Hand excavated french drains that are installed professionally last longer and work better than those attempted by contractors not familiar with the variables and safety issues involved with hand excavation through unseen underground utilities.
You get a much different finished job when all the work, wheel barowing and walking with dirt and rock is done on plywood walks. You can pick them up, rake it out when completed and bingo, it looks nice, saves the lawn around the installation and works like a champ. (more…)