Apple Drains Academy
Learn the drainage trade from the team behind the channel.
Step-by-step courses on installing, pricing and selling drainage work, from your first trench to a full crew.
Academy
Priced on a call
Built for
- New drainage contractors
- Landscapers and hardscapers adding drainage
- Owners training crew leads
What you get
What's included
Watch at your pace
Short lessons you can finish between jobs.
Field-tested templates
The checklists, estimate sheets and material lists we use.
Built from real jobs
Every lesson comes from work we have actually done.
Curriculum
What you'll learn
Draft outline. Final module list to come.
- 01
Drainage fundamentals
How water moves, how to read a yard and how to find the real source before you dig.
- 02
Systems that work
French drains, downspout drains, catch basins, channel drains, dry wells and sump systems, and when to use each.
- 03
Estimating and pricing
Measure, bid and price jobs so every one of them makes money.
- 04
Selling the job
Walk the property, explain the fix in plain words and close on-site.
- 05
Running crews
Hiring, training, equipment and the job-site systems that keep quality up.
- 06
Marketing a drainage company
Reviews, video, local search and lead generation.
Straight from the channel
See how we work before you sign up
Everything we teach and sell is the way we run our own jobs. Watch one.
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Learn the drainage trade from the team behind the channel.