Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair – 405 203 9419

New French Drain Installation is a Central Focus for Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair.  We provide service for all of Central and Western Oklahoma.  In Business since 1993.

 

A NEW FRENCH DRAIN IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Grass typically will grow over the gravel in a French Drain.  This is a good thing.  In a few months you won’t even know its there.  Grass growing over a properly installed French Drain is called a ” Thatch Filter”.  This provides a 3rd filter for your French Drain to go along with the Neoprene filter around the pipe and the Trench Liner in the trench.  In most cases this makes the French Drain Maintenance Free.  I have installed French Drains with this combination that have been working great for over 20 Years!

YOU DON’T WANT TO PUT DIRT ON TOP OF THE GRAVEL OF A FRENCH DRAIN.  BE PATIENT AND LET THE GRASS GROW OVER IT ON ITS OWN.  PUTTING DIRT ON TOP PREVENTS SURFACE WATER FROM ENTERING THE DRAIN.

 

 

Sprinkling Grass Seed in the Gravel Speeds up the process.

 

Shaded areas are more difficult to get grass to grow over a French Drain.  Decorative Stone can be placed over a French Drain to make it look nice or disguise it.

 

 

If the appearance of a French Drain is not for you, you may want to try a Surface Drain.

 

Surface Drains work great in smaller focused area, but they move less water and do nothing to dry out saturated wet soil.  French Drains Drain away Surface Water and Sub- Surface water or ground water.   Surface Drains Drain only drain Surface Water.

 

Recently we installed a large Drainage System in OKC.  It was a 4-inch System using 4-inch ADS French Drainpipe with Soc and 4 inch ADS Solid Drainpipe.  The “Intake” of the Drainage System had two parts.  Water from the gutters on the house was fed into the Drainage System.  There were 7 gutter downspouts around the entire house that were connected straight into the Drainage System with Solid Drain Pipe and a Gutter connection.

French Drain Installation In Yukon

Oklahoma Drainage : Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

Standing Water on Your Driveway?  A Surface Drain set in concrete may be what you need. Or maybe you need a French Drain Running alongside your driveway instead.  Handling water problems is what we are good at.  If you need help, Oklahoma Drainage can provide the best solution for your unwanted water problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Oklahoma Drainage –

Hey Oklahoma, we are expanding to service all of Western Oklahoma as well as Central Oklahoma.  If you live in Elk City, and need a French Drain, we can help.  If water is standing on your driveway in Clinton, Give us a call.  Duncan, Lawton, and Altus are all new areas of service for us.

Since 1993 Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has solved all types of standing water and drainage issues.  We install Drainage Systems that utilize French Drains, Surface, Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps depending on the customer’s needs.

If you have water in the wrong place, we can help!

We also have Decades of experience repairing all types of Lawn Sprinkler Problems.  Fixing broken sprinkler heads, sprinkler valve problems and controller trouble just to name a few things.

French Drains as part of a Drainage System – 

Many times, people use the term ” French Drain” as general name for a Drain used in or around your home.  French Drains are designed to move a lot of water over a large, flooded area.  They are also designed to take water in on the surface of the ground or below the surface of the ground.  This is very important if the water coming into the flooded area is moving through the ground or coming up from underneath.  ” Sub Surface Water Movement.”  The picture below is not a French Drain!

A French Drain looks like this

A French Drain can take in water in a broad area.  It can move a much larger volume of water compared to a Surface Drain.  Also, it can move sub surface water moving into the area where a Surface Drain won’t move any water at all.

Surface Drains are designed to move surface water only on a smaller scale in confined areas.

 

Another way to beef up a French Drain is to connect gutter down spouts in front of the French Drain.  The water coming off the roof causes suction in the French Drain Behind it.  This greatly increases the French Drains ability to move water without increasing the size of the French Drainpipe.

 

Oklahoma Drainage — Installing – French Drains – Surface Drains – Channel Drains – Sump Pumps

Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

 

If you have water standing in your flowerbed we can install a French Drain For you.  If water is standing on your driveway or sidewalk a Surface Drain or Channel Drain set in concrete might be what you need.  If water is standing in your basement a Sump Pump installation is a good idea.

We Installed a Double Six-inch French Drain in Edmond this week.  A Double Six-Inch French Drain is two six-inch French Drains laid side by side in one very wide and deep trench.  It is designed to move a huge amount of water away from a home.

Our customer had several different drainage problems in their back yard.  After a thunderstorm, water would run under their back fence and into their garage.  The back yard was on a steep hillside and the water would run very fast down the hill and into the garage.

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installed 2 large six-inch French Drains across the water’s path.  This allowed the water to be diverted into the French Drain which then ran through drain pipe to a curb outlet at the street.

Three Gutter Down Spouts were connected into the French Drain.

The French Drain created a protective barrier for the garage.

A 12-inch Surface Drain was also included in the Drainage System.  It was placed up against the driveway and connected with 4-inch Solid drainpipe to the 6-inch French Drain.  Water was completely rerouted away from the home.  A French Drain and Surface Drain combination in this case was the best solution to this particular drainage problem.

Installing a Curb Outlet for a French Drain in Edmond

 

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installed a 4-inch French Drain in East Norman this week.  The customer had water standing on the side of his house that was causing foundation damage.  He contracted a Structural Engineer to come out and look at the Drainage Problem and to give him some advice.

Installing Surface Drains In Norman

The Structural Engineer recommended a French Drain to protect and draw water away from the foundation.  He said that, “he had recommended French Drain Installation to solve similar problems for homeowners many times in the past.  The Structural Engineer was confident that it would solve the Drainage Problem.

