Drainage HDPE/ Corrugated Pipe

[andrehoude123]

We have guys that use this method In ditches to get ride of water fast after a storm it works amazing but if your using big rock you'll need to put geo textile over the rocks to prevent the top soil of going into the big cracks of the rocks

 

[bigtiller]

I have helped install miles of drainage tile on many farms in several counties in central Iowa. Only once did we use a sock, and that was going through a sandy beach to dump into a private pond. We used about 100 feet around a 6 inch tile. We never needed rock to make the tile work better - anywhere.

 

[jones6780]

They are talking about 2 different methods. If you use the sock over slotted drain pipe then it works like a reverse septic tank bleeder line. The wet will seep into the pipe and drain. With that method you need the rock and the geo textile. If you go the other method you need a sump with a grate over it and a solid drain line for the water to exit. With the small area you are talking about, if you can not fill and grade for drainage then I would use the sump and drain line.

 

[Judson50]

How do you plan to collect the water? For that part, you can use a drain box with a grate on top. Then connect the solid pipe to that and run to your ditch.

This is exactly what I was going to do. A simple 9x9 catch basin with the pipe that starts there and goes all the way to the ditch about 125ft away.

 

[Judson50]

We have guys that use this method In ditches to get ride of water fast after a storm it works amazing but if your using big rock you'll need to put geo textile over the rocks to prevent the top soil of going into the big cracks of the rocks

Would simple fabric weed barrier work?

 

[Judson50]

They are talking about 2 different methods. If you use the sock over slotted drain pipe then it works like a reverse septic tank bleeder line. The wet will seep into the pipe and drain. With that method you need the rock and the geo textile. If you go the other method you need a sump with a grate over it and a solid drain line for the water to exit. With the small area you are talking about, if you can not fill and grade for drainage then I would use the sump and drain line.

I think this is what Im' looking to do. Just drain the pool of water by my walk out basement all the way to the ditch.

Just a solid Corrugated pipe no need for water to enter this pipe, except for the drain basis where the water typically collects/puddles. - would this be correct?

And the corrudated tubing would be 4 inch. is that too big?

 

[andrehoude123]

If the water is concentrated in one area just out in a solid pipe and a catch But then you have a cover that can go up and down with frost and a bare spot on your lawn I'm guess if you want to go thru all that trouble you don't want to see an ugly black cover with holes In it!!

 

[andrehoude123]

Just put in a

 

[andrehoude123]

Would simple fabric weed barrier work?

Yes but I can't be water proof because you'll have even more pooling

 

[Judson50]

If the water is concentrated in one area just out in a solid pipe and a catch But then you have a cover that can go up and down with frost and a bare spot on your lawn I'm guess if you want to go thru all that trouble you don't want to see an ugly black cover with holes In it!!

Eh, the black grate in the lawn next to the concrete by my walk out basement doesn't bother me.

Is PVC better?
Is 4in Corrugated Pipe going to work?