Pop-up Drain Emitter Clogged? Here's What To Do Roof runoff systems are great for directing water away from your home's foundation and safely discharging it. However, what if your pop-up drain emitter gets clogged or grass grows over it, so you can't locate it? In that case, the water won't be able to discharge away from your home and can lead to a flooded basement [...]
How to Vent Downspouts 3 Different Ways Underground buried downspouts move water away from your home to prevent water damage to your foundation or basement. Whether you live in the North with frigid winter freeze-ups or in the Sunbelt, where grass thrives in mild conditions, you need to be able to vent your buried downspouts. Today, we'll teach you how to vent your underground [...]
Downspout Leaf Filter Takes Market by Storm What if somebody built a vented cleanout that didn't have a fine screen but had an actual core screen that you didn't have to clean? And that screen had a patented removable section so that you could run a camera, heat cable, or a garden hose through it. What if that product had excellent fluid dynamics that [...]
The best way to connect a pop up emitter to corrugated pipe is not a part made out of PVC. It's a fitting made out of HDPE. Why? You want a strong coupler that also has flexibility. When the ground settles and you have shifting, you need to make sure that connection is flexible. HDPE is the strongest material on the planet. It lasts [...]
How to Keep Tree Roots Out of Drains Failure to consider landscape while installing your French Drain or Yard Drain can damage even the best system. Here’s how to keep tree roots out of drains and prevent tree roots from wrecking havoc on your system. Avoid Greenhouse Effect by Using Correct Drainage Pipe We're going to go over how to build a French drain [...]
Pop Up Drainage Emitter Surpasses Industry Standards While a pop up drainage emitter is a perfect way to discharge water, not all pop ups are created equal. Traditional pop ups on the market weren’t designed with the homeowner in mind. The faulty design of the industry standard led to hassle, clogging, and ultimately flooded basements for homeowners. We started manufacturing our pop up emitter out [...]
How to Bury Gutter Downspouts Buried downspouts are more than aesthetically pleasing; they also provide a powerful drainage solution if installed correctly. DIYers installing their own system need to know how to bury gutter downspouts to move water away from their homes properly. Yard Drainage Experts Share How to Bury Gutter Downspouts As yard drainage experts with over 30 years of experience installing buried downspout [...]
What do you do when you have a house built lower than the grade around it? If there's water left against the house, up against the foundation, whether it's a basement or a crawl space, it's only a matter of time before it becomes a problem. Water left to sit will end up finding its way into the structure. This will contribute a musty odor, [...]
We're in beautiful Oakland Township, Michigan and we're installing buried downspouts for a 3 x 4 x 4 gutter. So it takes a four inch pipe. That's what that means. We're moving so much water off this roof. For this project pulled up some brick pavers because we need to bury these downspouts under a driveway. Originally we were going to go around the driveway [...]
We often talk about the benefits of a 3 in. vs 4 in. downspout pipe for specific buried downspout applications. However, you may still wonder how much of a difference the downspout pipes can make until you see it yourself. Let's take you through our little backyard demonstration. We're going to run water through a 4 in. downspout, and then we're going to reduce that [...]