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Michael_Is_Average

2y↑8

Thanks for the series! We're in the middle of closing on my first house and noticed the downspouts just unleash right by the foundation. Unfortunately there is a concrete driveway just a foot or two directly beside it. Looking at digging a trench parallel to the driveway to the backyard where there's a steep slope and let it drain that way.

As a non handy-man person, these videos are making me feel comfortable in knowing what to do when I get started!

Everyday Home Repairs

2y↑3

Nice! Best of luck on the project. Sometimes it takes a few iterations and several rainstorms to get it right 👍

alberto deleon

2y↑1

Sounds like a good idea..hope it worked. Had something similar in my home. Ran 6 in pvc pipe along with 4 12in catch basins connected with 2 downspouts to drain towards the curb. With all the summer rain we get here in southwest Texas, it helps.

Nicholas Pupillo & Sons

32w

Hi Scott! Thank you for sharing your skills with us! I have a huge water problem in my back yard. I live in Pa. and live in a twin home. Our ground is like clay. There is another house to my left, and I have a 2 car garage at the end of my yard. Behind my garage is a easement that is shared with neighbors and there is another house behind me that also shared the easement. When we get rain, my back yard becomes a lake! It floods! Both adjoining neighbors don't get any water in their yards, I get it all! We at one time had the yard raised and a drain installed in the back yard but it couldn't handle all of the water due to not having any where to drain the water so it was removed. We can't raise the yard any more then it is due to garage and the house. We had several people come to access the problem and no one had any solutions. Can you offer any suggestions on how to resolve this problem? Any help would be appreciated. My yard use to be so pretty but now it's all dirt. Thank you in advance, Jane

CubTech

3y↑28

Can't wait to see a follow up video. Tip - throw in a little rubber duckie or random floating toy so you can easily see the water level in the dry well during your next big rain!

Maurice Hoover

40w

Thank you for your excellent videos, Scott! Do you have any thoughts as to how to choose between a dry well vs an elbow joint with the pop-up? It seems to be a matter of flow volume, but do you know how to make an educated choice? Thanks again!

Paul Leddy

I live in south Florida, close to the ocean, close to the beach, so my house sits on sand. No issues with drainage. Issues with rainwater eroding the foundation beds under the eaves. You've inspired me to install gutters and direct the rainwater to the middle of the yard into a dry well.
I also have plans to install an outdoor urinal, the discharge line to terminate close to the property line into a dry well. A bucket of water to flush the urinal and a dedicated downspout to wash-out the drain line. The issue at the moment, since I don't buy anything new if I don't have to, is to locate a discarded urinal.

Assassinlexx

Cool idea. A square 5 gallon bucket. With cheap ball valve. To keep the flies from taking over the pisser.
Handy for filtered beer drain 😏🍻

Ari Shem

look how neat your work is. plastic under soil, carefully removed patches of the lawn. wow. I wish my sprinkler contractors did the same. but instead half year later I still have hobbit trails across my yard 😀

couchp0tatoe

3y↑13

You're a great communicator. Super easy to understand everything. Nothing missed!👏

Thomas Wallcovering LLC

Great detailed video! Need to do this on my retaining wall!

Lawn-N-Order Landscaping

2y↑2

Great work, we use corrugated a lot too. PVC has its place, but theyre both for different uses.

Gregory Apartment

2y↑5

PVC is meant for jobs that you want to last.

mbikerun5

1y↑1

Corrugated works fine if installed correctly

lacro

2y↑12

Instead of the white rocks, you should use bank run gravel which is round stones. Much better for drainage, and less likely to clog with soil.

JimBo

Always a Monday Morning quarterback in

lacro

1y↑1

@JimBo No Monday morning quarterback, just 40 years in the landscaping business. I've seen lots of failed drainage systems that used the wrong stone, but you apparently don't know anything about that. Before commenting, learn the facts.

JimBo

@lacro Thanks for letting me know the facts. Guess you know it all.

Nick Wallette

This perfectly summarizes the best and worst of the Internet right here. The benefit of a massive base of individual experience, combined with needless antisocial pecking at each other.

kingalainc1

I have 10 years experience in YouTube commenting and the rock used will get the job done.

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Pamela Hunter

2y↑1

This video gives me hope. Some big named companies want to do expensive encapsulation or their patented drain systems that are equivalent to a car note. Considering my home is old and has buried drain pipes (probably old and broken), I would much rather give this a try instead of spending thousands. Plus I have those annoying drain flies, which I'm sure are coming from the crawl space and water entering/backing up. 😬 Thanks for sharing this video.

