http://www.frenchdrainman.com

How deep should a dry well be and how far from the house should a dry well be installed? How big in diameter should a dry well be? All these things factor into your soil percolation and the volume of water you're controlling.

Here's the sump pump line. This discharged right into the yard and everything was just a mess. A couple of months ago when we were here and I evaluated this job for install, it was a real, real mess.

Well, a lot of manufacturers will tell you that it's okay to put a dry well 10 feet off the house. I'm going to tell you from my professional opinion, that's a really bad idea. Especially, if you have a basement and you got basement walls.  And, if you don't have really, really good soil percolation, you're loading the soil with all the downspout, spout water with all your sump pump, and discharge water.  You're saturating the subsoils and you're creating all this hydrostatic pressure that's pushing against the basement wall. It's just a really bad idea. [...]

Read More: https://www.frenchdrainman.com/how-de...

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
122 S Rawles St
Romeo, MI 48065
248-505-3065

http://www.macombcountylandscaping.com #frenchdrain #drainagepipes #frenchdrainman