How to make a drain

First of all, it must be said that the drainage systems are of several types, depending on the material from which they are made. In addition, such systems are divided into open and closed. However, the principles of their work and design aremuch in common: digging special trenches with a slight bias (3 centimeters per 1 meter). Usually, first a full network of such trenches is excavated on the site, and before they are drained, they wait for the nearest rain to assess whether the system is able to cope with the tap of water.

The corrugated plastic pipes are laid on the bottom of the trenches, whose diameter is 63 millimeters. In the pipes, holes are made, and the pipes must be wrapped with a filter of geotextile to prevent clogging of the water drainage system. Next, the pipeline is laid drainage material.

For the so-called Fascinating drainage use oak, birch, hazel, alder or coniferous brushwood, which is tied in rather long fascicles. These bundles are tightened with wire or willowrods every 50-60 centimeters. If brushwood does not bind, it can very quickly accumulate sludge in it and stop working altogether. The thickness of one such beam should be at least 30 centimeters. As a rule, large branches are placed inside, and smaller ones are located outside. The trunk usually fits at the head of the trench, with moss laid between the bundles. Also at the entrance of the trench in the ditch is a kind of mouth of the boards. If you decide to make drainage from rods, remember that the lifetime of such a system will exceed 25 years, which is quite a long time.

Yet make drainage possible from the stone. Usually, rubble is used for this: large stones are placed on top of the pipes, and smaller ones on top.

Besides, it is not necessary to use the pipeline. You can apply any waterproof material, for example, ruberoid. It should be laid in a trench in the form of a gutter. Then put on top geotextile, while its edges are tucked under the roofing material,leaving space for water. The height of such a structure should be about 1/3 of the depth of the trench itself. Now the remaining space can be covered with rubble or pebbles, sprinkled with sand or laid down the fascia, as written above.

It is also worth mentioning, how to make drainage open type. This option is considered to be the simplest ifyour site is in the lowland, from where the melt or rain water practically does not come off. It will be necessary to dig a ditch all along the perimeter of the site, the width of which will be 60 centimeters, and the depth - 50 centimeters. However, the trench on the side from which it is supposed to collect water, will need to dig at an incline. The advantage of such a system is that the water in it does not stagnate at all, but immediately goes away. The diversion of water must occur in a special ditch or gutter.

Finally, it is worth saying that it is best to give preference all the same closed drainage systemssince they have a more aesthetic appearance thanopen. As you could see, making the drain yourself is not difficult, but it will take quite some time to dig trenches. remember, that the quality of such a system directly depends on the rate of water withdrawal from the site.