Ace Agui1

3y↑3

Thanks a lot, you cover every little step, Very important like living the grass an inch higher. Every video is well informed, I’m a maintenance engineer an I like every little tile detail you cover on every one of your videos, once again thank you very much

Tom Cole

2y↑13

A tip i leared on filling in trenches is to use a garden hose as you fill back. we try fill about 1/3 of the trench then fill it with water and use spades to break up clods, work them up and down like you are getting out air bubbles in concrete, fill another third repeat and then top it off with last bit of dirt, spasde it again. you are basically making mud. then when using the spades up and down you are compacting it, then lay they sod on top and press in with rake and then tamp down. once tapped down and water has drained off clean the dirt off the grass with a spray nozzel, a few days later you cant even tell you were there. Love the video, always good to learn something new

Steve LaCombe

3y↑9

I've done two drywells at my house. I used two 5 gallon buckets spliced together and filled with pea gravel. I have a popup that releases excess water during heavy rain storms.

Valentin Garay

3y↑12

Scott, this comment is not related to this video. I just wanted to say thank you for making the video using SPAX screws. I recently completed a home improvement project and I decided to give the SPAX screws a try. Totally awesome screws!! I did not have to predrill holes into wood and the screws did not strip. I used Milwaukee shockwave impact duty square #1 bit along with the SPAX screws and not one screw stripped. Again, thank you for all your videos!!

Rolly 545

3y↑1

If you think SPAX are great I highly recommend you try GRKs. In my opinion they are worth the cost and even better than SPAX.

Dave Kirkeby

1y↑5

We put one of these in a few years ago. Every time it rained or we washed off our patio the water would cover most of our patio and leave dirt and debris behind when it dried. We were going to use the plastic liner that was used in this video but when we got about two feet down we discovered a layer of sand. Maybe we're on top of an ancient riverbed. Regardless, it looked to us that the sand would provide such good drainage the we didn't need the plastic liner. We dug down about another foot, put in the cloth and then filled the hole with gravel. It worked great. We had some of the heaviest rain we've ever had this year. The water rose just to the edge of our patio and then receded almost immediately after the rain stopped.

The alternative was to install a long drain pipe around our house to the street. To say the least this way was massively cheaper and we are doing our part to recharge the groundwater :).

stephan guidry

42w

This is exactly my situation, plans, and philosophy!

Paul Flogeras

3y↑3

Great video. I am about to tackle a downspout drainage project myself. I like the corrugated wye set up you did in this video and how you commented on corrugated pipe versus pvc. I liked your logic for the frost but do you experience any issues with water flow and debris getting caught in a corrugated pipe? Honestly I am not very familiar with pvc and all the necessary fittings and connectors. I would prefer to work with corrugated but have heard some bad stories about it getting clogged. Do you usually work with corrugated? Thanks

Sam O

3y↑2

I did a drywell project at my house about 7 years ago. Initially I did it with corrugated and had to replace it all a couple years later when it got completely clogged. I replaced all the corrugated with smooth-wall HPDE pipe (from a big-box).

I live in the Pacific Northwest so our frost line is pretty high but I really can't see how the material type makes much difference from a heave perspective. HPDE is definitely more rigid than corrugated and I had to use elbows in a few places but I think the tradeoff (not getting plugged by pine needles) is worth it. I also dug a much bigger hole than Everyday did in his video, which might be why I've not had any issues with volume. My hole was 5' x 6', drywell in the middle, fabric between dirt and rocks. I also put a circle of fabric at the bottom of the drywell so I could open it every couple years and dump out the pile of pine needles that had accumulated without the rocks getting contaminated. It's worked well so far.

Shahrzad Barouti

Thanks for the series, they are really helpful!

Tom Provan

3y↑7

in construction we called it a rock pile and dug them 6 feet long 3 to 4 feet wide, 4 ft deep filled them with gravel and ran the drain tile into the middle did it on swampy lots to run even drain tile in the yard to the pit depends on how much water you have to deal with

Keith Paolella

3y↑2

Excellant Scott. Great option for a project at our family cottage on the river. Thanks!

Everyday Home Repairs

3y↑1

Thanks Keith, best of luck on the drainage projects!

