If you are short term resident (less than 5 or 10 years) or flipper they many be an easy no-brain solution. Socks and slotted flexible pipe are good for retailers (cheap, easy and minimum shelf space because they can sell a 'canned'package). The lower the collection point, the more water will be removed, providing drier soil the absorb the moisture for drainage later. Since water follows the rule of gravity, the holes in the bottom of a drain with proper backfill without maintenance.

I played golf at a course where the groundskeepers kept discovering fully function 'french drains' (with open jointed pipe or just a good mixture of sand and gravel) installed before they were born that maintained uniform soil moisture conditions for low areas. There are many old 'french drains' that have been functioning for centuries because of the attention to materials. If you screw up on drainage, downspouts you should really put in a drain and positive drainage through a solid pvc pipe. A french drain is not intended to carry collect and carry water away quickly since water moves quite slowly through soil. Socks are not always a benefit, since if you backfill with the wrong soil, the higher velocity of available drainage water that is created by the slits and sock causes the fines being concentrated locally and cause problems.

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