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French Drain Materials
Every time it rains, our back yard turns into a river. We end up getting moisture in our crawl space and I'm thinking of renting a trencher and installing a french drain myself. I visited Lowes and Home Depot to get an idea of costs of materials, and found two different kinds of pipe. They have the black, corrugated piping that has holes in it, which seems to be lacking in strength, but they also have white PVC piping with pre-drilled holes on the bottom side of the pipe. Doing research online, I typically see more of the black corrugated pipe being used. Is there a reason for this? Is one actually better than the other? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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