WILoveTrains

3y↑1

Wow this is great! exact same situation at my house with the negative grades, and theres already a system that was installed 20 year ago to a drywell but it cant keep up with our rain anymore since I don't know where the ending drywell is buried I was looking at putting a new drywell pit where ive dug and found the pipe before and then also including an overflow outflow that daylights near the ditch. I was sold on using sch40 pvc, but now i might just use 4inch corrugated because I have like 100ft in the shed and because of the freeze thaw cycle thing you talked about.

Disillusioned

2y↑1

I know it's been 10 months since your comment but I was watching a FixthisHouse video and they said for smooth pipe run a slope of 1&1/2 inches per 10 feet but with corrugated pipe it needs to be at least 2&1/2 inches per every 10 feet. Just something to consider. They also ran solid pipe for the first 8 feet away from the house and then used perf pipe on the rest of the run. Just food for thought. Good luck.

WILoveTrains

@Disillusioned thanks for the reply, haven’t done the work yet because we had drought conditions last year and there was no need; but with more rain again this year I’m seeing the benefits again; I definitely want to go with smooth walled pvc pipe

Jeffrey Pinkerton

Wow. Great project and video. That is some serious trench and hole digging! Looks great!

jason dykhouse

What kind of drainage corrugate/pipe should I use to collect water along a path through the yard to ultimately empty to a storm drain conveniently located in the yard? I've seen different types with holes or slots and some wrapped with fabric and/or foam peanuts... I'm not sure which to use. Thanks

Can Conservative

31w

Nice work... except I think the permeability of the soil surrounding the basin should have been excavated further and replaced, maybe with sand. Depending on the amount of water it could just fill up once the soil becomes super saturated. But still a better solution that what the homeowner had.

The other point is the basin is situated where the grade begins to naturally slope away, so that helps.

Berry Conway

What would you do with a deeper frost line. Ours is about 46". I have two sumps, one on each side of the house and they run for days after a rain. It's especially problematic in the spring with the snow melt plus spring rain. Thanks for a great vid.

Frank Miner

Would have really liked to see the finished product in action at the ending. Great video.

Michael Hand

2y↑2

curious as to what you installed. it looks undersized for the volume of water (sf at 2" rain/hr in typical locations) which adds quite a bit of cf area required. last, the 1.5% = 3/16" pitch on pipe which is a bit less than the 1/4" required in most areas

Kynan Cheng

2y↑2

In the winter, your pipe may slowly build up with layers of ice and eventually block up flow to the well. I had a similar problem this past winter (and spent 3 hours boiling water and de-icing until midnight). Any thoughts on how to winterize this drainage system?

Everyday Home Repairs

really, made it through 1 winter and so far so good. Thanks for the feedback!

Kynan Cheng

2y↑1

@Everyday Home Repairs Oh, I was hoping you had figured out solution for this. Glad you didn’t have a hard winter to deal with!

Brian Eidmann

In the northeast, does this system have to be below the frost line? That would be at least 36" at the starting point, then grade it down. Lots of digging. I'd love for this to go all the way to my curb.

Jim C

1y↑1

@Brian Eidmann Not if you have enough pitch so there is no standing water in the line.

patty109109

@Jim C agree with Jim. I am in New York and I run smooth landscape grade (thinner) PVC they sell at Lowe’s. All but one of mine drain to daylight. I’ve never had a problem with ice backup. I have one that drains to a green pop up like in this video and it does fine as well: it has a small hole in its elbow that slowly drains into the soil. Even tho it drains really slowly it’s enough to drain after any rain before temps drop and free what is standing in it.

Btw mine are about 4” below soil surface.

deltasquared7777

a major drawback of using this type of non perforated corrugated drain pipe is that when it clogs (as it invariably will at some time) it can not be rodded out without damage to the pipe. Although slightly more expensive it is better to use the white smooth wall non-corrugated perforated drain pipe (perforations down). Generally both types of perforated pipe are bedded in gravel so that the pipe also acts to diffuse the water for absorption into the ground. Sometimes a nylon sock with gravel surrounding the pipe is used.

Mama & Wife 2 cents

31w

Great work, thanks so much for sharing!

jeffthewhiff

2y↑3

This is what I would like to do on my property too. My plan is to connect my sump pump to the downspouts and to create a French drain at the back of my lot. The one issue I am concerned about though are the pipes under the ground for gas, electric, etc. I had a utility company locate the utility lines a few years ago and it seemed like they were going to interfere with where I want to dig my trench for the corrugated pipe. Just curious, but did you rent a trench digger for this project?

