Customer sent these pics and needs drain grates reset as to not be a tripping hazard. My first time working on this type of drain, will I have to just dig a little deeper so the grates sit lower? Or something else completely? Help!
It looks to me that it all needs to be taken up and regraded to match the patio.
DCTheNotorious
Is that actually considered a french drain? I thought they were usually underground
Ready-Act7339
Yeah you need to cut the concrete to make it straight.
Ready-Act7339
Also the best thing you could do is reinstall the drain.
You cut a straight line in the concrete you dig down and pour concrete for the base of the drain, and then concrete on the other side of it. This will lock the drain in and keep it from settling. Also you drill dowels into the concrete so that the new doesn’t settle from the old.
No_Control8389
Yeah… that’s made to be set into the concrete. Not just slapped up against the edge of the patio.
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It looks to me that it all needs to be taken up and regraded to match the patio.
Is that actually considered a french drain? I thought they were usually underground
Yeah you need to cut the concrete to make it straight.
Also the best thing you could do is reinstall the drain.
You cut a straight line in the concrete you dig down and pour concrete for the base of the drain, and then concrete on the other side of it. This will lock the drain in and keep it from settling. Also you drill dowels into the concrete so that the new doesn’t settle from the old.
Yeah… that’s made to be set into the concrete. Not just slapped up against the edge of the patio.
This is more a r/DIWhy thing…