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Most drainage problems in Florida, in areas like Orlando, Melbourne, Daytona, Jacksonville, Ocala, Gainesville and the panhandle come from very level or even below grade yards. During a severe thunderstorm, tropical depression or hurricane, rainfall rates exceed the norm. Water has no place to go. So the yard floods, water enters the house, driveways flood, and the backyard stays wet for days.
A French Drain must have a discharge point that s down hill from the lowest point in the yard. So sometimes (most all the time) a Sump Pump is needed. The Pump is installed in a Sump Basin (pit). It can be 24″ inches deep or more. Now the French Drain and other drains can be discharged (run down hill) to the sump basin. Then a good pump can lift the water up and send it to the street or storm.
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Back Yard Sump Pump System.. With French Drain and Catch Baisin
Sump Basin with Sump Pump installed to remove water coming from the French Drain
Back Yard Sump Pump
A good video reference for DIY
Back yard sump pumps are efficient and affordable. a good 1/3 horsepower pump will move 60 to 89 gallons a minute.. (Think of trash can full of water, The pump will empty the trash can in under a minute.) A Good 1/2 horsepower pump will move 80 to 120 gallons per minute! A Good 1 horsepower sump pump can move 120 to 130 gallons per minute!
Of course you can never beat Mother Nature, but you can help keep the water out.
A French drain (perforated pipe surrounded by 3/4 inch gravel) with a couple catch basins, will collect the water from the yard and send it to the sump basin, then the sump pump can lift it up and send out through a 1 1/2 inch or 2 inch PVC pipe to the street or storm.
Dig out to install system
How far can it pump?
This is called the HEAD. Most 1/3 horsepower pumps can easily push the water 100 to 150 feet, with a lift of 5 feet. Of course the gallons per minute begin to drop so it might only pump 40 to 50 gallons per minute at 5 foot lift and 100 foot discharge. This is still a trash can full of water every minute! Fast!
Here is another good video reference of a backyard sump pump with French drain. This system moves water fast!
How much does a system cost?
Depending on the length of the french drain, the depth of the French drain and length of the 1 1/2 inch PVC discharge from the pump an average cost to install is just under 2800.00. Yes, its an expense but well worth it to solve the flooding issue and help protect y9our home from water damage, mold, wood root, and termites.
Most homes in Florida are built on a concrete slab, and actually need this system more than homes with crawl space or basements. The concrete slab is very porous. As water pressure builds under the slab, it comes up though the slab at the weakest point (usually at the wall where the 1st course of block has been laid. Once a pathway has been established by the water, it will continue to go there even in lighter rains.
Protect your investment. Install a Sump Pump system with foundation and French drains. Direct the downspout drains away and attach them to the sump basin or if you are lucky enough to have fall (downhill grade away from the house) trench these drain lines to the street.
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Backyard Flood? We can help! French Drain installed with catch basins.
A good French drain is perforated pipe surrounded by gravel. This system is used to collect water from low spots in the yard, under the house, in the crawl space, along the exterior footer of the house, under driveways, and under basement floors.
perforated pipe surrounded by gravel – French Drain
The Gravel and Perforated pipe collect subsurface water. French Drain works best in low spots through the yard or along the footer and foundation of the house.
A good French drain will be at least 20″ inches deep. a base of gravel under the pipe and on top. The holes of the pipe point down into the base of gravel underneath. Watch a video of “How a French drain works“.
French drain is perforated pipe surrounded by gravel at least 20 inch deep for best collection. Apple Drains, Drainage Contractors
Adding catch Basins will make the system work even better. Catch basins collect immediate surface water runoff! In other words, as it rains and water begins to flood, the catch basin will collect the water straight away.
Catch basins collect immediate surface water runoff. French Drain Help
Once the French Drain is installed it will need a place to discharge. The water needs to flow downhill and away from the area, usually to the street or storm drain. A Pop Up Emitter can be used at the end of the line or a curb hole can be drilled for even better discharge.
The discharge pipe from the French drain is solid pipe. Once the water has been collected, we need to keep it and let it flow away from the wet spot.
