Backyard flooding/Drainage
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I feel your pain. I too am the low point on the block. You may need to install a French drain,
Raise your yard a little higher then your neighbors. You'll need a few truck loads of soil. Our back yard is like that, and we raised it up so we don't get as much water as we used to. We have another issue causing puddles (we have a very thick layer of clay under the top soil). And a drain won't work for us (there is no way to get the drain to the street unless we go under the house and that's not going to happen). Bringing in the extra soil, then planting sod really did help a lot.
I would put in a DIY "drain" Dig a three foot deep trench across your yard to the lowest point where you want the water to leave. Fill trench with rock or brick or have a load of stones brought in. Cover the last few inches of rock with soil and, within a year, it will grow in and you won't even know its there! Worked like a charm for me in my backyard.
HomeAdvisor.com or Angieslist.com can give you referrals for verified landscape engineers and contractors.... talk to one or more and get their input on how best to permanently fix the problem... (any DIY you do with out good information, could add to the problem and the cost to fix it)
Then if you had a home inspection, before you purchased the home... find out why you were not told of the problem... by the inspector or the old home owner... prior to the purchase....
There are many interventions for water intrusion.....do you have dirt banked on your foundation at a 45 degree angle? The dirt acts like a sponge.
A French drain directs water away from your property. The actual drain part is a plastic tube with holes in it it gets covered by an architectural fabric..this lets the water in and keeps dirt out. Trenches need to be dug, lined with rock, then the covered tube, more rock and topped with dirt. There are videos on you tube you can watch.
thanks much!
I've been getting them real bad too, last week I didn't think anything had posted then I refreshed and my one answer had posted 15 times lol
Contact your Escrow company.... tell them that there are problems with the property that were not disclosed by the homeowner... the home inspector could have missed the problem if there had been no recent rain... when he did the inspection... but... the homeowner would have been aware of the fact that water accumulated when it rained... and that flooding could be a problem... see what the escrow company says....
Consult the landscape engineer and see what it will cost to fix the problem.. permanently... not just a bandaid... your may have a cause to get compensation, to assist with the fix.. from the seller... because the problem was not disclosed at the time of the sale. It would be worth investigating.
As to those who are saying raise the level of your yard...you’ve probably just pissed off your neighbors. you shouldn’t make your problem your neighbors problem.you deal with your issue In a manner that gets the job done. Some areas the county will fine you if you don’t deal with it properly.