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
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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 it's 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!
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A French Drain is a trench that runs across the Drainage Problem Area. A Perforated French Drainpipe is placed in the bottom of the trench. The pipe has thousands of holes in it to let water into the French Drainpipe.
The Drainage Trench has a “Trench Liner,” installed to maintain the integrity of the French Drain.
The White Material is the Trench Liner. The black material is the Pipe Filter.
The pipe is placed in the bottom of the trench on top of the Trench Liner.
Next, crushed limestone or gravel is dumped on top of the French Drainpipe until the trench is full.
Recently we had a customer with a sever water problem. They had recently purchased a new home which was built on a hill side. The hill behind the house was steep and the grade to keep the water from running into their back porch wasn’t very good.
Water was running under the cement slab of the back porch. To make matters worse cracking was occurring in the new concrete.
The Solution
The Solution involved installing a 6-inch French drain running the entire length of the house to intercept the surface water running down the hill into the house.
More importantly, the French Drainintercepted the underground sub-surface water that was running down the hill and under the slab.
French Drains protect homes and foundations from surface water and sub-surface water.
We also connected 6 gutter down spouts directly into the drainage system. Problem solved.
Oklahoma Drainage has designed and installed a large number of Drainage Systems. For the most part, we have utilized French Drains and Surface Drainsof many different shapes and sizes. In two decades we have built up a high level of experience diagnosingDrainage Problems. We know what to look for, what to expect, and how to approach a wide variety of situations where water is in a harmful or undesirable place.
Installing French Drain and Curb Outlet in Drainage System in Norman.
Oklahoma Drainage installs many types of Drains in a wide variety of places.
Here are a few of them. French Drain Installation along foundations near walls – Drain Installation behind retaining walls –French Drain Installation in and around flower beds – Drain Installation in basements –French Drain Installation near sidewalks and along driveways – Drain Installation under pool decks and around swimming pools
Surface Drain Installation in sidewalks set in concrete –Surface Drain Installation in driveway set in concrete –
– Just what is a “French Drain?”
Surface Drain Next to a French Drain
Many times, people incorrectly use the phrase, “French Drain,” to apply to many different types of Drains that could be used in a Drainage System. The term is widely used and many times incorrectly connected to “Surface Drains,” or “Channel Drains.”
A Surface Drain has a grate that sits on top of a basin. The basin is underground. A Drainpipe is connected underground to an outlet on the Drain Basin.
Stormwater Drains through the grate into the Drain Basin. Once in the Drain Basin, water travels out of the basin through a Drainpipe. The Stormwater continues downhill in an underground Drainpipe to an exit point.
A Surface Drain may come in many different shapes or sizes. It is a Drain Basin with a Drain Grate on top and a Drainpipe connected on the side. The Drain Grate may be round or square.
and many times, is installed in concrete across sidewalks or driveways. It is long and narrow with a grate on top. Channel Drain installed in a sidewalk by a front door.
A Trench Liner is sometimes used depending on the Drainage System Design and the type of soil.
The Drainpipe should have a neoprene sock around the Perforated Drainpipe. This is to ensure that the Drainpipe does not become clogged. A trench is dug that is slightly wider than the French Drainpipe that is being used.
There are several sizes of French Drainpipe.
Three Inch, Four Inch, and Six Inch are the most common sizes of French drainpipe.
The dirt that is 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 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.
Large Water Volume
A French Drain is 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 a Drainage System with Surface Drains or Gutter Down-Spouts connected to it. The main downfall of a French Drain is that they, for the most part isn’t very pretty. They don’t look very nice in a yard once they are completed. Depending on the area the French Drainis installed and the type of grass around the French Drain, will dictate whether grass grows over the limestone.
Grass can grow up and through the gravel in the French Drainover time eventually covering the gravel. This is OK. It won’t have a measurable effect on the performance of the drain.
DON’T COVER THE GRAVEL IN THE FRENCH DRAIN WITH DIRT. THE FRENCH DRAIN WON’T WORK IF THE TRENCH IS CLOGGED WITH DIRT. DON’T EVEN INSTALL IT IF YOU ARE GOING TO COVER IT UP WITH DIRT.
DECORATIVE STONE CAN BE USED TO COVER A FRENCH DRAIN AND THEY LOOK GREAT AND LAST A LIFETIME
French Drain Repair and Installation is a Central Focus for Oklahoma Drainage. We installed our first French Drain and completed our first Sprinkler Repair in Norman in 1993.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair recently diagnosed a Drainage Problem in South Oklahoma City. The Homeowner had a sump Pump in their basement that was fed from a French Drain outside the Basement Wall. The French Drain was 14 feet down along the Stem wall of the house.
The French Drainpipe was cheap and had collapsed. We brought in a Mini Excavator and dug up the pipe and replaced it with Durable ADS 4 inch perf/soc French Drainpipe. In the end, we were able to dig up the pipe and replace it. No more flooding in the customers basement.
French Drain Installed along and under walk way to pool.
Standing watercomes from many sources. It causes damage to sidewalks, driveways, and foundations not to mention plants, trees, and grass. Does the side of your house flood because your neighbor doesn’t have gutters, or does your sidewalk turn into a moat after a heavy rain, or worst of all, does water seep into your foundation and duct work after a thunderstorm.
