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

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.

This pipe might be 8 or 9 feet tall ... because it’s a very interesting three-dimensional challenge to install drain, waste and vent (DWV) piping in a new home or a large remodeling job.

If you never plan on finishing the basement, locate the basin in the same area where you want the water to drain out of the house so you don't have as much plastic pipe to install. Dig the hole so ...

It really depends on which system type or types you need to install. A French drain is a perforated pipe buried beneath the surface of your yard, usually the lowest point of your lawn where water ...