Semper Paratus
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Hey guys and gals.
Mrs. P and I recently, in the last 6 months, moved into our new country estate. We have had a continuous wet spot in the lawn of the house lot 40-50' away and a foot or so lower than the foundation. My initial thoughts were that it was a low spot at the confluence of some gutter down spouts. Recently, like i the past three weeks, we added a puppy to the family and the wet spot got to be a bit of a problem. She would go play in the mud most every time we were out. So I decided to "cure the problem" by hand working a shallow trench to the wood line, 60 or 70 feet away. the trench eliminated the bulk of the wet spot but after a week and a half of no appreciable rain there was still water flowing. After several days I probed the area with 4' long fiberglass driveway reflector and it went into the ground 3'+ with no more force than a thumb and forefinger. The water continued to flow cool and clear. This wet area is several feet from the well line trench.
I want to solve this problem. Would digging down 2' in diameter 3' deep in the vicinity of the seep, installing a well point with 2' pvc trenched in to a low point and then back filling with washed 57 rock and top dressing with a foot or soil of soil solve this problem? or is the fix a self cleaning Koi pond? Thoughts or recommendations.
Mrs. P and I recently, in the last 6 months, moved into our new country estate. We have had a continuous wet spot in the lawn of the house lot 40-50' away and a foot or so lower than the foundation. My initial thoughts were that it was a low spot at the confluence of some gutter down spouts. Recently, like i the past three weeks, we added a puppy to the family and the wet spot got to be a bit of a problem. She would go play in the mud most every time we were out. So I decided to "cure the problem" by hand working a shallow trench to the wood line, 60 or 70 feet away. the trench eliminated the bulk of the wet spot but after a week and a half of no appreciable rain there was still water flowing. After several days I probed the area with 4' long fiberglass driveway reflector and it went into the ground 3'+ with no more force than a thumb and forefinger. The water continued to flow cool and clear. This wet area is several feet from the well line trench.
I want to solve this problem. Would digging down 2' in diameter 3' deep in the vicinity of the seep, installing a well point with 2' pvc trenched in to a low point and then back filling with washed 57 rock and top dressing with a foot or soil of soil solve this problem? or is the fix a self cleaning Koi pond? Thoughts or recommendations.
