Trench Drain Systems
Removing Standing Water in Your Yard
Do you have one or more areas on your lawn that store water after having a rain? This is a prevalent problem, and often challenging to solve. So what can be done?
The majority of plants are not likely to {survive} in an area where the soil is soggy for long periods of time. The root base have to breathe, and planting a tree or shrub inside a water area will kill it.
An additional frequent approach is to try and fill the spot with topsoil. Depending on a variety of variables, this can work, however, many times incorporating more soil to a wet area only shifts the water to a new area just a few feet away. If you’re lucky enough to have any natural fall to your property, or perhaps a drainage ditch close by, this problem is simple to solve. If you live in a location that was developed over the past couple of years, there could even be a system to clear out storm water nearby.
Be sure you talk with your local officials {before you} do anything whatsoever with a storm drain. Go to your local building supply center and get some four inch perforated plastic drain pipe. The best kind for this specific purpose is the flexible kind which comes in 100 feet rolls. This sort of drain pipe has small slits all around the pipe. These slits let water to enter the pipe so it may be carried away.
Dig a trench from the center of the low area you are hoping to drain, to the point that you want to drain it to. Using a simple line level {you can} set up a string over the top of the trench to make sure that your pipe runs downhill entirely. A line level is a very small level that is designed to attach to a string. Any hardware store sells them for just a few dollars. Set the string up so it is level, then measure from the string to the bottom of your trench to make sure you have constant fall. You should have 6 inches of fall for every 100 feet of pipe.
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EnviroFlo Trench Drain Demonstration from Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.