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French Drain Curb Outlet

When a French Drain is Installed, You need to take the water away from the Water Problem Area.  Where the water is taken Is called the Drainage Exit.  No Drain Of any kind will work if there is no exit.

Oklahoma Drainage Installs 2 types of Drainage Exits, Curb Outlets and Pop-Up Emitters.

Here is a picture of a Curb Outlet for a Channel Drain.

Here is a Curb outlet in Oklahoma City.

 

French Drain Installation

French Drain Installation was the first job we ever completed back in 1993.

It all began for Oklahoma Drainage in 1993.  We installed our first French Drain South of HW 9 near the golf course.

Business Started Slowly.  There was no website or other forms of Advertisement.  Just Paper signs staked on the side of the road.

Since then, we have helped over 5000 customers in central and Western Oklahoma.

French Drain in Norman

Recently Oklahoma Drainage installed a 6-inch French Drain for a customer in East Norman.  She had water coming down the hill in her back yard, on to her patio, and into her back door.  Also there was water standing on the side of her house.  Water was standing near the AC unit.  Water was standing by the South side garage door too.

We installed a 6-inch French Drain all the way around the house with 2 curb outlets, One on the North Side of the driveway, and one on the South.

We also connected 4 Gutter Down Spouts directly into the French Drain which made the Drainage System more efficient and caused suction in the French drain improving performance and preventing Vapor Lock during Flooding Situations.

This Design Solved all their water problems and was tested with a heavy rain the day after work was completed.

What Size French Drainpipe is Available

When installing a Drainage System of any type, a decision must be made on the size of Drain Pipe used.  Typically, 6-inch, 4 inch, and 3 inches are the most common in Residential Drainage Systems.

 

If you have one or two 6-inch Surface Drains or a stretch of French Drain that is less than 10 feet, then a 3 inch drain pipe can be used.   Three-inch drainpipe is used for low volume applications.

If you have two or three 12 inch Surface Drains or a stretch of French Drain that is 60 feet or less, then 4-inch drainpipe should do the job.

If you have Six 12-inch Surface Drains or less or 100 Feet of French Drain, Then the use of 6 inch drain pipe becomes necessary.

Drainage Limitations

These numbers can be exceeded.  More Surface Drains or French Drain can be added to the above listing.  As a result, the drainpipe will be overwhelmed at times of heavy rain.  If it is OK with you for your French Drains or Surface Drains to Stand Underwater for a while.  In most cases the Drainage System can catch up and clear the excess water away.  How long it stays underwater varies from one application to another.

Slope is a big consideration.  If your drainpipe runs downhill nicely and the water moves quickly, then you can exceed the above numbers.  If you have very little slope and your Drainpipe only runs downhill slightly, then installing fewer drains is definitely a good idea.

Connecting a gutter downspout to a drain that only has a small slope is always a good idea.  The water on the roof has nice velocity when it comes out the gutter and into the drainpipe.  It speeds up the water movement when the slope ins’t very good.  It also causes suction behind the gutter downspout in the French Drain or Surface Drain that you have installed.

Oklahoma Drainage provides top quality Sprinkler Repair Service.  If you live in Oklahoma City and need a Sprinkler Head moved, we can help.  You might have a Sprinkler Pipe leak that needs attention.  A Sprinkler Valve might we wore out as well.  You might just want a Sprinkler System Checkup for Spring.  For these problems and many others, Oklahoma Drainage can help.

We service Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond and all of Central and Western Oklahoma.

 

Installing a Curb Outlet In Norman.

We also Install Pop-Up Emitters as an Exit For French Drains or Channel Drains.