Step-by-Step Instructions and Pictures of How to Achieve Better Yard Drainage

By David Radtke
Drain water away from your home and dry out your soggy yard with this in-ground system. Read an overview on how to achieve better yards drainage.
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Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out. To prevent erosion, make a rock bed around the end of the tube.
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I've had a water problem with it getting into my garage for years from a hill behind my house. The water would get under the slab and over the years crack it in winter. I had a new garage floor poured and a trench dug around the garage which was connected to tubing that ran into a catch basin in the middle of my driveway and out to the street. I also had a new driveway poured after the drainage system was installed.Gutters and downspouts on the garage are also connected to the system.

By seawolf21, on 08/20/2009
Well, I just finished reading the whole article and seeing the step by step photos and I must say it is a very well done article and the pictures make sense. I have a horrible situation in my back yard and I am thinking of doing this very thing, and although I'm not sure how well it will work by itself it may be the main effort of an all out war against poor drainage in our back yard.

By dabumscoop, on 03/29/2009

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