Everyday Home Repairs

2y↑1

Nope, good old fashion hard work 😅 for this one

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A Stanton1966

3y↑5

Bigger sized outlets and down sprouts can be put on gutters so that they would drain better when on roofs that throw off a lot of water.

Geoff Smith

From my watching other youtube video's, another thing would have been to bring dirt in to place around the edge of the house. This would force the water to run away from the house. It would involve a fair bit of work though, taking the garden out around the edge of the house putting soil in to create the fall, then putting the garden back in.

Old Time Farm Boy

3y↑1

If you are in a location that freezes, should there not be an air gap between the down spout and the drain pipe in case the drain pipe freezes the down spout can still empty rather than create a column of ice going all the way up to the gutters. I have also seen where they put a parallel grid so that any leaf litter or twigs that come down the down spout will be directed to the ground rather than allowed to enter the drain pipe.

MG OH

3y↑9

Well thought out and explained :)

Leo Schneider

1:59 I had that problem before i moved, but with my main sewer drain, because I noticed the tree in my front yard looked more happy than normal and when I went to power auger the main drain, the line was full of mud water, so good thing that is the new owner’s problem

DustBat

2y↑1

Do you ever worry the pipe will heave in Winter and not drop back in Summer, leaving a hump blocking flow?

E Johnson

3y↑39

All of a sudden I feel like I have drainage issues at home that need to be fixed!

KeKe Michele

🤣🤣🤣 Me too... Let me check

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Mariano Pecoraro

I have a french drain that is used for drainage from the basement sump pump. The problem I have is the ground is settling around it forcing the drain to not be level with ground and pitching the catch basin inward forcing the water to settle around it and a tripping hazard. Any ideas for correction?

Embrace The Suck

2y↑5

Maybe you're in a warm enough climate, but running downspouts directly to drainage piping is a bad idea in a cold climate. Freezing can back up and cause significant breakage.

Ryan Waltos

If there's enough fall in the pipe, the moving water isn't likely to freeze

southothehighway

Is that lower gutter and downspout large enough or does it overflow in heavy rain? You mentioned leaves. Do the gutters get loaded in the fall?
The horizontal drywells give more surface area to allow natural percolation. But you may need a small excavator to get it done efficiently. We use 4' x 12' here on Long Island NY but we have loan and sandy soils.

jaz panoz

3y↑1

Looks like house could do with extra down spouts as well.

Xukeepa x

if your down spourt drains toward your house, try changing it to another corner where the slope leads away from the house.

Reggie

3y↑1

First check if the street is lower than the down spout, if it is lower then add soil around the foundation run two 6-inch side by side with a splitter that connects to a scheduled 40 directed to the road, may have go under OR place a drainage in the sidewalk with a plastic or stainless steel that you can step on as you walk or roll across the sidewalk the drainage that allows drainage to the street. On a heavy down pour one 6 inch drain pipe on gravity flow will NOT handle the water. You must reshape the front yard then re-seed the front yard. This will resolve this issue forever. One thing put a check valve at the end or one foot in from the end to prevent rodents from building a nest and wash out your line every spring.

James Rossetti

Paul M

It seems like the primary problem that should have been discussed at the start of the video is why you aren’t regrading the yard so it is no longer flat. That’s a passive solution. Active solutions like pumps are secondary solutions. As you stated in the video, the existing sump pump solution is not getting the job done, making an even stronger case for regrading. Both regrading and all of this pump work cost money, so the cost delta is what is really in play. If regrading was your professional advice, but the homeowner said he didn’t want to pay for regrading, then state it. The homeowner already spent money on a sump pump system that doesn’t solve the problem, and here he will see results based on what he is willing to pay for, again.

Sym Cardnel

2:32 show's his window well and decorative block foundation. If the foundation 'make up' would allow for raising the grade I think he'd have some serious waterproofing and new window well work to do.

Lakme Kota

Very similar problem with my property and also i have bit high water table. Appreciate really your advise.

Jason

3y↑3

Scott have you tried any coatings on the foundation walls to stop water from coming in?

Everyday Home Repairs

3y↑4

Hey Jason, water isn’t coming through the wall into the basement. Instead there is a French drain along the outside parameter of the basement which drains any water through the drain pipe into a sump pump well which then gets pumped out. Just trying to dry the ground a bit outside the foundation wall to reduce the work the sump pump is doing. Should work but we shall see if a few months 🤞

Scott N

Hi Jason, do you have any recommendations on coatings you would use?
Thanks!

