Trench Drains Vs Drain Franccedilais – A Comparative Study

 

Resourceful homeowners who know how to best maintain their property are aware of the fact that a property can suffer a considerable amount of damage just by a single heavy rainfall and he really needs to protect your home from it. Excess water can heavily damage the infrastructure of a building and risk its safety. Both trench drains and French drains are considered as hardscaping solution for draining out excess water from the soil around a building.

Trench drains:

Trench drains are actually nothing more than channels built for the purpose of rapid surface water evacuation. The opening of the channel or the drain I covered by trench grates to prevent debris entering it and clogging the drain.

French drains

On the other hand French drains are installed either at the bottom or side of the trenches and the system is made of a perforated pipe, protective layer of a permeable fabric for imperméabilisation in Granby and a trench filled with gravels.

How they operate

Trench drains always a mild slope that direct water away from a construction and are also often provided a concrete lining to encourage better flow of water.  Trench grates made of steel or some other metal is used for protecting the drains from getting clogged by accumulated debris. This type of drains is useful for collecting and draining rainwater in concrete covered areas and also the around the foundation of a property.

On the other hand, at the surface level the perforated pipes of a drain franccedilais is covered by pieces of rocks and gravels and when water passes through this gravel it leaves the dirt and debris it was carrying on the gravels. This helps in avoid clogging of the drains. French drains too are installed with a mild slope and uses gravity to drain the water away for the foundation of the property.

Things to keep in mind while installing a French drain

Here is a list of a few important things to ensure that it works efficiently to provide your home the desired protection.

In order to efficiently drain water away French drains are required to have more than 1% of slope.

Use modern French drain systems made with corrugated pipes.

There must be sufficient amount of gravel covering the perforated pipes.

The drain must be cleared of all obstructions.

A French drain requires to be sufficiently wide and deep so that it can carry enough water.

The drainage pipe should covered by adequate mount of gravels from all sides.