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My back yard is the lowest area in my neighborhood, it is even lower than the road in front of my house. My options based on my research is a dry well or sump pump. The problem with a sump pump is I have to run an underground pipe to the road in the front yard. Not only would the grade be sloping back towards the back yard, but I have two oak trees in the front yard I would have to deal with the roots.
Anyone have any different ideas to deal with this flooding? I am in section 9a.
by wahoothing
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Koi?
I forgot to mention. This is about two hours of rain, I cut the grass right before the rain started. My area is at 11 inches of rain this month. But it was dry before the rain started.
Sheesh, you need a fishing pole
No, you have a pond.
Suggest posting this to r/landscaping as they’ll have more ideas. This is a massive amount of water, I’m not an expert but this looks like way too much water for a dry well. Can you do a swale?
Maybe you should replace the flooded areas with rain gardens? You fill them with native plants that do well having their “feet wet” for a while. They’re very popular in my area. You could also install a rainwater catchment system, and try to convince your neighbors to do the same.
Did you try rice?
Buy a gondola and do some romantic rides.
You do have low areas in your yard…you can see at least a 4 inch drop on the back fence where you neighbor’s shed is…you should bring in soil.
And you could consider creating a river bed with a large French drain to the street….landscaping in the dry bed plants, trees that love
to soak up excessive water—dogwood, willow, river bitch, ferns etc.
French drain ASAP.
That’s fucking bonkers.
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I can only sympathize with you. This was my yard last year. Went about mid calf in the deepest parts. Had to bring in a bunch of soil and regrade everything. My subdivision doesn’t have storm water drains so I couldn’t even pump it to a storm water drain.
Lived in Northern Ohio and our yard looked like this after a good rain fall or after the snow melted.
It would have taken so much dirt to remedy the situation which honestly would have just made it my neighbors problem. I ended up installing a Zoeller sump pump and directing the output towards the drain tile in my neighbors yard. That thing worked like a champ. It had a float but rather than letting it run during the heavy rains, I’d just keep the switch off until the rain stopped. Then I’d let the float do its thing.
You are now the owner of your very own island
I watch this channel for outside drain project ideas.
https://youtu.be/PQHnEtu-lOA?feature=shared
Hope this helps.
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Bruh, you’re slowly sinking into the gulf.
Waterfront property at a discount
What if you just get a professional to dig a well in the deepest part, but stop before you actually hit water. Then line it with either cement, brick, or rocks. It’ll be like your own drain. Anyone know if this would this actually work?
I’ve been battling a similar issue on a section on my backyard since I purchased it in 2019. I’m finally gonna get around to install some drainage. 🥲
Yeah your gutters need to hookup and buried with runs perforated to catch additional water in the low lying areas as a french drain and run to the front yard to daylight at a higher point to the nearest storm sewer at the street.
Watch the french drain guy on youtube for ideas
French drains and flood insurance my guy.
You need a dry well. Ignore people pretending French drains are magic. You can deal with this for $5K.
If a most is a problem than yes you do have a problem.
Find the lowest spot in the mess, dig a hole, install a sump pump and drain line to the street…and pump that stuff out.
I had to do the same thing. A plastic 55 gallon trash can makes a great sump pit. You’ll have to have an electric line and weatherproof outlet ran out to the pit, but it’s worth it.
Dig an underground water storage tank, buy a commercial distiller, and start a small business.
Depending on your slope situation, it looks like you’re lacking in that area due to your pond 😂, possibly a sump pump with pipe drainage into the road/storm sewer.
You’re going to have to consult a professional and get your city involved.
Free feet pics? In this economy?
What makes you think that?
Stock that shit with some fish get about 15 chairs and rent them for $12 a hour each chair comes with 1 beer per hour.
Plant a cypress tree, or two, or twelve, in the flooded areas.
Buy a plastic pump from Home Depot and some garden hoses & I don’t recommend standing in it next time considering how fucked you would be if the water was suddenly electrified but the hundreds of transformers nearby
You gonna get gators soon
Just slightly
This makes me wanna come over and French drain the fuck outta your yard
Your pool has grass in it…
Texas?
I have the same issue. Neighbors behind have large garages where the downspouts just point back towards my yard. The area is below my street so I can’t french drain or tie into my homes downspouts. I ended up digging a hole in one of the lowest spots and installing a drain box, I believe its 16×16. I also bought a semi trash pump. After it rains I just remove the drain box lid and setup the pump. I drain it down my drive into the street. Its a pain in thr ass but it works
Weeping willows and or rice. I will never complain about mine again.
I think u overwatered
That’s gonna leave a mark.
That’s not a problem that’s a pond sir.
Call your local wild life game office and see if they’ll stock it for you. Never have to fish anywhere else again.
Sorry about your lawn but congratulations on your new pond!!
You messed up on the post. There are 4 pictures not 3. Hope this solved your problem.
I had a similar issue in my backyard and ended up putting in a drywall, French drains on both sides of my house, and hooking the gutters up to them and I haven’t had an issue.
Holy fuck
You’re going to need to talk to your local government..
What you would be looking for is some sort of storm drain system that the town has installed to move this water, then tap into that.
From the sounds of it, you’re basically at sea level and across the street from the ocean, so without some massive infrastructure, there won’t be anywhere for that water to go.
This reminded me of a family member who lived in a low lying area but all was good until new neighborhoods were built and changed how water flowed.
It all started settling in her back yard and there was nowhere else to divert it.
She fought with the new neighborhood and took them to court and got nowhere.
Her kids started blocking off huge culverts that drained water from that neighborhood.
That caused flooding in the neighborhood.
After two massive floods where high end houses were damaged, that neighborhood had retention ponds built and all was right with the world again…
I had a similar issue with my business property.
Water was flooding the driveway after new owners of an adjacent property graded a hill and sloped it towards me instead of the ditch it had emptied into.
I bought a big pump and sent the water to the ditch.
Was cheaper than fighting in court.
You need a engineer for this level of water. A dry well is not a useful option for you.
A combo of grading, French drains, and possibly sump pump are likely.
If you pay the money for a good design, you can probably DIY the whole thing.
A lawn care sub definitely isn’t the place to ask for help on this.