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Sloped landscape french drain landscaping ideas.
All of your drain pipe with one exception must slope slightly downhill.
A well respected and competent contractor who has done excellent work for us in the past is giving us a bid to install a french drain and surface drain in our sloped backyard in san mateo.
Cover the stone with water permeable landscaping fabric to discourage weed growth.
A landscaping french drain is a gravel filled trench lined with landscape fabric to keep soil and silt out of the gravel.
You can solve drainage problems and create an attractive landscape feature at the same time with a dry creek bed.
Usually 1 8 per foot is plenty for drainage this is the same as the commonly recommended 1 slope.
Build a creek bed to direct water away from a low spot in your yard.
Filling and piping a french drain after digging your trench fill it with a few inches of crushed stone.
Erosion restricted plant choi ces and wash outs to name just a few.
While some types of these drains include a perforated drain pipe sometimes called drain tile and may be covered with grass the traditional french drain is simpler and easier to build.
It can be done on a small budget as long as you understand which steps are vital and not to be skimped on.
Note that i said the drain pipe must be sloped rather than the french drain.
Knowing where to spend your money and where to save is the first step to a successful low budget landscape.
Sloped yards naturally help break up the different spots in your yard and these landscaping ideas for slopes help accentuate that.
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Okay so terrible pun but the way this person used rocks to create a flat spot in their sloping yard for a small patio deserves recognition.
French drains are filled with sloping gravel and sand.
Or if the slope of the ground permits it use a creek bed to drain a low spot.
Becoming a rock et man.
Landscaping on a slope has its challenges.