Backyard Drainage

Backyard Drainage

Do you have a drainage problem?If you have standing water, a spring, or a swamp or a river running through your yard, you may want to hire a professional company. The experts at Forever Green  Landscaping and Designs have been correcting drainage problems for over 27 years. Just to be on the safer side of things, call Forever Green, your professional drainage contractor, today at 716-633-6965or request a Free Estimate from our website.

The first step in repairing your drainage problem is to figure out why your yard, lawn or garden is having a drainage problem, and then develop a plan of action on how to best fix it. Look at all of your downspouts to analyze the amount of water your yard is expected to absorb. You also want to check the amount of soil along the foundation of your house. Do you have the required slope to help encourage proper water flow away from the house? Do you have standing water in your yard? Also, what other areas is water invading your backyard? For example, maybe you have a river of water that originates from your neighbors backyard? It is important to fully understand the problem before coming up with a solution to fix your drainage problems.

French Drains and Drywells: If your backyard is very flat and the homes foundation wall is not tall enough to allow soil to be added, you may need to install a French drain. This type of system works by removing water from unwanted areas, like your foundation walls, and moving the water through pipes into a French drain or drywell some distance away to a safer location allowing the water to naturally drain into the ground.

Downspout Drainage: Correcting downspout drainage issues is a matter of getting the water away from the house and spread out over an area of the yard that can absorb it. You may have too much roof area draining through a single downspout, or two down spouts situated very close to one another, you will also want to consider altering your gutter and downspout arrangement to add more downspouts or move the ones you have. In the best situation you want to move that water at least 3′ away from the house as quickly as possible.

Drainage Systems: Lawns and backyards must be dry, installation of drain tile, downspout, sump pump hookups, window wells, foundation grading, dry beds, french drains,creek embankment, erosion control and drain intake boxes are the most common practices to help with proper drainage. There are many different components of a drainage system. Most yard drainage projects will need plastic drain pipe, otherwise referred to as drain tile, gravel, and a whole lot of digging. In addition to this there are many styles of connectors, drain basins, and types of fabrics that are used to create an effective drainage system.

If you have a river running through your lawn you will need to figure out where the source of of the water is coming from and why it flows where it does. Does the river begin on your property or on your neighbors? What is actually feeding the river? Does it flow across an area that causes any problems for you? Is there a natural depression or swale that the river follows? Where does it drain to a ditch, the street, or create a swamp in your backyard? Be careful not to turn your water drainage problem into someone else s. You may choose to manage some of the drainage issues on site. This will help to benefit your lawn, trees, and plants. Because you have now created a storage of rain water in the subsoil for your plants to access in dry times.

Improving your soil can also help to improve standing water issues. If you have top soil that is mostly clay, or is very compacted, your drainage will be greatly improved by mixing the soil with a compost, gypsum, or other organic matter.

Swails: All work to be done with proper permits, licensed personnel and notification of all utilities. All in compliance with town, county, state, Government, E.P.A, army cor of engineers, soil and water dept specs.

Hire Forever Green Landscaping and Designs, a local area drainage expert, to solve your drainage problems. Forever Green uses the right tools and equipment to detect all drainage related problems and provide people with a better solution. Call the trusted of experts of  Forever Green today at 716-633-6965.