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Solution: A French Drain |
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My house is on the
side of a hill;
therefore, I get
drainage from both the
back and the side. From
the back, the water
drains down to the back
corner of my house. I
had a gutter installed
across the back to
divert the roof drainage
on one end to the side
of the carport. In order
to direct the run-off
away from the house and,
at the same time, retain
some of it, I (all by
myself) dug a French
drain along the side of
the driveway. |
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For weeks I had pots of
dirt lining the
driveway. My neighbor
kindly took all the
excess dirt and returned
the empty pots. The
channel was competed and
the pots removed. |
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Since I had no outside
faucet on that side of
the driveway and had the
channel already dug for
the drain, I had a water
line installed in the
channel and a spigot
installed next to the
house. |
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I then lined the
channel with landscape
fabric, filled it with
gravel, and wrapped the
landscape fabric over
the top of the gravel.
Just as I was beginning
to cover the top of the
drain, it started to
rain, so the photo shows
the drain only partially
covered. The remaining
drain was covered |
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The final steps were
putting an extension on
the gutter and placing
some bricks to hold it
in place and direct the
flow out over the drain. The only
thing remaining is
getting the driveway
power-washed to remove
the stains on the drive.
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Best of all . . .it
works! |
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Photos by C Nall |
