Do you have a large are of standing water?
Do you need to move water away from buildings and basements?
French drains are used to prevent water logging and help to move excess surface run off of rain water.
Fench drains are trenches dug at the edge and lowest point of an area that needs draining. The process being that water moves to the French drain trench and then is moved on further by pipework to a soakaway system or a larger drainage area.
They are easy systems to implement and maintain.
Basically a trench lined with non-woven geotextile for drainage then filled with a drainage pipe and clean stone. The top layer is then finished how you wish.
How to install French drain?
- Decide on your trench location ensuring it will be at the lowest point and away from buildings.
- Dig your trench
- Fill your trench with non-woven geotextile fabric, make sure you have some excess to cover over the top.
- fill trench with gravel or clean stone 2/3rds
- lay your perforated pipework on top of the stone layer
- fill over the top of the pipe with gravel
- cover over the gravel with your excess geotextile and then add your finishing layer .
Why not see our selection of our pre cut geotextile pieces to fit your French drain project, just choose your length for a no waste option.
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