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French Drain Information, Channel Drain Installation, Edmond Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma, Moore, Mustang

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My Name is Blane Callen. I have owned and operated Oklahoma Drainage LLC since 1993. Oklahoma Drainage has installed over 4000 Drainage Systems during that time.

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.

Clogged 4 Inch ADS French Drain Pipe Missing Trench Liner and Pipe Filter Pulled out of the Ground in Norman Oklahoma

result of French Drain Installed Incorrectly, Drain Definitions

Below is the White Trench Liner and The Black Pipe Filter that prevent Your French Drain From Being Clogged and Ruined.

Installing Trench Liner For French Drain, Drain Definitions

Do you have water seeping into your floor vents after a hard rain? Is water causing damage to your floors or carpet? Is water finding a way under your foundation after a thunder storm? Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair designs and installs Drainage Systems that can help stop the damage. We utilize: French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps to protect property. Connecting gutter-downspouts into the Drainage System is always a good idea where possible.

The need for Drainage Systems is increasing in Oklahoma. During heavy thunder storms, homes and business need a way to drain water away. Storm water can cause many kinds of damage. Here are just a few:

1. Driveways and Sidewalks can crack and deteriorate

2. Foundations can crack move or shift

3. Vents and ducts can fill with water

4. Mold can be allowed to grow

5. Trees and Plants and grass can be damaged or drown

Too much water is never a good thing!

problem drainage area around new home construction In Edmond Oklahoma

Problem Drainage Area, Drain Definitions

We can quickly diagnose your Drainage Problem and provide a free quote for a Drainage System. With twenty years of experience, we realize that Drainage Problems may be very complex and difficult or very straight forward and simple. Every Drainage Problem is unique to a certain degree. Don’t kid yourself, Experience Counts!

Installing 4 Inch ADS Drain Pipe Under Driveway Connected To Gutter Downspout

Installing Drainage Pipe Under Driveway, Drain Definitions

Edmond Oklahoma has been the location for many French Drain Installations for us in the past several years. Recently we ripped out an old Surface Drain that was under a deck. The Surface Drain was too small for the job and did not Protect the Foundation from Standing Water. The First step was to take out part of the deck along the wall. Next we took out the Surface Drain and the Three Inch Pipe which was too small. Digging a trench along the foundation came next. We had to ensure the, “Fall” to make sure the water would run from left to right. Next a French Drain Liner needed to be installed. This was necessary to maintain the integrity of the trench and to keep the French Drain Pipe from filling up with sand and getting clogged over the next few years. We then installed 4 inch ADS Perf/Soc French Drain Pipe along the course of the French Drain. Next we connected the end of the French Drain Pipe to Solid 4 Inch ADS Drain pipe to continue along the trench to the Pop-Up Emitter at the Exit Point.

Oklahoma Drainage takes many things into account when providing a Drainage Diagnostic for a Customer. We determine:

1. What is the Primary Water Source to the problem? Where is the water coming from?

2. Is there a Secondary Water Source? Other Places that water may be coming from. All Drainage Problems have more than one source!

3. How many Subsequent Water Sources are present? Some complex Drainage Problems have many water sources.

4. What exit points are available for gravity to move water away from the problem area? Where are we trying to take the water to, and how is it

going to be released? Is more than one exit point possible to increase capacity?

5 How much water must be moved? What Size Drain Pipe is necessary to lessen the chance of being overwhelmed by flooding? This is a tough

consideration. (Larger Pipe – Larger Cost to Install)

4 Inch ADS French Drain with Trench Liner and Pipe Filter In Edmond Oklahoma

French Drain Running on the side of the house In Edmond Oklahoma, Drain Definitions

French Drain Installation in 2022

Posted: February 14, 2022 in french drain, French Drain Information, French Drain Repair
Tags: Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Norman Oklahoma French Drain, Oklahoma City French Drain Installation

Oklahoma Drainage has been in business since 1993. We have addressed almost every kind of problem that you can imagine where unwanted water is involved. Do you have water standing on your driveway? Does water get into your floor vents in your home? Is water standing in your back yard or worse yet, coming in your back door.

**Channel Drain** Installed across driveway

Oklahoma Drainage can help with these water problems and many more. We install Surface Drains in all types of places such as driveways, Sidewalks, Patios, and even basements. We install Sump Pumps when a “Gravity Flow” Drainage System just won’t work. We also, “of course” install French Drains in every situation that you can imagine.

decorative french drain — Decorative French Drain Running Across a Flower Bed

If you have a water problem, we have a solution!

