Crawl Space French Drain for Lizella homeowners
Kaolin and red clay do not drain, which sounds like an argument against a French drain and is actually the argument for one. Water in that soil is moving very slowly, so anything that offers an easier path becomes the route it takes.
That path is the stone. A generous bed of washed clean stone around a perforated pipe is dramatically more permeable than compacted clay, so water that reaches the trench travels along it and stops creeping through the ground. On Lizella lots the stone bed is doing most of the work.
The rest is layout and fall. We follow where water is arriving, run the trench with continuous slope, wrap the stone in filter fabric so the clay does not silt it up, and carry the discharge well out onto the property. On acreage there is usually enough room to place the outlet where clay will not bring the water back.
Lizella homeowners get the same scope every time, priced in writing before a crew books the date.
- Custom-designed perimeter drainage
- Channels water to a sump pump
- Eliminates standing water and dampness
- Protects your foundation and framing
