GUARANTEED | How to SOLVE Wet Soggy Yard, How to Install a French Drain

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French Drain work best with surface water collection. The french drain collects subsurface water and the catch basins collect surface water as it rains. Here is a complete install showing all the steps to creating the BEST French Drain in your yard!
Catch Basin, and Sump Pump. Have you noticed all the videos are now showing you what we have been doing for 30 plus years? Amazing Right?
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French Drain, Yard Drain, Its all the same. Perforated Pipe Surrounded by Gravel or Styro-Rock. (Aggregate). Collect SUBSURFACE WATER.
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[@Srvelis82]

Chuck and his Apple Drains videos saved me $7200 dollars! Thanks Chuck!

[@bradr1913]

Throw chuck a bone

[@eddyvideostar]

How?

[@jurnagin]

Great videos, I need to get started on my yard, but the best advice is to start projects right after heavy rain so you'll know exactly where your drains need to be and most importantly the ground will be soft enough to easily shovel

[@damianpokoj1065]

Thank you. Another informative and teaching video instead of just an ad like other companies do. Now I can make an informed decision DYI or hire.

[@dennissalsman3386]

Chuck, we followed your guidance and it saved our yard. Thank you from MO!

[@chargermopar]

I love your videos because you explain your work as something a person could do themselves. Once the watch your video they realize it is better to get someone like you to do it.

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Yes, but once you’re informed you can pick somebody good to do the work. When you have no clue, it can be an expensive ride to nowhere.

[@MrJ6789]

Do you work in Michigan areas?

[@eddyvideostar]

To Chargemoper, Videos are hypnotic. Sweat equity is noble. *Training and precision* are the premiums Tools and equipment are the *expense* risk.

[@Ash-kf1zc]

Thank you so so much for all these videos! I just bought my first house and have been trying to learn how to DIY.

[@10tenman10]

I like your use of catch basin collectors.

[@anastasiamartinez4338]

This is a great guy. We can see it and we can hear it, thank you.

[@nm9586]

Excellent video from Apple drains. I watched quite a few of his videos and am always impressed with his knowledge.

[@acatl33]

Thank you sir, appreciate the art of this endeavor.

[@TexasWatchman]

LOVE your videos, Chuck!!!

[@buttcheeks985]

Thanks, Chuck. We're currently putting in a pool, and diy yard drainage is going to be part of the overall project. After watching a bunch of your videos, I'm now looking forward to a dry yard more than the pool itself! Great info and explanations! Thanks!!

[@aexiga87]

Same! Our property would literally be a swimming pool after a heavy rain, now that we finished the pool it seems like it collects more rain. My husband rented a trencher yesterday, he is currently at the home store picking up diy items and we would be doing the diy drainage ourselves! Which us luck !

[@karenpopil235]

@@aexiga87 How did it go? I'm looking to do the same.

[@karenpopil235]

How did it go?

[@buttcheeks985]

@karenpopil235 It went great. I live way down south, and it was summer, so digging was the worst part. Pipe was a piece of cake and my yard drains better than anyone in the neighborhood. Ran about 200' by hand and tied it into some existing sub surface in the front yard. All of my neighbors are jealous

[@buzzroadguy]

Thanks! Will use some of this info for my own house.

[@tsadkiel2008]

love your video's sir! Thank you for all of your information!

[@stevenbeer2350]

Nice job on your videos. Just what i needed.....thanks

[@Mr83wesley]

Great video - very informative!

[@cmsense8193]

I’m doing this. Excellent post. Thank you.

[@watercop5115]

Bingo... my next project. Chuck, thanks so very much

[@iKrazyyi]

We have a swamp for a backyard. I wanna do something similar to this. Thanks for the idea

[@fabricioemmanuelli1115]

Good job, you do a great job explaining!

[@MrBill99]

Would be nice to see it working. Thanks very much.

[@slikballa]

Thanks for your knowledge!

[@mmachado22]

Awesome video, super helpful!!

