Install Drainage Pipe with Sock

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What happens here

To install the drainage, use a corrugated drainage pipe and a T-connector. The T-connector should be carefully placed so that its lip sits snugly against the inner face of the retaining wall block. Measure the distance from this lip to the end of the existing drainage pipe. Using a utility knife, cut the corrugated pipe to this exact length to ensure a tight fit. Once cut, slide a fabric sock over the pipe to prevent soil and debris from clogging the drain. Secure the sock at both ends of the pipe and around the T-connector using zip ties, ensuring it is snug and covers all perforations.

Goal: Create a functional and protected drainage system within the wall's base.

Tools and materials

Corrugated Drainage Pipe — Collecting and diverting water from behind the wall
Electrical Tape — Providing an extra seal and cheap insurance against leaks at connections
Fabric Sock — Wrapping around the drainage pipe to filter out soil particles
Measuring Tape Milwaukee — Accurately measuring pipe lengths
T-Connector — Connecting sections of drainage pipe and providing an outlet point
Utility Knife Milwaukee Fastback — Cutting the corrugated drainage pipe to size
Zip Ties — Securing the fabric sock around the drainage pipe and connections

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mortar in these walls. Mortar is bad. Okay. So, I'm going to show you guys how I like to get these drains in. Right. So, you got your blocks cut. I'll show you what we got to do for that or like or how I like to do them. Um, and again, this is this is just how I do them. There's more than one way to gut a dog. It's all right. Um, so you got your tea on there. There's a lip right here. All right. And that's what your tile's going to sit up against. Um, and so when you're cutting it, I like to try to cut it like as flat as I can. So you get a nice solid so it seats up against that lip nice and solid. So you do that. All right. So we got our tea hooked up on the one side. We got that pretty good and centered. And then um I will measure there's a lip on this end, too. So, I'll measure from the lip to the end of there so that I I have like the exact size piece of drain tile in there. Cuz what that'll do then is it'll keep it'll keep the tile up along the back of the inside of your wall, which is where you want it. Um, and if you know you had like a little bit of a long winter, it can start doing something kind of like this and the drain tile can kind of get away from from the back of your blocks, which which you don't really want. So, I think I'd remember how much of a measurement this is by now. 10 in. So, we'll cut 10 in off of this boy. All right, there we go. Nice and flat both sides. All right, so let's see the fit on that. right. See? And then so that's exact length. And I'll keep it right nice and tight up against the back of your blocks. So then on either side of the tea, I will put little little bit of tape on there just for cheap insurance. Get your sock. And what I like to do to secure those. Let's just get a zip tie on there.

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