Solid Pipe Discharge from French Drain, leads to discharge at Curb, Apple Drains
Sometimes a Sump Pump is needed to left the water up from areas that are too low for gravity flow to the street or storm. Sump Pits and Pumps Work Great! In fact, They work even better than gravity!!
Sump Pump Attached to French Drain
A good sump pump will lift and pump 40 to 60 gallons of water per minute! That’s 2 trash cans full of water every minute being removed when it rains. The pump needs to be at least 1/3 horsepower and sits in proper sump basin at least 24 inch deep.
French Drain with Catch basin attached to Sump Pump
The discharge pipe from the pump should be 1 1/2 inch to 2 inch PVC.
So how much does a good system cost?
You can expect to pay from 1700 to 4200 for a good system, It really depends on much pipe and gravel need to be installed.
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Installing a French Drain is a project the homeowner could do themselves. All the parts are readily available from Lowes or Home Depot. Just be prepared to do some work.
Here is everything you need to install a gravel drain (French Drain)
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1st you need the pipe.
These are 100 foot rolls of both Soild and Perforated Pipe. This is from Lowes but Home Depot has the same stuff.
NOTE – Remember you need Perforated Pipe (has holes in it) that will be surrounded by Gravel for a French Drain.
100 foot rolls of perforated pipe at Lowes
2nd will be the gravel –
How Much Gravel Do you Need? A lot!
Best way to figure how many bags is 1 bag will cover about 2′ feet of a trench 14 to 16 inches deep. So if you are installing 60 feet of pipe, you’ll need at least 30 bags.
3rd you will need some way to transport your gravel. While you could put in your car or trunk, better is a truck, or trailer to haul the gravel and pipe and shovels and wheel barrels, etc..
Transporting the gravel for a french drain
4th You need a wheel barrel to move the gravel to the area you are digging. You carry each bag, but each bag weighs 40 lbs. So a wheel barrel allows you to move more than 1 at a timne and is much easier.
Wheel barrels bring the gravel from the trailer to the rear yard where the low spot is
5th – You need shovels, picks, axe, and rake to dig your trench.. Pretty much you will be digging through mud if its a really bad low spot. Water will have saturated the soil. But if you believe you can do something 🙂
Trenched section of yard for French Drain
6 – Once the Trench is complete, including your discharge (this where the water is going to flow), its time to install the Gravel and Pipe.
1st lay a small base of gravel in the trench. Next Install the Perforated Pipe with HOLES POINTING DOWN. Connect your catch basins then cover with gravel. We like to bring ou gravel to grade to really make the water drop into our system, but you cancover the gravel with soil. If doing this, be sure to use a soil seperater fabric. Youdon’t need to wrap the trench in this fabric, it will simply slow the flow of water into the gravel and also the fabric will get packed with dirt and further slow the water infiltration into the gravel. Some people think its best to wrap the gravel and or the pipe, but actually the life of the systemis still the same. 15 to 20 years.
Holes Point Down from Perforated Pipe for the French Drain
Lastly – Lay your all the gravel and pipe, rake out the excess soil to fill other low spots and help water drain into your system. Make sure your Catch Basin Grate is just below grade to allow that water to flow quickly into the catch basin!
Raking out the excess soil from your install of a French Drain
Congratulations! You did it!
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Description of Waterproofing
Some of the things we use to waterproof.
Please see – Basement Waterproofing for complete How To and Details
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Sump Pumps | A sump pump is the best way to remove water. Its fast, queit and very reliable.
Apple Drains We use Zoeller Pumps. Most commonly, Model M53 submersible with a 1/3 Horsepower motor, 1 ½ inch discharge line, and check valve to prevent back flow. To Date, we have not every been back to replace one of these pumps! That’s not to say they last forever, but they do last a long long time! |
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Sump Pits | A Sump Pit (the liner) is 24″ deep and surrounded by gravel to promote drainage into the pit. The pit is large enough to allow water to gather for the pump to lift it out. It comes witha solid lid cover to to help reduce moisture and radon gas!