[@gutterusa]

professional ,work ,thanks for the video

[@desmundlighten3603]

Very relaxing and pleasant speaking voice. This is the modt relaxing sounding manuel lsber really

[@mrollivetti]

Again and again: Awsome!

[@TJ-vf8tz]

Stay safe chuck!!!!!

[@peterhayman]

thanks for the vid chuck! makes this feel exciting :)

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Very cool! My yard is a lake today, now I understand what to do. And who to hire, cause I have a clue what needs doing.

[@patsykravitz7886]

I can relate! If only we could post pictures to youtube!

[@redrock1963]

I'd like to see a vid in another 12mths from now to see how those tree roots have settled into that perforated black pipe. There are many other vids here on YT that show exactly that.

[@iamfrankstallone]

Been looking for how to put a riser on these as I am raising the grade in my property. Thank you for sharing the SDR35 tip!

[@davidhou5235]

Thank you for your method ,it is helpful to me. And maybe piecese of fibra covering the outlets are better .

[@muzicplyr111]

thank you Chuck

[@tuomasholo]

Not sure how I got here and I don’t own a home but I enjoyed the video.

[@stevenadams6802]

same lol

[@finn3408]

Very good. Thank you sir.

[@solargod3671]

Hard working man

[@MrAeronca100]

Looks like Major work and BIG$$$ two good reasons why we will just live with the flood 3 months out of the year...

[@lynnh7694]

I wish digging was that easy in PA. We are 75% rocks and 25% clay. Slow train a coming when digging here.lol

[@vitalilisau6181]

Hi there from Australia. I am not a professional plumber, but had plenty of experience with pipes. I can see a problem with your setup that it carries all the water from closer to the the street by the gravity into the pit, which is in the middle of the yard. Then (if sump pump works) it will be pumped back to the street by another long pipe. I envision a better design to dig much deeper well close to the street, and drainage lines coming from the property to the street. This way, you will have water collecting on another place than your yard and you might be able to use this water for irrigation if the well is deep and big enough (water tank type). If the sump pump breaks or power is gone, you will have more time to fix it as the collection point will be further away from the mid-yard in the right discharge direction.The slope of the pipes looks very small, so they will be prone for clogging (as they look like corrugated inside as well). You will not lower the water level much as well as the pipes are close to the ground, so it might be a problem for winter frost, and some fruit tree roots might die, if anybody plants them in this yard. On the positive side, the job was done quickly, and it does job for now!

[@camaro02dk]

great video thank you

[@schmitty8225]

This world be a great one to revisit in July during rainy season.

[@arnoldfonar4199]

Good Video. Thanks

[@ArieteArmsRAMLITE]

What a nice guy!

[@jimbeck6093]

Love the videos! Chuck PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE show us the results of your labor! Show us more discharge of water!!!!

[@petenation3794]

So how do you really feel about using a Trencher:) Great video!

[@royb2251]

Good job 👍🏻

[@ringhunter1006]

cool vid dude!

[@northeasthardytropicals541]

Great info here 👍🏼

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!.

[@Dstromb232]

NICE VIDEO!

[@Bear_83]

Just purchase a house. In Orange county NY and the back yard is soggy yard had a lower and upper level hold by stone retainer wall. Definitely need to budget getting a better drain system back there.

[@mikekole]

Even better if you connect to a receptacle of some sort- city catch basin in a stormwater system especially. daylighting the water on the street can give you icy patches in cold weather.

[@cryengine_x]

there arent that many cold days in tx where i live, wonder if i could just cut power to the pump on those days?

[@hoots02]

Thank you very much sir, im gonna go to lowes cause we dont have Home Depooo here in Canada :)

[@thepalacemaid]

What? Where in Canada are you??

[@claudguam6660]

Nice video thank you, quick question how much it will be just the labor to layout 100 feet? Just labor?

[@thomasmorrison3279]

Excellent video. Very detailed and informative. Have a good weekend.

