re: Landscape help - drainage problems

i had very bad drainage issues in my yard. I had water standing in between my house and fence against my slab and half of my patio ponded water from downspouts.

solution was like Dave recommended. underground piping. I put a catch basin box at the low point of slab and tied my downspout into it. from there it was the high point of system, I ran it around the slab and then tied the other downspout into the system with a catch basin as well to catch surface water. from there it sloped gradually and I ran it under the sidewalk to the curb of the street. now after inches of rain my yard is dry and I can mow it the next day. where as before it would stay wet for weeks..

ill post pics soon of what I did. hope this can help you out, best thing is to get it under ground and drain it to common drainage spot.

also the cost was about 500$ that included to trencher rental, 110 foot of 4" pvc, two boxes and grates and the downspout felx hose.