David Mongillo

Hi, Great Videos! I live in Southeastern Vermont, Vernon. How deep does the trench have to be?

J Nau

How much weight can the dry well sustain?

The Grimm Perspective - Cory Grimm

3y↑2

I'm in a similar situation as you with the sump pump and the downspouts that I need to do something similar. I have a lot of days where the sump pump runs throughout the month. I have some grade issues along with a need to get the water further away from our foundation. But does it need to be 30ft? I've seen suggestions of at least 20ft. I think some recycling of the water back to the pump could be good be a good thing for keeping the grass healthy without causing damage to the foundation.

I was in disagreement with you on your last video and the proximity of the sidewalk and wonder how quickly this basin it going to fill up?

When was the last time your sump pump was replaced? Replaced ours a couple of weeks ago after realizing it had been just over 10 years since I replaced the last one. Time flies.

Everyday Home Repairs

I don't think it necessarily needs to be 30 ft. Since I was digging already I wanted to put it a little further out to make sure I could catch the slight slope I did have in the yard. Get ready for the workout 😉

Steve Patak

3y↑14

Former civil engineer here. That drywell at roughly 50 gallons (6.8 CF) capacity will only be able to hold about 40 SF of roof area assuming a 2" rainfall. That's obviously way less than the roof section you're trying to capture but your ultimate goal is to get the runoff water away from the foundation, so as long as the drywell has a way for the additional flow to escape, you're accomplishing your goal.

Edit: I'll add, I am in an area that has some stringent runoff capture and recharge requirements due to the impact excessive runoff has on bacteria levels in our local waterways. When I was doing site design work or reviews for local home development projects, you would typically see drywells on the order of 8' to 20' diameter at 10, 20 or more feet deep to properly capture runoff and contain it on the property.

Everyday Home Repairs

3y↑6

Thanks Steve, yeah I wanted to keep some of the water on the lawn for the surrounding trees but you are right the overflow will start pretty quickly after a significant rain as the soil also does not have good percolation. Will be interested to monitor over the next few rains but I am confident the water should flow away from the house.

High Flow Drainage Soulutions

3y↑1

Your right on the money. Dry wells are usually a joke. They have to be so large that they are usually not a reasonable solution on a residential property. A well made and designed sump pump basin is they right way to go.

u2mister1

@High Flow Drainage Soulutions
Pumping water is the last resort. Yes this will be overflowing but if the water runs away from the house....

High Flow Drainage Soulutions

@u2mister1 If there is enough slope to drain the pipe with gravity, then correct: there is no reason to use a sump pump basin (and especially not a dry well since they are impractical or impossible in most situations to begin with). But in a situation where there isn't a desirable amount of slope available, a horizontal sump pump basin 4 feet or longer is the way to go.

Zehua Zhou

That depends on the soil type. Flo-well's website has a calculator. If the soil itself is not good at drainage such as clay soil, then the flo-well system will not work.

Jeremy Dejong

2y↑1

Great video! I need to do this soon. What is the benefit of this dry well method vs. a french drain? Thanks

Jeremy Dejong

Instead of the catch basin, couldn't a long run of drain tile be just as effective?

Volkan

48w

Thank you. you said the deepest point you have is 14 inch, what is your starting depth at the beginning from downspout- around 10 inch? Thanks again

Sanjoy Roy

Good idea, but from the deep storage what's the best option to utilize this water, please comment!

Tom Murphy

Last drainage video, I was wondering how long the icefield would stretch down the sidewalk come winter. I hope you have a plan for that, or good liability insurance. Whether or not that sidewalk is yours, you've created a potentially injurious situation.

Everyday Home Repairs

Yep, got a plan. Will be testing out for a few weeks and then reconfiguring the sump if needed. 👍

Ken

3y↑5

This is a guessing game. Do the math on how much water comes off the roof. Perform a percolation test on the soil. Calculate how large your pit needs to be during a worst case rainy season. I guarantee that small pit won't cover it.

Serie Johnson

Say that again. Lol

Robert Altman

I was thinking the same thing when I saw that small pit. Why not just put a pump in the pit and discharge the water off the property through someone inch PVC.

Paul Tasker

@Robert Altman that hole is dumb IMO. Have Installed thousands of feet of downspout drainage, for that application we would have just ran it to the street and installing a pop up at the end. There’s no need for that hole.

