How to choose drainage pipes for drainage of groundwater: calculation and need for drainage, characteristics, cost of pipes

Preliminary calculations of the drainage system

Complex calculations and soil studies are carried out when planning serious and important buildings, engineering structures, roads, bridges and tunnels, and residential areas.

At the level of the owner of a summer cottage, a small country house, a garage, or outbuildings, complex calculations are not in demand, since they are quite expensive and incomprehensible in the practical everyday use of a land plot.

Owners of summer cottages do not need to understand complex calculations that are already included in the cost of turnkey work Source studway.com.ua

The design of a garden, vegetable garden and even a residential building is carried out on the basis of general data on the approximate level of groundwater, the proximity of a reservoir, information on the depth of a well or borehole, spring floods and other information.

At the same time, almost all owners of private houses, summer cottages and land plots were faced with the problem of drainage, water drainage and other issues of land reclamation and water use, which required the installation of a drainage system for drainage of groundwater.

Despite the apparent simplicity of the work, it is difficult to figure out on your own which drainage system device for draining groundwater will be optimal in a particular case, and what materials: filters, pipes to drain water from the site. Errors at this stage lead to the need to completely redo the drainage, which entails not only additional costs, but also the need to re-change the design and arrangement of the site.

It is much easier and more economical to turn to professionals who can carry out the necessary calculations and make a turnkey drainage system.

The main signs by which you can determine the need for drainage work

Obvious signs of the need for drainage Source otoplenie-help.ru
You cannot do without drainage on the site if:

• Water-loving plants predominate in the garden and vegetable garden, sow thistle has appeared, the ground is soft and wet all year round, trees grow poorly, some die, moss has appeared on the soil and trees in the garden. All these are signs of excessive soil moisture - drainage is required.
• High humidity in the basement or basement, condensation on the basement walls, the appearance of microcracks in the basement of the building, distortions in door and window openings, a feeling of dampness and mold in the room. The building needs to be saved - without drainage work, the foundation and the house will be destroyed.
• Even after light precipitation, puddles remain for a long time, blind areas crack and move away from the base, sidewalks and road surfaces sag - at a minimum, drainage of surface water is necessary.

Significant advantages of arranging a drainage system Source vse-o-kanalizacii.ru

Which ones are better?

For storm water

Smooth plastic pipes with a minimum stiffness coefficient (for example SN2) are ideal for collecting surface water.

You should not overpay for products with high strength characteristics. Corrugation is not needed here either.

For drainage of groundwater

To drain groundwater, the most successful option would be to choose a corrugated multilayer pipe with perforation and protection in the form of a coconut filter. Yes, this product is not the cheapest on the market. But such a pipe will 100% protect your foundation from destruction, and, accordingly, from gigantic financial costs.

The pipe must be selected based on the SN parameter.

Types of drainage

Drainage systems for draining groundwater can be divided into two main types: open and closed:

• Open surface drainage consists of ordinary ditches with a slope directed towards natural water reservoirs or into drainage wells.
• Closed water drainage systems include ditches filled with a layer of crushed stone or sand, or with trays or perforated pipes installed in them for groundwater drainage, covered with soil on top.

Construction of a closed drainage system Source fazenda.dp.ua

Perforation characteristics

Most perforated pipes have a corrugated surface and thin walls. The location of the holes on them, made in the factory, has a strictly defined shape and geometry. There are several types:

Characteristics of perforation.

1. 360°. The holes run around the entire circumference. This scheme is used on drains laid in heavily flooded areas.
2. At 240°. One third of the lower part of the pipe remains intact, used in areas with different types of soil or on slopes.
3. 180°. In this case, the upper half is drilled out, but the lower half remains intact. Such drains are used in areas where melt or rainwater has an advantage over groundwater. They are sometimes used as an application to storm drains.
4. At 120°. This scheme is used in areas with a small amount of groundwater.

The advantage of perforated drains is that they work across the entire surface, ensuring effective drainage.

The main thing is the calculation and arrangement of slopes

The main feature of a properly designed drainage system is the ability of water to flow through pipes by gravity without the use of pumps.

This ensures a precisely measured angle of inclination to the drainage well or spillway location. One degree of inclination in practice means that after a distance of one hundred meters the drainage pipe will plunge one meter into the ground (on a flat area). There is no point in creating a fast current by increasing the angle of inclination - to complete the task of draining water, a slope of about two degrees is enough.

