OT: Anyone here had a french drain installed around their house?

Look on the bright side - you'll be both high AND dry. ;-)

WmB

I had a similar problem with drainage in my back area when it rained hard. All the water from the property behind us tried to drain into our pond. We solved the problem by getting some larger river rock and some landscaping fabric. We dug a shallow trench along the fence where the water seemed to run and made a dry creek as part of the landscaping. It works great, looks good and best of all we did it for under $200.

snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net wrote in news:1156798638.025160.226390 @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

We did ours ourselves, and not only were we the richer for it (both financially, and physically - it was a workout!), but we know every inch of the system intimately, which helps when something goes wrong.

As for the upper fence ... I don't know your yard well enough (at all) to say.

cd

How long are you going to stay in the house?

If you've got a wet crawl space or water seeping under the foundation you could be heading off a lot of dry rot and settling problems down the road.

Greg

snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net wrote

$4k to dig a ditch? How large is your back yard? Can you install a wall instead of a ditch?

You need to move. Here, it's the individual property owners responsibility to control water falling onto their land and prevent it flooding other yards.

But like someone said - go dig it yourself. It's cheaper, healthier and it gets you out of the house (cuts into modelling time tho). That's if you're physically capable, of course.

Rob

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