[@russsinger4290]

Nice video! What fabric do you cover the drain pipe with & where did you get it? Do you wrap the pipe completely or just the top? Also how deep & wide must the trench be to hold the pipe, gravel top & bottom and some top soil? Thanks in advance, Russ

[@10tenman10]

The styrodrain basically replaces gravel and perforated solid pipe I presume.

[@LCFTW.]

Love your videos. What would you recommend for areas with a lower frost line?

[@nelsonc1687]

Nice video, stay safe, hey where do you get the styro rock pipe?

[@MC0386]

Thanks chuck, always great content

[@dasboot360]

Thank you for all the awesome video. What’s The best outlet/cap for a drain ending in dirt/sand area ? I’m worried a standard drain grate will get clogged when the sprinkler turn on and shift some of the dirt and sand. Thanks

[@andrewslottagolf]

Get a pop up emitter. Only opens when the discharge creates enough pressure and then closes on its own so it should reduce clogging.

[@demetriusoatis8474]

I wish you were in metro Atlanta!! I'd hire you immediately!

[@eddyvideostar]

Demetrius Atis 8474. It is sad to thinking a whole city cannot supply comfortable contractors skilled in their trade.

[@munnon2631]

Chuck- what happens to the debris, dirt/leaves/grass clippings etc, that cover the drains or make their way to the sump basin?

[@galvezlawncare2754]

Nice

[@augiemoto]

Hi watched your vids and i have a question, you want the water to run off to a popup or sump basin so how do you ensure that the runs are angled? or does it mater? thanks for the info

[@JG1rn]

I wish you were in NJ

[@Urban4Wheeler]

Yup, I added a pool and a patio. Pool comapany had to drop 40 yards of RCA. Need less to say I now have an entire swimming pool for a yard

[@ays2013boss]

Are you guys crazy doing all that hard labor it's insane we use a mini excavator. I couldn't imagine doing all that extra work that you guys do.

[@appledrains]

Most people have no idea how much work it really is

[@MojoPup]

Chuck, what kind of emitter did you use at the end of the sump pump discharge? All the Pop-ups I've found so far appear to be for 3" pipe

[@williamgreen8112]

Sometimes you use Styro Roc (easy flo) and other times gravel & perforated pipe for french drains. When should you use one or the other Chuck?

[@symcardnel1741]

Styro Roc might be ok for shipping crap in boxes but I sure as hell wouldn't use it for a french drain, foundation footing and / or bulletproof vest!!!

[@puccagigaru]

Hello! I like watching your videos. Very informative and simple. We are dealing with a similar situation in our property. The builder has made a 3" drainage system right in between our property and the neighbors. It is used for both downspouts and surface water, and of course, it doesn't work. When the system is on the border and it serves both properties, is the repair cost shared? Also, shouldn't the french drain have gravel around it to prevent soil from clogging? I watched another video that you made where you filled the trench with gravel around the pipe. Granted, the pipe model was different. Which system is better? Thank you!

[@hungvu8480]

Water travel to the lowest spot under the ground. The key is make your house like a island Surount it is a weather trench. Unde weather trench is the french drain in that trench. Your yard will stay dry all year around. Follow gravity . We can not block water, we trench it , detour it to another direction, away from the house, toward the public drain

[@cnorth50]

can you get the pop up discharge at lowes as well? can you use a pop up discharge without a sump pump? will it work with a just a french drain?

[@privateinformation9384]

If you live on a street with no curb, how do you determine how/where to run your outlet so it doesn’t result in a neighbors yard flooding

[@stevetheq]

When installing a new french drain can be done with all ezflow?

[@HK-hy9od]

may I know how long had you install the plumb? And how to judge where to put the drainage? I had similar problem in my yard not only the back and the side too, which make me hard to walk on the sod around the house and the sprinkler system is hard to adjust as the normal sprinkling like 3 days in a week & 2 times each would make the backyard only watery. When I cut it to 2 times a week and it makes the front yard overly dry😢. Can you tell how is the soggy situation improved?

[@fixfireleo]

Great video! Helps a lot! One question, how large of an area will this drain system pull from? In other words, if you put in one line, how far to the sides will it drain water? This is in Florida, where there is a lot of sand. Thanks.

