Yeah I think I'm going to call the guy later today. It's hard to pass on all that drain pipe for that price. All I'd have to buy is a couple cleanouts, a couple tees, some landscape fabric and a few yards of stone. This will save me a lot of money.
Alright, ad poster contacted and I've arranged to meet up with him tomorrow to go snatch this deal up
I’ll have you know this load was the most secure load in our nation’s history and don’t you dare question it!
Good progress digging today, all things considered. I had to bust apart one large rock with a sledgehammer to get it out of the ground but it’s coming along slowly. Almost to depth and width. The one really unexpected thing I found was a buried electrical conduit. I guess someone planned to wire up my shed when they installed it but never got around to finishing it. Now I’ll have to go deeper to lay the pipe under it. You can see I wasn’t kidding about rocks in New England...
I just might. The biggest thing is determining if it’s even live. If not, I’ll cut it accordingly and cap it off to seal it safely. My shed is going to get moved to the other side of the yard anyway, so the conduit is useless where it’s at presently.
Your project is looking good. A few suggestions I have: 1- put several inches of washed 3/4 gravel on the bottom of trench. 2-when laying pipe make sure holes are pointed down, not up. 3- install clean out or periodic water catch area you can use as a cleanout. 4-after laying washed gravel, then pipe, then more washed gravel you should put down your filter fabric. After that you can put down dirt or other landscaping. 5-don’t sleeve the pipe with filter fabric. It acts as a filter and clogs. 6-know that most of your water will probably travel through the rocks not the pipe. Pipe is useful for high flow times and directing the water.
Eric Schamell , how’s your project coming along? I have a friend who is having a similar drain put in at her house, and I’ve been passing along the tips from this thread. Any more pics?
The project is on hold for a couple weeks. The next step is to buy 5 yards of inch and a half washed round stone and have it delivered. I did buy the water permeable fabric to burrito wrap the whole thing, when the time comes. Here’s where I bought that: Home page
Gotcha’. Don’t you have to put the fabric in the ditch before the stones go in there? I’m thinking you put the fabric in the bottom of the ditch, then stone, then the pipe, then more stone on top and then the fabric on top. Is that correct? …or does the fabric only go on top?
Correct. Fabric first, some stone, lay the pipe making sure it’s pitched correctly, then fill it up with stone, then wrap the sides of the fabric over the top, overlapping an inch or two. Use pins to keep the fabric in place. Cover with turf or more stone for an open French drain.
I put mine in on a bed of stone. It went from bottom up Trench bottom 3” of 1” size gravel Laid fabric flat 2” of gravel 4” perf pipe holes down Burrito wrapped the landscape fabric 6” of gravel About 12-18” of dirt Grass seed I’ve driven over mine frequently with truck and tractor. Last time I checked it it was still clear. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk