How do I stop a water drainage in my slanted yard?

My yard used to be a nice grassy area and is now a wet mossy mess

  5 answers
  • Can you post a photo? Sounds like the yard needs to be regraded or install French drains. Is the yard sloped away from the house? Where is the water coming from? Or is it just rain?

  • Lynn Sorrell Lynn Sorrell on Feb 19, 2019

    either trenching or french drains

  • Lynn Sorrell Lynn Sorrell on Feb 19, 2019

    either trench(cheaper) or french drain to direct water away from area

  • Johnavallance82 Johnavallance82 on Feb 19, 2019

    Hi there, You would need to grade the area away from the house, then re-seed or lay Grass Turves.

  • Maree Maree on Feb 20, 2019

    How about grading your yard?

    See this site. //www.google.com/searchq=grading+a+sloping+garden&oq=grading+a+sloping+garden&aqs=chrome..69i57.21226j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


    grading a sloping garden


    The First Rule of Grading. The first rule of grading is that the ground should slope away from your house in all directions dropping at least two or three inches every ten feet. The maximum slope in a lawn should be twelve inches for every four feet.