Oklahoma City French Drain installation, Channel Drain Installation, Norman, Edmond, Midwest City, French Drain Repair

Posted: January 14, 2021 in Channel Drain, french drain
Tags: Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Midwest City French Drain, Norman Channel Drain, Norman Oklahoma French Drain, Oklahoma City French Drain

Oklahoma Drainage — Installing – French Drains – Surface Drains – Channel Drains – Sump Pumps

Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

channel drain driveway — **Channel Drain set in Driveway**

FRENCH DRAIN IN EDMOND OKLAHOMA,

**Surface Drain set in concrete**

**Drainage System Trench**

**Surface Drain set in concrete**

**Drainage System Trench**

Oklahoma Drainage – French Drain Installation, Drainage System Design, Expert, Drain Repair

Recently Oklahoma Drainage 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.

French Drain in Flood area

Setting in the channel drain — **Setting in the Channel Drain in the cut.**

Curb Outlet for French Drain in Edmond — **Curb Outlet** for **French Drain in Edmond**

French Drain Installation

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.

Simple enough.

driveway channel drain — **Driveway Channel Drain Installation**

A drainage system is installed with a surface drain as the “intake” with drainage pipe running to an exit point. Initially the water drains away and everything looks great. The next day water is back and is all around the surface drain, but below the edge and it hasn’t rained at all, so no additional water ran over the surface of the ground to flood the area. The primary water source was solved, ( The surface water run off ) but the secondary water source was not. Which was sub-surface water, (ground water) running into the area. A surface drain can’t drain “ground water.” A French Drain should have initially been installed instead of a Surface Drain. A French Drain can drain both Surface Water and Ground Water.

river rock french drain install — A **French Drain** Can Handle Standing Water

FRENCH DRAIN IN EDMOND OKLAHOMA, DRAINAGE CONTRACTOR

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair Recently 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.

A French Drain is completely different from a Surface Drain. A basic French Drain consists of a Perforated Drain

We solve residential and commercial drainage problems.

After a thunder storm, do you have water standing on your driveway, sidewalk, on the side of your house, backyard, front yard, or worst of all — seeping into your home? We can help! We can diagnose your problem and design a drainage system specifically for your needs. We install: French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, Trench Drains, Basin Drains, Basement Drains, and Sump Pumps.

French Drain With Sump Pump, Channel Drain, Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore

Posted: January 14, 2021 in Channel Drain, french drain, French Drain Repair
Tags: Channel Drain Norman, Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Moore Oklahoma French Drain, Norman French Drain installation, Oklahoma City French Drain

Oklahoma Drainage 405 203 9419 — We provide:

French Drain Installation, Surface Drain Installation, Drainage System Installation

Oklahoma Drainage Installs Surface Drains and French Drains. Some times it is up hill in all directions from the Problem Drainage Area. This problem can be solved by installing a Sump Pump. When the cavity fills, the water is pumped away to the point where the water exits the drain which can be a curb outlet or a pop-up emitter.

**Sump Pump Installation**

**Curb outlet with more than 6 inches of fall**

new curb outlet — **Sump Pump Installation**

**Curb outlet with more than 6 inches of fall**

French Drain Running Through Low Areas

WHAT SIZE DRAIN PIPE FOR FRENCH DRAINS?

French Drains can be decorated with many types of stone — **French Drains** can be decorated with many types of stone

French Drains can utilize several types and sizes of French Drain Pipe. An older type that is not commonly used any more is 4 inch PVC Pipe with large half inch holes drilled in the Pipe. This doesn’t work very well, Because the holes are too large and the number of holes in the French Drain Pipe are too few. Also there is no filter or “Soc” around this particular French Drain Pipe. If it is used in sandy or loose soil the holes will clog and the pipe will fill up with sand. PVC French Drain Pipe should be avoided.

ADS French Drain Pipe is much better, the holes are smaller and much more numerous. It also comes inside a soc that acts as a filter and helps keep sand and debris out of the French Drain Pipe. It works very well.

