Leave approximately 5 between top of gravel and ground surface.
French drain around pool.
Let s say that after a rainstorm water tends to pool in a particular low spot on your.
Fold over excess fabric lining fold excess fabric over gravel creating an overlap.
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Place drain pipe atop fabric lining then add gravel covering pipe completely.
Maybe there are french drains around the pool channeling water around the pool to a lower spot but these don t work so well in heavy rains.
Drainage is key to keep your pool and home from damage.
Lots of concrete to cut lots of.
Poor drainage around the pool.
Puddles on the pool deck.
Here we are installing new french drains with catch basins under the concrete with discharge to sump pump.
Contain excess fill on the pool deck in a plastic liner supported by a ring of bricks.
French drains capture water that has soaked through a gravel bed into a slotted pipe.
Remove shrubs and landscaping to expose the edge of the concrete pool deck.
When filling the area around the inlet grate temporarily cover the grate to prevent any stones or soil from falling in.
Fill the trench with topsoil and compact to completely cover the entire french drain system.
The idea is to get runoff and underground water to seek the lowest spot and then it enters the french drain and gravity takes it still lower and away from the area.
Whereas gutters collect precipitation as it runs off the roof french drains manage water at ground level.
A picture s would help a lot but a french drain should be installed at the lowest point around your pool.