We solve all types of unwanted water problems in and around your home or business. Oklahoma Drainage Provides : Drainage System Installation utilizing French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps.
If you need a French Drain along an exterior wall, or a surface drain installed in concrete in a sidewalk or driveway, or a sump pump in a basement, We can help. There are literally thousands of specific drain installation applications.
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 has seen and dealt with virtually every possible Drainage and Standing water problem that can occur in or around your home. With over 2700 Drainage Systems installed since 1993, we have amassed a great deal of experience. This is helpful in seeing underlying problems. We look for Secondary Water Issues not just the Primary ones. In this business EXPERIENCE TRULY COUNTS!
Hiring your brother- in- law or a Landscape Company to put in your Drainage System is a bad idea. If a landscape company also installs French Drains, you should run!
Why don't they specialize??? Does your Lawyer also do physical therapy?
Some Builders also make bad choices concerning drainage on new homes they are building. New houses should not have problems with water. Builders usually have a landscape company that installs their drains. Sometimes its a maintenance guy that works for the builder. It's Usually the cheapest fix possible. I've testified in more than one class action lawsuit where a whole housing sub-division had unnecessary Drainage Issues.
Water can cause a huge amount of damage. How important is your money and your home? Over 30% of the work done by Oklahoma Drainage is fixing other people's mistakes. I appreciate the work, but I get frustrated when bad things happen to good people concerning water!
Blane Callen, 405 203 9419
Recently we installed a 4 inch French Drain with Trench Linerand Pipe Filter In West Norman on Harrogate Street. Our customer had a heavy water build up area on the side of her house. Water would pool up during a rain and sink down into her flower bed. Once the slab and foundation of the house got very wet, the water would seep into the floor ducts for their Central Heat and Air unit. This is bad for several reasons.
A wet foundation causes deterioration of the cement. Cracks can occur leading to all sorts of other problems.
Oklahoma Drainage Installed 4 Inch French Drain with trench liner and pipe filter about one foot away from the wall where all the water was standing and penetrating the Duct Work. The French Drain ran parallel to the house for 60 Feet. At that point the French Drain transitioned to 4 Inch solid ADS Drain Pipe and continued South an additional 80 feet to a Curb Outlet installed at the street.
We cut the curb and installed a Curb Outlet With Acrylic Concrete to make it look nice and last without chipping.
Along the course of the French Drain, we also connected 2 Gutter Down Spouts Directly into the French Drain..
This provides more efficient movement of the storm water to the exit, but also creates suction in the French Drain behind it.
This is called the “Bernoulli Effect.” If you remember your High School Science Class.
Oklahoma Drainage has used these simple concepts many times to provide a solution to the above problem.
Water still had to be vacuumed out of the Duct Work. But Future water was and is kept out of the Duct Work and Floor Vents. Also the Foundation Stays Dry. No mold or foundation Break Down.
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 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.
Each solves specific drainage problems. A Drainage System may use one or both together or even several using many types of drains.
Do you have standing water in a large area in your yard? Typically this calls for a French Drain. A French Drain is a great way to control standing water in a large grassy area. It can also protect areas from flooding to a certain degree. As long as the French Drains capacity to move water is not exceeded. If the French Drains capacity is exceeded then water will stand in the drainage area until the rain stops and the drain has time to catch up. A good way to prevent this is to install a bigger French Drain with a larger pipe. The difference between a 3 inch French Drain and a 6 inch French Drain is huge.
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 Drain Pipe.
If You live in Oklahoma City and water damaging your foundation, We can install a French Drain for you.
If you live in Norman and have water standing on your driveway, We can install a Channel Drain for you.
If you live in Edmond and have water flooding your basement, We can install a Sump Pump for you.
If you live in Moore and have water washing out your flower bed mulch, We can install a Surface Drain for you.
If you live in Yukon and need grass to grow we can install Sod too!
A “French Drain” Moves “surface water” away from a low lying problem drainage area. What flows over the ground. Sub surface water which runs underground is not considered when a drainage system is being installed. People only think about what they can see and don’t think much about what they can’t see.
Channel Drain set in Driveway is one type of Surface Drain
Sub Surface water is water that is underground and saturated in the soil. Just like water above ground (Surface Water) moves. Water under ground moves too and is a very big part of any drainage problem.
