The trench only needs to be 1 foot wide, and even a trench just 6 inches wide can suffice. If you need to use a digging machine, you may end up with a trench 16 or 24 inches wide.

The straw acted like the topsoil and prevented the silt from fouling the gravel and clogging the drain tile. Many experts agree on the best way to place 4-inch drain tile at the bottom of a ...

Installing a drainage trench in the yard will collect subsurface water and transport it to the lowest part of the land, where it would end up by default. 2. Drench trench ...

The straw acted like the topsoil and prevented the silt from fouling the gravel and clogging the drain tile. Many experts agree on the best way to place 4-inch drain tile at the bottom of a ...

You can capture and divert this subsurface water by digging a narrow trench in the center of the artificial channel around your home. This channel should be about 2 feet deep and 6 inches wide.