Clay, Climate & Clogging: Build Your French Drain to Withstand Anything | Back to Basics Pt. 3

Clay, Climate & Clogging: Build Your French Drain to Withstand Anything When clay dries it shrinks and when it swells up with water it expands. It doesn't matter what climate you're in or what part of the world you're in. When clay dries you'll see cracks, you'll see the earth open up when it's shrinking so that's really having its way on any drainage system. In this episode of Back to Basics I explain how to install your French Drain system to withstand any climate or clay soil. I see a lot of PVC pipe fail in clay that's very elastic. Corrugated pipe withstands all these different elements of abuse, whether it's freeze and thaw or it's just the clay shrinking and expanding in the north. 💦 In Case You Missed it .....💦 Back to the Basics Part 1:    • Tearing Out Failed French Drain in Local D...   Back to the Basics Part 2 :   • How to Build a French Drain to Last a Life...   Stay tuned for More in this Series! Follow us along as we continue our "Back to Basics" series for multiple phases of this project in Rochester Hills, Michigan. 💦 Products Mentioned in Video 💦 Non Woven Geotextile Filter Fabric: https://frenchdrainman.com/store/filt... Corrugated Pipe for French Drains: Shop All FDM's Yard Drain Supplies: ======= French Drain Man – Michigan’s Yard Water Drainage Experts. Masters in the art of constructing contained French drain systems & curtain drain systems that and fix your yard drainage problems for years to come. Over 30 years’ experience in solving yard water drainage problems in Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, and St. Clair Counties. French Drain Man / Sherwood Landscape Construction, LLC P.O. Box 777 Almont, MI 48003 248-505-3065 https://www.frenchdrainman.com http://www.macombcountylandscaping.com Follow us on: Facebook:   / frenchdrainmanusa   Instagram:   / frenchdrainman   French Drain Man – Michigan’s Yard Water Drainage Experts. Masters in the art of constructing contained French drain systems & curtain drain systems that and fix your yard drainage problems for years to come. Over 30 years’ experience in solving yard water drainage problems in Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, and St. Clair Counties. French Drain Man / Sherwood Landscape Construction, LLC P.O. Box 777 Almont, MI 48003 248-505-3065 https://www.frenchdrainman.com http://www.macombcountylandscaping.com Follow us on: Facebook:   / frenchdrainmanusa   Instagram:   / frenchdrainman   Clay, Climate & Clogging: Build Your French Drain to Withstand Anything | Back to Basics Pt. 3 #frenchdrain #drainagepipes #frenchdrainman

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