Water flows over the surface into the area that floods and is a problem. A big mistake that is made be the casual eye, is that all the water in a swampy problem area got there by running over the surface. Yes, it probably did, but it also got there by moving there underground as well. This is called SUB SURFACE WATER MOVEMENT, and it is important to any kind of Drainage System that might be installed.
Water can only be drained away that is on the surface. It goes into the top of the Drain on the Surface. It’s Name is ” A Surface Drain.” It Drains Surface Water ONLY!
A French Drain can drain Surface water and Sub Surface water both. It water is in the problem area by means of Sub – Surface movement, then it will enter the French Drain Laterally, under ground, and be drained away along with the surface water.
When Installing a Drainage System, What kind of Drain Pipe do you use and what size Drain Pipe Do you need?
For a Drainage System you have 3 Choices of Drain Pipe. You can use ADS, Or Sewer and Drain, or Thick Walled Pvc Pipe.
ADS is Black and Flexible. It is used in a majority of Drainage Systems. It works well and is the easiest to install.
Connecting Gutter Down Spout to French Drain Under Sidewalk
Covering ADS Drain Pipe
ADS is available in 3 inch , 4 inch, and 6 inch for residential and small business Drainage Applications.
Sewer and DrainPipe is white, green, or grey and is thin walled. It is used for cheap plumbing applications such as sewer lines. It is also used for inexpensive Drainage Systems. A Drainage System using Sewer and Drain Pipe is slightly cheaper than ADS. It is rigid and harder to install than ADS. It takes more time to install and more digging is required at the joints or connections. It is very difficult attaching a rigid Drain Pipe to a Curb outlet because the Pipe does not flex at the connection. The pipe hits the curb outlet at a downward angle and does line up straight with the connection. Many Drain Installation Companies use a piece of ADS on the end of the Sewer and Drain pipe and then connect it to the curb outlet. Many times there is no other way to connect them depending on your downward slope.
Green or White Sewer and Drain Pipe
Sewer and Drain is brittle after a short amount of time. You can break it with a hammer. Tree roots, many times squeeze the pipe and crack it causing it to leak. It is not a good long term solution for anything.
Old Sewer and Drain Pipe
Thick walled PVC is superior to ADS and Sewer and Drain. It will last a lifetime. It won’t crack under normal circumstances.
That being said, It is The most difficult of all to install. It is not for weekend warriors or your brother-in-law who says he knows what he is doing. Someone with a lot of experience is needed to install a Thick Walled PVC Drainage System.
40 Schedule PVC Drain Pipe on the right, Sewer and Drain on the left.
Oh, by the way, 40 Schedule or 200 Class PVC is by far the most expensive.
If money is no object, then absolutely hire an Expert to install a Thick walled PVC System.
There are two types of Thick Walled Pvc Pipe available for Drainage Systems, 40 Schedule and 200 class.
Forty Schedule is always the same thickness at a particular size pipe.
Two Hundred Class gets thicker as the pipe gets bigger.
Forty Schedule is thicker in pipes smaller than 2 inch.
Two hundred Class is thicker in pipes over 2 inch.
Typically 4 inch pipe is most commonly used in a Drainage Systems. Forty Schedule and 200 Class are both very good in the 4 inch Size.
The size of Drain Pipe you use in your DrainageSystem is fairly simple. You can use 3 Inch, 4 Inch, or 6 Inch. Sometimes 2 inch can be used on a small single drain but it is easily overwhelmed by too much water.
Four Inch, as stated earlier is the most common size used in a Drainage System.
If your system is a Drainage System and not a Flood Prevention System, then 4 Inch Should be fine for most applications.
If your drainage system must handle a lot of water in a hurry and is designed intercept water to protect property then two 4 inch pipes may be needed or one 6 inch Pipe. It can vary.
In 2015 we installed a Flood Prevention System that had two 6 inch pipes in the same trench. Our customer never had water in her garage again.
If you can afford larger Drain Pipeor more than one Drain Pipe in the same trench, your Drainage Systemshould do its job well.
If you connect 5 large Surface Drainsto one small 3 inch pipe, be prepared for poor performance. I’ve seen a large French Drain connected to a 3 inch pipe. The water shot out of the exit point like a cannon and the problem drainage area stayed flooded for a long time.
