Pics I promised - tile line?

[crocodile_jkg]

Here are the pics I said I was going to a month or so ago. The red line indicates the ditch between our backyard and the hill behind us. I think the previous owns dug out the ditch and filled it in with some gravel to help get the ground water away from the yard. Unfortunately it dose not work. To make matters worse the gutters drain right onto the back yard. My idea is to put in a tile line or french drain that can take in ground water and water from the gutters. The drain would run down hill across the slope and into our pond, green line in one of the pics.







My other problem area is a culvert that takes water from the road above our land and runs under the driveway and eventually into a small stream. You can see in the pics that there is an erosion problem. The rain water is also washing out a flat area, not in the pics, before it gets into the stream. There is about 2 feet of drop off between the flat area and the stream. My idea is to have rocks placed along the banks near the culvert to keep things from getting worse. Then dig channel for the water to flow in between the culvert and the stream, put in a good gravel base and line the banks with more rocks.

Note when I say “stream” this area is only wet during and after rain fall.

 

[dqdave1]

This is a straight forward job. Tie all your downspouts into main line, do not use corragated pipe; PVC only, minimum of 3000 psi crush in areas with no traffic, 3500 sdr in traffic areas.

 

[Obed]

crocodile_jkg,
That's a beautiful piece of property you have there. I love the trees.

What are you going to do the digging with?
Obed

 

[Obed]

It looks from the pictures like the water will drop a couple feet when it leaves the culvert. You really need to slow the water down when it exits the culvert in order to fight the erosion. Big rocks will do a lot to slow down the water. Also, I'd consider filling in the ditch so that the bottom of the ditch is level with the bottom of the culvert where the water exits the culvert. Then give the ditch as little of a downhill grade as possible. These steps would go a long way in fighting your erosion problem. As an additional measure, you could put geotextile down in the ditch, then cover it with big rocks. See WHAT IS A GEOTEXTILE for more info.

 

[tlbuser]

It looks from the pictures like the water will drop a couple feet when it leaves the culvert. You really need to slow the water down when it exits the culvert in order to fight the erosion. Big rocks will do a lot to slow down the water.

Agreed, but depending on where you live and other aesthetic considerations, you could use recycled concrete (read as cheap, usually freebie) instead of rock. A spillway of some sort (metal or concrete) would also do wonders. Instead of geotextile, I would prefer a water tight barrier like a shower pan or pond liner. While you're fixing, don't neglect the inlet side either
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For your french drain, I would prefer perforated, corrugated geotextile wrapped pipe Corrugated Drainage Pipe Association.

Is the green line actually your pond or the path leading to the pond? If it's the chosen path, that might look nicer as a dry creek bed.


Do we have a budget for this project ? A stacked stone retaining /sitting wall /planter would really look cool in the back yard, then you could run the french drain behind it . ALLAN BLOCK Retaining Walls - beautiful landscape and retaining wall blocks

 

[crocodile_jkg]

The green line is the intended path, and you are right a dry stream bed might look very nice there.

I plan on taking care of the inlet side of the culvert at the same time I do the other side. The inlet side is close to the property line so there is not as much to deal with.


James

 

[erich]

Hate to get off topic but that is a beautiful Shepherd. We have had several dogs over the years from pure bred spaniels to mutts and even a pure bred Sheltie. Most were good dogs and the Sheltie was as smart as a whip but our Shepherd is the best. She is very well trained and well behaved. She is great with little kids and will mother any small critter.

Eric

 

[SPIKER]

Looks nice to me too:

maybe consider putting in a small drainage pond that catches & slows the water some? one with a good spillway which could stay with water and or drain slower so no damage happens. thhough some big rocks will work great too.

I also like the dry creek look, (good base of rock above some tiel so when it rains water flows easy into tile and keeps the gravel clean)

Mark M