For Small business and Residential French Drains, Four inch ADS Perf/Soc French Drain pipe is adequate and the most common. It is used for the majority of all French Drains installed. French Drains can be installed using 3 inch ADS Perf/Soc but many times it is too small and can be overwhelmed by a heavy rain or from a bad design. (Too many gutter down spouts connected directly into the French Drain, For Example) Three Inch French Drain Pipe should be avoided if possible.

Six inch ADS Perf/Soc French Drain Pipe is usually a good idea when possible. It carries a much larger volume of water. Six Inch French Drains are rarely overwhelmed.

NDS Channel Drain Composite Grey Connected to 4 Inch ADS Solid Drain Pipe

French Drain Information, Photos, Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore,

Posted: January 10, 2021 in french drain, French Drain Information, French Drain Installation, French Drain Photos, French Drain Repair
Tags: Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Moore Oklahoma French Drain, Norman French Drain, Oklahoma City French Drain

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 System along the way.

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

Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

Channel Drain set in Driveway

FRENCH DRAIN IN EDMOND OKLAHOMA,

Surface Drain set in concrete

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair – French Drain Installation, Drainage System Design, Expert Lawn Sprinkler Repair, Drain Repair

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.

Installing gravel on french drain

Channel Drain in Oklahoma City

Setting in the Channel Drain in the cut.

Curb Outletfor French Drain in Edmond

French Drain Installation

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.

Simple enough.

French Drain Installation and Service, Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore

Oklahoma Drainage

French Drain Installation is a primary focus fore Oklahoma Drainage. We have been installing French Drains as part of Drainage Systems since 1993. We also install Surface Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps to fit our customers needs.

Setting the concrete around the channel drain

A Drainage System is made up of three parts. An Intake, a transition, and and Exit.

An intake is a Drain or a group of Drains that brings water into the Drainage System. It can be a French Drain, Surface Drains, Channel Drain, or Sump Pump. A Drainage System can have one intake or several. If more than one, it can be any combination of French Drains, Surface Drains, Etc.

For Example: You might have a Surface Drain set in your sidewalk and a Channel Drain next to your driveway and a French Drain in 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 the Drainage System can move.

There are other things to take into account and consider as well.

French Drain installed under walkway

French Drain Installed in Lawton

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair installs French Drains and 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

Drainage Systems can:

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 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 Drain also 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 Drains look 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 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 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 Drain for 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.

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.

French Drain trench

Oklahoma Drainage – 405 203 9419

Our Drainage Systems utilize French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, and Sump Pumps. With over 25 years of experience we provide top quality French Drains, Drainage Systems, and Sprinkler Repair.

French Drain in Oklahoma City

Connecting French Drain and Surface Drain to Drainage System

We Service all of Central Oklahoma including: Norman, Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, Oklahoma City, Midwest City, Del City, Blanchard, Newcastle, Purcell and Chickasha. Now we provide service to Lawton and Altus as well.

Drainage System Installation in Norman

Water can cause damage in all kinds of places. A Drainage System, simply put, is a Drain with a Drain Pipe leading underground to an exit point. Most Drainage Systems utilize a French Drain or a Surface Drain, or both.

Installing Surface Drain System in Edmond Oklahoma

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair provides Drainage Diagnostics . A Drainage Diagnostic is a scheduled appointment where we come out and look at your Drainage Problem and get your input on the situation. We look at all the variables that are causing your Water-Runoff Problems and design a Drainage System to solve it. French Drains and Surface Drains are used to make up the Drainage System.

French Drain or Channel Drain Installed, Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond,

Posted: January 8, 2021 in Channel Drain, french drain, French Drain Repair
Tags: Channel Drain Oklahoma City, Edmond Channel Drain, Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Moore Oklahoma French Drain, Norman French Drain installation, Oklahoma City French Drain

Oklahoma Drainage — Installing – French Drains – Surface Drains – Channel Drains – Sump Pumps

Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

French Drain Installation

Oklahoma Drainage 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.

Simple enough.

Driveway Channel Drain

All Drainage Systems and French Drains need a place for the water to go. This is called an Exit Point. We use two types of Exits. The first is a curb outlet. We cut the curb with a concrete saw and install a rectangular curb outlet set in acrylic concrete.

A rectangular outlet is superior to a round one. Air travels back up the pipe through the top two corners to allow a more continuous water flow. If you have ever poured liquid out of a 2 liter bottle turning it completely upside down, you will see that it drains but not very well.