I try not to use 3 inch at all for a Drainage System and I am very careful not to attach too large or too many drains to 4 inch.
Surface Drains look nice but they have limited applications. They must be installed in situations that they are designed for. Surface Water only in smaller volume applications. Surface Drains don’t move as much water as French Drains.
Many times we wait until things dry out a bit before beginning a French Drain Installation. Some times the water never goes away. So we start digging in standing water and putting the mud in a wheelbarrow. We then haul it to a dump trailer to be hauled away. It isn’t the easiest thing to do.
The water started draining away as soon as we dug the Drainage Trench. Once the Pipe and Limestone were installed, it drained away even faster.
The trench liner allows sub surface water to pass through it and reach the French Drain Pipe. The reason it is installed is to maintain the integrity of the drainage trench so it doesn’t collapse over time. It also helps protect the pipe from filling up with mud or sand, clogging the French Drain.
Below is a picture of a French Drain that we had to take out and replace because it had no liner or filter around the Pipe.
French Drains need a Trench Liner and a Pipe Filter or they will clog up and quit working. I have Installed French Drains that are 30 years old now and still work great!
French drain Installation with trench liner and pipe filter
The French Drain Pipe shown above has a neo Preen soc around it to prevent sand and debris from clogging the French Drain. The next step is to add the lime stone on top.
The type of rock that covers a perforated French Drain Pipe can be just about any type of quality gravel or crushed stone. Very small crushed stone or sand is not a good idea, however. The water must be able to flow through the stone to reach the perforated pipe.
French Drains can be installed by themselves, or as part of a Drainage System that uses other French Drains, Surface Drains, or other Drain combinations. Typically a French Drain is used to protect a broad area that has a lot of standing water. A French Drainmight run along side a homes foundation, or beside a driveway, or on any Drainage Project where Sub-Surface water is the primary problem. If water is running toward your home under ground ( through sandy soil), A French Drain is the only Solution for draining away water flowing under ground.
If you live in Oklahoma City and need a French Drain installed in your yard, or along your driveway, or near your foundation, give us a call. If you live in Edmond or Norman and need a Surface Drain installed in the concrete in your sidewalk or driveway, we can help. If you live in Mustang or Yukon and would like to protect your trees or flower beds from standing water with a French Drain, Oklahoma Drainage specializes in just that!4 Inch Drain Pipe Ready to be covered with dirt in Norman.
A basicFrench Drainconsists of aPerforated Drain Pipein the bottom of a trench. The French Drain Trench runs through a Problem Drainage Areathat needs to be drained. The French Drain Pipe is perforated (Full of Small Holes) and has Neo-Prene Soc around the pipe. This soc helps prevent debris from clogging the French Drain Pipe.
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 lime stone. It is the most economical option in my area. Pea Gravel or some other type of small stone can work just as well. The lime-stone or gravel is placed in the trench on top of the perforatedDrain Pipeand filled all the way to the surface (ground level). In some cases where theFrench Drainneeds to be deep or is being placed in sandy soil, a special trench liner must be placed in the trench before the perforatedDrain Pipe 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 aFrench Drainabout 20% of the time. Most of the time a liner in not needed.
AFrench Drainis designed to handle a large volume of water and cover a large area. The Drain is anyplace the trench goes. It has many applications and can be used in many situations. It can be installed by itself or incorporated into aDrainage SystemwithSurface Drains or Gutter Down-Spouts connected to it.
French Drains can be installed by themselves, or as part of a Drainage System that uses other French Drains, Surface Drains, or other Drain combinations. Typically a French Drain is used to protect a broad area that has a lot of standing water. AFrench Drain might run along side a homes foundation, or beside a driveway, or on any Drainage Project where Sub-Surface water is the primary problem. If water is running toward your home under ground ( through sandy soil), A French Drain is the only Solution for draining away water flowing under ground.
If you live in Oklahoma City and need a French Drain installed in your yard, or along your driveway, or near your foundation, give CMG a call. If you live in Edmond or Norman and need a Surface Drain installed in the concrete in your sidewalk or driveway, we can help. If you live in Mustang or Yukon and would like to protect your trees or flower beds from standing water with a French Drain, CMG specializes in just that!
