The opening of this video shows just how bad the flooding was — stormwater covering the yard with nowhere to go. To fix it, we installed a dry well system capable of handling all the runoff plus 5 downspouts.
With simple text overlays, we walk you through each step of the process so it feels like a DIY guide — from setting the chambers, to backfilling, regrading, and restoring the yard.
And for everyone who said “that will never work” — we made sure to show the results after the next thunderstorm. The neighbors’ yards are still flooded, but this one stayed dry except for a couple of small puddles. Proof that the system works.
👉 Watch the full-length version here: https://youtu.be/st5V2D5yN0A
What is a Dry Well?
A dry well is an underground system designed to collect and disperse stormwater runoff into the surrounding soil. It helps prevent flooding, keeps water away from foundations, and allows excess water to soak back into the ground naturally.
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Dawn & Tom
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:14 Steps to install the dry well
2:39 Dry well after a heavy rain
4:05 Finish grading, seed & straw
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Hello, this is Tom from Tye Landscaping. As you can see by this picture, these homeowners are having a problem
with stormwater drainage. The customer told us how they would watch
the water slowly creep towards the house. The problem is that their backyard
is lower than the front yard. So much of the rainwater from the yard
and the roof wind up back here. Plus, they’re also getting
a lot of rainwater from their neighbors, especially a neighbor’s driveway,
because their properties are higher. We’ll be installing a large dry well using infiltrator chambers,
stone and filter fabric. This gives the water
a place to go underground so it can dissipate into the soil. We’ll be installing catch basins to capture the water and stop debris
from getting into the dry well. We’ll also be tying in downspouts,
a sump pump discharge, and an existing smaller dry well. Their front yard goes up
and the front yard is completely flat. If you can see this,
they did have to town. If they had any suggestions. They said maybe you can pump it
to the front of the yard, but none of it can go to the street. Now, you saw the picture of the water where they pump it
into the front of the yard. It’s impossible. And not to go into the street at all. Tom is taking apart the chambers. This is where they’re going. We always lay them out beforehand. Okay, perfect. Perfect. So the dry well is dug. Tomorrow we’ll bring stone
fabric, put the chambers in. Okay, so we be back in the morning
to put a stone in. It looks like a little swimming pool. Actually. You see these chambers? Walk right in here. They’ve got a hook sticking in. He just took it down. Once. The stones on here. They are very secure. First slowed us down. I forgot to show you. This right here is Tom’s custom. Bent and clean out. Once the rock
and the dirt’s all packed in there. Nice. There will be a great on top
so any water can fall in. We got the catch basin
that is tied into our system, and now there’s our fabric around it. We have to just fill that in winter stone. And then. Okay.
That’s good. So there’s a 20 inch catch basin. The dry well is all fabric and ready for our topsoil. We are back on this job. We just got over an inch of rain. And I’ll show you how well this is doing. We’re not even done yet. Customer is very happy. There are some things
we just need to finish. I show you this wheelbarrow. So this is about how much rain we got
last night. It’s the palm of my hand. That’s 4 or 5in of water in his war
barrel from last night’s rain. And it just stopped this morning. So let me just show you the planting bed slash levee. So since they get so much
water from the neighbors, and you can see here that’s the neighbor, they still have water
sitting in their yard. You can see here
this is how high the water got. And you can see all the water
that’s on a neighbor. Normally
that water would all be on our side. You can just see here
that it did breach over to here. And there’s more water over here. And you can see the level
or get up on this mound. You can see the level
of how high the water got. And you can see that it did breach here. And it went over and went right into the dry well. dry well worked great. It took up all the customer’s water. All right, we’re completely finished. And we see it in stride. Well, here’s a yard.
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This project solved a major flooding problem in the backyard. We installed a 2000 gallon dry well, catch basins, and regraded the yard so all the water has a place to go.
👉 If you’d like to see more of our drainage solutions, we’ve put together a full playlist here: Drainage Projects Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Jkdfu6uRo&list=PLZ14XOHujK5CrJjc-qnPLj7L3Ggo_kNdn
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– Dawn & Tom
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Imagine paying all that money for that house…. all that money a year for those really high jersey taxes. And then you have a water issue in your yard and the townships like well you can do what you want but cant pump it to the street. How absurd is that? I know you guys run into this a lot and give you credit for the work you do. Typical government…. always making things harder than they have to be.
Waterproofing and water removal is more like "water moving"…. it has to go somewhere. Into a storm drain, into the soil, or into a lake is the usual goals. Good work.
What a cluster fuck whoever did those lots did a horrible job with water management.
That's a cool product that you guys install.
Neighbors could plant some water loving grasses along the fence line to help with their water issues. Create a rain garden since their water retention isn’t as bad as your customers was.
Nice job
You couldn’t get back there with fill truck?
Why wouldn't the city allow water to go to the street?
good stuff
It looks great.
My only comment is that maybe the berms should have gone around the trunks of the trees. Dirt against the trunks that deep can cause long term problems.
Wont the tarp under the gravel stop the water dissipating or is it permeable
What is the estimated time this system will last?
What was the cost for this particular job? Thanks.
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I have the same problem in my back yard…..BUT……..my yard is criss crossed with sewer, gas and electric. This would be a wonderful solution save for that…….the area available is too small for the volume of water we get here. But I like it!!!!
My aunt had that problem but we installed a channel drain at the end of the driveway and the pipe underground to a big French drain hole in the edge of the yard, in an underground crushed stone river. Problem solved, the source, the water feeding the backyard was diverted and never pooled aboveground.
Pump it to the front yard and let gravity take it to the street. No one would ever notice.
How are you preventing all that sand on the "levee" to stay out of the drain and plugging it up?
Is the dry well emptying itself after awhile or do you need to empty it with a pump?
Edit: looked it up and it empties itself.😊
4:32, you guys look like a great team and couple. Please work on your health. There's no excuse for working so hard and losing it all to health.
You have a grade problem. Call a grader and do it right. If it's a new house make the builder pay for it.