Understanding Retaining Wall Drainage Principles

on. Hey, you want to know a fun fact about drain tile that almost nobody knows? You don't need it in a retaining wall. Let me explain. The reason why we even install it in the first place is only to make our customers happy and the building inspectors happy. The two people that really know the least about retaining walls that there is out there. Oh my god, Dirt Mike, are you picking on building inspectors? Well, I'm not picking on them, but the reality of it is is if your drain tile is ever operating in a retaining wall, that's a sure sign that your retaining wall is in a state of failure. Wait, what? If my drain tile is actually working in a modular retaining wall, why would that mean it's in a state of failure? That means that's because all of the water is now being funneled into one specific location. A retaining wall is designed to allow water to weep evenly through the face. The entire retaining wall should have water coming through it and the water should never get down to a point where drain tile is needed. So if you see the drain tile working, it means everything else in the wall is not working. Therefore, you don't technically need drain tile if if you build the rest of the retaining wall the right way. We throw it in just to make other people happy. It's cheap insurance. Doesn't take much to do it. and what the heck keeps everybody off our backs. But that's all we got for you on this one. Hope your retaining walls don't fail or get washed out by water. I hope you guys have amazing experiences with whoever you're working with. And I hope you guys hit that subscribe button and come back tomorrow because we're going to be working more on this project. God bless. Go get them, you guys.