Channel Drain, Sump Pump, French Drain, Best Application.

Hey good morning Chuck Harris Apple drains today we are in a little town called Evita and it's outside the city limits of Orlando a little bit ways out along the i-4 corridor where most people live what we're doing is we're going to be installing channel drain you can see the pool here and a typical problem that we see all the time is that this micro channel drain is installed directly up against the foundation or the slab happens to be a lanai here but regardless of and of course you can see how dirty and filled up with dirt it is it's not working and what she's requested is that we put in this NDS five inch channel drain which is a much larger channel drain to put down through here so what we have to do is take our concrete saw and we're going to make a cut all the way down across this is about 35 feet all the way to the end of this patio and then we go underground it'll line will come across it'll turn and you can see we're putting in a sump basin here that's going to lift that water up and send it all the way out to the street in addition we're going to go ahead and put in some French drains along this side because you can kind of see from the grade this water just sits here from both homes it floods pretty badly excuse me during the hurricane she had her real flood came inside the house through this area back here and that's what prompted you know doing all this work so in addition to that so in addition to taking this removing this concrete and putting the channel drain in you can see we've got our jackhammer ready that's going to discharge the channel drain will discharge this direction and come across we're gonna put another sump basin over here on this side of the house because this area floods tremendously as well so she wants to pick the water up we'll bring a French drain back and over to the sump basin and then the inch and a half pipes gonna lift that water up we'll use the same trench and come right down through and discharge out there by the sidewalk so let's get started [Music] [Music] okay concrete's all made it's a nice clean cut all the way from this side of the pool patio and you can see the cut all the way across don't worry if you're not perfectly straight because you're putting concrete back and then you're going to refinish the deck but it should look really good we've got plenty of room to install the 5-inch NDS channel drain notice that we did run water to help keep that dust down because we're working beside the pool we keep it down anyways but try to keep it out of your pool so next we're going to go ahead and remove this concrete we should be able to do that with the pry bar and I think the pry bar is a lot easier than a jackhammer only because the jackhammer weighs 70 pounds and you've got to pick it up and move it granted it can cut break the concrete but soak in the prime just to show you how quickly this can get done you know it took me what 12 minutes to cut that concrete Chuck's already got the pit installed and you can see the line for the French drain which is coming back to the pit not going that way but back to the pit already got quite a bit of this you know dug out and ready to install so if you can see just with the pry bar if you break one foot sections it cracks right off we did not need to do another cut at least not yet because the micro channel drain serves as the second cut but we'll see how this goes so it's going to show you again how to break this concrete real simple stuff so with your pry bar remember it's just like a jackhammer you can see how quickly that cracks this is only a three-inch pour which is typical of a patio or a driveway and then you can lift it up with your pry bar and just get that piece of concrete out and move on to the next section real simple so just pry up the concrete remember not to make them too heavy because you got it kick it away but usually a one foot section these are probably about 40 or 50 pounds that's almost a whole bag of concrete each section so a 1 foot section is plenty and remember the jackhammer can break this too but look how easy that came out with the pry bar and you don't need to lift that pry bar which weighs 70 pounds and move it all around and does wear you out but to continue this process all the way through your channel put it in your wheelbarrow and then you'll haul it away wherever you're taking it we're putting it in the trailer if for some reason that concrete doesn't crack keep hitting it in the same place over and over just like the jackhammer and of course if you do have a hammer available you can easily use that if necessary so a couple of barrels of concrete have been removed you can see where we are and remember when you clean out your trench for the channel drain it's not much deeper than this grade it's designed to set inside the concrete so it's not it's only four or five inches thick I'll show you that in a second do not remove that much soil because if you do you're gonna have to put it back in order to lay your channel drain channel drain it runs level this does have some pitch to it some fall coming this direct the trailer pretty quick we still have soil to remove we got some in there underneath the concrete and this is heavy stuff probably about two more barrels maybe three more barrels of concrete to put up here but when you put your concrete in your trailer or whatever you're putting it in make sure you stack it up you know take care to make it look neat because when you take it out that's going to be when you're tired and you want to make sure you can get it out easily so there's just two more pieces and then we'll wash this off pull out the old channel drain that's in there take that as way as well and like I said we've got a nice clean trench to work with after that we went ahead and explored fans decide looks good the other side does have some obstacles so we're gonna have to go around those you will find the same thing when you're installing yourself you see we've got a sprinkler you know that irrigation comes through there we've also got can you see this power box I figured that'd be really deep but you can see it right here it's actually just underneath of the pavers in fact on top of the ground very shallow for a electrical conduit that's the pool light going over there the really important electric line seems like it should be a little deeper okay so now it's time to set up the sub-basin and what I looked at it in the hole that we've done our Inlet lines are higher or lower than this nipple so we're going to do it right below the nipple this is going to accept one of the lines perhaps the French drain the other is going to accept the channel drain same depth right here we have a 90 degree turn let's put this one in right here we've got a French drain coming in we've also got the channel drain coming in both lines coming to the same same sump pump some pumps going to lift them up and take them out okay so we're setting up the second something basin in some pit another Zoeller m-98 the three of you real quick same thing you start with a male threaded inch and a half adapter screws into that port right there then we put a small riser on it we drill a 3/16 inch hole we put on our check valve remember arrows point the direction of flow they're always going to be pointing the direction of flow now we're ready to set the pump down into the pit let's take a look over here and set it in there remember this pumps heavy you can see I've already done some of the plumbing here we've got the line coming in which is the easy flow that's the French drain that starts way up there it actually comes