If your lawn looks like a swamp every time you get a heavy rain you probably have drainage issues.
How to build wall around storm drain tile.
If you build on a hillside your drain tile will simply daylight or come to the surface.
Once the tubing is in place cover it with at least 3 in.
Cover the pipe with crushed stone 8 10 above the footing of the foundation.
Use a y fitting to make the connection.
Excavate a trench or series of connected trenches to accommodate the perforated drain tiles.
Slip the sock over the connection.
Snap the downspout tube into the main drain line.
This happens naturally because the drain tile pipe is installed nearly level and as the ground falls away from the house at some point the pipe will be visible.
Here technical expertise of a contractor comes in handy to determine a sufficient slope.
Either the water isn t flowing away from your house.
After shaping the trench filter fabric such as gravel or landscape clothing is laid at the bottom and up the sides to sufficiently wrap around the drain tile.
You will now connect the solid 4 pvc pipe to the tee which will leads to a percolation trench dry well or to daylight.
A rough slope is created to quickly drive water from the walls.
Use a shovel to cut up sections of turf and place them as intact as possible on a tarp for later.
How to put drain tile in wet yard areas.
Some of these drains are vented through the front of the retaining wall while others may run the length of the wall and drain out to the sides.