Re: French drain
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- Subject: Re: French drain
- From: H* L*
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:58:58 -0400
Another take on 'French Drain': It is a drain that doesn't 'go' anywhere.
For example, dig a large, deep hole and back-fill it most of the way with
rock and pea pebles. Run your drain line to that hole, and cover the
gravel/rock filled hole with landscape fabric or Nina's special industrial
cloth (allows water through, but
>not dirt). Now you can fill over that to grade with topsoil. The new
drain will carry excess water to the air spaces in the large underground
hole of rock. Works until all the air space is used up, and then the system
sets until the water drains off.
Hal Lanktree
Rochester, Michigan (Zone 5b)
hlanktree@mindspring.com
>Hi Nina,
>
>I was away and didn't get my messages for three days, and now that I have,
>couldn't see that anyone answered it.
>
>A 'French drain' is an underground drainage system that is placed at the
>bottom of a slope to assist drainage in a problem area. The system
commonly
>uses perforated pipe, special industrial cloth (allows water through, but
>not dirt), gravel, etc.
>
>Sue P.
>
>SPesznec@lhs.org Portland, Oregon
>(USDA zone 8, Sunset zone 6)
>
>> ----------
>> From: Nina Beheim
>> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 1998 128^uż
>> To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
>> Subject: RE: What else could be in a backyard?
>>
>> What is a french drain? (See, Sue was right! This would be great info
on
>> that page! <grin>)
>>
>> neens
>>
>>
>> >
>
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