Gravity Fed Drainage Solution: French Drain with Dry Well
When a French drain and dry well are combined, you get a highly effective drainage system that operates with the help of gravity, and even though French drains and dry wells are ancient systems, they are still quite effective for drainage purposes. Essentially, a dry well is a pit dug away from your home that collects excess water from your home and slowly percolates the water into the ground.
A French drain is a drainage system that drains water collected from your house safely away from your foundation walls. Trenches are dug around your property, and weeping tiles are laid on these trenches. These French drains carry water to the dry wells and collect the water in those wells. The dry well then does its job. The process is straightforward, effective, and a popular above-grade draining technique, and installing a French drain with a dry well is a very economical drainage approach.
