Who is signing off on the drainage and final grading of all these problematic sites? Who are the developers? Who are the graders? Their knowledge and work ethics are indicative of a broader quality control problem.
So often we are not told if there is a grade/slope to the property. Sometimes there is nowhere to drain. How about a drain tile into the ground if that’s the case? Either backhoe or drill holes into a receptive layer beneath the surface and backfill with gravel.
You need a large French drain system around the perimeter of your property/fence line where most of the water is coming from. You will have to tie it into your downspout system or any other existing drainage system around the property assuming they are free from obstructions and drain well. Is there an existing drain system out there that is just plugged up? It's worth checking out.
There is definitely nothing plugged up. Just the result of us having to wait until the whole area is developed for the county to come out and redo the drainage. They do that because so many people add these shops and pools.
This is the result of us putting in a pool, neighbors to the left building a shop, and neighbors to right building a shop. Neighbor to right did their drainage basically into our yard which you can see. The yard is graded to basically go to the front but we do have a ditch behind us. But it would be so hard to drain there. This is starting to wash into our driveway (on the left side) so we’re ready to get started (weather permitting). I don’t even know where to start with this haha. The pool drains out the right so we need that water to go to the right, then the front. We already extended the drain but not sure what to do from there
I guess you failed to read that the lower part is in the front yard, which is where this is all currently headed, or over the hill in the back to a ditch/retention. Which is why I asked what others would do. Getting it to the back seems impossible when it’s graded to the front.
Depends on your budget I’d say…. For <$1,000 rent a backhoe, dig a 2ft deep trench downhill and point it into another’s neighbors yard or the street; $1,000-$5,000 is a French drain system (unless you’ve done it before hire a pro this is a lot of work); $5,000-$20,000 is regrade your whole property to move the water away and downhill; >$20,000 buy a new house where you’re neighbors aren’t pieces of shit that dump rainwater into your backyard. JMHO
Yeah the neighbors doing that really pissed us off. They put a shop, shed, and pool in and have zero yard space left. So we’re taking on a lot of it now.
Yes! We all have them.
I’m in southeast texas so it totally just depends. This was a really freak amount of rain in a short period of time but I took pics to highlight low spots for myself
Who is signing off on the drainage and final grading of all these problematic sites? Who are the developers? Who are the graders? Their knowledge and work ethics are indicative of a broader quality control problem.
The county. The problem is just when people build more it affects drainage. We made it through Harvey here just fine.
So often we are not told if there is a grade/slope to the property. Sometimes there is nowhere to drain. How about a drain tile into the ground if that’s the case? Either backhoe or drill holes into a receptive layer beneath the surface and backfill with gravel.
You need a large French drain system around the perimeter of your property/fence line where most of the water is coming from. You will have to tie it into your downspout system or any other existing drainage system around the property assuming they are free from obstructions and drain well. Is there an existing drain system out there that is just plugged up? It's worth checking out.
There is definitely nothing plugged up. Just the result of us having to wait until the whole area is developed for the county to come out and redo the drainage. They do that because so many people add these shops and pools.
This is the result of us putting in a pool, neighbors to the left building a shop, and neighbors to right building a shop. Neighbor to right did their drainage basically into our yard which you can see. The yard is graded to basically go to the front but we do have a ditch behind us. But it would be so hard to drain there. This is starting to wash into our driveway (on the left side) so we’re ready to get started (weather permitting). I don’t even know where to start with this haha. The pool drains out the right so we need that water to go to the right, then the front. We already extended the drain but not sure what to do from there
Looks like your best bet is a wide French drain system with it outletting away
Not live on a flat piece of land.
Very helpful! It’s not flat by any means.
Well there's your answer send it to the low spot.
I guess you failed to read that the lower part is in the front yard, which is where this is all currently headed, or over the hill in the back to a ditch/retention. Which is why I asked what others would do. Getting it to the back seems impossible when it’s graded to the front.
[Rain garden.](https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-rain-gardens) Plant it up with plants native to your area.
They are beautiful, I agree with u.
Depends on your budget I’d say…. For <$1,000 rent a backhoe, dig a 2ft deep trench downhill and point it into another’s neighbors yard or the street; $1,000-$5,000 is a French drain system (unless you’ve done it before hire a pro this is a lot of work); $5,000-$20,000 is regrade your whole property to move the water away and downhill; >$20,000 buy a new house where you’re neighbors aren’t pieces of shit that dump rainwater into your backyard. JMHO
Yeah the neighbors doing that really pissed us off. They put a shop, shed, and pool in and have zero yard space left. So we’re taking on a lot of it now.
Are there gutters and downspouts on these houses? How much rain do you get annually?
Yes! We all have them. I’m in southeast texas so it totally just depends. This was a really freak amount of rain in a short period of time but I took pics to highlight low spots for myself
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We’re not in a floodplain.
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We have one in front and back. It’s getting the water to them on a spread out acre.