In practice, no one manages to dig a level drainage ditch with an ideal slope. Adding sand and crushed stone to the bottom of the trench allows you to accurately level marks and slopes.

About pipes

Today, almost no one uses asbestos-cement and ceramic pipes in drainage work to drain water under the road or on the site. Their quality and price are good, but installation costs are not comparable to modern lightweight and easy-to-use materials.

Modern materials for drainage systems are lightweight and comfortable Source chemidream.com

See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in water supply and sewerage.

Classification by type of material

Polyethylene. The most common material for making drainage pipes. Most often sold in corrugated form with a coil length of up to 50 m. It is not heat-resistant enough, but this property is not considered decisive for pipe drainage. Today the market offers another original solution - unmeasured perforated drainage polymer materials without joints and joints up to 100 m.

The length of polyethylene products can reach 100 m Source trubachom.ru

Polypropylene. Heat-resistant, durable, the price is higher than analogues from other materials, it is rarely used in drainage.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is characterized by high resistance to aggressive chemicals, high strength, and heat resistance. PVC pipes are equipped with fittings made of the same material. The most in demand are products with a diameter of 110–200 mm, manufactured in lengths of 6 and 12 m. Characteristic feature: easy cutting to the required length with an ordinary hand hacksaw.

About perforation

Drainage pipes for draining groundwater must have holes or slots, these are called perforations. They are designed to allow water to enter the drainage system. Round holes have a diameter of 1.5 to 5 mm. If necessary, holes 5 mm wide are cut, their length is not regulated.

The number of holes and their location do not have standard standards, but the slots in the corrugation should be located on the lower wave. Manufacturers often make holes only on one side of the pipe - when laying it, you need to pay attention that they are on top.

Perforation can be made in the form of holes or slits Source gidroplast.ru

About the diameter of drainage pipes

Few private developers have information about the depth and thickness of the groundwater layer or operate with figures for average annual precipitation at the drainage site.

Therefore, you need to be guided by average statistical standards:

• the diameter of the main drainage system should be in the range from 160 to 200 mm;
• drainage pipes for drainage of groundwater for installation of secondary branches of the system must be at least 110 mm.

Multilayer pipes

The need for materials of special strength with a variety of design solutions and features arose with the demand for technologies for deep-lying drainage systems with large loads on the surface layer, in particular, under highways.

Multilayer products can withstand enormous loads Source giropark.ru

Several layers in the pipe structure give it the necessary strength and durability. The top layer is almost always corrugated - it is this layer that increases the strength characteristics of the drainage pipe.

The pipes are designated by the abbreviation SN, the digital index after it means the maximum possible depth of the drainage pipe under the road in meters. Marking SN16 means a multilayer pipe with a permissible immersion depth of 16 meters - this is the maximum calculated depth for drains.

Single-layer pipes are common in the construction of small local drainage systems for private households and personal plots. They can be smooth, which is typical for products made of polyvinyl chloride, or corrugated, most often made of polyethylene.

Inexpensive do-it-yourself storm drain

The first thing that comes to mind in order to equip a budget option for storm drainage on a site is to lay special trays.

Trays can be made of concrete or plastic, but they are expensive. This forces users of our portal to look for cheaper options for installing storm drainage and drainage systems from the site.

Denis1235FORUMHOUSE Member

I need to make an inexpensive storm drain, about 48 m long, along the edge of the fence, to drain the melt water that comes from the neighbor. The water must be drained into a ditch. I was wondering how to drain the water. At first it occurred to me to buy and install special trays, but then they would be left with “extra” grates, and I don’t need any special aesthetics for the storm drain. I decided to buy asbestos-cement pipes and saw them lengthwise with a grinder, thereby getting a homemade tray.

Despite the budgetary nature of this idea, the user was not attracted to the need to cut asbestos-cement pipes on his own. The second option is the opportunity to buy gutters (plastic or metal) and lay them on a prepared base in a concrete layer of about 100 mm.

Users of the portal dissuaded Denis1235 from this idea in favor of the first option, which is more durable.

