Poor Slope Angle French drains are sometimes mistakenly sloped at a low angle or no angle at all (that is, flat). Since the purpose of a French drain is to remove accumulated water from the yard ...

A yard drain is one of the best ways to fix a waterlogged lawn or stop water from pooling around your foundation. But if it ...

The drain, just outside her backyard in the College Meadows subdivision near College Boulevard and South Woodland Street, cannot keep up during major storms. Her yard floods up to five feet deep.