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Red Clay DrainageHuntsville, AL French drains

Clay-soil drainage designer

See if clay even lets this drain.

Madison County red clay does not perc. This is a starting design. Not a city permit. Not a price.

Lot

If you can swap this lot to sandy soil in your head and the answer changes, you are in the right tool.

Approx length

Range as typical per foot. Still shows system and discharge.

Starting design ยท NOT A BID

System

  • 18-24 inch yard drain

Discharge

  • Daylight (only if they own downhill)
  • Call Engineering for tie-in
  • Do not soak-pit

Block soak-pit. Push daylight or Engineering.

Clay warning: sock-pipe will silt; dry well in this clay is a bathtub.

Linear-foot market range

NOT A BID

  • Yard-depth: yard-depth $10-$65/ft (clay often high end). NOT A BID.

Storm tie-in is City of Huntsville Engineering, not Huntsville Utilities. Soak pits in this clay are not a discharge.

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