my landscaper is telling me that this is the way that the supplier recommended to install this trench drain. I’m calling BS but wanted to get feedback from some pros.
(Fyi, this is about 15-20 feet of NDS Spee-D trench drain. There to move water from one downspout and the runoff from my negative grade driveway.) This is right by my front door so I’m especially not happy with half-assed PVC sticking up out of the concrete.) Go to the NDS website and everything looks so clean and seems like there’s a part or accessory to solve any problem.
by BigRoach
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Yes, why wouldn’t you want a trip hazard like that in your yard.
I know nothing but having a section of it above ground with no grate seems to defeat the purpose of the grate on the rest of it
The metal grate has a hole in the side the pipe is supposed to connect to.
If you’re just going to have half a pipe sticking up, it defeats the point of having the grate to catch solids and debris.
It’s not showing the area that feeds the drain. A drain needs to be as big as the potential water flow… that looks like two drains one drain feeding another drain. But it’s not showing what amount of area leads to the drains
I think the concrete finishing alone tells me what I need to know. I am not a professional but it looks incorrect.
That’s absolutely not right lollll. Must’ve gotten the measurements wrong. At least he put it in concrete.
No way. US Trench Drain has a video on how to do it. They have cutouts on the bottom of their drains for the pipe and adapters for running the pipe to the side.
It should be like this at the minimum:
The adapter locks down flush so there is no trip hazard. It is about an inch or so from being locked all the way in.
https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.Ns077PrS75UcldrirX3LfwHaE8?pid=Api&P=0&w=600&h=400
Yeah it’s BS. Tell him to show you the detail image showing this install method.
Your landscaper is an idiot if they think that’s the correct way to install it.
The wrong sized pipe was used. But the it’s in the bigger is better direction so it just ugly from what we can see here. IMO, why is your gardener doing this anyway? Doe the pipe slope correctly? That’s more important
I work for a developer and we have underground parkades and we install these at the bottom of the ramps. Its wrong.
It can be installed this way but there is an adapter missing. That is probably what the landscaper read, but clearly they don’t know what they are doing.
That’s hysterically bad and incorrect
I don’t have a clue on how to install one but I do know that’s not it
I’d ask for proof that the manufacturer recommends this installation. They should have some cut sheets or detailed plans of their products. Even if they provide proof I’d say I don’t want it installed that way due to the tripping hazard is unsafe, vermin can access, and it would require more maintenance. Also the concrete has no finish, no broom finish at least!? This area will be wet and NEEDS traction.
The physics doesn’t make sense, bigger pipe doesn’t mean more capacity when the inlet is lower than the open channel.
Is that a dog bowl?
Jamming a dog dish in the end might not be spec
That concrete work is ass, too.
In no universe is this a correct installation
No! This is not how you install a channel drain. There is a fitting lower to connect your drain pipe to. You shouldn’t see the drain pipe. There are also multiple connection points on the channel drain if you need to connect you drain pipe in another location. The cement work looks shoddy as f**k. This is an extremely poor quality install not done correctly in everyway. I hope they got the pitch correct at least so you don’t have water sitting in the channel
Nothing should be visible but that grate.
Almost
Not the worst I’ve ever seen
Its completely befuckulated. Its a Brownfeild remediation site now at least. Probably uninhabitable for ten thousand years.