French Drain Designs and Installation in Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, & Surrounding Areas.
Using French drains around your property is a common and practical way to help protect your home from water intrusion. When designing a French drain system, the main consideration is how to keep water flowing by gravity. By creating a trench dug exponentially at ¼” depth per every foot of linear pipe installation, water will surely be carried away from your home and to the street, where it belongs. There are definitely other places the water can travel to in order to make better use of it. But the main goal of a French drain design is to prevent water from pooling anywhere adjacent to your home.
Standing water can cause a lot of damage to your property. A well-designed French drain system will help to correct any problem that rainwater may cause. Water problems may also come from poor lawn irrigation and soil erosion.
Some problems that water can cause include a cracking concrete footing in the foundation of your home as well as causing the soil under your home to shrink or expand with becoming wet and dry. This will cause your home to shift or settle, making the wood floors uneven.
French drains usually come in plastic or clay. They are perforated pipes that are set with filter cloth, usually 2’ below the surface. It is then backfilled with gravel. Many homes have gravel trails around the planters surrounding the perimeter of the home. These are usually the gravel-filled French drain systems. When designing a French drain system, homeowners will have many options as to what the final installation will look like. Aside from gravel, one may choose to set it with rocks or other loose packing materials. The overall goal is to allow water to seep through and create a nice look for your yard or the area around the home.
