Need Some Ideas Regarding a Drainage Issue

[davidcbaker]

Folks, I'm stumped. I'm sure the solution is probably obvious and staring me in the face, but I'm stuck. We have a 61-acre property. Our home (see aerial) is at the high point on the property. There's also a detached garage and a large concrete apron between them.

The gravel road is a disaster, almost exclusively because of water drainage. All the water from both structures drains fast off the concrete apron and heads down the garage drive.

My solution has to include digging a ditch on either side of that steep road. But how do I keep the water from draining across the blue line...and still be able to drive off the apron onto the driveway?

I've colored marked both shots so that you'll see what I'm talking about.

All suggestions are welcome.

 

[Citydude]

I would install a water grate where the road meets the apron. That would channel the water to the side that slopes away from the road at point.

 

[CADplans]

If all the water funnels to the blue line before exiting the concrete,,,
then, when looking at the overhead view, move the driveway to the right.

There is no water there?? right?

Then, the abandoned area will be grass,, and it is a nice area for the water to go,,,

 

[davidcbaker]

I would install a water grate where the road meets the apron. That would channel the water to the side that slopes away from the road at point.

I was afraid someone would say that. I was hoping it was a project I could do on my own. I guess I could excavate, build the concrete forms, and hire the concrete to be poured. Yeah, that was the only idea I thought of but was hoping for something simpler. Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[davidcbaker]

If all the water funnels to the blue line before exiting the concrete,,,
then, when looking at the overhead view, move the driveway to the right.

There is no water there?? right?

Then, the abandoned area will be grass,, and it is a nice area for the water to go,,,

That's an interesting idea. Than I could yank the hedges and not ever have to trim them again. Hey, thanks.

 

[Citydude]

I was afraid someone would say that. I was hoping it was a project I could do on my own. I guess I could excavate, build the concrete forms, and hire the concrete to be poured. Yeah, that was the only idea I thought of but was hoping for something simpler. Thanks a lot for your help.

Your welcome.

 

[Diggin It]

What I would do is .....

Trench along the green line and insert a drain fixture something like this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/NDS-120-in-L-x-5-75-in-W-x-5-3-4-in-dia-Channel-Drain/1000101287 . Maybe even two side by side unless you could find something wider.

Then trench along the orange line and bury 4" (or larger) corrugated drainage pipe to carry the flow down hill towards the woods.

 

[bcp]

Grade and crown the driveway, too, or you will continue to have washouts in a heavy rain, even if no water comes off the concrete.

Bruce

 

[newbury]

What drives over it?
The drains mentioned above are for "patios and areas with light vehicular traffic". Make sure they can take what you want to drive over them. Alternatively a several foot wide gravel filled ditch, acting like a french drain, might work.

Or better yet put a pole barn over all that concrete!

 

[Diggin It]

What drives over it?
The drains mentioned above are for "patios and areas with light vehicular traffic". Make sure they can take what you want to drive over them.

That's why I said 'something like this' and suggested 'something wider'. It's only for an example because I don't know where to find images of the same type of thing for driveways.