DIY Cheap Yard Drainage Solutions Save Homeowners $1000s [ Hurricane Proof System ]

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I'm going to show you guys a DIY yard drainage solution for how to drain standing water out of your yard. This is going to be a yard drain system that's super easy for the DIYer to put together. The best design is always the one that gets the job done in the most simple way possible and we're going to show you that these inlet basins are going to take the water to a pop-up emitter and just discharge the water. Whether it's in the front yard, a ditch, storm drain we're going to get the water out of the yard.
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DIY Cheap Yard Drainage Solutions Save Homeowners $1000s [ Hurricane Proof System ]
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@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

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@geo5913 2 жыл бұрын

Can you recommend anyone in Canton area who uses your products and techniques. Office tells me you don’t service this area. Love the channel!

@larrytheplumber9851 2 ай бұрын

@geo5913 I got you bro

@hollyraby7834 11 ай бұрын

This makes so much sense. I don't need the pop-up at the end, because my drain goes straight to a side gully, but I do need the InLine catch basin to move the water off the lawn. This is too smart. Thank you.

@keithp115 2 жыл бұрын

Great post sir. Saving this to favorites to remedy our issue at the cottage on Harsen's Island. Thanks much!!

@schaeferlawncarepropertyma4898 Жыл бұрын

Just received and will be Installing my backyard surface water and downspout system on Sunday.

@southend26 3 ай бұрын

How is it working? Does it clog?

@rodneywallace4958 2 жыл бұрын

I need this in my yard

@noelg5916 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video , perfect for hurricane season in south Texas 956

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

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@scotsmanofnewengland7713 4 ай бұрын

I get a flooded yard after heavy rains. I dug 2 vertical 4” PVC pipe drains wrapped in a silt sock and a drain cap on top. I have to cover the top of the pipe with weed block material due to the small sticks, branches,debris that clogs the top. Also there is a natural spring located about 8’ deep where the water pools up. The yard drains little better. Thanks for the video

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

PVC is so bad for the environment. I wouldn't recommend ever using that. It's bad for the soil. It's bad for animals and it's bad for humans.

@larrytheplumber9851 2 ай бұрын

Coming to ur website now for supplies

@luthercunningham4004 2 жыл бұрын

These look simple and clean to work with great video! Would you be willing to do a video comparing these with the D-Boxes you used so much in the past? Wondering if these are the next evolution of that concept or are these in line catch basins far superior to that approach? Also, FDM should consider a polylok d-box buy back/trade program for folks who pulled the trigger on a few of them but hadn’t gotten around to installing them if these catch basins + turf restrictor plate are the better way to go. Naturally asking for a friend here… 😏

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

Not a problem. If the office has your order in the system should be able to switch them out.

@denarioty 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video using a dry well in your drain system please……..thanks in advance

@cheech-ym7tv 2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you let us see a wide vision of the water working its way in? Landscape view.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

Okay will do!

@dotjoseph Жыл бұрын

Maybe because he doesn't want to show the hose? I mean it's not raining 😂

@theoddjobcentre6686 7 ай бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMANit's lovely but in the uk you aren't allowed to drain water from your garden onto the street, we have gulleys under our rain water pipes from the roofs that go to the sewage drain

@moonshotcoverband74 5 ай бұрын

great videos...what sump pump do you recommend please?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

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@channelx92 2 жыл бұрын

Will this type of set up work if your yard ends up with about 8" of water in it? Have a place at Higgins Lake in northern Michigan. There was a lot of snow and then it warmed up and rained for a couple days. Then it snowed a bunch followed by more rain. The water table was so high the ground had water seeping through. I pumped water away from my house with 4 pumps for 2 days straight. I've had a couple different companies give me their ideas a price quotes but I don't think their solutions will work. After watching your videos and then asking them about what type of materials they would use and nobody was using stuff that was the quality of what you use. I know this may have been a once every 20 year occurrence but I can't go through this again. I guess until I can find someone that impresses me with their knowledge like you have I'm stuck. Thanks

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@shaneward4065 23 күн бұрын

I have a paddock that floods and I was going to use the perforated pipe but after watching this I'm confused. Which one do I use solid or perforated pipe?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 23 күн бұрын

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@charlesviner1565 2 жыл бұрын

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@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@letthe6.0sing22 Жыл бұрын

If i run a surface water drainage system where do i want all my water to flow to. And what style drains and piping

@FRENCHDRAINMAN Жыл бұрын

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@redrock1963 Жыл бұрын

Hi there...Australia here. Why the need for a "pop up" - don't you have a system to carry the water away as part of the infrastructure of the neighborhood? I have seen in some of the US house flipping shows where the down pipes discharge directly beside the house ?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN Жыл бұрын

The Infrastructure has fallen behind and it backs up and this is what happens during big rain events.

