Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain has a more utilitarian purpose—redirecting standing water away from vulnerable structures or ...
Rene Ruiz, left, waits in an excavator as Julian Flores, center and Alfonso Velasquez couple two large corrugated perforated plastic pipe sections as part of a drainage system. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA / THE ...