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

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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 ...

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.

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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.