. Thank You!
I love this video. A great hands-on experiment with real world applications. The narration and presentation is all professional that explains well of what is happening in real time. The concept is technically simple and ingenious, yet critical in channeling away water preventing water build-up and pooling. I think the best application for my own non-load bearing wall project is directly behind the concrete footer on a slope. Any rain water will contact the perforated drain pipe BEFORE the footer. And thus redirected out to safely drain. Thank you for the great video !!
I watched multiple videos and this is the ONLY one that made sense. thanks for the time it took to explain and set all that up. I'm actually in the middle of digging a trench to patch a Crack in my houses foundation. thanks for the education.
@@justinabarnett2565 It couldn't hurt and if you're using PVC, it's really easy to do so I would say glue them so there's no question about the pipe separating.
Chuck, once again you have earned my admiration and respect. It’s obvious that you love what you do for a living, and your sincerity shows that you are a man who can be trusted. I followed your recommendations re: catch basins, and I am greatly pleased with the results. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Chuck, your vids were my guide to doing this in 2013 when we put a French drain In, works flawlessly without fail in all weather. We used to have basically a permanent rice paddy along a fenceline, permanently dry as a bone now. Thanks for taking the time to do these!
wonderful video and the in-depth explaining of the water flow . alot of us do things through trials and usually not going the way we plan . thanks for the info.
Thank you. I Am getting ready to put in a drain and was contemplating which way to point those holes! I was looking for pipe that had holes on all sides so I wouldn't have to decide. But you saved me!
Thanks for explaining how water rises upwards from the holes in the bottom. I thought initially water came in from the top. Excellent demonstration, which I must admit made clear to me what others probably grasped without such a demonstration.
I have been watched hundreds of video's regarding waterproofing but this one is very fantastic and clear demonstration with practical. Thank you Apple Drains. Kindly upload some videos on foundation sealing methods for high rainfall areas or for moisty ground. Thanks
This is a great demonstration. I have seen other "Professional" excavators put the holes down. I learned about clay field tiles from my dad. We dug ditches in our property and used field tiles to drain it. He had a lot of patience, at times. He taught me a lot.
Glad I watched this,and thanks for an excellent explanation of how this simple pipe works. I was about to drill more holes in 30 feet of pipe and my wife was wondering if I knew what I was doing. I also planned to face the holes up! We wrapped each 10 foot section with a single landscape fabric sticking it to the pie with double sided sticky carpet tape between holes. I think I should have used Flex seal waterproof glue in a cartridge. THis video saved me several hours of work. Thanks a million!
Yes, this style piping with less holes on the bottom will do this well, many appear to use 4 inch perforated drain pipe or weeping tile. I have used the perforated drain pipe to drain a sump pump 40 ft. from a house to the ditch and hardly any water wound up in the ditch, because it had all drained out the bottom of the pipe into the clearcut gravel below.
Very first job I had as an apprentice gardener almost 50 years ago in Scotland laying clay pipe drains in Glasgow's biggest park. Up to our knees in mud and water (lots of rain on the west coast of Scotland) We had to carry the clay pipes in by hand as machines made a bigger mess and were continually getting bogged down. About 10 years ago when I was back in Scotland I went for a visit to the park and I was surprised to see water still running through the clay pipes into a ditch. The clay pipes were easily broken and so we had to be careful transporting them to the jobsite. 50 years have flown by but unfortunately working outside in all kinds of weather (5 year apprenticeship and 45 years in Canada) has been hard on my joints. 2 knee replacements and my right shoulder replaced leaving me with chronic pain. Those clay pipes we laid are still working and are probably in better shape than me ...
You have taught me a lot with a every simple video and i thank you so very much ,, a very simple explanation for those of us who does not know ,,thank you sir ''
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thank you so much you give me all information there I need I live in mexico but I don´t know about this drainage it is not so dificult realy fantastic video
@@machia0705 The OP of the video showed why holes down will work but you didn't show proof for your method so obviously no one will listen to your logic. If you're confident in your logic, attach a video or explain. That's all we need instead of saying "bad info". The OP proved otherwise that it works.
Great video. There is a lot of confusion about pipe orientation even amongst contractors as I experienced. One thing, however, is lining the trench first with geotextile fabric, then gravel, drain, more gravel on top and then closing it up with the geotextile fabric "burrito" style before covering with fill dirt will prevent fines from entering the pipe and potentially clogging the pipe. Adding a slight slope to the system will aid drainage as well.
100%! There are some so-called professionals that don’t even use rocks, or geotextile fabric just straight fill it with dirt. The right way is dig, fabric, rocks bottom, perforated pipe, then more rocks, cover with fabric and then finish with top soil!
@@NR-pn6mn the traditional "French" drains used in agriculture backfilled with soil and depended on hydrostatic pressure to move water. Was used in an agricultural setting and much different application then we utilize around houses
Thanks chuck. This is exactly what I need for a 10 foot section of existing drains with speedy basins but I need just a little bit more in front of my shed. The drain goes under the shed but tends to build up at the doors but after watching this I'll have no more puddling issues. Thx again!
