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Setting the Pipe Grade

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Installing Drainage Under The Patio!

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What happens here

Accurately setting the grade is crucial for proper drainage. Use a grade laser/locator to ensure the pipe has a consistent slope, allowing water to flow by gravity towards the discharge point. The video shows workers using a yellow grade locator attached to a pipe to measure the elevation. For this system, the pipe needs to transition from approximately 8.5 inches of fall at the house to 12 inches of fall at the discharge end. This might involve placing wooden boards underneath the pipe to maintain the desired pitch. The video shows workers making small adjustments and checking the grade along the trench.

Goal: Establish a consistent downward slope for efficient water flow through the pipes.

Tools and materials

  • Grade Laser/Locator — Measuring and verifying the slope of the pipe
  • Measuring Tape — Measuring pipe elevation differences
  • PVC Pipes — The main component of the drainage system being graded
  • Shovel — Adjusting the trench base to accommodate the desired slope
  • Wooden Boards — Supporting and leveling the pipes to achieve the correct grade

What they say

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45 ft to here so let me see 45 / 8 = 5.6 so it's got to be roughly at plus 6 and2 all right so let's go down a little bit looks like we just need to clean up the hole a little bit okay all right and then over there we need to be at 12 at the very end yep 10 and a half 10 and a half yes 10 and a half you got those 6 and 1/2t chains this one's 13 and 3/4 that's pretty we just got to make it pretty much level with this one oh no it's got to come down an inch and a quarter that's 12 on the dot I thought you say 13 no this one's 13 and 3/4 all right looking pretty good piece of mud is stick underneath that one we'll do that when when the stone gets here yeah I pick the wrong area to walk none of it's the right area to walk brother you ever see the movie Airplane uh yeah kraar yeah the one guy who's like he's trying to quit drinking and smoking and like all this crazy stuff's going on he's like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking cigarettes and like the whole movies I pick the wrong day to quit sniffing glue like the drugs just get harder and harder I pick the wrong day to quit

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