How to Set Up Catch Basin for Best Drainage - 3 Different Basins and which works best

[@davearonow65]

Excellent tutorial. Who would have thought the size of the basin doesn't affect how much water gets evacuated. The answer is pure common sense, but not imediately intuitive. Of COURSE the output pipe is the limiting factor, not the size of the basin. Thabks for pointing this out to us slower kids!

[@sanibel3]

Thank you so much for this video. It is the perfect solution for our drainage issue around the horse paddocks. So appreciate this and learned alot! ❣️🍀

[@appledrains]

😊👍

[@kansasfan649]

You just saved my $$$, "you must use a discharge, it needs to see daylight or you need a sump pump." Thanks again.

[@rajisoundararajan2638]

Thanks for the informative video. Is a catch drain the same as area drain? Ours is a new construction. Landscaper laid rocks close to home periphery without properly grading soil away from foundation. Building inspector asked to install area drains. I was searching videos on this and came by your video. I appreciate your advice. Thanks!

[@rajisoundararajan2638]

Is the catch drain the same as area drain?

[@randybettencourt712]

Should we drill small holes on the bottom of the catch basins? Other videos suggest that with some gravel bed and fabric cloth below.

[@kellymac76]

I have a mountain home in Tn. clay soil. It's a tall 2 story home, more the height of 3 story. House was never built with gutters. Just had new metal roof installed, was shingle. One side of house is very close to the hill that leads to mountain rd. I popped up a termite bait station after the company never picked them up. There was 7 inches of water in the hole. It's right in front of the AC unit, I couldn't find a drainage pipe from the AC. In Florida we have those. I think now the rain is coming off the steep metal roof. The hill is next to the house so probably getting water from there also. I was on the hill cutting some small saplings and the soil was very moist. No basement, house has a 12 inch concrete slab. There's nowhere for that water to go. I took up a bait station at the back of the house and no water. Rain wouldn't be running off at the front and back. It's a very small town, we don't have companies like you. We do have a plumber and he was going by to look. We don't live there. I'm watching all kinds of videos on French drains, catch basins. Clay stopping the water from going through the fabric. Yours was the first to mention clay. Can you suggest a setup? Even if we got gutters on the house it's so tall there is no way to clean the leaves that will collect from the mountain trees. Thanks, any advice accepted.

[@pkaronis1]

Wouldn't the 9x9 or the 12x12 hold more debris at the bottom of the basin than the 6x6. There seems to be more area under the discharge in the bigger ones?????

[@DeereX748]

Eventually, you have to clean out the catch basin of debris, over time it will fill above the bottom of the discharge pipe regardless of the size of the basin. You just clean the smaller one more often.

[@jakel.1724]

if you have the screen on, what getting in there. you’d want a smooth so it self cleans the whole time

[@harvey8695]

some people also put a section of 6-inch pipe on the bottom with an end cap to extend the depth of the sump.