A DIY French drain can cost $1,500 and up to install, depending on the length of the drain, whether you have to rent a ...

French drains are typically covered with pea gravel and a fabric filter to prevent dirt from clogging the drain ... Dry Well. The water collected in a French drain pipe needs to discharge somewhere.

Rainscaping techniques range from straightforward solutions that include redirecting downspouts to garden beds, setting up rain barrels and cisterns, installing a French drain, digging a dry well ...

If your yard already has a storm drainage system, you might spend as little as $500 to bury some downspouts, but you could spend up to $13,000 for a combination French drain and dry well installation.

A French drain is the term for any gravel-and-tile or gravel-and-pipe-based system. It takes its name from Henry Flagg French, who chronicled its use in agriculture in the mid-19th century. When ...