Ryan M

What kind of tape did you use on those connections at the downspout?

Raj Takhar

We learned a lot you are doing great job, can you show me how to do small septic tank system for a small cabin thanks.

Aaron Shepard

Have you ever seen hydro blox product? It's a French drain replacement that doesn't need slope. Something you might like to explore.

Hillrocks

Not sure you need a clean out at that end, the debris will collect at the tank. If you insist on the clean out, I would lower it to ground level in an effort to hide the tee.

Fish Monger

This was excellent, thank you

D

26w

nice idea, but may not handle the volume of water- do you have updates?

Milosz Ostrow

2y↑1

@Everyday Home Repairs — It is now about a year since the work shown in this video was done. How has the drainage system performed?

Everyday Home Repairs

2y↑1

Working great. I wouldn’t change a thing and so far no issues.

Cornbreadfed Kirkpatrick

I love this could use for gardening

Suzanne W

Leeching field may work better since you are digging anyway. Six 6" pipes that have tiny cuts

Waldem Mir

48w

For down spouts is better solid corrugated pipe or perforated.
I saw a video where they added two pipes one solid for down spouts and one perforated for the yard..

Dickie B

3y↑3

You mentioned your trench is well above the freeze line. Shouldn't it be below the freeze line, maybe 2-3 feet so it doesn't freeze?

jaz panoz

3y↑1

Yes it should.

Eviction Carpentry

Weeping tile (corrugated pipe) won't really freeze.
I put a 4 inch pipe on my sump pump during winter in Canada and it's never frozen solid

Rich Combs

@Eviction Carpentry interesting....is the pipe above or below your frost line? If above, how far above? Have similar issues here upstate NY snowbelt with high water table. Fun.

Libby

Could you use the aluminum pipe in the trench into a hole filled with gravel? Would that work too?

Jack Patteeuw

If have one in the corner of my backyard, which is a natural low spot. It works well, but it is not perfect. 2 or 3 times a year it over flows. At least it is easy to pump down a couple of inches so there is no water above ground.

Bill Peart

Smooth piping needs less pitch than corrugated. Great on level yards.

Kevin Bachus

3y↑1

any modifications needed for intermittant cold/warm winter climates such as in Colorado in the winter? Thanks for the detailed video.

Everyday Home Repairs

I don’t think so as we get that here as well in Illinois. Best of luck on the project.

Kalpana Patel

Thank you for the information. Great knowledge share.

Jeff Rigg

3y↑6

Adding some fill dirt around the foundation to create a positive slope would go a long way towards your problems

Everyday Home Repairs

Agreed, thanks for the feedback 👍

Ali Farhani

3y↑1

It might help in his case. But I did that and didn't help because my house is located near drain storm and gets water from house as well as other neighbors. A French drain with corrugated pipes all the way to a perforated corrugated pipe with two small wells running to storm drain solved my problem.

rgarri6396

3y↑3

I think when the big rain comes your going to fill up fast, we will see. Good luck

Everyday Home Repairs

3y↑3

I think you are right but the pop up emitter will just flow the water into my lawn which shouldn’t be a big deal. We shall see 🤞

Anne Fischer

2y↑1

Better to fill up a ditch than the whole lawn become a marsh.

prowannab

I was told years ago,That if you line the drain with any kind'of salt,That tree roots won't grow near it. Unless you live in an area that trees like salty or brackish waters.

Jason Aust

Can we get a follow up video on how this is working?

Dubs

Great job!

Best Friend

Next time used hard pipe corrugated isn't strong enough to support dirt weight and is a lot work digging

Look good BTW 👍

Ben Franklin

45w

tarp down , sod and dirt separated , impressive , simple prep made this job

David Ruiz

great project but you should had shown then process of connecting and then laying the tubing. also were rocks laid under the extended tubing. again, thanks for the video

Gary Jordan

33w

How do you dig that length and know you are at a 1 1/2 degree pitch? And that pipe is deep enough that it will not get crush if something heavy goes over it? Would love to do this at my house ,but at this age and limited funds it is not in the cards.

Sam Feldman

Did you dig all of that by hand? How long did it take? I’m tired just looking at it!

Clean & Green Lawn Service LLC

Nice work!

Douglas Kyle Wilson

For future projects put your wye in the ground and cap it off to hide it a lot better.