@mikeortiz7733 2 жыл бұрын

Do pop up emitters slow your discharge? I have 6 inch pop up on 6 inch pipe. The pop up says it’s rated for 100gpm and 6inch pipe can move 550gpm?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@brentphillips262 4 ай бұрын

My yard keeps settling even after 25 years. I regraded it to run it to the swale behind my back yard butbit has settled again and thr back yard looks like a bowl. Visible to the naked eye. Any suggestions on where to run it? Drywell? Other than doing catch basins or a drywell im at a loss and I owned an excavation company and did drainage installs a bunch

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

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@MRM5J 2 жыл бұрын

How deep is that pipe closer to the emitter? It doesn't look deep on camera so I wonder about an areator hitting it.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

We sell a Riser for the pop-emitter and catch basins if you want to go DEEPER. Thank you for commenting.

@rjb6327 5 ай бұрын

Watched a guy, dig a hole in the low area of a lawn, dig a hole below the hard soil line, about 1 to 2 feet. Lines it with soil cloth. Filled that with stone and replace the grass plug on top. Drained all the puddled water. A bit cheaper.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

Best of luck, drywell, seldom work.

@rjb6327 5 ай бұрын

You would say that. @@FRENCHDRAINMAN

@AlexaB021 5 ай бұрын

Does this work for rerouting the water that floods from a protected fish habitat stream that runs along the property side back into the stream? And what about debris entering the pipe system? Your water looks pretty clean but this water also has some mud/dirt and things. Can this still be done?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

If you wrap the French drain system and you use a solid pipe for your yard drain and a separate perforated pipe for your French drain, you will isolate your French drain pipe from those contaminations.

@jonsauter8853 9 ай бұрын

How far down did you dig for this install? And how far do you recommend? I’m basically doing this exact thing here soon.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 8 ай бұрын

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@sirblowfish5532 2 жыл бұрын

When is this going to be available at the big box stores

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

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@BobPagano 2 жыл бұрын

Hey FDM, Love your work. I live in upstate NY with a lot of clay and snow. My backyard is sloped pretty well but still has pockets of standing water after a rain event. The back of my property does slope down to a creek so I can end the pipe out the side bank. Based on this video, where you mention a soupy mess, I know I need some catch basins but I don't know if I also need a french drain. What is the tipping point to know you need both? Given my clay environment, I don't know how long the french drain will hold up - obviously much longer now that I am subscribed to your channel, but I think you know what I mean. I can't wait to purchase all my supplies from you when I pull the trigger this summer. Thanks, Bob

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@prelude12341 2 жыл бұрын

Great system, whatever it was...

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@davemay6014 2 жыл бұрын

Do you try to run a pitch to all this pipe or just by it being a void allows the water to run away?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

I always start at the highest low point and work my way to the lowest low point as a general rule. This works most the time. A outdoor sump pump lift station is required in many cases at the lowest low point. Hope this helps. Thank You for your question.

@davemay6014 2 жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you. I watch your videos quite a bit. I learn lots from you.

@lothegreat1788 4 ай бұрын

So you only need to wrap the pipe if it’s a French drain with perforations?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

That's correct

@AR-cp5dz Жыл бұрын

When the pop up emitter plugs, the inline drain before it becomes the new pop up emitter.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN Жыл бұрын

Yes it vents at the closest outlet.

@AR-cp5dz Жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN No, I meant as leaves, needles, and debris plug the pop up emitter, then the water will just flood out of the closest inline drain. Corrugated pipes and pop up emitters are terrible to use when trying to move water.

