As the title says. I've lived in yhe house for about 2 weeks and there's roughly 7 foot x 3 foot area turned into a marsh due to hvac drainage. I was thinking of just edging off the area and laying down fabric, play sand and rock in that order. Would that work well enough or should I route the drainage else where ?
by Cshel004
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You don’t need sand under a rock bed.
Id extend the pipe away from your foundation for sure, the grass will probably fill back in by itself
Sounds like the ideal place for a r/savagegarden.
That’s a lot of hvac drainage…
Divert or convert
You could just hook up a hose to it. Its easy thanks to pvc. Run the hose out to wherever you want it to drain. That’s what I did to mine
Bog garden.
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Dig a hole fill with rock
I turned that area into a little bird bath and plant area. Put a bird bath under the discharge, plants some plants, put down some drainage rock. It’s worked our great!
Plant elephant ears
I’m in hot humid Texas and my entire life the HVAC drain in every house I lived in outputs about 1 drop per 10 seconds. For it to saturate this area seems like too much water
Get a 5 gallon bucket and break the bottom out, bury it too deep, and fill then cover completely with gravel. You probably will want a landscape boarder to keep the gravel from spreading out.
Redirect your HVAC drain to tie in under a bathroom sink and drain to the sewer.
I had to put pavers on the sides of the house because grass would just trim up weeds because of the varying sun during the year. Code here says the pipe has to extend a minimum of 18 inches from the foundation. So I ran the pipe down to the pavers, along the house for about 13 feet, then away from the house to a gardenia bush that we have to paved around. The opening around the bush doesn’t really allow for hood watering, but the HVAC drains right to the bush. The bush is happy, I’m happy, code inspector was happy and impressed.
If only there was a way to extend that pipe…
Swamp milkweed is the answer.
Bioswale time
Get it away from your foundation!!
But does Lump sit alone in the buggy marsh?
Native plants that like wet feet. No worries about it sitting next to your foundation. Some plants roots are long but safe that they won’t interfere and will absorb moisture.
My granny in Florida solved her problem like this by extending the PVC pipe onto the sidewalk. The hot Florida sun evaporated it very quickly, good old granny.
Isn’t that the overflow drain? If so, you should take care of that issue and the rest should clear itself up
Any downspout drains you can run it to?
Put a bucket to collect the water— use it on plants..
Raised garden bed? Free water on plants?
perfect spot for hydrangeas
Just add a 1/2″ 45 and 6ft of 1/2″ away feom the foundation. Don’t make it more than what it is.
I made a dry well for drainage. I dig a hole about 2’ across and 3’ deep. I put a perforated pipe up the middle with a 45 degree elbow at the top and a non-perforated pipe just under the surface of the soil to where my water treatment discharge hose came out. I put the drain hose into my surface pipe, filled the hole to 3” below grade with drainage rock and then put soil and grass back on top. I never had to worry about the discharge pipe again and you can’t tell it there from the rest of the grass
Dig a dry well