| Drainage is defiantly not a top topic when discussing | | | | Now its all about levels. You need to shift water from |
| home renovations. We like to discuss kitchen and | | | | a low point to the road. When you lay your pipe you |
| bathroom renovations, but when prospective buyers | | | | will need to know the height difference between those |
| look at your yard and see drainage problems they | | | | two points. I would recommend you hire an automatic |
| won't give your property a second look. | | | | level. Some can be operated by one person. |
| It is incredibly frustrating when you discover that the | | | | In the bottom of your trench place a layer of gravel of |
| house you bought during a dry spell suddenly the yard | | | | approximately 20ml or 3/4 inch diameter. Set you |
| looks like a lake or a mud patch after heavy rain. It | | | | gravel to your correct levels. Place the pipe on the |
| doesn't matter whether you have a flat block of land | | | | gravel and cover with more gravel. You can place |
| or sloping there can be water problems. | | | | larger stones on top to bring it up to the surface level if |
| The kind of soil will dictate the speed of drainage; a | | | | you are still concerned about water being removed |
| good red soil will drain better because it is usually over | | | | fast enough. Otherwise you can bring your gravel near |
| deep layers of volcanic rock. | | | | to the top and place grass to disguise it. |
| Black soils and clay soils tend to drain poorly. I you | | | | If the water is at the rear of your property then you |
| have land that has some slope to the road then you | | | | are restricted to bringing your pipes down the side of |
| can put in drainage tranches to flow the excess water. | | | | the house, because of the distance you may need to |
| If your land level runs to the back of your land you can | | | | play around with levels a bit more. |
| still use the drainage trench method but you may have | | | | If at the rear of your property the water is gathering |
| to include a pit with a submersible pump. | | | | near the rear bound then one or two soakage pipes |
| To create an effective drainage trench you will need | | | | leading to that point will be required. You will need to |
| to identify the water flows in your yard. If it is your | | | | dig a pit and place a metal box inside to house a |
| front yard you find the point of most water collection | | | | submersible pump. From there the water can be |
| and dig a trench to the road or to your storm water | | | | pumped to the road in flexable piping. You will need to |
| pipe. You will need the proper piping to use in this | | | | set up your electrical point for the pump properly for |
| trench. Its a perforated flexible plastic pipe with a sock | | | | safety. |
| like sleeve covering it. | | | | |