Wow, Some Drainage Problems are tougher than others. Had a customer in Chickasha with an unusual Drainage Problem. She had a new Driveway installed. The Cement work was nice enough but they left out one major consideration when installing the new Driveway. Even after a small rain the water would run right down the driveway, under the Garage Door and directly into the Garage. This was a bad problem that was about to get worse. The first big rain came and everything was magnified. The Rushing water took out the garage door and the back wall of the garage. Yikes!!

Hmm,? What to do? The company that installed the Driveway was nowhere to be found. No surprise.

The water volume was huge and the customer had no means to redo the driveway which was substantial.

The solution took a little “Out Of The Box Thinking”.

We Installed an 8 inch metal channel drain grate across the driveway. But with no channel drain underneath. A large channel drain could not handle the water volume that we were dealing with. Instead of installing a channel drain underneath the grate, we cut completely through the driveway concrete and installed two 6 inch French Drains stacked on top of each other underneath the Channel Drain Grate.

This took place in July of 2017. Since then not a drop of water has reached the garage.

We put two French Drains under a larger version of a drain that looks like the above picture.

Drainage Systems can be made up of one drain or a combination of many drains. Drainage

We Install Drainage Systems to fit various needs for home owners an businesses. A Drainage System, can utilize French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains or Sump Pumps as the intake part to the Drainage System. The Drain or Sump Pump brings water into the Drain Pipe. The Drain pipe takes the water to the ” Exit.” Which is Either a “Curb Outlet” or a “ Pop Up Emitter.”

The Three parts of A Drainage System are: THE INTAKE ( French Drain or Surface Drain ) etc. The TRANSITION ( The Drain Pipe ) which can be many sizes or type. The EXIT ( A Curb Outlet or Pop Up Emitter )

Drain Pipe Curb Outlet

Curb Outlet as an Exit Point for a French Drain in Edmond

The Drainage part of our company name means that we solve water problems for people in Oklahoma. Heavy rain is becoming more common. Back in 1993 when I first started, a hard rain was considered to be about an Inch per/hour. It was fairly rare but not too uncommon. Today things are different. A weather report of rain fall at or above 4 inches per/hour was not uncommon in 2019. Excess water causes all types of damage to property both residential and commercial.

Oklahoma City French Drain, Water Problems in Oklahoma City

Posted: January 5, 2021 in french drain, French Drain Information, French Drain Repair
Tags: Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Norman Oklahoma French Drain, Oklahoma City French Drain

French Drain or Surface Drain?

So you have water in a place in your home or business that is causing a problem. Maybe you have water standing on your sidewalk or leaking into your air conditioning ducts. You might have water running under your garage door and flooding your garage. You might have standing water that kills grass or plants in your yard. There are an endless number of possible water drainage issues.

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has provided solutions for water drainage problems since 1993.

We utilize French Drains and many types of Surface Drains to solve all types of Residential and Small Business water problems. We also install Sump Pumps when water can not be drained from the problem area.

As of January 2021 we have provided service for 5467 customers in Oklahoma. Our service area includes all of Central and Western Oklahoma. We will service other areas of Oklahoma by special appointment.

There is never any cost for us to come and look at your water problems.

Give us a call for a free Estimate at 405 203 9419 or E-Mail — frenchdrain.sprinklerrepair@gmail.com

Setting the concrete around the channel drain

French Drain Installation in Edmond

French Drain Running on the side of the house
French Drain trench
Setting the concrete around the channel drain
Setting in the Channel Drain in the cut.
Surface Drain Installation as part of a Drainage System
Curb outlet with more than 6 inches of fall

French Drain Information, Oklahoma City, Norman, Moore, Edmond, French Drain Repair, French Drain Photos

Posted: July 24, 2020 in DIY Drain Installation, Drain Repair, french drain, French Drain Information
Tags: Edmond Oklahoma French Drain, Moore Oklahoma French Drain, Norman French Drain installation, Oklahoma City french Drain Information

French Drain Installation in Oklahoma City, Norman, Yukon, Mustang, Edmond, Lawton

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair 405 203 9419 — We provide:

French Drain Installation, Surface Drain Installation, Drainage System Installation

Sprinkler Repair for all aspects of Residential Sprinkler Systems

Emergency Sprinkler Repair Service, AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS.

A good place for a French Drain

A Channel Drain Across the, soon to be installed driveway would be a good idea too!

