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What’s the best kind of pipe to use for underground drainage?

    I need to divert gutter downspout water to various discharge points on my property. I want to bury the pipe, but will have outlets into emitters, a rock basin, and so on. A few weeks ago I bought a bunch of 3″ solid HDPE pipe for underground drainage. But I’m wondering if I [...]

How do a join a new french drain to an existing underground drainage system?

The property already has an underground drainage system which has two catch basins in the yard, and they work fine. There is another area I discovered that gets very wet and water stays around there a long time because of the clay soil. So I want to add another french drain there, but would like [...]

I have some small sinkholes in my yard near an underground drainage for rain gutters, what’s the best repair?

The previous owner of my home placed an underground drainage system for the rain gutters on this home. Now along what I believe is the path of this drainage there are several sink holes forming that vary from one foot wide to nearly three feet wide. I know sink holes will continue to wash out [...]

underground services? underground drainage?

iam looking for information on exsisting underground services whilst building an extention

underground drainage advice, please? i want to put an underground drainage system in?

instead of having drainage pipes , from the eavespouts in the yard. the yard slopes down into a stream. i was planning on using PVC do i need to use sand or gravel or anything for any reason. i have never done this before, so any advice is useful. thank you.

How would you determine the grade of a drainage pipe?

Imagine you are a civil engineer and a company has hired you to determine a grade of a pipe that will transport water underground effectively. How would you start and what would you do, I need to know as that is my drainage challenge. Also, how could trigonometry be used in this situation if you [...]

how to install underground drainage?

i need advice and some help as i am installing 2 new toilets for the first time

how do i drain water fom my back patio into my yard?

I have a low spot in my back patio, but water collects there because my lawn grass lines the edge of the concrete patio. I heard, once, of a way you can create an underground drainage pool with differing sizes of gravel. Has anybody heard of this?

How far down in the ground is underground electrical wiring ran?

I live in a subdivsion that has underground electrial wiring. I need to put in a drainage line and dont want to hit my electricial.

What kind of soil should I use for burying underground drainage pipes?

I am installing an underground drainage system to handle water from my gutter downspouts. We get heavy rains here, so the system is badly needed. A landscape company incorrectly installed psuedo french drains. (Very long story.) They surrounded and covered the the drainage pipe and immediate surrounding area with ABC, which I guess is normally [...]