Is water pooled in the grass anywhere or is that the low point for the area?
Mitch-EME
That’s concrete, right? Couldn’t you lift it, give it the proper slope, and fill it with some expansive resin?
Muted_Pickle101
You need to make the sidewalk higher than the surrounding ground, either by raising the slabs or digging away at the soil around it.
Optimoprimo
No sand bags won’t work. But given thats what youre considering, sounds like you dont care how it looks. Dig a 12 inch trench in the lawn along the edge of the concrete path thats about 6 inches deep. Install a permeable landscape fabric and secure the edge with landscape edging. Fill the trench with river rock. The water will now fall into the trench and be carried away.
cannedcornenema
The slope of the concrete/dirt is creating a low point for water to collect. You can have a company come and raise the slab, which might fix the issue,or remove/replace the slab and reshape the dirt around it, which will definitely fix the issue. These are your only viable options.
No-Sweet8107
Need an edger and cut a 2”x2” edging around the sidewalk so the water has somewhere to go. I had the same issue around my driveway at the sidewalk. I told my neighbor I was going to get me an edger so I could do this over the weekend. The next day he came over while I was working and took care of it himself. It made a huge difference
NeitherDrama5365
No sandbags would result in water pooling in front of bags. You need to change the grade or install some sort of catch basin system
Cleanbadroom
Have the slab pump jacked up.
TransCapybara
wait for it….french drain comments incoming
mossoak
edge the walkway with an edger or spade
Calm-Annual2996
Build a sleeper deck over the whole thing!
Key_Ad_8333
You need to fix the drainage issue, not play army man with sand bags
Strong-Advertising11
Concrete saw and make a drainage slit?
sluttyman69
You need A drain
Thatnewaccount436
Drench Frain
Combatical
A simple “no loitering” sign could do the trick.
I’ll see myself out..
MysteriousDog5927
Hire a mud jacking crew .
SupergaijiNZ
Dig a ditch to drain.
Install a French drain to fix.
Make sure your French drain goes somewhere legal
deeplydarkly
Rain garden around the edge, with native plants. Deep a deep basin to collect the water
Beano_Capaccino
Add some self leveling cement. On a dry day.
auto_art
i like the metal poles for fence:).
OzarksExplorer
Get a drill and a drill auger. Mine is 3″ and 30″ long. Drill a hole about an inch out from the patio edge, as deep as you can, about every 6″. Fill with sand. If you want to preserve the grass, remove and replace after drilling the holes.
According-Taro4835
Please don’t use sandbags unless you want your patio to look like a bunker while it still floods. Sandbags are designed to keep rising floodwaters out of a dry area, not to push standing water off a flat slab. The issue here is what we call a false edge or a lawn dam where the turf has built up over years of mulching and root growth until it sits higher than the concrete. The water physically cannot roll off the hardscape because the grass is blocking it.
You have two options depending on how much sweat equity you want to put in. The quick fix is to take a flat shovel and shave down the sod and soil along that edge for about three or four feet out. You need to create a positive slope away from the concrete so gravity can do its job. I actually just walked a client through a similar regrading project last week and it solved their pooling instantly. If the rest of the yard is pitched back toward the house though you might be looking at installing a french drain or a catch basin right at that corner to pipe the water elsewhere.
Start by cutting a small trench right against the concrete to see if the water releases. If it flows out, you know it’s just the grade. If it sits there in the trench, your whole yard might be too high and you will need to look into a channel drain or a dry well.
Plantguysteve
Based on the pic looks like putting a catch basin in would be best, maybe 9” or 12”. Grade the existing soil/turf at the corner so that the water runs off the concrete and into the catch basin. Run a 4” pipe from the basin to daylight where it can drain and not cause problems.
motorwerkx
It’s difficult to discern from the picture but if that lawn is sloping down a little bit just passed those slabs, you could just dif a small trench in there and toss some gravel in it for a temporary solution.
