No matter what, next door he either over waters, has his sump pump and pool backwash drain in my yard. The water pools in one area of it which is the corner. I have tried unsuccessfully for years to get him to stop it and nothing works.
I have a drainage system installed in the yard, and had a drain placed in this corner. However, the installer did a poor job and the drain isn't deep enough for the water to reach the drain.
I thought of trying to continue the slope from the house next door but it comes down sharply at the fence, then it dips slightly in my yard and the drain is about 8 feet away. So all this water collects there in this heavy clay soil, and doesn't get to the drain.
It was suggested to me by a garden center to install stones and rocks to try to raise the level so the water goes into the drain.
Also, the garden center said that with putting down rocks and stones enough of them will also make it so the water stays underneath the stones. Anyone have experience with this?
2007-09-10 19:14:56 · 5 answers · asked by jumpingrightin 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I have tried to get this guy next door to fix the water problems, but to spare you the upsetting details of all this he just won't.
I don't want to take him to court since in the long run I can't control his behavior but I can address it on my property.
2007-09-10 19:16:51 · update #1
make a trench from the pooling area and fill it with pea gravel and bigger rocks to give it a dry stream bed look but you will actually have water in it. so it will kind of be a stream bed. a great water feature way to solve a horrible neighbor problem. sorry about your horrible neighbor. after you complete your project, whichever one you choose, be sure to give your neighbor a wonderful tour of all the hard work you've done. he just may get a clue about how to be a good neighbor.
2007-09-16 08:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by nacho momma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drainage Rocks
2016-11-16 06:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by gorczynski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done "French Drains" before. Makng a ditch and filling it with gravel to direct the water.
This may work for you, or as a wider layer of rock.
Perhaps you can lower the drain inlet?
But I woudl think trenchig and graveling will do the job. But you will loose a little area to the drain... It can be made very nicely. Nice rocks...
If you do have clay, and walk on the rocks they will eventually disappear into the ground. They will still help with drainage but not as much. Just put more on top. Or cover the gravel with larger flat rocks.
Maybe you can just turn the corner into a bog garden?
2007-09-10 20:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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No matter what, next door he either over waters, has his sump pump and pool backwash drain in my yard. The water pools in one area of it which is the corner. I have tried unsuccessfully for years to get him to stop it and nothing works.
I have a drainage system installed in the yard, and had a...
2015-09-10 00:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Javier 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not grade the area with some gravel then just modify the soil, by adding in some sand and vermiculite and some loam and then planting some water loving plants in the area. The roots will help to maintain the structure of the graded area.
Our yard was graded (the whole thing) by the previous owners and sits higher than the house behind us by a few feet. There is a cement retaining wall, and when we put in our patio by the garage, we dug down several feet, put in sand and gravel and landscaping timber with rods to edge the patio blocks. My husband tarps it in winter and we haven't had any lifting or water problems at all in the area. We put in plants, gravel by the privacy fence and with the left over timber, my husband built a raised flower bed, where we grow morning glory along the chain link fence that separates our yard from the neighbors and there are hostas along the garage on the other side. The arrangement works out really well, and the upkeep is a breeze. We have a problem with our neighbor on the other side of us and his huge pine tree that is starting to rubble up the cement of our driveway. They won't take the darn thing down, and water pools in that area, because its graded for the drain, but the tree just keeps sucking the water up! Go figure. Hope this helps.
PS If he keeps on with the water, call the city housing inspector and complain - they'll probably cite him and call the sewer dept. and tell them what he's doing because this is increasing your sewer bill if I'm not mistaken and take pictures of him doing it, then ask for an adjustment and document each time he's doing it, so that the charges will be applied to his sewer bill and not yours.
2007-09-18 07:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have lemons, make lemonade.
I would try to make a raised dirt ramp from the edge of your property to your drain. Then dig a deep enough groove to carry the water, line it with thick plastic like for garden ponds so that all the water gets to your sump. Then add the rocks or include them in your design, but on top of the plastic.
The ramp could be curved into a decorative creek. It could be deepened into pools, etc. Then you could trim the plastic to leave room for plants to enhance your new creek. If his water flow was not enough, you could put a pool down by the drain so that you could add a pump and pipe to take water back up to the beginning of the creek and have the lovely sound of flowing water whenever you wanted, not just when your neighbor overflowed.
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2016-04-22 18:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its alittle expensive but an infiltrator works well in those situations there about $200 bucks, they look like an airplane hanger and are made for gutter run-off but the principles are there. You put them about 2ft down on top a bed of gravel, bury them and they provide a void for the water to collect and either evaporate into the soil or drain
2007-09-10 19:24:59 · answer #8 · answered by homewrecker247 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dig a hole where water lies and when its full pump the dirty water into his pool, wont solve anything but will really piss him off.
But serriously dig out in the area where water lies(as deep as nessecary) and fill with stones of a 40mm size, cover with plastic and then soil. Then run a trench to your drain. three quarter fill trench with stone or crushed stone 20mm size, cover with plastic and finally cover with soil, the plastic stops soil getting into stones and blocking trench
Water should collect in first area and run thru trench into existing drain
2007-09-10 23:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