How can I get better yard drainage?
My yard seems to be at the bottom of the hill in my neighborhood and all the water collects in my front yard when it rains, I didn’t know this before I bought the house.
I always wanted to live on the lake but not in my front yard! Help! I need someone skilled in yard drainage before the winter comes.
Have a french drain installed. This is perforated pvc pipe set on a bed of rock and buried just a little below the ground surface It works good as yard drainage and can be done by a DIY person.
Dig up your lawn and make drainage to the outsides of your property using gravel or something like that that would kill the grass. after you make the drainage trail put the gras back over it and firtalize it.
when you do this make sure you cut the grass in a block or roll like it comes when you get it from the grass man.
good luck
if this doesnt help go to your local harware store and ask them
they should know
Well you can dig a trench. Not too deep though. Dont go past hard pan. Of somehow blockade the run off. Let it fill the street and the county will come out and deal with the problem. Really if it’s neighborhood run off, it’s the county’s job to put in a proper gutter system anyway, right? I believe there’s something about shooting little styrofoam balls into the ground to help the water seep thru too. I dont remember what this service is called though.
well since you are already at the bottom of the hill i assume there is only one place to put that water , back into the street so it drains. have some nice clean top spoil delivered to your yard. Rather than building concrete yard drainage, place the soil in the yard so it slopes away from the house, toward the road. reseed or sod yard, fert. no more water problem, no digging holes , no installing drains. going to be a little work tho sorry hate making people work .
I would imagine that you have this yard drainage problem year-round from both rain and any other type of precipitation. Your soil also suffers from the consistent drowning and the turf or plants suffer as well.
Figure out where the water is flowing from both above and below ground. The below may well be from a hill or mound around your home. The above may be from the paving around your home. Both need to be addressed.
If the water is from a neighbors property a small berm of soil would be appropriate. Dig-out a one foot trench from your curb to one foot from where you note the water coming from. Backfill this with four inches of soil, four inches of various sized gravel (relatively cheap) then put the rest of the soil dug out on top.
Contact your local extension agent for the location of your local compost pile and the Dept of Transport. for your state. The extension agent will direct you to free backfill. The Dept of Transp, if working in the area can deliver you a truckload of free topsoil. Free is free!
Make the berm about two foot in height. You will have a french drain under it and plant small shrubs on top of the berm for effect. Water is redirected, you have a new garden, and a degree of privacy is effected.
If it is in the rear I would install an angled Tie fence. By Tie I mean the solid 4×8 Landscape Timbers. Again, it does not need to be high (above ground) only 2/1/2 to 3 foot. Same things apply here. Excuvate to a level where you can put four inches of cheap gravel then timbers over top. Use the timbers to direct the water away from your property line and home. Put Shrubs directly in front of the new timber development to make it look like a bed!. Hope this yard drainage idea helps.