Flex-Drain 51710 Flexible/Expandable Solid Drainage Pipe, 3.37in (Inside Diameter) by 12ft

Wow.

Great product. Decent price/cheaper that big box stores.

Pro's: SUPER easy to work with Cons: Thin enough to buckle if you're not a little careful while working with it. I used two of these to move water around the house, from the high side of the road-base driveway, to the low side and out away from the house. Since the driveway is higher than the yard, and the yard is sloped, it had a very large area for water to puddle. After digging my ditch, I put about three feet worth of larger, three to four-inch rocks, and then covered the end of the drain with about a foot more of the rock. I then covered the drain pipe and all the rocks, except for the first foot that a sloped down into the yard—to act as a grate or French drain—with road-base. It has worked perfectly. Yes, there is a layer of dirt and small pebbles that is getting caught in the ridges of the hose. But, once the ridges filled and became almost smooth across the bottom, water flowed/s freely. NOTE: This installation area is at the very end of the driveway where cars are parked, so it is not driven over or parked on. Since it buckles simply from working with it, I would NEVER try to bury it where it would be driven over, and I would certainly bury it deeper, or put large, 24" wide by 2" thick stepping stones over it where it could be walked over frequently.

great drainage pipes for your drainage projects

I want to put a big lighted sign In from of My house that says "HOME OF THE AMAZING FREEING WATER LINES and then charge People to come and see It. But Is truly amazing that My Water line can freeze up In 3 hours but takes 24 hours to make Ice cubes In My freezer, If only I could harness Its power. Many years ago I was using white PVC pipe line many People do and every Winter had to make several trips to the hardware store to replace the busted PVC pipe but I bought some Sears rubber Garden hose and left It outside with the Water on but It did Not but until the temperature got down to 35 below zero F so I redone My house plumbing with Sears rubber Garden hose but It sill froze up but Not bust, so I had to find away to stop It from freezing up but that Electric heat tape Is expensive and prone to fail Not to mention dangerous that Electric heat cable develops hot spots yeah In the middle of the night It caught on fire and If the Water froze closer to the meter then I would be looking for a new home and Motorcycle when It burnt though the line the Water put the fire out but It was a big fire. So far the best solution I have found Is to cover the Water lines with drain pipe then use a hairdryer to blow hot Air down the line. I have tried other things as dryer vent hose and It would just fall apart It tried 3 In diameter RV drain line It fell a part plus could Not get hairdryer nozzle In line only 4 Inch and larger diameter works. The best and toughest flexible drain line I have found Is at Lowes (Lowes does Not deliver drain line by ups) but when I was at Lowes I did Not know I had a choice between drain lines with holes and solid without hoes so I bout the drain lines with holes, obvious without holes Is going to work better. This drain line Is second toughest to Lowes flexible drain line but this drain line collapses which means It will store In a smaller place as the luggage department on a Grey Hound bus If You ever want to take It with You, I also have a Ice Shelter a collapsible house that I can take with Me on a Grey Hound bus, You must be very strong to stretch this drain line out there needs to be a tool to do that. If running Water lines through If putting a tennis ball on the end of the line will make It easier to thread through. Also using zip ties You can make multiple connections It will be somewhat Air tight but Not Water tight.

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Durable and functional. About the best I can say is that these help up to a recent flood we had. Over a ton of debris ended up in our back yard and smashed a lot of our stuff. These actually managed to survive. Once we dug them out of the sticks, branches, containers and everything else in the back yard we were able to set them up again. I have to admit only one of these was used as intended. The second one is currently being used as a ferret toy. She loves it so I did not have the heart to take it away from her. The neat thing about it is that I can change it up every so often and it is a whole new experience for her.

8/24 I needed a temporary drainage, during a major sewer line change. I purchased this drain to bypass roof water drainage, so no water entered into the home. The setup worked perfectly. There was no signs of leakage, so I purchased it again for the a temporary set up for the interior gray water drainage system, from the water main stack to the exterior drain. I bought a few more piece to reach the exterior drain that included an 8 extension and connection joint. I was well aware that this drain was not the thickest drain, but I at least expected it to drain gray water to outside. It did not, because it had pin hole leaks in places I did not expect. I understood the reason I had to secure the joint between the 25ft & 8ft piece, but why were there leaks in the 25 ft piece? I think the material was much more thinner and fragile. It was easy to dent, when I had to manually help the drain empty out by hand. We had to pull out the duct tape, to secure the joint connection. That made more sense than the pin hole leaks throughout the 25 ft pipe. I had to buy a Ridgid wet vac to suck up water that came from the pin holes. This made more work than I needed. Thank goodness this is temporary, because I would be going off, and asking for my money back. The Bible did say we would through money into the street. Needless to say this pipe will be in the recycle bin. Not just because it is contaminated by gray water, but it is so cheap. 8/25 I bought 2 cans of spray rubber to try to close up the holes. It started leaking on other places. I think they are cracks in the expansion. I give up. Thank goodness I will have a real drainage system very soon, and it will last for 50 to 100 years.