NolanRyan1234
Edge the sidewalk
dcreb2
It’s not a problem. It just puddles. No structural next to it. Just let it dry and move on. It’s a normal thing
Jamar73
Either jack up the slab, or raise it with top layer of interlock.
Sir_Squackleton
French drain
Nickolas_No_H
yea sandbags under the sunken sidewalk would do it.
31 Comments
Is water pooled in the grass anywhere or is that the low point for the area?
That’s concrete, right? Couldn’t you lift it, give it the proper slope, and fill it with some expansive resin?
You need to make the sidewalk higher than the surrounding ground, either by raising the slabs or digging away at the soil around it.
No sand bags won’t work. But given thats what youre considering, sounds like you dont care how it looks. Dig a 12 inch trench in the lawn along the edge of the concrete path thats about 6 inches deep. Install a permeable landscape fabric and secure the edge with landscape edging. Fill the trench with river rock. The water will now fall into the trench and be carried away.
The slope of the concrete/dirt is creating a low point for water to collect. You can have a company come and raise the slab, which might fix the issue,or remove/replace the slab and reshape the dirt around it, which will definitely fix the issue. These are your only viable options.
Need an edger and cut a 2”x2” edging around the sidewalk so the water has somewhere to go. I had the same issue around my driveway at the sidewalk. I told my neighbor I was going to get me an edger so I could do this over the weekend. The next day he came over while I was working and took care of it himself. It made a huge difference
No sandbags would result in water pooling in front of bags. You need to change the grade or install some sort of catch basin system
Have the slab pump jacked up.
wait for it….french drain comments incoming
edge the walkway with an edger or spade
Build a sleeper deck over the whole thing!
You need to fix the drainage issue, not play army man with sand bags
Concrete saw and make a drainage slit?
You need A drain
Drench Frain
A simple “no loitering” sign could do the trick.
I’ll see myself out..
Hire a mud jacking crew .
Dig a ditch to drain.
Install a French drain to fix.
Make sure your French drain goes somewhere legal
Rain garden around the edge, with native plants. Deep a deep basin to collect the water
Add some self leveling cement. On a dry day.
i like the metal poles for fence:).
Get a drill and a drill auger. Mine is 3″ and 30″ long. Drill a hole about an inch out from the patio edge, as deep as you can, about every 6″. Fill with sand. If you want to preserve the grass, remove and replace after drilling the holes.
Please don’t use sandbags unless you want your patio to look like a bunker while it still floods. Sandbags are designed to keep rising floodwaters out of a dry area, not to push standing water off a flat slab. The issue here is what we call a false edge or a lawn dam where the turf has built up over years of mulching and root growth until it sits higher than the concrete. The water physically cannot roll off the hardscape because the grass is blocking it.
You have two options depending on how much sweat equity you want to put in. The quick fix is to take a flat shovel and shave down the sod and soil along that edge for about three or four feet out. You need to create a positive slope away from the concrete so gravity can do its job. I actually just walked a client through a similar regrading project last week and it solved their pooling instantly. If the rest of the yard is pitched back toward the house though you might be looking at installing a french drain or a catch basin right at that corner to pipe the water elsewhere.
Start by cutting a small trench right against the concrete to see if the water releases. If it flows out, you know it’s just the grade. If it sits there in the trench, your whole yard might be too high and you will need to look into a channel drain or a dry well.
Based on the pic looks like putting a catch basin in would be best, maybe 9” or 12”. Grade the existing soil/turf at the corner so that the water runs off the concrete and into the catch basin. Run a 4” pipe from the basin to daylight where it can drain and not cause problems.
It’s difficult to discern from the picture but if that lawn is sloping down a little bit just passed those slabs, you could just dif a small trench in there and toss some gravel in it for a temporary solution.
Edge the sidewalk
It’s not a problem. It just puddles. No structural next to it. Just let it dry and move on. It’s a normal thing
Either jack up the slab, or raise it with top layer of interlock.
French drain
yea sandbags under the sunken sidewalk would do it.
The sidewalk needs to be mud jacked…