Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain is nothing more than a ditch in sloped ground, inset with a perforated drain pipe under a ...

Q:While raking up leaves and pulling weeds, I came across some long, concrete, half-pipe-shaped tubing that extends the length of one side of our house, the uphill side, about a foot from our ...

An important component in a yard drainage system, a French drain removes standing water from the yard and house foundation by providing the water with a path of least resistance. Though a French drain ...

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The end result was that I ended up hand digging most of the trench. In retrospect, hand digging it wasn't very difficult. <BR><BR>Once I got all of the pipe in, I added a drain box where the water ...

KELLER – Record rains are bringing record business to drainage companies. A crew in Keller dug by hand in the heat Wednesday, installing a French drain and a pump to keep water from pooling on a large ...

Are you wondering whether your French drain project needs a permit from the building department? Unfortunately, there's no clear-cut answer, since the regulations vary based on where you live. However ...

Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain has a more utilitarian purpose—redirecting standing water away from vulnerable structures or ...