I just completed (mostly) this rock bed for my down spout. I dug out a trench, added a fabric barrier, then filled with pea gravel, river rock, and finished off with “beach pebbles”. Oh and add trim to keep everything together. I also made sure that the grade was down hill.
I’m not very satisfied with the brick work, right it just kinda of “floating” the on the dirty lip(right at the fabric sea).
I thought about burring it down a bit but I want it as a barrier between red bed and the mulch bed. Current plan was to add more river rock base or beach pebbles to fill it in more and cover the fabric.
Let me know what you guys think!
I used this as reference.
by read_22
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Is the ground under the rocks angled top take the water away from your foundation?
Rock with smooth edges will be displaced more easily than rock with irregular edges. So if there is a downpour and lots of water comes down the downspout your stones may be dislodged.
Should have left the ground alone and built the rock up on top, now you’ve got a pool
Is the fabric permeable to allow water out? Or else it’ll collect water by your foundation. I’d also add a splash block to force water away from house. Looks good though!
Looks like you built a pond next to your foundation.
Sloping the trench away is good, but then it dead ends into the grass edge? Am I missing something?
Did you already run water in there to ensure it drains out?
Is there an obvious reason I’m missing for not just extending the spout out over the mulch and basically to the grass?
I did the same thing. Turned out I made a fuckin moat that would leave water sitting on my foundation. Man did my back hurt after that weekend…
You want it graded to slope downwards with rock on top. Not pooling.
Just bury the downspout and have it pop up in your yard. This is a lot of work for a half-measure.
What about a French drain parallel the adjacent planters away ???
Keep digging and add a pipe with a pop-up in the grass. Then just confined the normal landscaping over it
A dry creek bed needs to go somewhere. If this just stops at the lawn, it’s just a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Make sure the grade slopes away from the house and daylights above the grade of the lawn. Then the rocks are a great idea
Put the dirt back in, get a PVC pipe or more downspout and extend that thing as far as you can.