Channel Drain set in Driveway

FRENCH DRAIN CONNECTED TO GUTTERS

Many different types of Drains can be hooked together by one Drain Pipe. The Drain Pipe then running to an Exit Point makes up a Drainage System. One common type of Drain used in a Drainage System is A “French Drain.” Many times a French Drain is installed close to a building foundation or in a low area next to a home or business. This puts the French Drain in close proximity to Gutter Down Spouts. Rather than have water come off the roof and out the Down Spout and on to the ground below, many times it is much better to tie a Gutter Down Spout Directly into a French Drain or near by Drain Pipe depending on the Drainage System Design. Connecting The Down Spouts Directly into a French Drain is much more efficient and causes suction to occur in the French Drain. Connection of Gutter Down Spouts to a French Drain makes the Drainage System work better.

French Drain Before gravel is installedDrainage Systems can:

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 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 Drain also 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 Drains look 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 along sidewalk: 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.

: Surface Drain Installation in Norman

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 Drain for 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.

Drainage Systems quickly can become more complicated. Considerations must include:

How does the water get to the problem area? There may be one or many sources.

Water Sources:

1. It falls from the sky directly

2. It flows down hill over the surface (surface water)

3. It flows underground under the surface (sub-surface water)

4. It flows from the edge of a roof ( There may be many roofs near the problem area, neighbors etc.)

5. It flows from a gutter downspout

6. It flows over the edge of a gutter because the gutter is too small is is clogged

7. It flows up from the ground (seeps and springs are common in Oklahoma)

8. It flows from a sprinkler system use ( yours or your neighbors)

9. It flows from a leaking pipe ( water mains, water meters, water lines, sprinkler pipes, sprinkler valves)

There are other reasons for Drainage Problems, the above reasons are just the most common.

Once the number of water sources is determined, a rough estimate of the amount of water that needs to be drained away on average must be estimated. This can be simplified down to “SMALL, MEDIUM, OR LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER TO BE DRAINED AWAY. You don’t have to be an engineer trying to calculate fluid dynamics. Experience at diagnosing drainage problems helps however. How much water needs to be moved will help determine the type and size of the Surface Drain or French Drain that needs to be installed. It also helps to determine the size of Drain Pipe required for the Drainage System. A good rule to follow is, “If in doubt, install a larger Drain and Drain Pipe.” Unused Drainage Capacity is better than property damage caused by a Drain that is overwhelmed by too much water.

For home and small business use typical materials used are:

6 inch, 9 inch, and 12 inch Surface Drains –

3 inch, 4 inch, and 6 inch Drain Pipes —

3 inch, 4 inch, and 6 inch French Drains —

French Drains move more water than Surface Drains —

French Drains move Surface Water and Sub-Surface Water

Surface Drains move Surface Water only

Surface Drains look nicer than French Drains in most cases

Once the type and number of drains is determined and what size Drain Pipe will connect them, an exit point must be selected. (Where is the Drainage System going to take the water to and release it?)

The Drainage Curb Fitting is installed when the desired exit point for the French Drain will release the Drainage Water into the Street. The Drainage Curb Fitting is rectangular in shape and made to be installed through the curb. A small section of Curb is cut out with a concrete saw. The Section is a few inches wider than the Drainage Curb Fitting. We then install new concrete around the curb fitting. Once the concrete has dried, the Drain Pipe coming from a French Drain or Surface Drain is connected to the Drainage Curb fitting and then covered with dirt.

: Cutting The Curb and Installing Curb Fitting for French Drain

The Drainage Pop-Up Emitter is connected to the end of a Drain Pipe. It is downhill from a French Drain or a Surface Drain. It is a small release basin with a green pop-up lid. When releasing water, it pops up about an inch to release the water from the French Drain or Surface Drain. When the Storm Water has moved through the Drainage System and out of the Pop-Up Emitter, the green lid closes back to its original closed position. The emitter is designed to release water out into a yard or down a hill or other desirable Drainage Exit Point where there is no curb.

: Popup Emitter to release water from a Drainage System in Yukon.

Drainage System installation and design is a big part of our business. Does your sidewalk turn into a moat after a hard rain? Does part of your yard look like a pond after a thunderstorm? Worst of all, are you experiencing concrete deterioration to your foundation, sidewalk, or driveway. We can design a Drainage System to solve your Drainage Problems. Our Drainage Systems can be simple or complex. We utilize, French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, Basin Drains, Basement Drains, Trench Drains, and Sump Pumps. Estimates are free!