back and comes around it ties into the sub-basin you can see the little nipple coming in now we're going to set the sump pump down in there it's a heavy pump we said this the pump down in there now we're going to make a measurement from the top of the check valve where we're going to drill through here the side of the basin where our inch and a half pipes going to discharge in the same trench as our French drain okay so made the measurement made a mark I'm going to use my two inch hole saw use my two inch hole saw and we're going to drill hole right through here remember that the two inch hole saw is the exact outer diameter of our inch and a half PVC you can see it slides perfectly inside so we're right into the pit everything will be under ground so you can see you set up one more time review just love reviewing we've got the sump basin some pit you can see it's down in the ground it goes down two feet we're bringing in from that side we're going to pick up that downspout but it also picks up that channel drain we're draining that channel drain both directions we just have entrenched across yet but there'll be a line that comes from this side of the channel drain around into the sump basin then you can see we've got the catch basin and the French drain while though we're using easy flow that's actually starting there by the beginning of the fence it runs back this direction and ties into the sump basin and then we've got our sump pump and the sump pump is the heart of the operation this is a Zoeller m-98 1/2 horsepower it's going to push at least 60 gallons a minute that's two trash cans full of water every minute very quick lift it up goes through the check valve through the inch and a half pipe we use the same trench save some labor same trench to you know put our inch and a half in as the bridge string until we get to the end and then of course it's all by yourself so somebody had put the ground wire right through the channel drain the old micro channel drain which is a good idea you know it keeps it out of the way but you know it'd be better if you just put it under the channel drain rather than leave it through there it's difficult to get it out so we're pulling that loose and then we'll be able to start to set our channel drain [Applause] yep and again you can see looking at the channel drain just how full of mud they become if you don't maintain the drain it's just full there's no way - Kay setting up your NDS five inch channel drain remember that she wanted a larger drain for this pool because this is all sloped from the pool back to that lanai that patio screened-in area and it just floods terribly so we're putting a larger channel drain much larger but lay out your channel drain across your section and then we're going to go ahead and set that in we've got to get the right depth so I went ahead and scraped it just a little bit we're going to be low so that we can backfill underneath of it we'll get the perfect depth so this will drain directly into the drain and it'll slope from the patio back into the drain as well okay so we're almost ready to lay this channel drain notice that we put some blue painters tape over top of the grate because we don't really want to get the concrete down in there when we're all done or the homeowner or either one they can just rip that off and they should have a nice clean finish so we've got this all stretched out and we could come all the way to the end but I like to make a finished look so this will be concrete you can see it drops into the pipe we'll do that on both ends I always tape this make it watertight and that way we've got a good connection we're just about ready to lay that drain we'll clean this little bit of patio off and you can see it's coming over same thing on this end remember I taped the fitting as it comes in just to be watertight also secured that with screws by the way set screws line comes around picks it up the downspout and goes into the something base setting this long of a channel drain does take some time and a little bit of work but if you've got a good bunch of guys to help you that or one more guy to help you mix your concrete it goes real quick basically we're just packing it in come on gel we're just packing it in and finishing it off trying to keep a good raise from the house back to the trench so we've got a real good pour going on here we can see our channel drain and it may look a little sloppy because we've got the tape there but you know once we pull that tape off it's just a nice clean grate all the way down what we're trying to do is keep it high towards the house so there's a pretty good sized mound because this pool if you can see the slope of that back of the pool holy cow when it rains it just poured right through here and into that porch so the little micro channel drain which is always all clogged up it didn't do anything so we put a much larger channel drain in at her request and now this should take this water away you know through major events of course a hurricane you can't ever tell you can get 20 inches of rain of course it's not going to keep up with that but average rainfall is maybe 2 inches it should handle it really well so when you got your trowel the idea is to just you know make your mix fairly dry actually but you can see what how you do it you hit that trial down in there that'll bring the cement right up to the top and that's how you get your finish you can always add a little bit more and just smack it pound it down in and then come back with your trowel and you make a real nice smooth finish as you look down the trench should look pretty good so if you've got a couple of guys to help you you can see one guy can mix the other guy can be the finisher one grab mixes it he puts it in the trench be sure that you pile it kind of high so don't spread it low because when you pull it back you end up with dirt in there if that makes sense keep it kind of high on your little piles and you'll be able to finish that right out so you can see our channel drain and again all you need to do is let that cure and then pull off that tape and you'll have a nice finished great across the top we're just coming to the very end here just finishing it out making it look really good it's gonna come out really nice so out here where we're discharging we're going to use a three-inch 90 which is thin wall so we've got to adapt from schedule 40 to thin wall we use this little donut and this adapts directly to it real simple go ahead and glue up your fitting on the inside of this one as well a lot of glue in there and then the donut just slides on twisted a little bit let it set up then we're going to glue this fitting we'll do that right now good amount of glue and these two will bond to kind of make a mechanical bond but it'll be plenty tight enough nice and straight then we'll put our grade on the top and we're gonna put a screw in right here a set screw just to hold that because you can see this pedal is and that pump is powerful it's gonna push that right off if you don't secure it so on your popup on your great whether you're using a pop-up or a great I would suggest you put a set screw in here because your pump even a third of a horsepower is quite powerful and this we just don't want this to blow off of there just one screw just enough so that it doesn't pop that right off there hey this is Chuck with Apple Draenei to remind of you and if you believe you can do something guaranteed have a great day [Music] don't forget to put a set screw [Music]

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Length: 18min 3sec (1083 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 05 2018