Hi all,
I'm putting in a french drain in a section of my yard that collects a lot of runoff. Instead of filling the entire hole with gravel, I'm looking at filling the first few inches with gravel, then adding in a layer of 4" or 6" PVC pipe laid horizontal with fabric filter material over the ends and a gravel in the space around each pipe. On top of that I'll place some more gravel and then a 2nd layer of PVC pipes. I'll finish it with some more gravel and then the top layer will be decorative gravel.
The idea behind this is to maximize the capacity of the french drain. For reference, my hole is about 5'x10' and 20-24" deep.
Does anyone see a reason why building it this way could prove to be a problem?
Thanks,
Tom
I'm putting in a french drain in a section of my yard that collects a lot of runoff. Instead of filling the entire hole with gravel, I'm looking at filling the first few inches with gravel, then adding in a layer of 4" or 6" PVC pipe laid horizontal with fabric filter material over the ends and a gravel in the space around each pipe. On top of that I'll place some more gravel and then a 2nd layer of PVC pipes. I'll finish it with some more gravel and then the top layer will be decorative gravel.
The idea behind this is to maximize the capacity of the french drain. For reference, my hole is about 5'x10' and 20-24" deep.
Does anyone see a reason why building it this way could prove to be a problem?
Thanks,
Tom