Oklahoma City French Drain Information
Oklahoma Drainage Installs French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains and Sump Pumps for all of Central and Western Oklahoma
Do you have water in your basement? Maybe it is standing on your driveway, or you have water pooling in your yard. If water is causing problems, then a Drainage System may be the answer.
A French Drain or a Surface Drain is just part of a Drainage System.
A Drainage System has 3 parts, an Induction, a Transition, and an Exit.
A French Drain is an Induction for a Drainage System. A Surface Drain is also an induction. They take water into the Drainage System.
A Transition is just an underground pipe that takes water to the Exit. There are many types of Transition Drainpipes and there are many types of Exits.
Transition Drainage Pipe Running from French Drain to Exit
Complex or Basic Drainage Systems
Some Drainage Systems are complex. They incorporate several types of drains. An Example of a Complex Drainage System is: A French Drain Connected to a Channel Drain with both Drain feeding into a Sump Pump. There are many other possibilities. The common aspect is that a Complex Drainage System has more than one type of Drain.
Other Drainage Systems are Basic. A Basic Drainage System uses only one type of Drain. French Drains, Surface Drains and Channel Drains are the choices, but only one is used.
If you live in Edmond and need a Channel Drain installed across your driveway, or if you live in Norman and need a French Drain in your backyard, or if you live in Oklahoma City and need a Surface drain installed next to your sidewalk, we can help.
The White Material is the Trench Liner. The black material is the Pipe Filter.
French Drain Installation
French Drain Installation— French Drains are designed to do a lot of things. If you have an area that has unwanted water standing in it or running across it, a French Drain can be the answer. A French Drain is a trench that runs across the Drainage Problem Area. A French Drain Pipe is placed in the bottom of the trench.
The French Drain Pipe is perforated with thousands of small holes. In most cases the Drain Pipe has a nylon soc around the pipe to act as a filter for the French Drain. The French Drain trench is then filled with some type of small rock or stone. We typically use crushed 1 inch Limestone to cover the French Drain Pipe.
The dirt that was dug out of the trench is taken away or spread out around the French Drain. The Limestone replaces the dirt and fills the French Drain Trench all the way to the surface. Placing Decorative Stone on top of a French Drain is a good idea. Just don’t put dirt back on top of the drain.
WHERE WE HAVE WORKED!
In 1993 we had no website. I stuck little signs on the side of the road as advertisement. I got my first Drain Installation work in March of 1993 in Norman. It was in Brookhaven North of Robinson Street on the West side of I 35.
Over the years Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has installed all types of Drainage Systems in almost Every town in Central and Western Oklahoma.
The majority of our customers live in Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, Moore, Midwest City, Del City, Blanchard, New Castle, Yukon and Choctaw.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair hasn’t been limited to those areas, however. We have also installed French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps in many other cities.
Working Drainage Systems Installed by Oklahoma Drainage also reside in: Lawton, Duncan, Ardmore, Chickasha, Shawnee, Enid, Weatherford, Elk City, El reno and many other places.
If you live in any of these Cities or towns, we have installed a French Drain, Surface Drain, Channel Drain, or Sump Pump within 5 miles of your home.
Here is a description of other recent work.
A little bit North of Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Drainage installed a 6-inch French Drain between two businesses which were less than three feet apart. The French Drain went between a Law Firm and a Tire shop. Water was leaking through the walls of both businesses. Gutters between the two establishments were dumping a huge amount of water. We installed a 6-inch French Drain between the gutters.
It took a long time to get the dirt out of the trench for the French Drain. It was a very tight fit. We had to use a little red wagon to haul out the dirt for the French Drain and haul back in the crushed limestone for the French Drain. It looked a little silly, but it was the only thing we could find that was narrow enough to fit between the buildings. A French Drain that normally would take 1 day to install took three.
