16-10-2003, 05:32 AM
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soaker pipe from air handler drainage????
(HA HA Budys Here) wrote in message ...
From: Heidi
HI all,
We recently replaced our air compressor and air handler and installed a
new unit which controls not just the temperature, but also humidity in
What do you think would be the best way of directing the
water...the way
that would be most beneficial/least harmful to my grass and plants?
Has anyone tried anything like this at all?
TIA!
Heidi
Raleigh, NC
Go ahead with your plan to drill holes facing DOWN into some gravel. Home Depot
sells a "sock" like membrane, usually used with the 4" diameter preforated
drainage pipe, for direct burial w/o a gravel base which prevents fine silt &
dire from re-entering and clogging the pipe. Should work for you although the
sock would be a little loose on a smaller diameter drain pipe.
If you want, install a "T" above ground level so that IF the preforated PVC
ever does clog up, the water would simply back up and pour out of the hole on
the side of the "T."
that is what we did, a french drain... we have a fairly small yard
below a long hill so we put the drain all along the hill side of the
house then down the side to the street to catch the water runing off
of the hill and also tied our house guttering on those corners
involved to the drain so that the water off the roof is carried away,
too.
the drain is about two feet deep lined with landscape clothe ( like
the 'sock' but encases the whole ditch and will fold over the whole
thing) then gravel and the holy pipe (with holes all around it) and
more gravel then the clothe fastened over that to form a big sleeve or
sock, then soil on top of that, with 'T's' coming up to cleanout
openings which are capped and each of three corners of the house
guttering downspouts teed in also. works really well. at the openings
of the patio wall, in order to be sure water does not gather and go
onto the patio at the two openings of the patio wall, a 4" grilled
cleanout was 't'd' in at each and i covered the small grill that
covered them with the cloth inside then placed clote over that then a
large metal grill over that to further protection. the grills and
clots all can be removed and the opening can be cleaned out if the
filter allows any soil in. so far so good.. second year now and no
trouble.
Lee H
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