#AtoZChallenge – I is for Installation of Drainage Tiles

Installation of drainage tiles (also known as a French Drain) effectively supplements the benefits of proper grading. A 4” perforated drain tile backfilled with limestone chips will absorb seepage (underground water) under the center of a swale or other areas of potential water pooling.

The experienced and efficient workers for Integrity Drainage Solutions will excavate a footer (a trench about 6-8 inches deep), then lay a 4” diameter perforated pipe, after the drainage tile is installed. Backfill with limestone chips or washed gravel. Top it all off with displaced earth.

Part of the solution: Drainage tile systems are only about 6 inches beneath the ground. These pipes can freeze during a typical Wisconsin Winter. The system should be the augmenting part of your solution, not the primary solution.