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stumpdawg t1_ixhdpom wrote

Reply to comment by Chaoslava in Poor garden drainage causing a swimming pool against my house.. UK by Chaoslava

You want large to small rocks covered with dirt. Large at the bottom.

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Chaoslava OP t1_ixhefg9 wrote

So how does the water get channeled into the drain?

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Givingup55 t1_ixhg4hg wrote

A French drain starts with a pitched trench. Grading away from the start of the drain. You lay filter fabric in the trench. Add a small layer of clean 2b stone. Lay your pvc drain pipe (drilled holes down) into your trench. Fill remainder of trench with clean stone. Take the flaps of your filter fabric overlap them to close the stone filled trench. The fabric will keep dirt from infiltrating your drain system. I personally would top the drain channel with 1-3inch decorative river rock. You can terminate the end of the drain to day light or with a pop up.

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stumpdawg t1_ixhekez wrote

You said it's already pooling right?

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Chaoslava OP t1_ixhfn23 wrote

Yeah it’s pooling beyond the fence on the garden side, so I guess having an angled downwards course to send the water straight into the drain is what I need.

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