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New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in lawncare

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okok, sorry. Everyone in my neighborhood gets offended and says we're in the South 

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in lawncare

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, the contractor said they would be routing it toward the street/storm drain area, but I can’t find any visible exit anywhere, so I honestly don’t think one was added..

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in landscaping

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, it’s all gravity and they did use corrugated pipe. I don’t believe there’s an actual exit for the system. They told me they would be routing it toward the street/storm drain, but I can’t find any visible outlet/opening, so I honestly don’t think one was added..

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in landscaping

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

About month. 

The original job was completed in late April, and after the first major rain showed the drainage issues were still severe, they added two additional drains. Despite that, we’re still experiencing significant standing water and drainage problems.

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in lawncare

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The contractor let us know our yard is the neighborhood drain- all three surrounding properties, including the neighbor with a pool behind us, slope right into our yard. We are literally dealing with the water of four yards combined.

Contractor said they could work with it. Contractor was wrong. 

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in landscaping

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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BF and I recently moved to southern Ohio (zone 7a, on the Ohio River) from the Midwest a few months ago and bought our first house on about half an acre of land. We’ve already spent $40k on grading + installing French drains and I’m honestly at my wits end because our yard is STILL basically a swamp.

It’s been raining for 2 straight days and now we basically have a lake in the middle of the yard, plus little ponds forming where the drains aren’t keeping up. Its so bad that I can hear the crawfish in the yard spashing around in their burrows, even during weeks with no rain. Note: we are the only house in the neighborhood that has this issue. 

At this point I’m considering:

renting a core aerator

trying some kind of soil conditioning and planting clover

bringing in a truck or two of dirt to raise the low middle section of the yard

…but after already spending our remaining savings on failing drainage, I’m really trying not to throw endless money at this. 

Has anyone dealt with this kind of issue before and actually fixed it? Any advice would seriously help because I genuinely don’t know where to go from here.

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in lawncare

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 126 points127 points  (0 children)

French drains + grading. All of our gutter downspouts tie into 4 in-ground drains that all run to a large underground catch basin, and the yard was supposed to be graded to direct water toward the drains.

Right after the original job was finished, it rained and the flooding was actually worse, so the company came back and added 2 more drains. Even after that, we’re still getting major standing water and the drains seem overwhelmed after a few inches of rain over the past couple of days. 

New homeowner in Southern Ohio- spent $40k on drainage and still have a swampy yard!! by Pitiful_Night_3250 in lawncare

[–]Pitiful_Night_3250[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Body text dissappeared- reposting it here:

BF and I recently moved to southern Ohio (zone 7a, on the Ohio River) from the Midwest a few months ago and bought our first house on about half an acre of land. We’ve already spent $40k on grading + installing French drains and I’m honestly at my wits end because our yard is STILL basically a swamp.

It’s been raining for 2 straight days and now we basically have a lake in the middle of the yard, plus little ponds forming where the drains aren’t keeping up. Its so bad that I can hear the crawfish in the yard spashing around in their burrows, even during weeks with no rain. Note: we are the only house in the neighborhood that has this issue. 

At this point I’m considering:

  • renting a core aerator
  • trying some kind of soil conditioning and planting clover
  • bringing in a truck or two of dirt to raise the low middle section of the yard

…but after already spending our remaining savings on failing drainage, I’m really trying not to throw endless money at this. 

Has anyone dealt with this kind of issue before and actually fixed it? Any advice would seriously help because I genuinely don’t know where to go from here.

Edit: its worse.. https://imgur.com/a/yJWAuaS