I live in a manufactured home that sits on a solid foundation. My front yard slopes towards the house and my backyard slopes away from the house. There is a partial french drain on about a third of the front part of my house but it doesn't keep up with the drainage I need when we get some pretty good storms. I'm afraid with all the moisture that gets under my house i'll end up with mold,mildew, bugs and snakes under my house and i'm not sure what i can do to solve the problem. I've thought about digging down some and putting rock down to see if this would help. Any idea's?
2007-07-08 14:17:00 · 7 answers · asked by chiefman82 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
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You just need to re-direct the water. Probably the easiest thing is to use the concrete patio wall blocks sold at home centers. Just make a nice decorative curbing following the slope down toward the sides of your home, so the water goes around you instead of under you. Unless you're getting a helluva flood, one course high (four or five inches) ought to do it. You can even come around the down hill side with another row and call it a big planter!
2007-07-12 10:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not want a hole under my house. However, water really shouldn't do any damage. (I assume your house in on deep piers; no basement.). Perhaps could breed mosquitos if its there in the summer, but I'm guessing it is just seasonal. If the water got there by running off the ground or roof, change the slope of the yard so water drains away from the house. If it is high groundwater, it doesn't much matter what you do. You can fill in the hole, but it will still saturate below the surface. You could try to dig a channel to drain it away. I wouldn't bother pumping it.
2016-05-17 05:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to chk the french drain to see if it is clogged. Also make sure foundation is sealed where it meets the base to keep water out. Another question would be is the front yard covered mostly by grass. This would soak up some of the water before it gets to your foundation as well as planting some trees or bushes.
2007-07-08 14:33:45 · answer #3 · answered by J R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way to handle this situation is to install some drainage pathways for the water to follow. since your property
flows front to back you should install a sub terranian drainage system that drains from the front of your house down both sides and the outlet in the back of your property. the only other option is to bring in dirt and re level your yard so that it flows away from your house.
2007-07-08 14:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by cacowboy_06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dig a trench all along the front where the grade meets the foundation 24" deep 18" wide. line this from where the foundation meets the slab with weathersheild material. now line the bottom of the trench with 3/4" stone 6 inches deep. place weeping pipe over entire length of trench.cover that with 3/4" stone. backfill with dirt and now you have a weeping system. make sure no dirt touches the wood foundation.
2007-07-08 15:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
regrade and cut in swales to drain the water away from the foundation. Building codes do require that the ground slope away from the foundation...for good reason
2007-07-08 14:54:28 · answer #6 · answered by sam hill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extend the drain so that it takes water to both sides of the house
2007-07-08 18:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