http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/ Help with Your Blocked Drainage Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/comment-page-1/#comment-312 greg venter Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:13:26 +0000 http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/#comment-312 i would personally run your new underground pipe into one of the existing catch basins, provided the new pipe is a touch higher than the outlet in the catch basin, the purpose of a catch basin is to catch the silt sand soil etc from entering your pipes, the cb's should be cleaned out yearly if you want to avoid trouble. i would personally run your new underground pipe into one of the existing catch basins, provided the new pipe is a touch higher than the outlet in the catch basin, the purpose of a catch basin is to catch the silt sand soil etc from entering your pipes, the cb’s should be cleaned out yearly if you want to avoid trouble.

]]> http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/comment-page-1/#comment-311 brian type Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:22:14 +0000 http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/#comment-311 those two catch basins will fill up quickly if you drain ground and / or rain water directly in to them .....add a dirt slope away from your property those two catch basins will fill up quickly if you drain ground and / or rain water directly in to them …..add a dirt slope away from your property

]]> http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/comment-page-1/#comment-310 tinman97prn Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:30:58 +0000 http://www.drainages.co.uk/how-do-a-join-a-new-french-drain-to-an-existing-drainage-system/#comment-310 You just connect the new underground drain into the old via a T connection. How you do this will depend on the type of piping in the old underground drainage system. You just connect the new underground drain into the old via a T connection. How you do this will depend on the type of piping in the old underground drainage system.

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