If you have water standing in your backyard. If you have water standing on your driveway. If water is leaking into your air conditioning vents. We can help with all these problems and many more.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installs French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains and Sump Pumps.
If you have water in the wrong place, call us for a free Estimate.
Connecting Gutter to French DrainFrench Drain Installed, Water is gone, just need to clean the mud off the sidewalkDrainage System Installation, Gutter Down Spouts Connected.
A Drainage System can protect your property from standing water.
Many times we wait until things dry out a bit before beginning a French Drain Installation. Some times the water never goes away. So we start digging in standing water and putting the mud in a wheelbarrow. We then haul it to a dump trailer to be hauled away. It isn’t the easiest thing to do.
Perforated Pipe, Filter , and Liner installed in a drainage trench.
French Drain Dries out the whole area
The water started draining away as soon as we dug the Drainage Trench. Once the Pipe and Limestone were installed, it drained away even faster.
The trench liner allows sub surface water to pass through it and reach the French Drain Pipe. The reason it is installed is to maintain the integrity of the drainage trench so it doesn’t collapse over time. It also helps protect the pipe from filling up with mud or sand, clogging the French Drain.
Below is a picture of a French Drain that we had to take out and replace because it had no liner or filter around the Pipe.
The French Drain Pipe shown above has a neo Preen soc around it to prevent sand and debris from clogging the French Drain. The next step is to add the lime stone on top.
This year Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has addressed many standingwater problems and drainage issues for residents and business owners of Oklahoma. On one occasion, we installed a Surface Drainin the middle of a driveway. After a rain, water was standing in front of the garage and would flow under the door when it got too deep. We cut the driveway, Installed the Surface Drain, and replaced the cement. Problem Solved.
Harsh weather inOklahoma seems to becoming more common. In 2013, Norman Oklahoma had 4 inches of rain in two hours. That’s the most rain in a short time that I can remember. Storm-Water runoffcan cause damage to all types of property and buildings. Water getting inside your house is never a good thing. A Drainage System that utilizes a French Drain can help.
Drains can protect your home and property from water damage. Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installs a wide variety of Drains in many different places. A Drain or Group of Drains with Drain Pipe going to an exit point is a “Drainage System.”
Today we are installing a French Drain system for a customer in East Norman. She has water running into her front door through her flower bed. The bed acts like a pond and over-spills onto her front porch and then through her front door. To solve the problem, we are installing a French Drain running across her flower bed and under her sidewalk. Once under the sidewalk the French Drain will connect to Solid Drain Pipe and continue on down the hill to the exit point where we will install a pop-up emitter. There are two gutter downspouts that will be connected into the French Drain Systemalong the way.
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 French Drain 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 French Drain would transition to Solid 6 inch Drain Pipe and continue on around the house to the Pop-Up Emitter down hill in the side yard. Along the way we attached several Gutter Down Spouts into the French Drain.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has been diagnosing and solving Drainage Problems since 1993. Water has the ability to get into places around your home where you really don’t want it to be. Some drainage problems are easy to solve. Typically water enters the problem drainage area one way from one source. The really tricky drainage problems occur when water enters the problem drainage area from multiple directions and from multiple sources. Sometimes a secondary water source can’t be seen or identified until the primary water problem source is eliminated.
An example of this occurs when water is running into a problem area in an obvious way over the ground where you can see it.
For Example: You might have aSurface Drainset in your sidewalk and a Channel Drain next to your driveway and a French Drainin your yard. They all connect to each other through drain pipe and feed water into the Drainage System.
The Transition is the Drain Pipe that takes the water to the exit point. It can be a large pipe or small depending on how much water needs to be moved and how fast it needs to drain. More than one Drainage Exit Point. This increases the amount of water that theDrainage System can move.
There are other things to take into account and consider as well.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installs French Drainsand Surface Drains in lawns, flower beds and many other places. We also install Surface Drains and Channel Drains Set in concrete in sidewalks and driveways. Wherever you need a Drain to help protect your home or property, we are there to help. Experience Counts, going on 27 years now.