Having latched on to the idea of ​​an inexpensive storm drain, but not wanting to deal with cutting pipes on his own, Denis1235 found a factory that produces asbestos-cement pipes, where they will immediately be sawed into pieces 2 m long (so that the 4-meter one does not crack during transportation) and ready-made trays will be delivered to the site . All that remains is to develop a scheme for laying the trays.

The result is the following “pie”:

• Soil base in the form of a bed.
• A layer of sand or ASG about 5 cm thick.
• Concrete about 7 cm.
• Tray made of asbestos-cement pipe.

When installing such a storm drain, do not forget to lay a metal mesh (for reinforcement) at the joints and leave a deformation gap (3-5 mm) between the trays.

Denis1235

As a result, I made a budget rain shower at the dacha. It took 2 days to dig the trench, another two days to pour concreting and install the route. I spent 10 thousand rubles on trays.

If we calculate at 2021 prices, then for 1 linear meter of a tray cut from an asbestos-cement pipe it cost about 200 rubles.

Practice has shown that the route “overwintered” well, did not crack and intercepts water from its neighbor, leaving the area dry. Also interesting is the option of a rainwater drainage system for a portal user with the nickname yury_by.

yury_byFORUMHOUSE Member

Because The crisis doesn’t seem to be ending, then I started thinking about how to install a storm drain to drain rainwater away from the house. I want to solve the problem, save money, and do everything efficiently.

After some thought, the user decided to make a storm drain for water drainage based on flexible double-walled corrugated pipes (they cost 2 times less than “red” sewer pipes), which are used for laying power cables underground. But, because The depth of the drainage route is planned to be only 200-300 mm with a pipe diameter of 110 mm, yury_by was afraid that the corrugated pipe might break in the winter if water gets between the two layers.

As a result, yury_by decided to take a budget “gray” pipe, which is used when installing internal sewerage. Although he had concerns that the pipes, which were not as rigid as the “red” ones, would break in the ground, practice has shown that nothing happened to them.

yury_by

If you step on the “gray” pipe, it turns into an oval, but there are no significant loads in the place where I buried it. The lawn has just been laid and there is foot traffic. Having laid the pipe in the trench and sprinkled it with soil, I made sure that they kept their shape and the storm drain was working.

The user liked the option of installing an inexpensive storm drain based on “gray” sewer pipes so much that he decided to repeat it. All the nuances of the process are clearly demonstrated by the following photographs.

We dig a hole for a drainage well to collect water.

Level the base.

We install a concrete ring.

The next stage is to fill the bottom of the well with gravel of fraction 5-20.

We cast a homemade well cover from concrete.

We paint the manhole cover.

We insert a drainage plastic “gray” sewer pipe into the well, maintaining a slope of 1 cm per 1 linear meter.

We spill the pipe with a mixture of sand and water so that there are no voids left between the walls of the trench and the pipe.

To prevent the pipe from floating, it can be pressed down with a brick or board.

We put the lid on, install the hatch and fill everything with soil.

This completes the production of the budget rain shower.

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Cost of drainage pipes

The price of drainage pipes depends on many factors:

• material
• product diameter;
• number of layers;
• presence of geotextiles.

Approximate prices for popular types of pipes are presented in the table.

Drainage filters

The main problem of drainage systems is possible siltation. Deposits of soil particles that have penetrated the pipes can create plugs and completely stop the functioning of the drainage system. Correctly performed installation allows the drainage system to operate uninterruptedly for decades without additional costs and with a small amount of maintenance work.

The type of filter layer largely depends on the soil of the drained area.

Most often, several types of filtering are used Source th.decorexpro.com

The filter can be:

• crushed stone, gravel, brick and concrete scrap;
• fabric materials (for example, geotextiles);
• membranes made of polymer and natural materials.

How to save an embankment from erosion

To protect the embankment from erosion, its sides and longitudinal slopes are reinforced with various materials:

1. For the construction of the sides, natural stone, white sand-lime brick or reinforced concrete slabs are used. Brick or stone walls are placed on both sides of the ditch. In this case, the ends of the pipe are left free. If it is necessary to strengthen the sides with concrete, then first install formwork with supports. A reinforcement cage is installed between the walls of the formwork, then the structure is filled with concrete. A week later, after the concrete mixture has set, the formwork can be removed from the top.
2. Along the ditch, the slopes are reinforced with crushed stone and poured with cement mortar, carefully compacting each layer.