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French drain

A French drain (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, rubble drain, and rock drain) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. The perforated pipe is called a weeping tile (also called a drain tile or perimeter tile). When the…

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French drain

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Triples53
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French drain

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related to External links · 23
French drain → Archived, B1, Bridges, Design Manual, Determination, Drainage, Drainage Works, French, Install French Drains, Non-residential French, Part, PDF, Pipe Bedding Combinations, Publication HA, Retrieved, Roads, Stationery Office, UK Highways Agency, US EPAHow, Volume
related to history · 13
French drain → Assistant, Concord, Farm Drainage, French, French's, Henry Flagg French, Later, Massachusetts, Subsurface, The, They, To, Treasury Secretary
related to Structure · 7
French drain → An, Ditches, Highway French, Landscaping, Lining, Modern French, The
related to Other uses · 5
French drain → Clarified, French, Such, The, Weeping
related to Variants · 3
French drain → French, This, Variations
related to Installation · 2
French drain → Buried, French

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French drainrelated to External linksUK Highways Agency0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksDesign Manual0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksRoads0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksBridges0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksVolume0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksDrainage0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksPart0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksDetermination0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksPipe Bedding Combinations0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksDrainage Works0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksPDF0.60section
French drainrelated to External linksPublication HA0.60section

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