One of the biggest threats to your home is water. It starts with the roof, the walls, window seals, and eventually the drainage around your house. If you don't have proper drainage around your house, water will accumulate under your home causing rot, mold, and begin to undermine your foundation. One time tested solution for managing water away from your house is a French drain.

The sump will pump the water to a location that could not be normally reached due to improper slope or location. Proper sump pump system design is crucial to the success of your French drain in these types of applications. Sump pump systems are comprised of a drainage barrel and a sump pump. Sump pumps must be connected to properly grounded GFI outlets for safety reasons. Sump pumps are trigger by a float switch that detects water beyond a certain level, and the automatically turning on the sump pump. The proper horsepower pump and a high quality pump that can handle the proper volume of water without clogging is crucial for trouble free operation. Pumps are frequently pumped to the front yard area where they can drain on to the street.

There are many considerations in in designing a French drain system. An experienced drainage general contractor can solve all the design issues for you. For most people, their home is the largest investment they have. It's wise to protect your home with proper drainage. Call a reputable French drain contractor to help solve your water problems.

Every building and house has an outlet to vent out the water to protect the base of the house and keep the area dry. The trench covered with gravel or rock is the French drain and is the most common drainage system. It redirects surface and ground water away from an area, ensuring that the foundation of the building and the house is not damaged. It's also used for gardening, to distribute water, and to drain away water from the septic tank. Moreover, this kind of drains is also used behind retaining walls to relieve ground water pressure.

If one plans to install French drain for yard drainage, it's important to determine the spot on the property where the excess water is venting out from, and also identify slope for re-routing. On the right side of the boundary, the area along slop where the drain can be dug should be located, and then ground marked for beginning and end of the trench. The digging should be done as per the correct measurement. It's said that the digging process to fix this drain is the most rigorous task. And, before filling the dug part with gravel, the trench should be lined with landscape fabric, which will keep the dirt out of the gravel. It's a good idea to contact a professional to help with installing French drains.