Is this fine since all the water is running and can escape freely out underneath the fence at the end of the garden?
Question in title. Or should I take steps to try and prevent any running water from here at all? We've already tried to plant some grass/clover where the water seems to be settling and level the area a little.
Disney is going to call you for advice on building a lazy river
The_Poster_Nutbag
“fine”? Sure
Ideal? Not really.
liberatus16
Two options with surface water: reroute it with grading (away from your structure) or channel to collection and the move it away (dry well, sump, culvert, French drain etc). Best solution is often a bit of both. Get good grade away from your house and then capture the water you can like downspouts and carry it away to a low point. Looks like it’s rerouting around your house for the most part. That corner looks a bit iffy. Not a pro. Just a guy who dealt with a lot of water for like 20 years in my last house.
Moss-cle
Escapes over to being your neighbors problem?
Slow-Priority-884
What’s the obsession with surface water here lol. Yes, water flows downhill. You shouldn’t try to level the area because then the water will pool. Your yard is part of the watershed, let it shed.
Your garden bed against the side of the house is a bigger problem here lol.
LunaticBZ
Question 0 for considering changing drainage.
Is it flooding after a light rain? heavy storm? weeks of extreme rain causing statewide emergencies?
Different_Ad7655
Yeah I don’t know what remarkable thing I’m looking at here . Water being channeled down a garden path. The troubling part is where you say under a fence to somebody else’s yard. That’s simply illegal and if there’s just a little bit and it’s running in a ditch maybe nobody notices but if you’re flooding somebody else’s property be prepared for their response and action. Far far better would be to do something more constructive with all that water. Since you’ve given no other information who the hell knows where it comes from in really where it’s going and why it exists. But I would suggest you to use your mind power to come up with a better option right within your yard. Maybe a rainy yard, maybe water storage for your garden maybe perfect irrigation.? Of course we don’t know there’s nothing to go on
Radcliffe1025
Add a loop!
AmaranthusSky
If it was me, I’d put in a french drain. It’ll help slow down future erosion, protect your HVAC, and get water away from the house. Depending on how the water runs around the back of the house will determine where the drain should start. I also would tie any gutters into the drain.
Also, nothing wrong with a raised bed against a house so long as there’s something acting as a mositure barrier. And be aware you may have more problems with bugs getting in if you don’t maintain space between the plants and siding.
DrWildIndigo
If it was me, I really would be trying to collect some of this water to water flower & vegetable beds.đ§đ§đ§
erad0
That’s probably ok, that wood is gonna rot though may border the gardens with something else, and inside the borders you honestly might want to just go all gravel
LonelyContract3786
It won’t let me edit the post so just wanted to say that I should have clarified: **the “underneath the fence at the end of the garden” is also my property**. It’s my front yard that has a higher down-grade and runs directly to the street where all 3 of my downspouts exit and the water drainage is
Full-Archer8719
A French drain would do wonders
MasonP13
At that point I’d just turn it into a river, or I’d follow the natural path by creating some underground drainage system
GMEINTSHP
Your neighbor isnt going to be pleased.
littlewhitecatalex
Nope. Thatâs going to erode over time and you will lose soil/your path will be buried in mud.Â
United-Adagio1543
You need a French drain that ends with a drywell or storm drain. Watch YouTube videos from The French Drain Man.
adcgefd
Finally found those other guysâ neighbor
Realshotgg
Install a catch Basin at some point during this and run solid pipe to the End of the Street
Peace_LillyPots1982
If it were my yard, I would put bigger river rock along the path and if possible, have the water drain into a container and store to use for your plants later. They love rainwater âșïž
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Disney is going to call you for advice on building a lazy river
“fine”? Sure
Ideal? Not really.
Two options with surface water: reroute it with grading (away from your structure) or channel to collection and the move it away (dry well, sump, culvert, French drain etc). Best solution is often a bit of both. Get good grade away from your house and then capture the water you can like downspouts and carry it away to a low point. Looks like it’s rerouting around your house for the most part. That corner looks a bit iffy. Not a pro. Just a guy who dealt with a lot of water for like 20 years in my last house.
Escapes over to being your neighbors problem?
What’s the obsession with surface water here lol. Yes, water flows downhill. You shouldn’t try to level the area because then the water will pool. Your yard is part of the watershed, let it shed.
Your garden bed against the side of the house is a bigger problem here lol.
Question 0 for considering changing drainage.
Is it flooding after a light rain? heavy storm? weeks of extreme rain causing statewide emergencies?
Yeah I don’t know what remarkable thing I’m looking at here . Water being channeled down a garden path. The troubling part is where you say under a fence to somebody else’s yard. That’s simply illegal and if there’s just a little bit and it’s running in a ditch maybe nobody notices but if you’re flooding somebody else’s property be prepared for their response and action. Far far better would be to do something more constructive with all that water. Since you’ve given no other information who the hell knows where it comes from in really where it’s going and why it exists. But I would suggest you to use your mind power to come up with a better option right within your yard. Maybe a rainy yard, maybe water storage for your garden maybe perfect irrigation.? Of course we don’t know there’s nothing to go on
Add a loop!
If it was me, I’d put in a french drain. It’ll help slow down future erosion, protect your HVAC, and get water away from the house. Depending on how the water runs around the back of the house will determine where the drain should start. I also would tie any gutters into the drain.
Also, nothing wrong with a raised bed against a house so long as there’s something acting as a mositure barrier. And be aware you may have more problems with bugs getting in if you don’t maintain space between the plants and siding.
If it was me, I really would be trying to collect some of this water to water flower & vegetable beds.đ§đ§đ§
That’s probably ok, that wood is gonna rot though may border the gardens with something else, and inside the borders you honestly might want to just go all gravel
It won’t let me edit the post so just wanted to say that I should have clarified: **the “underneath the fence at the end of the garden” is also my property**. It’s my front yard that has a higher down-grade and runs directly to the street where all 3 of my downspouts exit and the water drainage is
A French drain would do wonders
At that point I’d just turn it into a river, or I’d follow the natural path by creating some underground drainage system
Your neighbor isnt going to be pleased.
Nope. Thatâs going to erode over time and you will lose soil/your path will be buried in mud.Â
You need a French drain that ends with a drywell or storm drain. Watch YouTube videos from The French Drain Man.
Finally found those other guysâ neighbor
Install a catch Basin at some point during this and run solid pipe to the End of the Street
If it were my yard, I would put bigger river rock along the path and if possible, have the water drain into a container and store to use for your plants later. They love rainwater âșïž
Whatâs on the other side of the fence?