Driveway Drain Installation, Channel Drain, French Drain Information
Channel Drain
Before
Water standing on Driveway, a channel drain is needed.
After
Channel Drains are a great way to deal with unwanted water that may be on a driveway, sidewalk, or near a pool!
Channel Drain Set in Concrete
Channel Drains can look great and be very functional and durable.
However, A Channel Drain is not an easy thing to install! It takes a great deal of precision, Experience, and Attention to Detail. This is Definitely Not something to allow your Landscape Company to attempt, or your Brother-In-Law! Just because someone is skilled at pushing a mower around, doesn’t mean you should let them cut across your driveway with a concrete saw.
I get a lot of business fixing and replacing Drains of all types that were installed incorrectly by landscape companies and armatures. Typically, they stick to messing up French Drains, but I have fixed Channel Drains that were an absolute “Train Wreck!” as well.
French Drain Connected to Channel Drain
In the picture below we added 4-inch composite channel drain around the edge of a patio. Concrete was added around the Channel Drain to make it look nice and match the patio’s concrete. This is specialized work that requires experience and skill.
Patio Channel Drain Installation
Oklahoma Drainage has been installing Channel Drains for 33 years. We Install Channel Drains, French Drains, Surface Drains and Sump Pumps.
Our service area covers all of Central and Western Oklahoma. Since 1993 Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has Strived for excellence and stood behind our work!
Driveway Drain, Channel Drain, Sidewalk Drain Installation, Oklahoma City, Edmond, Norman, Moore
DRAINS INSTALLED IN CONCRETE –
Standing Water on a Driveway or Sidewalk can be a real pain. Stepping out of your car into standing water is no fun. Many times, a channel drain can solve this kind of problem.
Channel Drains are usually set in concrete. This requires that the concrete be cut and removed and a drain installed in its place with new concrete around the edges.
Channel Drain Installation
Two Kinds of Drains Set in Concrete
Channel Drains are long and narrow and have a grate that runs the length of the drain. They have removable grates. As a result, they are easy to clean. The Grates are Composite Plastic or Metal. (Chrome or Stainless Steel.)
Surface Drains are also set in Concrete. They are Square with a basin underneath the grate. Most Drain Basins Set in concrete are 9 inch or 12 inch in size.
Concrete must be cut and new concrete installed around the new channel drain.
Installing a Channel Drain is a very “Detailed Oriented Process.” Experience is a MUST! It’s not a good project for a ” WEEKEND WARRIOR, A BROTHER-IN-LAW OR A LANDSCAPE COMPANY!”
Many times, Oklahoma Drainage has been asked to come in and finish a Channel Drain Project. (AFTER THE TRAIN WRECK)!!!
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 Drainpipe is placed in the bottom of the trench. The French Drainpipe is perforated with thousands of small holes.
In most cases the Drainpipe 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 Drainpipe. The dirt that was dug out of the trench is taken away or spread out around the French Drain. The Lime Stone replaces the dirt and fills the French Drain Trench all the way to the surface.
Before
French Drain Installed along and under walk way to pool.
After
Completed French Drain under walk way
Covering a French Drain with dirt is a bad idea. Water can’t get into the drain through the stones if it is clogged with dirt. If you are more concerned about how it looks over what it does, then don’t install it in the first place. French drains can move a lot of water and protect property such as foundations, sidewalks, plants, yards just to mention a few things. If you don’t like how a French Drain looks then change it. Put Steppingstones on top of it, use river rock to improve the look, you are limited only by your own creativity.
A French Drain Can Handle Surface and Sub-Surface Water
Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair — Installing – French Drains – Surface Drains – Channel Drains – Sump Pumps
Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993. If you have water standing in your yard, we can install a French Drain for you. If you step out of your car into water on your driveway, you may need a Channel Drain. If water is in your basement, you may need a sump Pump. Your Drainage needs may be very complex or very simple. We have been solving every type of Residential Drainage Problem since 1993.
Channel Drain
