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re: Any ideas on how to move water from low spot? (Update on pg 2)
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:17 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:17 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:It's coming from the sky
Can you eyeball where the water is coming in and maybe redirect part of the flow?
Roots cover basically all of the area available to dig and where I could put a drain pipe. I've got a couple of buddies and a sister that are landscape architects, but I'd trust my assessment over theirs. They'd draw up plans for me to bury a 10" pump if I let them
Probably gonna rent a mini-excavator and dig the shite up. I'm done fricking around with shovels and an axe 
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:35 pm to Hammertime
What about a French drain running next to the side walk ? You can rent a small trench digger at Home Depot, gravel, PVC with holes and some beer.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 3:09 pm to Hammertime
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It's coming from the sky
Fine. Take that tone.
quote:
Roots cover basically all of the area available to dig and where I could put a drain pipe.
What I'm thinking is you can lay the drain on the surface and cover it up with landscaping effects - give the water a bypass route across the property - or at least to where you don't mind it. Heck, that's got to be better than pumping or looking at it.
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Probably gonna rent a mini-excavator and dig the shite up. I'm done fricking around with shovels and an axe
NOW, you're using your head.
Posted on 1/4/16 at 3:08 pm to Hammertime
Well, I found yet another gas line coming in today. I was whacking away at roots and smacked something metal really hard with the axe. That makes three gas lines and two water lines coming to my house from the street. I am hoping that's all there is. Never in my life have I seen so many utilities running to one house, and I did irrigation for about 2 years when I was younger.
Gonna put a holy basin in the ground for the sidewalk since the water table is about 32" down. Will be using a 3" PVC shower drain to sch 40 1.5" pipe to a big irrigation box filled with limestone.
The patio is gonna be some type of grate to PVC draining into the neighbor's yard. Drainage grate is like $50 per 3ft section, so I'm gonna have to come up with a better idea that costs less
Eta: Found another water line
Gonna put a holy basin in the ground for the sidewalk since the water table is about 32" down. Will be using a 3" PVC shower drain to sch 40 1.5" pipe to a big irrigation box filled with limestone.
The patio is gonna be some type of grate to PVC draining into the neighbor's yard. Drainage grate is like $50 per 3ft section, so I'm gonna have to come up with a better idea that costs less
Eta: Found another water line
This post was edited on 1/4/16 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 1/4/16 at 4:49 pm to Hammertime
why dont you just call 811 and have them locate utilities for you?
Posted on 1/4/16 at 4:50 pm to Hammertime
You didn't call before you dug?
Posted on 1/4/16 at 4:58 pm to Clyde Tipton
811 wont find untraced water lines*
*If you catch some utility companies while they are looking for their lines, you can talk them into identifying unknowns. They can turn up sensitivity and look for voids in sewer line and such. However they can only usually find traced or metal wires/lines.
When I did mine, 811 services couldnt locate a sewer and water lines in the area. I hand dug my first 2' and then excavated the remainder.
*If you catch some utility companies while they are looking for their lines, you can talk them into identifying unknowns. They can turn up sensitivity and look for voids in sewer line and such. However they can only usually find traced or metal wires/lines.
When I did mine, 811 services couldnt locate a sewer and water lines in the area. I hand dug my first 2' and then excavated the remainder.
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