| You are welcome to use this article on
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| | so it can be covered with soil. Once the
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| your website or in your newsletter as
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| | trench is dug just lay the pipe in. At
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| long as you reprint it as is, including
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| | the highest end of the pipe you'll need
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| the contact information at the end.
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| | to insert a strainer into the end of the
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| Website URLs must be active links. You
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| | pipe to keep soil from entering the pipe.
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| are welcome to use this article with an
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| | Cover the pipe with some washed stone,
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| affiliate link,
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| | and then backfill the trench with soil.
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| Do you have one or more areas in your
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| | The washed stone creates a void around
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| yard that hold water after a rainfall?
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| | the pipe so that the water can find its
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| This is a common problem, and sometimes
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| | way into the pipe.
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| difficult to solve. Over the years I've
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| | Washed stone is usually inexpensive stone
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| talked with dozens of people trying to
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| | that has been washed so it is clean and
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| battle this problem, and on several
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| | free of mud. The only part of the pipe
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| occasions I have been hired to solve the
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| | that needs to be exposed is the low end,
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| problem. So what can be done? Too often
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| | where the water exits the pipe. Do not
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| people come to me asking what kind of a
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| | put a strainer in that end. If you do
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| tree, or what kind of shrubs can be
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| | not have anywhere that you can drain the
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| planted in a wet area to dry it up. This
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| | water to, you still might be able to do
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| is the wrong approach. Most plants, and I
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| | something. But first consider what is
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| mean almost all plants are not going to
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| | happening, and why the water is standing
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| survive in an area where the soil is
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| | where it is. Even if you have well
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| soggy for extended periods of time. The
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| | drained soil, water cannot soak in fast
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| roots need to breath, and planting a tree
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| | enough during periods of heavy rain, and
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| or shrub in a water area will kill it.
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| | it runs across the top of the ground and
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| Another common approach is to try and
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| | eventually finds the lowest point, and
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| fill the area with topsoil. Depending on
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| | either leaves the property, or gets
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| a variety of variables, this can work,
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| | trapped. If you have well drained soil,
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| but many times adding additional soil to
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| | the trapped water usually soaks in. If
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| a wet area will only shift the water to
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| | you have heavy clay soil, the water lays
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| another area just a few feet away. If
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| | there, and the soil underneath becomes
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| you are lucky enough to have some natural
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| | very compacted, and the problem compounds
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| fall to your property, or a drainage
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| | itself. The more water that stands, the
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| ditch nearby, this problem is easy enough
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| | worse the drainage gets. What I have
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| to solve. If you happen to live in an
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| | done in areas like this, where there is
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| area that was developed over the past few
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| | standing water, but nowhere to drain it
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| years, there might even be a system to
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| | to, is to install a French drain system
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| remove storm water nearby. In many new
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| | that actually carries the water away from
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| home developments I've seen stormwater
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| | the low area, and allows it to seep into
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| catch basins already installed in
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| | the ground over a larger distance, where
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| backyards. Trust me, this is a good
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| | the soil is not quite so compacted. To
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| thing. There is nothing worse than having
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| | install this French drain system you do
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| a soggy yard all the time. If you are
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| | everything exactly as explained above,
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| fortunate to have some fall to your yard,
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| | except instead of draining the water to a
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| or a stormwater system that you can drain
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| | lower area, you can send it in any
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| water into, this problem is easy to
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| | direction you like. Even in the direction
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| solve. Make sure you check with your
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| | from which it came, which is uphill.
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| local officials before you do anything at
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| | When installing this type of system, it's
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| all with a storm drain.
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| | a good idea to dig a number of shorter
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| All you have to do is go to your local
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| | trenches, all heading away from the area
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| building supply center and buy some 4"
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| | where the water stands. Using the line
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| perforated plastic drain pipe. The best
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| | level, make sure your trenches fall away
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| kind for this purpose is the flexible
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| | from their point of origin so once the
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| kind that comes in 100' rolls. This type
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| | water enters the pipes it will flow away
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| of drain pipe has small slits all around
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| | from the wet spot. What is going to
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| the pipe. These slits allow water to
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| | happen is that during times of heavy rain
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| enter the pipe so it can be carried away.
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| | the low area is still going to trap
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| Just dig a trench from the center of
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| | water, but much of that water is going to
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| the low area you are trying to drain, to
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| | seep into the drain pipes and eventually
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| the point that you intend to drain it to.
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| | leach into the soil under each trench.
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| Using a simple line level you can set up
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| | Because this soil has not been compacted
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| a string over top of the trench to make
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| | by the standing water and the baking sun,
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| sure that your pipe runs downhill all the
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| | it will accept the water. It won't happen
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| way. A line level is a very small level
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| | nearly as fast as if you could just drain
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| that is designed to attach to a string.
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| | the water to a ditch, but at least you
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| Any hardware stores sells them for just a
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| | will have a mechanism in place that will
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| couple of dollars. Set the string up so
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| | eventually disperse the water back into
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| it is level, then measure from the string
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| | the soil. It's a lot easier to leach 200
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| to the bottom of your trench to make sure
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| | gallons of water into a series of
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| you have constant fall. You should have
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| | trenches that total 100 lineal feet, than
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| 6" fall for every 100' of pipe. The
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| | it is to expect that water to leach into
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| highest point is going to be the area
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| | a 10' by 10' area that is hard and
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| that you are trying to drain, so you only
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| | compact.
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| want your pipe deep enough at this point
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