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Please help with mud in backyard
Hello,
I recently moved into a new house in Atlanta and I'm hoping to get some advice on how to best deal with a pretty bad mud problem we have in our backyard. Our yard slopes very gradually down to the center and from there is flat. We're getting water runoff from neighbors on both sides and with our own gradual slope we're getting a big mud pool in the middle of the yard after every rain. The problem has gotten worse since our neighbor on one side put in a french drain that directs his runoff directly into our yard. I am planning to talk to our neighbor, but I need a bigger plan since the french drain is only a small part of the overall drainage problem. If you saw the setup of our yards and our neighbor's french drain you would see that it's not quite as obnoxious as it sounds since any drainage solution our neighbor adopts will almost certainly send the runoff our way. I learned about french drains searching these groups, but I don't think one will work well for us because there isn't much slope once the water gets in our yard. Is it reasonable and smart to try and change the slope of a 1/3 acre yard? I thought about possibly bringing in dirt, or digging dirt from around the sides of the mud pool to fill in the mud pool and surrounding area. This might inctroduce a slope away from the middle to help with drainage, but it would take a lot of dirt and I'm not sure if this is a reasonable plan. I can also plant some more bushes or something if anyone has any recommendations to absorb the water, but I'm sure this would only solve part of the problem. I would probably tackle a french drain on my own, but I really want a full solution, not a partial solution that I can handle. I don't mind using contractors, but I'm not even sure what type of contractor I need. If anyone can suggest a contractor in Atlanta please post their email address. Thanks a ton for the help. -Dave |
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"Dave" wrote: I would probably tackle a french drain on my own, but I really want a full solution, not a partial solution that I can handle. I don't mind using contractors, but I'm not even sure what type of contractor I need. If anyone can suggest a contractor in Atlanta please post their email address. Water needs some place to go. In your case, your back yard seems to be where the water from the neighborhood ends up. To solve this problem, you have to find some place else for this water to go. Is there any other lower ground around you? Are there drains that are not working? You might want to start by contacting your city engineering or zoning department. They may be able to give some advice or offer a solution. Beyond that, if you simply add in dirt and move the water onto someone else's yard, they are likely going to complain and make you fix their problem. -john- -- ================================================== ==================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ==================== |
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On 28 Feb 2005 06:06:00 -0800, someone wrote:
I learned about french drains searching these groups, but I don't think one will work well for us because there isn't much slope once the water gets in our yard. Is it reasonable and smart to try and change the slope of a 1/3 acre yard? I thought about possibly bringing in dirt, or digging dirt from around the sides of the mud pool to fill in the mud pool and surrounding area. If you fill in the pool, where will the water flow to? If you put in a drain, where will that discharge to? Dig the pool deeper. Now you have a pond. People pay good money to have ponds, and now you'll have one. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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