How do I make a rock path to make water go around my home?
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You want to do a French drain. Here is how:
https://www.hgtv.com/remodel/outdoors/how-to-install-french-drains
https://m.wikihow.com/Build-a-French-Drain
https://youtu.be/nY91WxP6v40
It's hard work digging the trenches, get some help!
If you want to divert water away from a house, it will take more than simply laying down a rock path. This is a heavy duty major landscaping job involving re-sloping the land, requiring strong muscles, and physical agility.
Yep a french drain would be the ticket but its certainly not a heavy duty major landscaping job involving resloping the land lol. You can put in a french drain yourself its just gonna be a lot of digging!
French drains & if water flow isn't too heavy you don't need the piping in them just the rocks in culvert