fordtrucker4life!
I work with waste
Yeah french drains suck. I was working on some the other day. Only think I could do was pump it down and suck out the dirt covering the out going lines.
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Yeah french drains suck. I was working on some the other day. Only think I could do was pump it down and suck out the dirt covering the out going lines.
fordtrucker4life!
I work with waste
Would a trench drain set up work? I install a few at retail stores with runoff problems.
Geeeesh;
You guys still in the water and snow?? I had to turn on the A/C today.. It got to 82 degrees today.. No rain in sight and dry as a bone. I will be mowing the lawn tomorrow, if this darn hip will hold up long enough to do it. The one I had surgery on is doing fine, but the other one is killing me.
I feel bad that you guys are having so much trouble with the snow and water runoff, but I feel good knowing that you guys are young enough and healthy enough to take care of the problems.
Any possibility this spring that you can use a tractor to make a drainage ditch for the runoff when the ground is frozen next winter? Possibly put in a drainage pipe?
Water in the garage or house would be very frustrating.
Not being in that type of cold weather, I do not have a clue on how to help you. The only thing I can do is to wish you the best.
You guys still in the water and snow?? I had to turn on the A/C today.. It got to 82 degrees today.. No rain in sight and dry as a bone. I will be mowing the lawn tomorrow, if this darn hip will hold up long enough to do it. The one I had surgery on is doing fine, but the other one is killing me.
I feel bad that you guys are having so much trouble with the snow and water runoff, but I feel good knowing that you guys are young enough and healthy enough to take care of the problems.
Any possibility this spring that you can use a tractor to make a drainage ditch for the runoff when the ground is frozen next winter? Possibly put in a drainage pipe?
Water in the garage or house would be very frustrating.
Not being in that type of cold weather, I do not have a clue on how to help you. The only thing I can do is to wish you the best.
Yellowsub1962
supernewbie
as a temp solution would digging a hole at the entry point to your property and running a float activated sump pump and hose to run it to the other side of your property be worth it? or would it just freeze overnight and not thaw enough to flow during the day?
no-red 6 0
Senioritis
red
i am thinking 1/4 grooves cut in the slab will direct water off correctly
wow man that sux to being the drain pan for the whole neighborhood
Robert, that is hilarious!! Gave me a great laugh, needed one after today.
as a temp solution would digging a hole at the entry point to your property and running a float activated sump pump and hose to run it to the other side of your property be worth it? or would it just freeze overnight and not thaw enough to flow during the day?
my neighbor from way downstream said this exact same thing. and i think u answered your own question, i do beleive it would freeze at nite..
just to clarify, i have MAJOR ELECTRIC 18" under grade running power to the rest of the development to the south of me. so to dig a sump pump drain/ french drain - is not an option. and for us up NORT a french drain is a sump basket w/ a hole in the bottom going down 8' filled w/ rock. any style of drain tile system is out of the question too cause by the time i get towards the street i would be 2-3' below street grade...
Scot
;()
So any work along the fence line is not an option
Are you at the bottom of a hill? last on the street? (water only coming from one side) If so? Can the water be diverted to the oposite side of your property?
Or in a low area surrounded by higher properties? (water coming from everywhere) If so, I would say your only option is a huge drywell in the back yard w/ everything diverted towards it via french drain.
Again, a great excuse to play with some BIG tools/equipment/toys
Are you at the bottom of a hill? last on the street? (water only coming from one side) If so? Can the water be diverted to the oposite side of your property?
Or in a low area surrounded by higher properties? (water coming from everywhere) If so, I would say your only option is a huge drywell in the back yard w/ everything diverted towards it via french drain.
Again, a great excuse to play with some BIG tools/equipment/toys
no-red 6 0
Senioritis
i am third inline from the corner, lowest on the totem pole, the fourth house - my neighbor even farther down stream is higher than me so any water from the other side of the shed goes between our properties. Basically i have 2 trout streams - one on each side of me....
