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Installing Drainage Pipe for Lawn
My daughter got on the backhoe and dug an 80 foot trench 2 feet deep to drain water off the driveway and route it around the edge of the lawn. I have been quoted $3/foot for 8" perforated platic pipe and $250 for an 18" concrete catch basin and steel grate. Total cost $490 not including stone to fill in around pipe. Guye recommends 1&2s for stone. I am looking for cheaper alternatives. Does anyone know where I can order plastic catch basins? I think 8" pipe may be an overkill - 6" may be enough. Any other ideas to reduce cost?
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KW, you can see my driveway in pic 1. It is just the rain runoff. Trench goes to the right of house and there should enough pitch. I've checked with a laser level. I agree normally 4" should be fine. Last year we had lots of torrential downfall. I want to reseed the lawn and am concerned about the washout before I can get the grass growing.
Broken, yes she's quite a lady. Changes her own oil - in civil engineering program at U at Buffalo. There are plenty of suitors out there for her. Too many! 
Hardwood - I agree I might not neede a catch basin if I do what you suggest. I will think about that.
Peters - yep - maybe 4" or 6" will do. Thanks all for your advice.
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OK, I am zeroing in on what I need here. I bought a small 1'x1' plastic catch basin from home depot for $40. I think I will buy 6" poly pipe at $2/foot with smooth inside wall. There will be adequate pitch. I will have daylight at the exit end of the pipe. I will screen the exit end of the pipe so rodents don't get in there.
I am thinking of buying the solid wall pipe so I don't have to worry about dirt getting in the pipe. And - I don't see any water leeching into trench from surrounding lawn because of high clay content (I see no trench drainage benefit to perforated pipe from nearby lawn along the length of the pipe).
Is there any disadvantage to using solid rather than perforated pipe when pipe is exposed to daylight at exit end? Someone told me a solid pipe could actually lift out of the ground over time! Is that true?
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Blizzard, great link. Thanks! ACZO, thanks for keeping me straight on perforated vs solid pipe. TomG and Hardwood - thanks for the additional info on slope. I will be working closely on the pitch and may not backfill over the pipe until I watch the flow during some storms. I have time to play with this. I like the 1/2 bubble on a four foot level rule of thumb. Nice and simple.
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Dieseltrctr, thanks for the compliment. My son has helped me complete staining the front of the house, and he and my daughter (with aid of the JD 4310) have helped me complete a stone wall in the back. So things are looking even nicer now. As for the neighbor - my wife and I are as tough as nails. So don't worry about us, my wife carries a Smith and Wesson.
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