I'm going to imagine there's some sort of rock/rain garden situation we can do, but curious if there's any alternatives? In NC for reference, so dealing with clay heavy soil.
by YouAintGotNoLegs
I'm going to imagine there's some sort of rock/rain garden situation we can do, but curious if there's any alternatives? In NC for reference, so dealing with clay heavy soil.
by YouAintGotNoLegs
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See if your neighbor wants to go halfsies on some drainage work. Could PVC both lines into a drain box/drain with a hose to a pop up drain outlet near your curb
✨ swamp garden ✨
Not an expert. But you need some kind of drain. A french drain might be a tough sell, you land looks very flat so that might be tough. If there is any kind of slope between the two houses I would do that. If it’s perfectly flat or bowl shaped I would consider a pit style drain. Between the two houses you’ll need to dig at least a 4ft x 4ft hole (experts chime in here if you know more), fill with 1″ or larger rock and drain into that.
Again, not an expert, but this is what comes to mind for me.
Add an open rock swale to the street or if you have the slope (looks like you may not) dig a French drain and burrito wrap rocks surrounding a corrugated pipe to the street. Attach a hard PVC connection to the very end as the corrugated pipe is fairly thin and gets beat up over the years.
Looks like a DR Horton village….
Gonna need grading and drainage work to get that to the street and whatever form it takes the HOA will have to approve first.
If it were me I would just grade it to drain towards the street with an extension on that downspout that kicks it away from your foundation. You could add rip rap to your swale. You have electrical and gas lines and my guess your water is there as well. Call for locates. Even if they won’t private property paint you can still tell by the paint in the ROW.
I think the thing under your gutter is backwards btw
Only way really is to dig down some pvc pipes and drain the gutter out at the street. Pretty easy and cheap job to do by yourself by hand, if your able bodied. Just make sure you have the right angle on the pipes. You can also ask your neighbour and you can dig together.
In Sweden most houses have a separate storm water drain/gulley, for the gutters. Is in common in other countries with a lot of rain that houses are built without them?
There’s your problem with the easiest solution.
Tbh, get out there with a rake, upside down, and scrape. Or a shovel. You’ve got a high spot at the end of your “natural drain” rut, which is causing everything to back up before it. Back when I bought my house, it was the same. I got out there when it was raining with… Iirc I had a hoe and a shovel, and just scraped down the high spots til it flower on its own. The rain made the dirt soft and muddy so I was able to slowly get it lower without digging a huge rut.
Been good ever since, and it’s been 20+ years. Prior to that the yard on that side would flood 4-5 inches, and finally crest over the edge onto the driveway. I always had mud slicks on the driveway from it.
Now everything flows down the grass to the street.
I even did the same on my other side because the lip old lady next to us.. her poor yard was a full swamp. Now her yard doesn’t flood. It was easy. Required no extra materials. Just about 30 mins of working in the rain.
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I’ve seen some houses route the gutter to direct the water onto their driveway instead of side yard, and seems efficient.
The houses in my community all have pavers though, idk if it makes a difference
It looks like it’s eventually making its way to the street? There’s just a bowl between the houses that’s holding is there until it spills over. It’s possible it just needs to be regraded a bit, but if that doesn’t work next step would be a drain.
i honestly think this is fine. it routes water to the street gutter. if you put rocks it will just get there slower.
if you hate it ponding like this briefly during the storm you can spend 10k to install an area drain at the low spot and bash up the curb to install a curb outlet.
I would go with a rain garden with neighbor. Will probably need to add soil amendments to improve infiltration. Native plants with deep roots. Overflow goes into street. Ask your local municipality to see what resources they have. Improves stream health by reducing flows into streams.
Time to install some freedom drainage.
There isn’t much fall to the curb to bury any system without you adding dirt to hide the piping. Without seeing your backyard’s layout,it’s trying to get to the street as is,just a bit more grading on one end and adding on the other.
French drain, baby.
Need drain kit
Might be easier to get it re-graded.