Question

Anyone has any ideas on how to fix water drainage issues in the backyard?. Grass doesn’t grow in that area. Thanks.  

Answer 1

French drain system. Runs a few K but worth it.  

Comments

@eleanor my French drain still does this. Is it not supposed to? Sooo much water comes out

Answer 2

Where does your sump pump drain - is it adding to the water in that area? If that's okay, French drain or mulch out the area and plant a few river birches- they love the wet area. Adds privacy too

Answer 3

If it's wet, you have one of the few areas where a River Birch shines! Everyone uses them for landscaping but they need a swampy area to really do well and not stress out, it sounds like you have the perfect spot!  

Answer 4

My neighbor had a patch that wouldn’t grow. Turned out to be a leaky sewer pipe  

Answer 5

Welcome to my yard! Lol seriously it’s the worst. ‍♀️

Answer 6

Our yard is the same way. We added the French drain all along our entire perimeter to catch our neighbors water and feed it directly into the drain cap which is in our yard. Unfortunately it hasn’t helped very much. Our yard is always wet simple because everyone else’s water drains into ours. Our sump pump runs constantly and we have flooded twice in the last 9 years. Be careful with a river birch because if they hold too much water they snap and break. had this happen to the tune of $1000 just last spring.  

Answer 7

Ours is the same too. we tried to raise it and failed 2 bigs dogs and a huge silver maple with roots that are ridiculous and poor drainage. I want to put a galvanized trough back there with a garden‍♀️

Answer 8

We had same problem in NC and KY. French Drain.  

Answer 9

Get roller with spikes get seed with hay works. Water often

Answer 10

We re-routed our drainage pump and it was well worth the money and the company we used was awesome and so knowledgeable.  

Comments

@multilateral Preze Torres , can you share who used?  

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@multilateral Preze Torres yes! Please share who you used.  

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We used Ware Landscaping. They came out and went over our options to fix our problem.  

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@multilateral Preze Torres I used Ware also and it was nothing but issues w them.  

Answer 11

Birch trees plus you get a extra privacy. They love water.  

Answer 12

Dry river bed! And it’ll look really pretty too

Answer 13

Landscaping! I’ve used rocks with barrier. Solves the dog issues, mud, etc.  

Answer 14

There is a lot of different ways. PM me and we can chat! I hope all is well!