A French Drain Can Handle Surface and Sub-Surface Water
1. Keep water away from foundations–– A French Drain is best because it can move Surface Water and Sub-Surface Water(water moving under ground) away from the foundation. Many times less experienced companies install Surface Drainsto keep water away from foundations. This can be a big mistake. A Surface Drain can’t move or drain Sub-Surface Water. Also A Surface Drain often can’t move enough water fast enough and easily becomes overwhelmed during a heavy rain. A Surface Drainalso can’t cover or protect a broad enough area. Surface Drains should be designed in a Drainage System to be located in smaller Drainage Areas moving moderate amounts of water. Surface Drainslook better than French Drains. If ,”appearance” is more important than Drainage Capacity, Go with the Surface Drain. Just know what you are getting into and what your expectations should be. One side of a foundation alone, can be over 100 feet. A 4 inch or 6 inch French Drain is best when protecting a large area such as a foundation.
2. Keep water away from small or enclosed areas. This might be a low area just through a gate on the side of a house, or the low area between a flowerbed and the wall of a house, or standing water on or near a sidewalk or driveway. These types of Drainage Problems are best served with Surface Drains.
A Surface Draincan move water away from a low area that is relatively small. This can occur in yards, flowerbeds, sidewalks and driveways. A surface Drain is designed to move Surface Wateraway from a problem area to a predetermined exit point. Surface Drains are available in many sizes. How quickly they remove standing water is usually determined by the size of the pipe that is connected to the drain.
Simply put, a Drainage System is one or a group of underground Drain Pipes that take water away from a place that has water standing on it or flowing across it. The water that is in the problem area, can be causing damage or may be inconvenient or both. (Usually Both) A simple Drainage System is a Drainfor the water to enter, a Drain Pipe to move the water away from the Drain, and an Exit Point for the water to be released out of theDrain Pipe.
Do you have water standing in your yard after a hard rain? Does your sidewalk become a moat during a thunder-storm? Is standing water causing your foundation to deteriorate and break down? Is water seeping into your home and causing mold?
Storm-water run off can cause many types of problems. Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair can diagnose your drainage issues and design a Drainage System to fit your specific needs. We install many types of drains including: French Drains, Channel Drains, Surface Drains, Basin Drains, Trench Drains, Basement Drains, and Sump Pumps.
Recently Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair Installed a French Drain as part of a Drainage System in Mid West City Oklahoma.
Our customer had a back porch Sun Room. Every time he had a hard rain, Water would run in one door and out the other. An indoor creek across his Sun Room.
We installed a French Drain in front of the South Door. It was 26 feet long and ran from a gutter downspout which it was connected to, in front of the South Door and along the house covering the entire “Low” Area. Then we connected 4 inch ADS Solid Drain pipe to the French Drain and ran down hill around the corner of the house to the street.
Once the 4 inch solid drain pipe was connected to the French Drain and the two gutter down spouts, a pop-up emitter was installed to release the water at the street.
The next step was to cover the drain pipe with dirt and put the sod back in place on top of the pipe. There was about 8 wheelbarrows of dirt left over that was displaced by the drain pipe and the French Drain. The extra dirt was scooped up and hauled away.
While installing the drainage system, it was necessary to move two sprinkler heads that were in the way of the drain pipe 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 cant tell that we made any changes to the sprinkler system at all.
Many times we wait until things dry out a bit before beginning a French Drain Installation. Some times the water never goes away. So we start digging in standing water and putting the mud in a wheelbarrow. We then haul it to a dump trailer to be hauled away. It isn’t the easiest thing to do.
Perforated Pipe, Filter , and Liner installed in a drainage trench.
The water started draining away as soon as we dug the Drainage Trench. Once the Pipe and Limestone were installed, it drained away even faster.
The trench liner allows sub surface water to pass through it and reach the French Drain Pipe. The reason it is installed is to maintain the integrity of the drainage trench so it doesn’t collapse over time. It also helps protect the pipe from filling up with mud or sand, clogging the French Drain.
Below is a picture of a French Drain that we had to take out and replace because it had no liner or filter around the Pipe.
The French Drain Pipe shown above has a neo Preen soc around it to prevent sand and debris from clogging the French Drain. The next step is to add the lime stone on top.
This year Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has addressed many standingwater problems and drainage issues for residents and business owners of Oklahoma. On one occasion, we installed a Surface Drainin the middle of a driveway. After a rain, water was standing in front of the garage and would flow under the door when it got too deep. We cut the driveway, Installed the Surface Drain, and replaced the cement. Problem Solved.
