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Post by Skandi on Mar 17, 2016 7:01:24 GMT
Can't decide if this goes here or somewhere under gardening Right I have a little issue, I need to get the water from the roof at the back of the house/barn away. the buildings are about 60ft long, but the gutters stop 1/4 of the way down, the ground level at one end is 3ft higher than the floor level inside the house (it's built into the hill) but level with it at the other end. I was thinking of digging out a small say 1ft wide area right next to the wall, slopeing it away from the house and covering in gravel. next to that would be a trench filled with gravel and a pipe at the bottom, run this down to the corner and put in a larger pit and gravel to let it drain. But I really don't know anything about this, so how would others do it? The water cannot go into the septic system (against code)
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Post by copperkid3 on Mar 21, 2016 21:10:35 GMT
What you're describing doing, sounds surprisingly like a "french drain".
And it should work as you've portrayed it.
Let us know how it works after you've done the job.
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Post by Skandi on Mar 21, 2016 21:34:54 GMT
It is kind of, but the pipe would not have holes in it as I don't want the water from the roof soaking into the ground before the end of the building. The gravel is to let any splash find a way down hopefully. New roof is in two weeks, after that can start on gutters and drainage.
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Post by copperkid3 on Mar 22, 2016 1:04:30 GMT
Not to change the subject, but it suddenly occurs to me, that there are a LOT of things that the 'FRENCH'
either get credit or blamed for; i.e. french fries, french dressing, french drains, french kissing.....
Surely I'm missing some? Wonder why that is.... how come the only thing that the Germans get credit for is
either saurkraut, chocolate (and/or potato salad!)? The Finns have their saunas, while the Swiss also have chocolate and watches.....
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Post by wolfmom on Mar 23, 2016 13:19:18 GMT
If the building site was graded properly, water should already drain away from the building.
I don't understand the need to dig a pit to contain the water at the end of the ditch. I think I'd widen the end of the drain to disperse the water over a wider area. Eventually dirt will accumulate in the pit and you'd have to clean it out.
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Post by Skandi on Mar 23, 2016 15:51:57 GMT
If the building site was graded properly, water should already drain away from the building. I don't understand the need to dig a pit to contain the water at the end of the ditch. I think I'd widen the end of the drain to disperse the water over a wider area. Eventually dirt will accumulate in the pit and you'd have to clean it out. the house was built in 1876 and the train line in 1884 (ish) the house backs into the hill. water does not flow away from the back of the buildings it flows straight to the house. (and after snow melt or a thunderstorm into the house!)Yes the pit would need redigging but I don't really get what you mean by widening the end. surely letting the water flow out of the drain at or near the surface will just create a swamp? we already have that issue where the drains from the other side of the roof empty under the lawn, after rain the lawn becomes so wet in that area it cannot be walked on for a couple of days.
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Post by wolfmom on Mar 24, 2016 12:43:25 GMT
I think the ditch you are talking about is called a swale. If done correctly, and you have enough water going through at one time, the widened end will disperse water over a larger area. Picture a funnel with the water going in the tube end and out the flattened wide part. It still needs to be directed downhill.
If you have standing water now in your lawn, it may be a shallow bowl area that needs to be regraded or another shallower swale dug to continue moving the water downhill away from the house area. Water follows the least resistance so it does not have to be deep.
My last house was on a hill and I had the same problem you have, also around my barn. I ended up renting a back hoe and digging a few swales myself to direct the water where I wanted away from the buildings.
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