4" Rain Tested 350 ft of French Drain in Royal Oak Michigan

[@RA-bg3pe]

Another great one! Appreciate you going back once the system is installed and after a rain event to show us how everything works. This was definitely a cool install....great work!

[@Kanooky_Jones]

Really like these videos showing systems in action after installation. Nice job.

[@TonyMcCartney]

The city needs to repair that street so the water doesn’t pool. What attention to detail. I love how you painted the drain line brown to blend in with the fence.

[@rexhargrove5172]

Just incredible work, every job, every time. And you’re so right about the 1/2 hp pump. It would’ve blown the neighboring turf right out of the ground.

[@ChrisTopher284765490]

Beautiful Job

[@leemullican2060]

Another awesome install and really appreciate you going back for the geeks who love watching systems in operation! :-) One question though, how do you unfreeze the above ground pipe considering it is open to the extreme cold temps you guy's get in Michigan? Pipe heater cord?

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

If it's built so that it doesn't leave water behind, it never freezes. Therefore, our systems do not freeze. They're always empty, with no water left behind to freeze.

[@easyrider4x]

I have to put in a yard sump with a 250' run with no fall (near Toledo). I can't bring it up to run on a fence like this one. I would have liked to see what your basin looked like inside and how deep it was to not freeze. I plan to run mine flat underground the whole 250' then bring it straight up to a pop up that will put the water on the surface where it drains into a ditch. The 3' foot vertical section will have a weep hole that empties that part into a gravel pit. The pump will have a check valve in the pump basin and the water will sit in the line and hopefully not freeze. Will 36" be deep enough in Ohio near Lake Erie?

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

Everything you're looking for is in this playlist. I would never build the system the way you're describing. Your winter is no different than the one I'm dealing with. A check valve is going to end up costing you when you need that system the most. When we have a warm spell, usually the thaw that melts all the snow also brings rain, and the frost goes down 42 inches. I don't know why you're so determined to build this with a check valve. I wish you the best of luck, but I don't build anything that has failure modes. If you're in Georgia, Florida, or Texas, great, put a check valve in, but you're not; you're in Ohio. Build a sump pit with a lot of chamber. kzbin.info/aero/PLjFCqaZ4v1BXXbPw3Vf7e86DbKj7qOnLn&si=vRxsdXER8acxVFrA

[@grgman8637]

Surprised Royal Oak Code Enforcement didn't stroke out seeing all that water being dumped/allowed to collect.

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

They need to dig up the street and fix their problem. It's not a problem I created. That water pools in the street, whether I'm pumping water to it or not. Once that water reaches a certain height, it starts running down the street. Trust me. The size of that puddle is no different than it was before I put in my sump pump system.

[@grgman8637]

@@FRENCHDRAINMAN No blame implied, I just know how insane these cities get, as I grew up in SCS! 🤣

[@ptg01]

Gorgeous but I don't understand how sump pump / sump pit works in the winter ? Do you shut it off / unplug power ? Also, how would the solution change if they did not have the fence for you to run the discharge line ?

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

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[@SALREBUILDS]

what kind of sump pump is used?

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

M53 Zoeller

[@danielwilliams1062]

Pity you don't come out to St Clair county

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

@danielwilliams1062 We used to, and during drought years when we're not slammed, will open up more territory.