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Cores | The Core is a hole drilled through the foundatin wall. The hole is usually 2″ which allows the 1 ½ inch PVC pipe to be inserted. Its a perfect fit! We can core walls, foundations, and curbs!
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Pipe | PVC Pipe is our choice for most drain lines. The solid pipe has smooth inside walls allowing water to easily flow through it. Size depends on the application. Downspout Drain Lines and Yard Drains, usually use 4 inch pipe. Storm Drains might use 6 inch or even 8 inch. |
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We also use Corrugated Pipe. This pipe is strong and comes in 100 foot rolls. It comes inSolid and perforated (holes in it). We use it for Yard Drains, French Drains, Foundation Drains and encase (surround) the pipe in gravel to help promote drainage.
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Trenching | Trenching is done with a Ditch Witch, a machine used to trench fast and effectively to the proper depth. We don’t make a mess! We lay our tarps to catch the soil. After we Back Fill the trench, we move the excess to low spots or foundation walls and grade it out.
We Also Hand Dig. Shovels and Picks are used to help prevent damage to Utilities, such as Telephone, Cable, Gas, Electric and Sprinklers. We call to locate utilities on every job. Utitlies are marked with paint and flags showing us where they are and allows us to adjust our installation accordingly.. |
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Concrete Work | Driveways, Basement Floors, Side Walks, Patio’s.. Concrete is not a problem for us to cut and repalce. We have the right tools for any job.
When we need to trench a line through a driveway, we simply cut out a trench about 8 inches wide, remove the concrete, dig down to install our pipe , backfill and re-pour the concrete. No Worries! You’ll be surprised how good it looks when we are finished. Concrete is actually one of the easiest things to trench through when you have the right equipment. No need to pay higher prices like others charge because they have to rent equipment. We Cut Concrete Everyday and We’ll Do It Right The First Time! |
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This is best video that shows WHERE and HOW water enters your Crawl Space or Basement. We actually put the camera INSIDE a void in the wall.
We suggest you watch it a couple times. It will amaze you what we find when we dig down the outside of basement or crawl space wall…
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Most drainage problems in Florida, in areas like Orlando, Melbourne, Daytona, Jacksonville, Ocala, Gainesville and the panhandle come from very level or even below grade yards. During a severe thunderstorm, tropical depression or hurricane, rainfall rates exceed the norm. Water has no place to go. So the yard floods, water enters the house, driveways flood, and the backyard stays wet for days.
A French Drain must have a discharge point that s down hill from the lowest point in the yard. So sometimes (most all the time) a Sump Pump is needed. The Pump is installed in a Sump Basin (pit). It can be 24″ inches deep or more. Now the French Drain and other drains can be discharged (run down hill) to the sump basin. Then a good pump can lift the water up and send it to the street or storm.
Back Yard Sump Pump System.. With French Drain and Catch Baisin
Back Yard Sump Pump
A good video reference for DIY
Back yard sump pumps are efficient and affordable. a good 1/3 horsepower pump will move 60 to 89 gallons a minute.. (Think of trash can full of water, The pump will empty the trash can in under a minute.) A Good 1/2 horsepower pump will move 80 to 120 gallons per minute! A Good 1 horsepower sump pump can move 120 to 130 gallons per minute!
Of course you can never beat Mother Nature, but you can help keep the water out.
A French drain (perforated pipe surrounded by 3/4 inch gravel) with a couple catch basins, will collect the water from the yard and send it to the sump basin, then the sump pump can lift it up and send out through a 1 1/2 inch or 2 inch PVC pipe to the street or storm.
Dig out to install system
How far can it pump?
This is called the HEAD. Most 1/3 horsepower pumps can easily push the water 100 to 150 feet, with a lift of 5 feet. Of course the gallons per minute begin to drop so it might only pump 40 to 50 gallons per minute at 5 foot lift and 100 foot discharge. This is still a trash can full of water every minute! Fast!
Here is another good video reference of a backyard sump pump with French drain. This system moves water fast!
How much does a system cost?
