Because the path is flat, the side is higher and water goes down and gets trapped by the edge.
Lower the earth at the sides,
raise the path,
slope the path (may as well raise it then),
or it looks like you can remove parts of the right-hand side and create overflows to where the grass is lower a meter out.
CaptBlackfoot
It floods because it sits lower than the lawn.
DeltaBlues82
That’s not a path. That’s a drainage ditch.
BlockRockinBeatdown
That is one beautiful path, despite the ponding. It’s worth finding a remedy.
OkCaptain8591
It’s below grade
Money_Loss2359
High water table and low path. You actually need to take advantage of this with water loving plants like hosta, Ligularia, Rodgersia etc. instead of grass.
Ok_Muffin_925
Perhaps the installer failed to install a good base to keep walkway from sinking over time.
Looks like water is flowing downhill from left to right in photo and settling into the lower lying walkway where it is caught in place by the brick border on the right side of the walk.
Does it rain all the time? Maybe you can live this this from time to time? Just treat the ice…
landing-softly
Wet set mortar (non porous) and low setting level. Rookie mistake. Needs to be removed or you’d could add a drain to the lowest point but it’ll probably cost about the same thing tbh.
beershere
You can dig the up parts down or raise the down parts up…that’s about half of landscaping right there. Anyways… to fix it properly the path needs to be redone at a higher grade.
also_your_mom
As has been pointed out. You either lower the ground on either side (crazy), or you raise the path (basically a do-over).
Edit: BUT the sloped area to the left of the path could be problematic, it being sloped up.
cakeck3
Elevation, yo.
rjcpl
Because someone built a canal instead of a walkway.
TheOffKn1ght
No drain
Chemboll
Gravity
SumOMG
You could try digging a French drain into a basin with a sump pump
daisiesarepretty2
seriously… if you can’t figure that out, you are better off just walking around this… you can’t fix it.
nothing personal.
LetterheadFresh5728
Isaac Newton shaking his head at you for asking
Real-Psychology-4261
Lol. It floods because it’s the lowest point and water drains downhill due to something called gravity.
moose_knuckled
Harder: uproot and replace with a causeway/raised path.
Easier: trench an outboard ditch on the high side with drain rock then drain underneath with a culvert. Then run a French drain on the other side that dumps it on the other side of the fence.
otherotherotherbarry
Probably the water
SpiritualAd8998
“Canal Street”
HelpfulPersimmon6146
It floods because the grade of the walkway is lower than ground level. It would probably be easier to redo the walkway then regrade the whole yard.
LudasGhost
Why do so many people that post in here fail to understand that water flows to the lowest point? This question gets asked several times a week. Is it the failure of our educational system?
ZestycloseGolf2551
Nicely paved drain.
DigThin4179
You know how fluids work yeah?
EvanOnTheFly
Science!!!!
bouncing_bumble
Water and gravity.
Herr_Frik_Adel
Lowest point🤪
Rookraider1
Because there is too much water getting on the path!
PossibilityOrganic12
Add some flowers. They’ll take more water than that ground cover.
DedCroSixFo
Raise the subbase grade with a foot of crushed gravel and the rerebuild the path on top.
Deathcamel187
Its below the high spots simply make path higher
jdfarmer324
Gravity my friend. Liquid floes to the lowest point
No_Proposal_5975
Meant to be a river
7yaX
You could add drainage grids on both sides of the path.
First-Ad-2777
It’s like this because you’re supposed to add goldfish.
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You need to redo the walkway raise it up.
Because the path is flat, the side is higher and water goes down and gets trapped by the edge.
Lower the earth at the sides,
raise the path,
slope the path (may as well raise it then),
or it looks like you can remove parts of the right-hand side and create overflows to where the grass is lower a meter out.
It floods because it sits lower than the lawn.
That’s not a path. That’s a drainage ditch.
That is one beautiful path, despite the ponding. It’s worth finding a remedy.
It’s below grade
High water table and low path. You actually need to take advantage of this with water loving plants like hosta, Ligularia, Rodgersia etc. instead of grass.
Perhaps the installer failed to install a good base to keep walkway from sinking over time.
Looks like water is flowing downhill from left to right in photo and settling into the lower lying walkway where it is caught in place by the brick border on the right side of the walk.
Does it rain all the time? Maybe you can live this this from time to time? Just treat the ice…
Wet set mortar (non porous) and low setting level. Rookie mistake. Needs to be removed or you’d could add a drain to the lowest point but it’ll probably cost about the same thing tbh.
You can dig the up parts down or raise the down parts up…that’s about half of landscaping right there. Anyways… to fix it properly the path needs to be redone at a higher grade.
As has been pointed out. You either lower the ground on either side (crazy), or you raise the path (basically a do-over).
Edit: BUT the sloped area to the left of the path could be problematic, it being sloped up.
Elevation, yo.
Because someone built a canal instead of a walkway.
No drain
Gravity
You could try digging a French drain into a basin with a sump pump
seriously… if you can’t figure that out, you are better off just walking around this… you can’t fix it.
nothing personal.
Isaac Newton shaking his head at you for asking
Lol. It floods because it’s the lowest point and water drains downhill due to something called gravity.
Harder: uproot and replace with a causeway/raised path.
Easier: trench an outboard ditch on the high side with drain rock then drain underneath with a culvert. Then run a French drain on the other side that dumps it on the other side of the fence.
Probably the water
“Canal Street”
It floods because the grade of the walkway is lower than ground level. It would probably be easier to redo the walkway then regrade the whole yard.
Why do so many people that post in here fail to understand that water flows to the lowest point? This question gets asked several times a week. Is it the failure of our educational system?
Nicely paved drain.
You know how fluids work yeah?
Science!!!!
Water and gravity.
Lowest point🤪
Because there is too much water getting on the path!
Add some flowers. They’ll take more water than that ground cover.
Raise the subbase grade with a foot of crushed gravel and the rerebuild the path on top.
Its below the high spots simply make path higher
Gravity my friend. Liquid floes to the lowest point
Meant to be a river
You could add drainage grids on both sides of the path.
It’s like this because you’re supposed to add goldfish.
You’ve got a little Venice thing going on there.