03MAY23 - While Nelson is off working his other jobs, I got busy creating the new french drains at either end of the cool deck drains. The main drain plus the…

This is far as I got yesterday.

The white pipe is one of the two outputs from the new cool deck edge drains. The pipe from the main drain is down along that front edge somewhere . ;-) The plan…

06MAY23 - Called in a drain cleaning service and they got to work with a powered snake. The snake seemed to clear the line and we had a better idea of where the…

Then they broke out the camera and we used this gadget to locate the head of the camera from above. Wound up being about five feet from where I started to dig.…

07MAY23 - Got after the damn large french drain today and I think I have finished digging. The pipe is just temporary but should have more than enough drop from…

Tomorrow after my dentist appointment, I'll head over to Homeless Depot for supplies I'll need to finish this half of the mini project. The smaller one I'll…

We found this clean out while the Drain King guy was here. It's been there since we moved in and I never knew it.

I THINK it's a clean out for the main cool deck drain but I'm not certain. Can't think of anything else it could be, definitely not septic.

The landscaping cloth to protect the rock.

And then it came down in buckets! DAMMIT!

Didn't get back out to work on this job yesterday because I spent well over two hours at Homeless Depot! It was exhausting and I spent close to five big ones.…

I was only able to use about four of the ten feet of this french drain pipe but I think it will be fine and I''ll use another section of the remaining piece for…

Started adding the chipped marble rock and Buddy was a BIG help, as always. :-)

Damn rain!

The rain didn't last long and we got back to work finishing up the rock.

Then, I trimmed and tucked the landscaping cloth down around the rock.