@AverageatMostThings 5 ай бұрын

Where can I find the emitters and basins with turf restrictor plates?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

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@M_J_Glide_22 3 ай бұрын

I have a question.....I have standing water in my back yard coming from a piece of property behind my house. That property is at a higher grade than mine. Is it possible that I can install the inline basins for the surface water, connecting it to perforated pipe below to catch the water below and send it to pop up admitters...this way I can grab the water before it gets to my house and then into the basement. As it is we get water from below into the basement anyway and out sump pump works a lot. I am just tired of the water pouring out of the neighbors back yard flooding mine.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

This year, I'm doing many new videos on this topic. In July, I have some trick new parts for this, too. This video is an older video. But the concept stays the same. If you are going to do what you described, it only works with a knife cut ( or fine cut ) perforated pipe. I will do my best to build on this subject. It's one of the most misinformed systems built on KZfaq. What you see on Chuck in a van channel is wrong and fails in 2 years. That's why he has a 2-star review and no longer has his Google reviews listed. He pulled them down. Stay Tuned kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZx1lrySrKrGn4E.htmlsi=uxntPbvzmaBHTqvO

@bodycount7187 2 ай бұрын

The industry is missing a dry well basin that has a large enough pipe coming to the surface that you can drop a portable sump pump down into. NDS makes a basin but it only has a 4 inch opening and that isn't enough to drop in a sump. wish you could get an 8 inch pipe leading to the surface to drop the pump down into.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 ай бұрын

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@jimmycasey6400 4 ай бұрын

I have standing water around my drain field like a pond! Would this work for me?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

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@tomstuczynski9944 2 жыл бұрын

Is there any pump involved in this or do you basically just have to make the slope steep enough?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

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@tomstuczynski9944 2 жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN thank you! Will check that out

@hijinx841 4 ай бұрын

Is there any chance that over time sediment will clog this system?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 4 ай бұрын

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@gte717v Жыл бұрын

I have 100% clay on my property and I think I would have been better served by this than a traditional soil-capped French drain. WAY less earth to move around, less work, and would probably last longer before silt became an issue due to the high speed of water flow.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN Жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting and contributing.

@zeldazonk5551 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a company in Milwaukee you would recommend for a french drain system ?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@fliptop555 Жыл бұрын

How can you move it from backyard to front yard if no downslope?

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@TAdolfo69 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched several of your videos. I have not seen in any of them, at least not the ones i’ve watched, where does all that water go? Does it drain to the curb, the municipal sewer line, is being pumped out somewhere else, etc? Whether it be down spout drains, french drains, or yard drains.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

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@mikeortiz7733 2 жыл бұрын

If my 6inch pipe is backed up with 2% slope should I remove the 6inch pop up drain and just use a critter guard ?

@servispg 5 ай бұрын

How do you take care of an area that you do not have a way to get if off your property?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

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@valeriestanley8378 3 ай бұрын

What keeps it from getting plugged?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 3 ай бұрын

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@Thneed2003 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in NW Ohio, very flat area and neighbor has let where the water used to drain to.... it's virtually gone and county says 'nothing they can do. I can send more on this or if you know some one local I can ask advice. I have done a lot on my own and am now trapped..

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

We do consulting packages. There's a charge for this. We value our time. We do not have a franchise in your area just yet. Thank you for commenting.

@Rubbercity1 2 жыл бұрын

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN I’m interested in buying your products for a diy job in Ohio but I’m not sure if I need something like this or a French drain. Yard is pretty flat but there is a creek behind it I could drain all the water to.

@Thneed2003 2 жыл бұрын

I sent more to your web site. I know time is valuable.

@chadrides914 2 жыл бұрын

Another Ohio DIY’er checking in. Buckeye state gets more rain than Washington. People can’t believe this but it’s true.

@barrychristinapettiswalter8439 2 жыл бұрын

You said 1% slope. Is that 1in drop in 100ft or ???

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

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@garagekeys 9 ай бұрын

Won't a pop emitter freeze?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 9 ай бұрын

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@sleep-escapeyourmind8759 Жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this?

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@mattv1415 2 жыл бұрын

The issue I see is that with only a couple leaves and the inlet is blocked

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 жыл бұрын

An atrium grate fits in it perfectly.

@FindYourZenTV 2 ай бұрын

Where are you? What state?

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 ай бұрын

Michigan kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNFkoJiSndeamaM.htmlsi=9zs8LSfBKro9aOgQ

@philpancrazio 2 ай бұрын

Show camera view of the whole project.

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 2 ай бұрын

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@_rob_. 7 ай бұрын

Until it clogs up.

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@Where-is-Norm 5 ай бұрын

How is this any different than a NDS 2 outlet 6inch basin if you put them in a series. This is just a way for you to sell product and it’s overly complicated and expensive, I would know because I’ve been a drainage contractor for 20 years and I’d never use that pos

@FRENCHDRAINMAN 5 ай бұрын

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