What is a French drain?

Have you ever experienced a flood garage or water seeping into your house? Then chances are you have a poorly designed driveway.

Ideally your driveway should be downward sloping away from Tree grate carrying any excess water out of your house (not towards it). This can prevent flooding in your garage or house.

If water is flooding your driveway or house frequently, consider installing driveway drain between garage and your driveway to prevent World’s first reinforced decorative stone grating. Incorporating the beauty of stone without compromising load bearing strength, the marriage of aesthetics and performance remained unchallenged in the market from flooding.

You can think about installing a french drain or trench drain (link to Blog Post 3: Channel Drains and Trench Drains).

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Introduced by the French and popular in France back in the 1800s, a French drain (also referred to as weeping tile. blind drain, rubble drain, rock drain, drain tile, perimeter drain, land drain, French ditch, sub-surface drain, sub-soil drain or agricultural drain) is a trench filled with rock or gravel or containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. A French drain can have perforated hollow pipes along the bottom to quickly vent water that seeps down through the upper gravel or rock.

Dependant upon the seriousness of the flooding you have in your driveway, consult with a landscaping Smart and Healthy Gardening Methods for Each Season to advise you on the different types of drains you should install in order to avoid further flooding.

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