Exterior French Drain Diagram

Larger trenches provide better drainage and last longer but require more work.

Exterior french drain diagram.

It just requires a little preparation and planning the right tools and materials and a little diy know how. Depending on the size of your trench either dig the trench with shovels or rent a trencher. A french drain also called a footing drain is a pipe that carries water away from your house. An interior drainage system is an easier more affordable option for waterproofing your basement.

You can do the work yourself or hire a professional landscape contractor to do the job. After you ve designed your french drain system you re ready to build. The process is fairly simple. Parts of a french drain.

While some types of these drains include a perforated drain pipe sometimes called drain tile and may be covered with grass the traditional french drain is simpler and easier to build. In the front yard we will fix the foundation ground slope problem. The leftover soil from this can be used for the second step. A landscaping french drain is a gravel filled trench lined with landscape fabric to keep soil and silt out of the gravel.

This means that the drain should slope down a total of at least 1 inch for every 10 feet of pipe. A trench at least 12 inches wide and 18 to 24 inches deep. In order to get. The french drain is a simple yet versatile construction which can be used to drain standing water from problem areas in your yard or basement.

See the diagram below. In the side yard we will only install half of the french drain system and a pair of small drywells to see if it corrects the drainage problem.