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Oklahoma Drainage — Installing French Drain, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, Sump Pumps and Sod since 1993

If you have water damaging your foundation, or water standing on your driveway, or water getting anyplace else that you don’t want it to be, in your home or business, We can help.

Connecting Gutter to French Drain,                          Drain Definitions 

Decorative French Drain,                          Drain Definitions 

Drainage Systems are designed to protect your home or business from standing water. Storm-Water Runoff can cause damage in many ways. Water from your gutters can seep down into your home’s foundation if it has no good way to drain off. If the temperature then drops below freezing, the water around your foundation can freeze and cause serious damage to the home’s foundation. Foundation repair can cost more than a Drainage System.

Drainage Systems typically make use of , French Drains, Surface Drains, or Channel Drains. Depending on the Drainage Problem,

Drainage System

A Drainage System may utilize one or several types of Drains. We might install, for example, A Surface Drain in the middle of a driveway that runs to a gutter that is connected into the drainpipe. The Drainpipe might continue to a French Drain running parallel to a home’s foundation. Next the drainpipe might continue to a channel drain cutting across a sidewalk. The Drainpipe might then reach its exit point running out through a curb fitting installed and cemented through the curb.

French Drain Connected to a Channel Drain across the Driveway

Drain Definitions 

A Surface Drain basically is a basin that has a grate on the top. A drain pipe is connected to the basin below ground. The water flows in through the grate and down into the basin. The water then exits the Basin through the Drain Pipe and move toward the exit point of the Drainage System.

Surface Drains are designed to handle water that accumulates in a low area. These areas should not be too large or broad, and the water that drains into a surface drain should not be moving very fast. Surface Drains can become overwhelmed if they are placed in an area that must move a large volume of water, quickly. Selecting the correct drain for the specific drainage problem is a benefit that we provide through twenty years of experience.

Decorative French Drain,                                   Drain Definitions 

French Drainpipe running to curb outlet in Oklahoma City.

Drainage System Installation in Norman

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A French Drain is completely different from a Surface Drain.  A basic French Drain consists of a Perforated Drain Pipe in the bottom of a trench.  The Drainpipe should have a neoprene sock around the Perforated Drainpipe.   This is to ensure that the Drainpipe does not become clogged.

Haul Away Dirt

The dirt that was taken out to make the trench is hauled away.  It is replaced by some type of small stone or gravel depending on what is desired or available.  I prefer crushed 1 inch limestone.  It is the most economical option in my area.  Pea Gravel or some other type of small stone can work just as well.    The limestone or gravel is placed in the trench on top of the perforated Drainpipe and filled all the way to the surface (ground level).

In some cases where the French Drain needs to be deep or is being placed in sandy soil, a special trench liner must be placed in the trench before the perforated Drainpipe or the Gravel are installed.  This helps maintain the integrity of the trench over time.  It also increases the cost of the French Drain and the amount of time to install it.  I install a trench liner in a French Drain, It maintains the Drainage Trench keeping it clean.

French Drain Problem