French Drain Installation In Yukon

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair : Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

Standing Water on Your Driveway? A Surface Drain set in concrete may be what you need. Or maybe you need a French Drain Running alongside your driveway instead. Handling water problems is what we are good at. If you need help, Oklahoma Drainage can provide the best solution for your unwanted water problems.

French Drain Under Walk Way

In the Above picture, we installed a French Drain under the left edge of the pool walkway. The Drain PIpe From the French Drain runs perpendicular from left to right under the walk way stones. Check out the pictures below.

Installing French Drain Under Walkway

French Drain Installation under walkway

Drainage System Installation

Heavy rain went through central Oklahoma last night. Many Oklahomans have homes or businesses that don’t Drain very well. Water stands on sidewalks and driveways. Storm-water runoff turns yards into ponds. Water can damage foundations, driveways and sidewalks. Standing water doesn’t do trees, grass or plants any good either! Good drainage is important. If you have water in the wrong place give us a call. We utilize many types of Drains when designing a Drainage System. WE install: French Drains, Channel Drains, Basin Drains, Trench Drains, Basement Drains, Surface Drains, and Sump Pumps.

Give us a call for a free estimate if you live in Central Oklahoma.

French Drain Pipe running to curb outlet in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair Services all of Central Oklahoma including: Norman, Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, Oklahoma City, Midwest City, Del City, Blanchard, Newcastle, Purcell and Chickasha.

Sprinkler Repair usually occurs in the Spring. WE can help with: Broken Sprinkler Heads, Leaking or stuck sprinkler valves, broken Sprinkler Pipes, Sprinkler Controller/Clock problems, plus any other sprinkler system problem you might have.

: 4 Inch Drain Pipe Ready to be covered with dirt in Norman.

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Installing a French Drain in the mud

Standing water can cause a lot of damage to your yard. The above picture was from a French Drain Installation in Oklahoma City.

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.

result of French Drain Installed Incorrectly

Connecting Gutter to French Drain

French Drain Installation

Setting the concrete around the channel drain

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.

French Drain Installed in Edmond

Other types of stone can be used as well.

French Drain with colored gravel.’

: French Drain

Drainage System Installation is a big part of our business. If you have trouble with standing water after a thunderstorm, or if your sidewalk turns into a moat every time it rains, or worst of all you have water seeping into your home, Give us a call. We can quickly diagnose your Drainage problems and design a Drainage System to solve your Drainage Problems. WE utilize, French Drains, Surface Drains, Channel Drains, Basement Drains, Trench Drains, Basin Drains, and Sump Pumps.

: Keep water off your driveway with a channel drain

This year Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair has addressed many standing water problems and drainage issues for residents and business owners of Oklahoma. On one occasion, we installed a Surface Drain in 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.

Another Drainage Problem involved installing a Sump Pump in a basement floor. The basement would flood after a hard rain. Again, Problem solved!

Harsh weather in Oklahoma 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 runoff can 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.”

: Large 6 Inch French Drain Installed in Norman

Drainage Systems can be made up of one drain or a combination of many drains. Drainage problems can be very complex. Complex Drainage Problems may require a combination of several different types of drains all 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 drain connected 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 water drain out on to the street.

A simple Drainage System might consist of a Surface Drain that is connected to a second Surface Drain which runs to a Pop-up Emitter which lets water drain over the curb and into the street.

An “Exit Point” is the term used for where all the water leaves the Drainage 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:

: Surface Drain Installed next to sidewalk in Oklahoma City.

: Surface Drain Installation in Norman

Recently we installed a large 6 inch French Drain in 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 Drain along 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?

Surface Drain Installation in Oklahoma City

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.

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My Name is Blane Callen. I have owned and operated Oklahoma Drainage LLC since 1993. Oklahoma Drainage has installed over 4000 Drainage Systems during that time.

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Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

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Servicing all of Central and Western Oklahoma since 1993.

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Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair 405 203 9419 — We provide:

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Oklahoma Drainage and Sprinkler Repair Services all of Central Oklahoma including: Norman, Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, Oklahoma City, Midwest City, Del City, Blanchard, Newcastle, Purcell and Chickasha.