I hired a landscaper to connect my sump pump line to discharge water about 30 ft from my house. But a puddle of water has now formed. I’ve been in back and forth conversations and his excuse is that it rained a lot and to wait 7-10 days. It’s been 5 days and my lawn is soaked with water.
Any advice would be appreciated.
by Valdezcat82
3 Comments
You’re getting pooling because the water is being dumped in one spot with nowhere to go. The pump is doing its job, the drainage design isn’t.
A few ways to fix it:
Option 1 (best):
Extend the discharge another 10–20 ft and send it to a lower area or somewhere with slope.
Option 2 (very common):
Add a small French drain at the outlet (perforated pipe + gravel) so the water spreads out instead of dumping in one spot.
Option 3 (quick fix):
Install a dry well under/around the emitter, basically a gravel pit to help water soak in.
Option 4 (if possible):
Daylight it , run the pipe downhill so it drains naturally.
This is so ridiculous it must be fake . We need to open our minds as to how water works , what it does and doesn’t do . Somehow formulate the simplest way possible to make water flow from one spot to a desired location .
I wouldn’t blame the contractor for that, its doing the job it was designed to do you just have poor drainage. One relatively easy fix would be throw a couple bags of gravel on the grate then some filter cloth. Now your ready for topsoil and make the whole saturated area in to a garden (a self watering garden i may add) its either that or get the shovel and go with one of those drainage improvement solutions the other commentor suggested (i like the French drain cause its fairly easy to install)