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Woke up to a flooded backyard after that big storm last Tuesday in Houston
We had that crazy downpour last week and my whole yard turned into a pond. Water was sitting 4 inches deep near the fence line for almost two days. Turns out the gutter downspout was clogged with leaves and the water had nowhere to go but sideways into the grass. I spent Saturday digging a small trench to a dry well I put in near the shed. Has anyone else dealt with drainage after heavy rain or found a cheap fix that actually works?
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joseph_green1323h ago
MAN those floods in Houston are NO joke! I Sympathize with that mess real bad. My folks live near Meyerland and their yard was basically a swimming pool after the last big one. The french drain idea works pretty good but you gotta make sure the pipe actually has somewhere downhill to drain to, otherwise you're just moving the problem. Did you check if your dry well is still holding water or is it backing up from the soil being too saturated?
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Read somewhere that french drains are the way to go for this. A buddy of mine in Katy did one after the Memorial Day flood a few years back. Said it cost him like 80 bucks in gravel and pipe. He just dug a shallow trench from the low spot to the street curb. Covered it with rock and some dirt on top. Been working ever since. Might be worth looking into if your dry well isn't cutting it.
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Yeah that dry well might just be hitting clay and not actually draining anywhere. You should try poking a test hole with a shovel first see if water actually soaks in after a few hours. Sometimes the ground around here is so compacted it acts like a bowl.
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