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Landscape help - drainage problems
Posted on 4/3/16 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 4/3/16 at 9:27 pm
My back yard is a problem area for the most part. It stays wet during the rainy season and I need to try and fix the problem. I've built a small drainage canal through my backyard to the ditch. It's about 40 yards long. It has helped but not enough. Can anyone recommend a landscape architect or other professional in the Prairieville area? Thanks for your time and consideration.
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Posted on 4/3/16 at 9:52 pm to hedgehog
You have any pics of the problem?
Posted on 4/4/16 at 2:10 am to hedgehog
Plug aerate top/fill with sand
Posted on 4/4/16 at 6:54 am to wickowick
No pics. The problem really became noticeable after my neighbor built a large pool. Everything now drains to my yard and then to the ditch by the road. It just takes a long time (7 days or more) for a large portion of my backyard to dry out. I've added sand, dug a small canal and aerated the area as an attempt to fix the problem.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 7:16 am to hedgehog
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no pics
Sounds like you need to draw up a paint picture...
You should put some underground drainage with catch basins. Not much to it, water flows down hill. Start high and end low.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 7:36 am to hedgehog
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Everything now drains to my yard and then to the ditch by the road. It just takes a long time (7 days or more) for a large portion of my backyard to dry out.
Sounds like you have what is commonly referred to as a NASCAR pond
Posted on 4/4/16 at 7:37 am to DownSouthDave
I have the same problem. There are already a few of these in my yard from the previous owner and I'll be adding more. I have to have no rain for at least a week before I can cut my yard.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 8:10 am to lsugrad35
French drain
Posted on 4/4/16 at 8:51 am to DownSouthDave
I have thought about adding those. But if I add them to a low spot, how will it drain away from there? Just slope a pipe? That sounds like I'd need some survey tools to get it right.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 8:56 am to hedgehog
You can easily bury your pipe on a slope. Sounds like you need to bring in some dirt to get rid of the low spots though. My problem is there is a hill between my house and the ditch that the water should drain into. The yard should slope from house to ditch.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 9:00 am to lsugrad35
I'm wanting to do it right so that's why I'm looking for a pro to do it. I've done all I'm comfortable with doing. I guess I'll just call a few Landscape companies to get an estimate.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 9:08 am to hedgehog
I hear ya. That's generally my approach with everything, but in this case I'm not willing to spend the money. I can eyeball it when it rains and make corrections where it's holding water. Unless of course its really bad. You could always go with the string approach. Run a string and see everywhere that it touches/doesn't touch the ground. Grab a shovel and make adjustments from there. Just a DIY tip. 
Posted on 4/4/16 at 11:30 am to hedgehog
Fill dirt then top soil, and a lot of it...
Posted on 4/4/16 at 12:07 pm to hedgehog
This is about as simple a DIY project as there is. mark the lowest points. Purchase drains for those areas. Connect via corrugated pipe. Run pipe downhill to ditch. Its that simple. You don't need survey equipment you can eyeball the run. If the pipe doesn't go straight downhill it will still work. All the pipe will be lower (underground)than the standing water. A small rise in the pipe will only cause water to stand in the pipe, not above ground. The 6 inch drains are cheap (<10.00) and 100 ft of corrugated pipe is around 65.00. Shovel and a lot of digging. If you want, rent a trencher for 100.00 and the line will be dug in an hour.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 12:35 pm to nogoodjr
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.
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.
This post was edited on 4/4/16 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 4/4/16 at 12:39 pm to WHODAT514
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WHODAT514
I am interested in these photos. I'll be taking on this task as soon as my patio is complete in a week or two. Using the dirt that they dig up in pouring my slab to try to level off the yard and adding the drainage as you suggested.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 12:44 pm to WHODAT514
Thank you
Posted on 4/4/16 at 12:52 pm to hedgehog
this was the problem that resulted from poor grading and the water not having anywhere to go out of the downspouts
here the solution. took about a day and half to do this project and its fairly easy with a trencher.
I did this last summer and it was awesome this winter. yard drains and I can let my dogs out with no issues and I can mow my yard a day after a few inches of rain. any questions let me know.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 1:09 pm to WHODAT514
Damn solid work Whodat. Glad to hear it helps. I'm following your lead on this one.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 1:50 pm to WHODAT514
Perfect example Whodat.
Only thing I would add is the corrugated pipe is a little easier to use than the PVC. PVC comes in 10' lengths which could be a pain, More difficult to cut, if it rolls/turns during instillation or back fill it will turn the drain ect.
The important thing to remember is you just need a portal for the water to leave. It doesn't have to be able to handle flooding rains, those run off naturally. It's to remove the standing water after a rain.
Only thing I would add is the corrugated pipe is a little easier to use than the PVC. PVC comes in 10' lengths which could be a pain, More difficult to cut, if it rolls/turns during instillation or back fill it will turn the drain ect.
The important thing to remember is you just need a portal for the water to leave. It doesn't have to be able to handle flooding rains, those run off naturally. It's to remove the standing water after a rain.
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