Depending on the length of the french drain, the depth of the French drain and length of the 1 1/2 inch PVC discharge from the pump an average cost to install is just under 2800.00. Yes, its an expense but well worth it to solve the flooding issue and help protect y9our home from water damage, mold, wood root, and termites.
Most homes in Florida are built on a concrete slab, and actually need this system more than homes with crawl space or basements. The concrete slab is very porous. As water pressure builds under the slab, it comes up though the slab at the weakest point (usually at the wall where the 1st course of block has been laid. Once a pathway has been established by the water, it will continue to go there even in lighter rains.
Protect your investment. Install a Sump Pump system with foundation and French drains. Direct the downspout drains away and attach them to the sump basin or if you are lucky enough to have fall (downhill grade away from the house) trench these drain lines to the street.
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French Drain is perforated pipe surrounded by gravel. It collects Subsurface Water. Water rises up through the gravel under the pipe and enters the holes in the pipe and is carried away. A good French Drain System has Catch Basins to help collect immediate surface water run off. These basins are places in low spots through the yard.
The discharge must be downhill away from the area. In Florida or other places with level yards a sump pump is used to lift the water up and pump it out to the street or storm. Its basically like a lift station. Water runs downhill to the sump basin. Attach all the drains in the yard to the basin. A typical sump basin is 24″ deep. This will proved the fall needed to drain your system.
Water is collected in the sump basin and the Sump Pump will lift the water up and pump it away. The discharge of the pump is typically 1 1/2 inch PVC which can be buried just below the sod and can run up hill because the pump is pushing the water.
Parts needed for French Drain (with or with out pump)
4″ to 6″ inch perforated pipe – can be corrugated or thin wall PVC
Gravel – #67 stone or any washed gravel like marble or river rock, just needs to be clean of dirt and sand
4″ to 6″ Solid Pipe for your discharge – Once the water has been collected, keep in in the pipe and discharge to Daylight (downhill away from the area)
Catch Basin – 6×6″ to 12″ x 12″ in size. Place theses in low spots as needed. Connect to the pipe.
Sump Basin and Pump is needed. 24″ Depth Basin with solid lid cover. 1/3 horsepower pump is recommended. 1 1/2 PVC for your discharge
a Pop-Up Emitter or a curb hole or cut at the end of your line.
Labor –
Digging a trench is not that difficult but depending on how far or how much pipe you are putting in, this can be labor intense. Trench with a Ditch Witch or trencher will save lots of labor and is worth the rental.
A trailer or truck to get gravel. (Yes, you can buy gravel by the bag and use your car, but its still heavy)
A wheel barrel to move gravel and soil.
Installation is pretty straight forward. Once the trench is dug out, at least 20″ deep, layout your Geo Fabric into the trench so you can wrap both gravel and pipe with the fabric. Now a small base of gravel is placed in the bottom of trench inside the fabric. The lay your pipe with Holes Pointing Down into the gravel. Next, cover the pipe with gravel and bring to grade if possible. (this will work the best, however you can bring the gravel to a few inches below the sod.)
Notes – Remember – Gravel / perforated pipe collects Subsurface Water)
Once you have the collated the water from the low spots in the yard, now use Solid pipe for you discharge to the street or storm or sump basin. R=try keep a slight downhill run with your trench so water can flow easily away.
Sidewalks –
You can either Tunnel or cut. Cutting concrete is not hard, but you do need a concrete saw and will need to buy some Quikcrete or Sakcrete , a pry bar and trowel to finish the concrete.
Irrigation
Yes it will be in the way. Plan to fix any places you cut the pipe.
Utilities (GAS – ELECTRIC – WATER- CABLE – TELEPHONE)
Always call to get these located BEFORE you dig the number for most states is #811
Its free and its the LAW.
Backfill and clean up
Once the all the pipe is laid, cover and back fill with the soil that has been removed as you dug out the trench. Excess soil needs to be hauled away or moved to other places around the yard. Final Rake up along both sides of the trench. The place your sod if cut of, back on the top.
We suggest you do not tamp down the trench. It will go down very quickly with each rain.
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