Rosetta6285

Superb video, why not just run the corrugated to the street instead of messing with the dry well? Especially if may not be big enough anyway.

phys res

3y↑35

Black corrugated above grade is terrible looking at the house. Schedule 40 or thinner at the gutter downspout in white with a clean out right at grade with a threaded clean out would have be much nicer looking

Luka Vega

1y↑3

Good thing there’s spray paint in white

Hue Mungus

1y↑3

He also has it tucked behind that bush so it ain't gonna be all that visible.

CofffeeJoe

49w↑3

Functionality over looks anyday

Brain Damage

35w↑1

I recommend a shave and a nice wax job too. Looks matter.☮️

Luis Enrique

Even better is to collect the rain water. Rain water is the best for cooking, cleaning and washing

Stephen Keppler

Thank you for the very informative video...

Bruno Barthas

Did you use a bottom panel on your system? It looks like you have to buy it separately. great video. Thank you.

Everyday Home Repairs

2y↑1

Nope, I just set it on my white rock in the bottom. I wanted the bottom to be wide open to help drain down the dry well.

Bruno Barthas

@Everyday Home Repairs Thank you, make sense.

Smokey Ramirez

This a good thing because a lot of homes get mold because of this

wadly99

3y↑1

I like what you do with the sod. Gate City just covers theirs with dirt then some seed, like that's going to take. Then they cover it with way too much straw. Looks shitty.

Everyday Home Repairs

Yeah, it works out pretty well. Since I don’t compact the fill that much I eles e the sod a bit higher than the surrounding ground. Then water a bit for 4-6 weeks and everything blends back in nicely 👍

Pete Busch

3y↑5

Nice system but why not use PVC instead of that corrugated pipe that seems to trap leaves that get in.

Everyday Home Repairs

3y↑1

In this case I went with the 4" corrugated since I am well above the frost line I like the flexibility of the corrugated compared to PVC. Since I put the wye at the start with the cleanout I feel I should be able to flush the pipe out if needed. Just my 2 cents 👍

Robert Gerber

@Everyday Home Repairs you can also use a catch basin at the downspout

High Flow Drainage Soulutions

@Robert Gerber You really don't want to do that. A lot of water splashes back. But corrugated doesn't clog any more than pvc if it is put in right.

bryanviper

3y↑1

At this point you should of just continued a solid pipe to the road or as close as you could and have the water go out there and away from the property. Your setup seems like it will work for regular rains falls but anything major its likely not enough and seems like it was more work to do what you did then just continue it to the street IMO.

Your Man

3y↑1

Exactly! Just continue the pipe to the road. Too much unnecessary work!

Alvin Hartley

I have the flat yard, and a spring under ground. I just bought this home. It was built in 1953 and the one's that built it {lol} lived there until this past November.

James Jett

What happens when the dry well fills with water? Does it then discharge water through that pop up emitter into the lawn?

Everyday Home Repairs

Yep and that has happened several times since I install the dry well. Works perfectly so far 🤞

International Karl

You don’t have this problem in the UK as all houses must drain their water From the roof into the gutters under ground which ultimately run to water treatment plants

Beruthiel45

North America doesn't send natural water to treatment plants. It's illegal to connect rainwater drainage from roofs and such to house drainage pipes and the municipal system. It's drained to the street then into the the gutters and drainage grates which go into storm sewers and then drain to the nearest river etc. Mostly because of capacity issues, everything would back up and flood the place. Still happens anyway in downpours.

Gem Butt

@Beruthiel45 need help me my pipe overall definitely try to get a fix for this new hole in drain in project and lower pipes in sasp too please share your knowledge with aloha

Tile Marble Granite

Looks good!

S G

Need to cut that tree down way to close to the foundation the roots will cause foundation issues .Create your fall by cutting off the gutter discharge tell you have fall ,then connect piping .

Mary Rekar

Hi, question. What kind of company should do the install? A plumber or landscaper? Thnx

mmcnama4

What's the best type of contractor to do this type of work?

percival23

25w

Forget that dry well ..its giving you no more than 5 square feet of drainage. Get about 8 or so sections of that drainage pipe (that is perforated) 15 ft long each
Dig a trench 2ft wide at least 18 inchs down ..lay the 8 sections of pipe and wrap it. ..you now have a void that collects drainage water with 30 square feet of drainage.
With dry well tanks there is just too much water going to a small square footage. Just make sure you use a good quality pipe that won't crush under the weight.

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