Curb Outlet Installation, French Drain, Surface Drain, Sprinkler Repair Service.
Curb Outlet Installation. Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has installed Curb Outlets for French Drains and Surface Drains Since 1993.
If you want to tackle this yourself, the following Information will be helpful.
Curb Outlet installation is usually too much “Specialization,” for a “Week-End-Warrior” or your Brother-In-Law to do.
However!
Any Determined Person with Basic Skills can do it.
Before you ever build a Drainage System, you need to decide where you are going to take the problem water too. Most residential Drainage Systems release water farther on down the hill or release it out into the street. Street release is either over the curb or through the curb.
Curb Outlet for French Drain
It is a good idea to do a little research on the effects and liabilities of releasing water at your home. What does the city think if you release water through the curb vs over the curb? What does your downhill neighbor think if you are releasing water into his yard?
Some Drainage System Locations have many options for ” Exits.” Others have very few.
Don’t Start a Drainage System if you don’t have a good place for the water to exit!
This is even more important, if your Drainage System needs to be a “Flood Prevention System.” We talked about this in the previous blogs on Drainage.
A Flood Prevention System may need more than one exit to increase the Drainage Systems Capacity.
OK, So you have a good Water Exit Strategy and have identified where the water is going to go.
Let’s go back and talk about Pop Up Emitters and Curb Outlets.
A Pop Up emitter is used to release water down a hill or over a curb and into the street.
Popup Emitter to release water from a French Drain in Yukon
Curb outlet with more than 6 inches of fall
Pop-Up Emitter before Installation
Water hits the Emitter and fills it until the water pressure lifts the lid and the water drains out.
Good “Fall” or ” Slope“
is necessary for a pop up emitter to work properly. Many times, a Drainage Pipe does not run downhill enough for a Drainage System to work well. You need “Slope” for your drain to work. Water may move very slowly and never lift the lid and it just sits there.
We will talk about having the correct amount of “Fall” or “Slope” in a Drainage System in the next blog.
Curb fittings or outlets is the other way to release water.
Curb Outlet as an Exit Point for a French Drain in Edmond
First off, For your average DIY Guy. Installing a Curb outlet may be beyond your skill set or capacity. If that is the case just place a Pop-Up Emitter up against the curb and go on about your business.
That being said, you may still want or need a Curb Outlet set in concrete.
If you are good with concrete and a concrete saw, this option poses no problem. If this option seems too much for you, it probably is! Consider sub-contracting the curb outlet. In higher populated areas, finding someone to do “Light” concrete work is relatively easy. You still can save money by installing the rest of the Drainage System yourself.
If you are still going to install the “Curb Outlet,” here are the steps for a “First Timer.”
Installing a Curb fitting Yourself Isn’t Easy
In 34 years of service, Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has installed over 2000 curb outlets.
If you are comfortable with your Skills using a Concrete Saw and working with a small amount of concrete, you can install your own curb fitting.
Step 1 Find a Curb outlet fitting. They are round on one side where the drainpipe connects and rectangular on the other to fit in the cut-out area for the Curb outlet.
Curb outlet fitting
They are sold in many Drainage Supply Businesses. You may not find them at “Lowes” or ” Home Depot”. It varies. If a Specialized Drain Supply business is not available then use a “Heat and Air” Floor vent as your curb outlet. They are made of metal in most cases but still will work very well. I have done this many times. The floor vent is typically wider and thinner than a standard Curb Outlet Fitting. Just cut a wider hole in the curb.
Step 2 Watch an instructional safety video on using a concrete saw.
Step 3 Rent or buy a concrete saw. A used one can be found in pawn shops for about 300$ to 600$. A New one will run around a Thousand Dollars.
a Rental will run about 50$ to 150$ depending on your area.
Find a Curb Outlet Fitting
Step 4 Find a Curb outlet that matches the size of your Pipe. If you have a 4 inch Drain pipe then install a 4 inch curb outlet. Sometimes a Six inch Curb outlet is too big to install in many roadside curbs. It is too tall in many cases. In most situations if you want a curb outlet and have a Six inch Drain Pipe, you must install two 4 inch outlets side by side.
