What is the alternative for a French drain?

Liz Bomser
by Liz Bomser
  3 answers
  • Sharon Sharon on Oct 02, 2017

    Making a faux river rock stream through your property out to the street and storm drain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG2lFC7dy8o

  • Maggie Maggie on Oct 03, 2017

    Well it depends where the water is coming from: Rain, next door or down a hill. Dig a ditch that lead to a spill way or to the street and fill it in with sand or rock depending on how swift the water is and how much there is of it. You should try to reroute it if it is coming toward your foundation.

  • 2dogal 2dogal on Oct 03, 2017

    Swales!! I used that on my hillside acreage to move water away from my house. Works wonders and is not expensive to do.