[@pittactor4934]

I’ve seen other videos of his where he says a French drain will pull water in from roughly 15’ from each side

[@barbarasolomon5962]

Looks like my back yard we have a slope and the water settles in my yard, it looks like a muddy swamp 😅. Ive even slid down the hill in the mud

[@davec.3198]

Great, simple concepts. I prefer to use PVC with holes in it, wrapped in washed #2 and geotextile fabric. I feel that it will be much longer lasting and with PVC, you can aggressively blast the inside and not worry about damaging something. My way is absolutely more work and expense. Likely 3 x the work.

[@douglasflores1462]

Do you have a video? I think your way would be by far better and more durable, if you provide the material list, would be nice, do they sell the PVC tube already with holes or I have to drill them? What size of tube do you recommend? Thanks in advance.

[@davec.3198]

@@douglasflores1462 Search French drains. There is a ton of info. 4" pvc is normal. You can use the cheap schedule 1 at home depot.

[@jcates1013]

Hey man thank you so much for this video. This is the type of system i believe i need. I’m in charleston sc so i know things may be different, but if you don’t mind me asking, roughly how much is a system like this with a lifter and about the same size you built? Thanks for any help with this.

[@Goochieman]

Great video!! Very helpful!

[@bradleyharris9022]

What elevation do you set top of basin to grade?

[@explanoit]

Great work! I’d like to see more about the final results. Very satisfying to see the water flow rate. And show it working during a rain storm! Thanks!

[@rollwtide88]

Agreed. I’d like to see how it terminates and the water flowing once it leaves the pipe at the street

[@jewell278]

I've gone from Ant farms to best cadence and now here lol

[@carlosyo2011]

Love the straight forward video’s but have a question for you, when you trench dive you cut at a leveled cut or do you cut with a grade for water flow?

[@jtr9492]

I would grade an inch every 10 ft downhill

[@carlosyo2011]

Jason Ruffner ty for answering my question, stay blessed and safe

[@JosephSmith72]

I want to see a video on how you jetted under the sidewalk!

[@warrenrenshaw7227]

I colder climates will the pump crack?

[@rodrigomaldonado5798]

good job master. how much did you charge for that job?

[@darkangelazure]

What spades are you using with the bend at the top of the space head

[@jeromeclatot1769]

Are these easy pipe or ez drain have a tendency to clug the whole of the pipe with time? Thank you

[@karendaley292]

Do you glue the pipes together? I never see any connections being down.

[@hernandayolearyallda]

How do you power the sump pump in the middle of the yard?

[@rayturner5186]

Is it possible to hear water moving underneath your slab? During a hard rain, i hear a rumble, after it stops.

[@jimholloway1785]

I noticed you did not put in any 3/4 to 1 1/2 rock or anything to wrap the pipe(can't remember what it is called) ?

[@silkmd]

Hi Chuck how many catch basin per foot for a big long yard!! Great DIY video for me to work on similar back yard.

[@joeshmoe7789]

As needed.

[@Brandon-ch2ot]

My raised leach field is right against my foundation and we have a high water table. Should I consider adding a French drain in between the two to allow some relief of ground water because my sump pump runs frequently during the wet season?

[@emeresbestres1]

I have a similar problem. My house has a crawl space and I do have my drainage and sump pump installed but when it's raining heavy this thing runs every 10 minutes.

[@relocatingtodisney9044]

Love your videos! Does the french drain/easy flow need to run to day light? Or, can you dig a pit, fill the pit with stone, and have it drain into the pit?

[@adekunleogunwumiju4905]

Can you recommend anyone in va I’m having a hard time finding someone with knowledge

[@ricklucas6216]

Great! What would you change if this is in Chicago and might need to run during a Chicago winter? I have had these lines refreeze after a thaw.

[@peterbergeris6510]

Why put dug up dirt back in? With sod on top, won't roots not grow? Not using geo material here?

[@brianwv64]

Is the easy flow pipe perforated?