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Project story · 05 / Yard drainage

Stone, grass
and a grate.

French drain & pump project

Six silent seconds of residential field footage: a stone strip beside grass and a screened wall, a round green grate, then a stone border.

French drain & pump project0:06 · silent field film1080 × 1920Open the film file (MP4)

What this film shows

  1. A stone strip

    White stone running beside the grass and a screened exterior wall.

  2. A round grate

    A green drainage grate surrounded by white landscaping stones.

  3. What is not shown

    The pump that is part of this project does not appear in this six-second excerpt.

Two frames from the same footage

White stone strip beside grass and a screened exterior wall
Stone border · residential field footage
Green round drainage grate surrounded by white landscaping stones
Collection grate · residential field footage

A useful next step

A French drain is one way to deal with water that lingers in a yard or along a wall. Whether it suits a particular property, and whether a pump is needed, depends on the levels and where the water can go.

Photos of where water collects are a good place to start. Site conditions determine any proposed route and installation.

Yard drainage & French drains ↗

30–60 minutes online. Share four-corner and affected-area photos first. Pump questions: Sump & discharge systems.

About this footage: a six-second silent excerpt and two still frames from FAS field footage of this project. The original sound is not included.