Flex-Drain 51110 Flexible/Expandable Landscaping Drain Pipe, Solid, 4-Inch by 25-Feet

easy to use, great expansion reach

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.

Pro's: SUPER easy to work withCons: 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.

As advertised

AWESOME!

I've struggled for years to drain water from my gutters away from the house. My house is bermed, so the roof line on the back side is only a foot above ground. I tried traditional gutter drains. They were hard to set up and reset up to drain the back gutter, as my dogs would knock all the pieces apart looking for chipmunks. Enter this 25' long flexible drain pipe and I am so impressed and relieved to have the drainage problem finally resolved. I highly recommend this drain pipe for difficult spots.

This fulfilled the purpose I needed it for. But there are a few things buyers ought to know. First, because the product is long, is a lot of work to extend it. It's hard for one person to do it alone. Second, the materal is not extremely thick. it's on the thin side. And third, at full extension, I did not get a full 25' in length. It was probably more like 20'. I am not a professional. Perhaps if you pull very hard it can reach 25'.

It's gonna work & do just what I want it to do.