What’s the running rate for French drain installation these days? All along my rear fence line is a large puddle of water. The sun doesn’t hit it well so is doesn’t evaporate quickly. What can I do to the other spots in my yard that collect water?

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Posted by poochie

Houma, la

Member since Apr 2007

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Posted on 2/8/23 at 4:40 pm to HuskyPanda

Can you run a drain pipe to a culvert somewhere? Or would you have to pump it from a catch basin?

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Posted by HuskyPanda

Philly

Member since Feb 2018

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Posted on 2/8/23 at 5:20 pm to poochie

The culvert is in the front yard. I would have to drain to the side of my house into the road which is sloped to drain into the culvert.

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Posted by LSUDad

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Member since May 2004

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Posted on 2/8/23 at 5:25 pm to HuskyPanda

Put in a few catch basins, run a tail line to the street. If you want someone to do it for you, let me know.

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Posted by Bayou

Boudin, LA

Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 2/8/23 at 8:32 pm to LSUDad

quote:

Put in a few catch basins, run a tail line to the street.

This

Use pvc as much as you can and as little of the black corrugated pipe as possible.

It's not too bad a project to do yourself (with a couple friends perhaps)

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Posted by Tree_Fall

Member since Mar 2021

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Posted on 2/8/23 at 8:43 pm to HuskyPanda

A few years ago I eliminated worsening large areas of standing water by having two catch basins put in worst places with 4" tailpieces to a back ditch. Later solved wet ground adjacent to house by adding roof gutters that fed into 3 basins with a 6" pvc to front curb. Runoff control in flat Baton Rouge is not simple or cheap. For me basins with pipe made more sense than French drains.

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