We weighed single wall drainage pipes from 3 manufacturers and found that FDM pipe is 20%-30% heavier than other brands. This helps us understand which pipe has thicker walls and will last longer in the ground.

Today, we show you how a vent well is installed and why it's important. This vent well had been covered for so long that roots grew above it!

We demonstrate that FDM High Octane 8-Slot pipe can be used to build a better French Drain and reduce the amount of stone needed.

In this video, we show a scenario where you need the FDM Turf Restrictor pop-up emitter. Spend the extra money and do it right the first time.

Drain My Lawn now sells and installs FDM High Octane pipe! It truly is the best lawn drin pipe on the market. Call us at 704-489-3444 if you'd like to buy some for your project!

In this video, we show you that corrugated pipe is better than PVC because its corrugations protect the system when damaged.

Charlotte, NC is a beautiful city with a lot of greenery and lush landscapes. However, with the high levels of rainfall that the city experiences, it's important to have proper lawn drainage to protect your home.

Ensuring that your lawn has proper drainage is an essential step in protecting your home from water damage.

If you never want to lose your drainage system in the future, be sure to install tracer wire with it!

We encountered a failed drain system that was installed and filled with gravel!

Today we demonstrate the importance of clearing out your pop-up emitters. This drain had a stepping stone on top and was full of leaves and even a golf ball! Lots of water flow afterward.

A French drain is a popular, yet commonly misunderstood, way of removing excess water from a property. It is a trench filled with gravel or rock and a perforated pipe that carries water away from the area to a discharge point.

Drain My Lawn utilizes different types of pipe for different applications. Some of the considerations are type of water to manage, water volume, budget, and terrain.

Brief video explaining why you should definitely avoid the rectangular rolls of pipe. They are inferior to regular rolls but they sell them because you can get them in your trunk.

We demonstrate how to evenly spread compost over a lawn without special tools. All you need is a wheel barrow and blower. perfect for covering seed for germination.

With the approach of any Hurricane, it's important to make sure your drain system is working properly before the storm hits.

In this real life project review, we put together a solution for a homeowner that has a wet crawl space. Water was pooling in front of the house and old downspout extensions were backed up.

In this project review, we design a system that uses a sump pump because there is not enough fall on the property to drain the water. Sump pumps are a last resort but are sometimes needed.

Join us for our Real Life Project Review series! This series brings you along to real project reviews we've conducted. This customer had pooling water on their sidewalk and a saturated section of lawn.

There are two types of corrugated drainpipe and they are very different. We show you how to make connections with both types. One is watertight and one is not.