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    french drain with sand??

    Fohct3- My home is located in extreme southern Indiana. To quote the soil analysis that was done on my lot before building: :"..they exist on bottomlands and formed in mixed alluvium and material weathered from shale and sandstone. A fragipan layer does not exist in the profile. Permeability is...
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    french drain with sand??

    When my home was constructed in 2002, the local health department dicatated that our septic system needed a "perimeter drain", which is basically a french drain. Instead of using rock like every other one I've ever heard of, ours was constructed using sand. It works great (runs water...

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