If you have the need for a six inch Drainpipe, that means you have a lot of water to move. You don’t want to create a bottle neck at the curb by installing a 4 inch curb fitting as your exit on a Six-Inch Drainpipe.
What you need to do is dig a large hole at the curb so you have room to work. Next you attach a 6 inch “Y” fitting onto your drain pipe above the curb several feet. You then install Two Reducer Bushings in both outlets of the “Y” fitting. Next you attach 4 Inch ADS Drainpipe to the outlets and run two 4 inch ADS Drainpipes to the Curb. Now you install two 4 inch curb fittings side by side.
It is very important
to use ADS Pipe coming out of the 6 Inch “Y” fitting. It is Flexible and can be easily bent to fit your application. PVC Pipe is rigid and won’t bend. Very few people can do this process using PVC. In 33 Years of installing Drains, I have only done it 3 times using PVC. It is very Difficult and Frustrating.
Step 5 Watch a Video on Light Concrete Work if available.
Step 6 Connect the curb fitting to the drainpipe and install cement around it. I have had the most success using a ” Quick Set” concrete that comes in a small bucket and has an “Acrylic” Additive or Base.
I don’t recommend cutting the curb yourself and installing a curb outlet if you are only going to do this once in your life. If you are or will become a drainage contractor, then this is a skill that you definitely need.
Sprinkler System Checkup Edmond, Service, Repair
Lots of things can be done to make sure your Sprinkler System is ready to go. All the Sprinkler Zones should be checked one by one. The sprinkler heads and valves need to be checked to see if anything needs to be adjusted or replaced.
Sprinkler System Checkup is a Service Provided by Oklahoma Drainage since 1993.
Today we did a sprinkler repair in Norman. The sprinkler system needed a checkup.
We went through each sprinkler zone and identified several different problems.
Zone 2 had a cracked sprinkler pipe in a flower bed.
A broken Rotor Sprinkler head was found immediately.
Next, zone five look good with no problems.
Zone 6 and 7 each had a couple of pop-up spray heads that were worn out and would not pop-up. The diagnosis and the repair took less than two hours. Now their sprinkler system is running great!
Now is a good time to have a Sprinkler System Checkup provided by Oklahoma Drainage.
Sprinkler Systems need to be checked before winter to prevent pipes from freezing. Sprinkler Design determines whether sprinkler lines need to be bled. Emergency shut off valves also need to be checked and turned off for the winter.
In the Spring, all the water needs to be turned back on and all sprinkler zones and heads need to be tested.
Sprinkler Repair Service Provided by Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair
Since 1993 we have Replaced Sprinkler Valves that were sticking or were wore out.
Thousands of Sprinkler Heads have been adjusted.
Countless Sprinkler Controllers have been Reprogramed or Replaced.
We also have fixed a broken Sprinkler Pipe or Two. Seems like a million. Ok, not that many.
I wonder how many? A lot!!!!
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair provide Service for all of Central Oklahoma Including: Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore, Yukon and Mustang.
Sprinkler Valves
Sprinkler Valve Replacement is a service that Oklahoma Drainage has provided Since 1993. Recently we removed 3 Rainbird Sprinkler Valves and replaced them with new ones. The valves had been crushed accidentally when a landscaper drove his truck across the yard.
Sprinkler System Check-Up in Edmond, Oklahoma City, Norman, and Moore.
Sprinkler System Check-Up process is very straightforward. We run through all the Sprinkler Zones one-at-a- time from the controller.
Sprinkler Controller
Sprinkler controllers can be a problem source. Many times, the wires in the controller are loose or have a “Short” in one of the wires. Sprinkler Programming can be a source of frustration. We can help with Programming your controller.
We check all the sprinkler heads in that zone and the valves as well.
Once the Sprinkler System Checkup is Complete, we provide a Quote for what it will cost to make the needed repairs.
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair — Installing – French Drains – Surface Drains – Channel Drains – Sump Pumps.
Providing Expert Sprinkler Repair – Broken Sprinkler Pipes – Sprinkler Head Adjustment – Sprinkler Valve Replacement
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Sprinkler Valve Replacement is a service that Oklahoma Drainage has provided Since 1993. Recently we removed 3
