My back yard floods every time it rains. A full third of the space is regularly covered in water, rendering it useless. I've ruled out the idea of building a garage back there. It's annoying!
So I'm finally trying to come up with a way to correct the issue.
My problems are:
1) the flooded area is in a low point, about 100 feet from the street at the front of my property. Draining to the street would require pumping the water uphill quite some distance.
2) Of the two neighbors behind me, I am only on speaking terms with one... and his driveway goes to the edge of his property line. I couldn't ask him to allow me to plumb a drain through his property if I wanted to, because I'd have to dig up his driveway to do it! The guy on the other side, I've never spoken to... and he doesn't seem to care about his property. I don't imagine he'd be very accommodating.
3) Simply adding fill dirt to the area would only displace the water, and would likely get me in trouble with the neighbors... so no go on that one.
My only thought right now is a French Drain setup, using a perforated pipe buried in a ditch, and covered with an attractive rock bed. It may work. It may not. It'll take in the water, but it won't be sending it anywhere. There's no way to drain it, so all I could hope it would do is help the water soak into the ground faster. It's entirely possible it won't do anything at all!
You guys occasionally surprise me with your knowledge of stuff like this, so I figure it's worth asking. Anybody have any ideas? Any experience with this sort of thing?
Here's a picture of the flooded area. (it's rather huge, so I only included it as a link.)
https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...81376272_o.jpg
So I'm finally trying to come up with a way to correct the issue.
My problems are:
1) the flooded area is in a low point, about 100 feet from the street at the front of my property. Draining to the street would require pumping the water uphill quite some distance.
2) Of the two neighbors behind me, I am only on speaking terms with one... and his driveway goes to the edge of his property line. I couldn't ask him to allow me to plumb a drain through his property if I wanted to, because I'd have to dig up his driveway to do it! The guy on the other side, I've never spoken to... and he doesn't seem to care about his property. I don't imagine he'd be very accommodating.
3) Simply adding fill dirt to the area would only displace the water, and would likely get me in trouble with the neighbors... so no go on that one.
My only thought right now is a French Drain setup, using a perforated pipe buried in a ditch, and covered with an attractive rock bed. It may work. It may not. It'll take in the water, but it won't be sending it anywhere. There's no way to drain it, so all I could hope it would do is help the water soak into the ground faster. It's entirely possible it won't do anything at all!
You guys occasionally surprise me with your knowledge of stuff like this, so I figure it's worth asking. Anybody have any ideas? Any experience with this sort of thing?
Here's a picture of the flooded area. (it's rather huge, so I only included it as a link.)
https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...81376272_o.jpg
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