Why Every Homeowner Should Know About French Drains and What Problems they can Solve By: Sean Struckmeyer | Tech Inspect Home Services Introduction to French Drains: After we get those big spring rains, is your yard every soggy for days on end? Problems with water seeping into you basement, after a week’s worth of rain? A solution worth investigating, may be a French drain. In its simplest form a French drain is a gravel filled trench that contains a perforated pipe that is