FRENCH DRAIN IN EDMOND OKLAHOMA, 

Recently Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installed a large 6-inch French Drain in Edmond.  The customer had water running under his back porch step and into his basement.  We did a Free Drainage Diagnostic and Estimate.

The French Drain design that we proposed would intercept the surface water and subsurface water that was flowing under the steps.  The Drainage design called for a 6-inch French Drain to be installed above and several feet away from the steps.

It would run around the house parallel to the foundation and about 5 feet to the East.  The French Drain would run past the steps to a point where water must cross the French Drain or run up hill to the steps which in this case was not possible.

Once past the steps, the  Drain would transition to Solid 6-inch Drainpipe and continue on around the house to the Pop-Up Emitter downhill in the side yard.  Along the way we attached several Gutter Down Spouts into the French Drain.

Trench under sidewalk and through curb

Drainage Systems, Surface Drain, Sump pumps, – Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair

Hard rain and flooding seem to be more common all the time.  When I started this business in 1993, having over an inch of rainfall in an hour was pretty extreme.  Now having over 4 inch an hour rainfall is not unheard of and is becoming more common.

Protecting our homes and businesses from unwanted water should be a goal for all of us.

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has seen and dealt with virtually every possible Drainage and Standing water problem that can occur in or around your home.  With over 2000 Drainage Systems installed since 1993; we have amassed a great deal of experience.

This is help full in seeing underlying problems and secondary issues that may be hard to see at first for the ” Untrained Eye.”  This allows us to get things right the first time.  In this business EXPERIENCE TRULY COUNTS!

Hiring your brother-in-law to put in your Drainage System  is as bad as hiring a Lawn mowing company that does landscaping and drains too?  Water can cause a huge amount of damage.  How important is your money and your home?

Blane Callen, 405 203 9419

This is a great place for a Drainage System

 

Grass typically will grow over the gravel in a Drain.  This is a good thing.  In a few months you won’t even know it’s there.  Grass growing over a properly installed Drainage System is called a ” Thatch Filter”.  This provides a 3rd filter for your French Drain to go along with the Neoprene filter around the pipe and the Trench Liner in the trench.  In most cases this makes the Drain Maintenance Free.  I have installed Drainage Systems with this combination that have been working great for over 20 Years!

Installing wet concrete around channel drain

 

Setting the concrete around the channel drain

Channel Drain in Oklahoma City

Curb Outlet

Next, our customer went online and found us by searching under, ” Oklahoma Drainage.”
The Gentleman gave us a call to set up an appointment.  We arrived on the agreed time and provided a (Free- No Obligation- Drainage Diagnostic and Quote) We came out and looked at his Drainage Problem and designed a Drainage System to solve his, Standing-Water Problem.”  We also recommended a surface drain in a corner where water was coming off a steep part of the roof and overwhelming the gutter.

 

Installing a Curb Outlet for a Drainage System

The customer let us know that he was ready to move forward.  We scheduled the Drainage System Installation for the following week.  When the scheduled day arrived, we installed the Drainage System.

The Drain was made up of a 6-inch Drain running 30 feet along the East side of the house.  It curved around the corner of the house.  At that point a 12-inch Surface Drain was connected to the Drain with 4-inch pipe.  The 6-inch French Drain at that point changed to 6-inch Solid Drainpipe and continued underground 65 feet to a pop-up emitter at the curb in the front yard near the street.

Edmond Oklahoma has been the location for many Drainage System Installations.  Recently we ripped out an old Surface Drain that was under a deck.  The Surface Drain was too small for the job and did not Protect the Foundation from Standing Water. 

 The First step was to take out part of the deck along the wall.  Next, we took out the Surface Drain and the Three-Inch Pipe which was too small.  Digging a trench along the foundation came next.  We had to ensure the “Fall” to make sure the water would run from left to right. 

 Next a Trench Liner needed to be installed.  This was necessary to maintain the integrity of the trench and to keep the drain from filling up with sand and getting clogged over the next few years. 

 

 

The Drainage System we installed ran across the back yard in two places, then it connected to solid ADS Drainpipe and Ran to the street where a Curb Outlet was installed.

Installing a curb outlet takes experience and skill.  We cut the curb with a concrete saw.  Water is used with the saw to make better cuts and to keep the concrete dust to a minimum.

The cut in the curb will be at least two inches wider than the curb outlet that will be set in concrete.  This ensures strength and longevity.  When installing the cement, we use cement with Acrylic to further ensure the strength of the outlet.  It takes a while for the concrete to cure.  The new concrete will be darker than the surrounding curb for a while but eventually it will match up.

We cut the sod out by hand when installing Solid Drainpipe.  The sod is set to the side while the 4-inch pipe is installed.  Then some of the dirt is placed back on top of the drainpipe and the sod is placed back in its original position.  Some of the dirt is left over that is displaced by the new drainpipe.  That dirt is hauled away. 

 

While installing the drainage system, it was necessary to move two sprinkler heads that were in the way of the drainpipe installation.  This was no problem.  Installing drainage systems and French drains for folks who have a sprinkler system is very common.  Moving Sprinkler heads or pipes sometimes is necessary.  We always leave the sprinkler system in complete working order, and we discuss any changes in the sprinkler system with the customer before we do it to make sure that everyone is on the same page.  In most cases the customer can’t tell that we made any changes to the sprinkler system at all.