A French drain system prevents structural damage, enhances lawn health, and eliminates waterlogged areas in your yard.

Fortunately there are modern plastic and composite products that allow you to install a trench drain in hours, not days like it took me! My college geology degree helps shed an interesting ...

Install the filter sleeve on the perforated pipe, if it didn’t come pre-installed. Then lay the drain pipe in the bottom of the lined trench. Backfill the remainder with clean drainage gravel.

Unlike a French drain installation designed to collect runoff ... Lay a tarp alongside the trench. Use it as a place to collect the soil and grass you remove. Edge along the pipe with the space ...

They are excellent at redirecting water and are typically less expensive to install than trench drains.' Unlike trench drains, French drains are hidden under gravel, and usually under turf ...

Other types of drains typically have a per-unit installation cost. So how much does it cost to install a trench drain or French drain per linear foot? A fully functioning drain system for your ...

Courtesy: ACO Polymer Products 2. FRP trench drain channels are shipped to the power plant job site for fast installation. Courtesy: ACO Polymer Products 3. The prefabricated FRP trench drain ...

I recently installed a trench drain that was made from a cast ... If you plan to have traffic drive over your drain, install the drain on a poured concrete base about 4 inches deep.

Depending on the grate and channel material (plastic, metal, or concrete), trench drain installation costs range from $30 to $150 per linear foot. Trench drains with a flush grate surface catch water ...