Harsh weather inOklahoma seems to becoming more common. In 2013, Norman Oklahoma had 4 inches of rain in two hours. That’s the most rain in a short time that I can remember. Storm-Water runoffcan cause damage to all types of property and buildings. Water getting inside your house is never a good thing. A Drainage System that utilizes a French Drain can help.
Drains can protect your home and property from water damage. Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installs a wide variety of Drains in many different places. A Drain or Group of Drains with Drain Pipe going to an exit point is a “Drainage System.”
Drainage Systemscan be made up of one drainor a combination of many drains. Drainage problems can be very complex. Complex Drainage Problems may require a combination of several different types of drainsall inter-connected and working together. Other times the drainage problem may be simple and straight-forward requiring only one drain or several of the same type of drainconnected together.
An example of a complex drainage system would be: A French Drain in the back yard connected to a Surface Drain near a flower bed connected to several gutter downspouts, which are connected to a Channel Drain going across a driveway, which is connected to additional Surface Drain in the front yard, which runs to a Curb Fitting that lets all the waterdrain out on to the street.
An “Exit Point” is the term used for where all the water leaves theDrainage System. Determining the Exit Point is very critical. It is one of the first things we do when diagnosing a Drainage Problem.
Drainage Systems can:
1. Keep water away from foundations— AFrench Drainis best because it can move Surface Water and Sub-Surface Water(water moving under ground) away from the foundation. Many times less experienced companies install Surface Drains to keep water away from foundations. This can be a big mistake. A Surface Drain can’t move or drain Sub-Surface Water. Also A Surface Drain often can’t move enough water fast enough and easily becomes overwhelmed during a heavy rain. A Surface Drainalso can’t cover or protect a broad enough area. Surface Drains should be designed in a Drainage System to be located in smaller Drainage Areas moving moderate amounts of water. Surface Drainslook better than French Drains. If ,”appearance” is more important than Drainage Capacity, Go with the Surface Drain. Just know what you are getting into and what your expectations should be. One side of a foundation alone, can be over 100 feet. A 4 inch or 6 inch French Drain is best when protecting a large area such as a foundation.
Surface Drain Installed next to sidewalk in Oklahoma City.
2. Keep water away from small or enclosed areas. This might be a low area just through a gate on the side of a house, or the low area between a flowerbed and the wall of a house, or standing water on or near a sidewalk or driveway. These types of Drainage Problems are best served with Surface Drains. A Surface Drain can move water away from a low area that is relatively small. This can occur in yards, flowerbeds, sidewalks and driveways. A Surface Drain is designed to move Surface Water away from a problem area to a predetermined exit point. Surface Drains are available in many sizes. How quickly they remove standing water is usually determined by the size of the Drain Pipe that is connected to the Drain.
Simply put, a Drainage System is one or a group of underground Drain Pipes that take water away from a place that has water standing on it or flowing across it. The water that is in the problem area, can be causing damage or may be inconvenient or both. (Usually Both) A simple Drainage System is a Drainfor the water to enter, a Drain Pipe to move the water away from the Drain, and an Exit Point for the water to be released out of the Drain Pipe.
Recently we installed a large 6 inch French Drainin a home in North West Edmond. The home owner was getting water in their floor Duct Work every time it rained. Installing a large French Drainalong the wall in their flower bed solved the problem. No longer is water seeping into their foundation and coming up in their vents.
Do you have standing water or drainage problems in or around your home or business? Does (storm-water) cause backyard drainage problems, sidewalk drainage problems, landscape drainage problems, or worst of all, is water seeping into your home or basement?
Lawn Sprinkler Repair is one of our areas of expertise. We can help with:
1. Sprinkler Controller Problems
2. Leaking Back-Flow Valves
3. Leaking Sprinkler Pipes
4. Shorted or disconnected valve wires
5. Sprinkler Zones or Sprinkler Stations that won’t work
6. Broken Sprinkler Heads
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair – can help if you need to re-design your sprinkler system. If for example you are adding a swimming pool in your back yard, we can move the sprinkler heads and sprinkler pipes to fit the new dimensions of your yard. We can redesign or add-on to sprinkler systems where the home owners needs change.
