Timeline for Digging French Drains - Rent Mini-X or Tractor Loader Backhoe?
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| Jan 12, 2019 at 15:50 | comment | added | Chasester | I'm going to see if I can get the survey map and illustrate on it | |
| Jan 12, 2019 at 13:55 | comment | added | Chasester | Sorry no it's not my property, I have a similar type of soil. I'll try to load up a pic | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 22:04 | comment | added | stormy | @Chasester I am looking for your updated question. This is sort of my field of expertise, grins! | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 5:50 | comment | added | stormy | Rise/Run=Slope Vertical change divided by the horizontal distance will give you the 'slope'. You can use this formula to figure out proper vertical distance or horizontal distance to achieve the slope necessary. This video showed no slope to the bottom of the trench necessary to drain the water, suck it out of the soil. | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 5:46 | comment | added | stormy | That 'trencher' is the tool you want for sure. Make sure you do locate services for utilities/electricity FIRST. You want the trench to slope 1 to 2 % slope. Do not need the gravel. You do need the fabric or the stacked and covered with a soil filter drainage pipe to not allow soil into the drain pipe. Normal drainage problems can be augmented with french/trench drainage of surface water. Yours is not normal. And I'd like to know if draining the water into the city storm water system is legal...otherwise we can discuss 'dry wells'. | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 5:37 | comment | added | stormy | ...sorry, and to drain that amount of water that pipe should be at least a foot deeper than what that poor guy is doing. I am not seeing slope happening in his trenches either. I see puddles with gravel, fabric a 4" perf pipe covered with fabric and more gravel. This trench and pipe will always be seen. The grass above will be yellow and thin. Without slope all that work and pipe will be worthless. | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 5:33 | comment | added | stormy | I LOVE that video! Is it legal to drain your surface water into the storm drains? Not what I am used to at all. The soil and grass should NOT be up on that brick siding...ugh. Look 'uphill' from your property. Take a peek at other's yards. Someone will have a mushy marsh spot where this is originating. Are you on city water? Someone is paying for all of this water! High water table like this means these homes were built in a marsh, a bog. I want to know about the basements yours and neighbors...what condition they are in... | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 5:28 | comment | added | stormy | @Chasester Is this you? How close is this to your home? Wow, video! Just amazing! Something else is going on with the water. Water tables just couldn't be that high in your neighborhood. Do you have a basement? Anyone else have a basement? This looks like there is a serious leak somewhere close by and it is the city's job to fix it. They will want to supervise and be in charge. Try to get their recommendation in writing! Someone has a major leak somewhere. An irrigation pipe not blown out before winter? The water travels through the soil. Think about those foundations! | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 13:09 | comment | added | Chasester | --i'm updating my original question since the reply is too long. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 7:18 | history | answered | stormy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |