On 12/1/2011 1:23 PM, Ignoramus19744 wrote:
On 2011-12-01, wrote:
On 11/30/2011 10:22 PM, Steve B wrote:
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Call for a truck or three of gravel and spread it out.

Done.
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NO This is probably why he is having the problem. If you just raise
the exterior grade without making provision for drainage you are just
compounding the problem. I would imagine that the building has weep
holes one or two bricks below finish floor. This becomes the highest
possible point for exterior grade - everything else has to be below that.

This is my thinking exactly, that adding stuff to the road is the
wrong solution. I think that the road needs gravel removed or moved to
the side.
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First you have to establish as Dan says the needed grade level then
where does the water have to go to get away from the building. It looks
quite flat in general; it may well be there never was any real
consideration for drainage w/ every lot being built sequentially up to
put their runoff onto the boundary and the heck w/ the end result to
elsewhere. Is that alleyway a city easement or purely private property
might have a bearing on whose job it is to reestablish grade on it if it
isn't just access to the rear of your building for your use alone but is
trash pickup, etc., etc., etc., ...

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