Drainage problem in Great Falls,RESTON, BURKE, SPRINGFIELD, ALEXANDRIA, ARLINGTON, ASHBURN, FAIRFAX COUNTY. Virginia. Phoenix designed this system which incorporates a floor drain that has a built in grade to move water away from home. We used a modular ACO k100 floor drain system which has a sloped .06% grade built into the floor drain system. This system feed into a catch basin which was atatched to french drain tile. This ACO system is perfect for water problems on patios and drive ways.
Phoenix systems is a full service drainage contractor. Engineers divide drainage problems into sub-surface and surface drainage. We design both sub surface and surface drainage systems. If you have a problem on your property were there is no grade on your yard patio walk or drive way to move standing water our ACO trench drain my be the answer to your problems. Phoenix works with and installs drainage systems which include: footing drains, threnching, grading, wet yard solutions, yard contouring, trench drains, dry well instalation, french drain systems, and catch basins. We can produce systems that will solve your wet basment problems. To install a dry well locate a good location for the dry well. Set it up at a good distance from the house's foundation. Measure how much pipe you need. Both solid and perforated PVC piping is required. a trench to a depth of about 16 inches from the gutter down spout to the spot of the dry well. Install any necessary fittings to the end of the downspout. Cut any pieces with saw, as needed. WIth a solid pipes, and use perforated pipes closer to the dry well. Lay pipes into trench. Using a level, slope pipe away from house 1/4 inch per foot . Cover solid piping with dirt from trench, and tamp . Trench where perforated piping is used with then landscape fabric, and then a layer of 57 stone over it. Install perforated piping. Fold ends of fabric over to cover the pipe. Add more stone, then cover trench. Tamp down dirt. USE A shovel to make hole for the well, depending on how large you make the dry well. Line with landscape fabric, and pour in 4 to 7 inches of 57 stone . Lay in concrete dry well shell. Drainage piping to shell. Extend approximately 8 inches into the well. Fill in around the shell with more 57 stone. Attach the top to the shell of the dry well. Wrap landscape fabric over top, and cover with dirt.
IF your home has a wet basement PHOENIX HOME SERVICES CAN HELP. You may need to install a sump pump with a french drain system. we can also install a battery back
up for your sump pump system.
Why use a battery backup sump pump?
There are many things that can go wrong in sump pit to cause basement flooding. These problems can be a power outage, a bad sump pump, a stuck float or a sump pump that cannot control in flow water.By using a battery backup sump pump your basement will remain dry during storms and power outages.
What does the Phoenix systems monitor:
THE COMPLETE SUMP PUMP SYSTEM.
Battery power level battery fluid
power conditions in your home.
Water levels in the sump pump crib and french drain system.
And most imporant keeping your Northern Virginia basement dry.
May be you have one areas in your yard that hold water after a rainfall? This is a common problem in Northern Virginia, and something we can solve. Over the years I’ve solved many peoples problems with yard drainage problems.The French drain is a system for eliminating excess water from low points and other areas prone to saturated soil. French drains are quite simple: in essence they are just trenches filled with gravel, with sand on top of that. Often, you'll see French drains defined to include a drain pipe as well, though the traditional design is simply the gravel-filled trench. The advantages of French drains are low cost and easy installation. In addition, they can be covered over with turf after installation, making them less conspicuous.
Dig the trench
A French drain starts with digging a trench. The depth and width of the trench can vary, but 5 to 6 inches wide and 8 to 12 inches deep are common sizes and usually satisfy most needs.
Ensure the proper slope
How to install drainage
Slopes: common problems and solutions
Grading is your most important consideration —
there must be enough slope for the water to flow. And the flow must be in the right direction. PHOENIX HOME services takes measurments to insure that you have at least a 0.5 percent slope. A 1.5 or 2.5 percent grade is great.
Fill the area with #57 gravel
INSTALL
#57 gravel in the trench to within 1 inch of the surface. Gravel for this use is typically 3/4 to 1 inch in size better known as #57 gravel.
On top of the gravel, lay at least 2 or 3 inches of or top soil sand. This provides a area which grass can grow so that the drainage system will not be visible. Remember that the top soil and sand must be coarse or it won't allow water to drain through.
Grass may be seeded into top soil or allowed it grow in from the near by areas. Or, you can lay sod over the top soil .
Adding a drain pipe
If you wish to use french drain pipe, the process is similar except you will first lay an 1" inch or 2 of #57 gravel in the bottom of the trench, on which a perforated French drain pipe will be installed. The French drain perforated pipe should be covered in a filter fabric. Finish filling in with #57 GRAVEL around the pipe, ensuring at least 2 inchs of #57 gravel to surround the pipe on all sides. Four or six inch pipes are installed by Phoenix Home Services contractors, and can easily fit 6" to 8" trenches.
Be sure to run the upper end of the drain pipe to the surface and cap it so that you can, if necessary, access the pipe to unclog it.
Consider hiring PHOENIX HOME SERVICES for complex systems that cover large areas and require multiple lines. Proper grading, French drain pipe size and other factors can make a complex drain system solve most of your wet yard problems.
A 1-percent slope equals a SLOPE of 1 foot over a distance of 100 feet. For SMALLER distances, the drop can be smallER. For example, a 20-foot run needs a drop of just 0.2 foot (a little more than 2.5 inches) for a 1-percent grade. Shorter drains may be easy to grade with the help of a good level. However, when in doubt, hire a surveyor.
PHOENIX HOME SERVICES on french drains:
Clogged french drains SOLUCTIONS
1ST STEP LOCATE THE PROBLE AREA IN YOUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
As A drainage contractor in northern Virginia you must call Miss Utilitys to get a ticket numer before you start any drainage or excavation project. We install drainage systems in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince william Counties Va. Including the cities of Ashburn, Annandale, Aldie, Burke, Clifton, Vienna, Falls Church, Reston, Firfax Station, Springfield, Alexandria, Leesburg, Bristow, Great Falls, Mclean, Oakton, Sterling, and Manassas Va.
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