boostmg
Silver Member
Hello, I've been spending the past month digging trenches to help with some water runoff on my property.
Luckily doing 4 out of 5 directly in a straight line worked well. I have 1 i am dealing with now where water pools up in a puddle, and I need to dam it up.
What's the cheapest most effective way to divert the water here? It's not a roaring stream, but I just have to guide it into a specific outlet.
I made a dam by placing rocks upright but that didnt hold.
Some other ideas I was thinking:
- use some kind of hard plastic sheeting to make a wall
- stack rocks and use a liner to make a wall
- potentially use some other type of material like galvanized steel to make a wall
- use quickdam? (seems like not a permanent solution and expensive)
- eventually just dump top soil to make banks
Any help would be appreciated.
It doesn't have to be perfect and final, just cost effective and lasting for the time being.
Luckily doing 4 out of 5 directly in a straight line worked well. I have 1 i am dealing with now where water pools up in a puddle, and I need to dam it up.
What's the cheapest most effective way to divert the water here? It's not a roaring stream, but I just have to guide it into a specific outlet.
I made a dam by placing rocks upright but that didnt hold.
Some other ideas I was thinking:
- use some kind of hard plastic sheeting to make a wall
- stack rocks and use a liner to make a wall
- potentially use some other type of material like galvanized steel to make a wall
- use quickdam? (seems like not a permanent solution and expensive)
- eventually just dump top soil to make banks
Any help would be appreciated.
It doesn't have to be perfect and final, just cost effective and lasting for the time being.