Flood Control

[GAR64]

Water is pooling around my garage and has no place to go with the frozen ground. I hate when it rains with the ground frozen! Never tried sand bags...do they actually work?? Also have seen other products. I need to block in front of one 9 foot door. Any advice from you guys would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sounds like you need to lower the ground from around the garage. Is your garage in a low spot ?

 

[themiller]

Yes sand bags do work. Don't fill them full.

You should also pick up a utility pump and dig a pit for the water to go into. Get a bucket and drill some holes in it to put in the put, cover holes with screen/mesh to let in water and keep out debris. Put it on a timer or get a sump pump for the pit and that is it.

 

[GAR64]

The garage should be a little higher. It is the one complaint I have with the build. Generally no problems except when the ground is frozen and any melting/rain has nowhere to go. I was thinking of digging some kind of drain in the Spring. Thought perhaps I could dig below normal frost line and put in a drywell of some sort in the low spot. For now, I will get a few sand bags. Thanks for the input

 

[volleyball]

A mini backhoe doesn't care if the ground is frozen. You can do the final repair in the spring or summer

 

[NUTTSGT]

The garage should be a little higher. It is the one complaint I have with the build. Generally no problems except when the ground is frozen and any melting/rain has nowhere to go. I was thinking of digging some kind of drain in the Spring. Thought perhaps I could dig below normal frost line and put in a drywell of some sort in the low spot. For now, I will get a few sand bags. Thanks for the input

If you're not sure what they are try researching "french drains" it might be what you need. Is there a place for the water to go, if you can get it away ?

 

[theoldwizard1]

I was thinking of digging some kind of drain in the Spring. Thought perhaps I could dig below normal frost line and put in a drywell of some sort in the low spot. For now, I will get a few sand bags. Thanks for the input

Been there, done that. Done properly it works great.

• Trench the drip line/low areas about 1' wide and 2' deep.
• Line the trench with with landscape cloth and about 2-4" of gravel.
• Lay in pvc drain tile (not corrugated) with a sock on it.
• Use the gravel to adjust the pitch.
• cover with gravel to the top of the pipe, then fold the landscape cloth in.
• Cover with gravel to ground level. If possible, do not place dirt on top in the area where the water will be dripping off the roof.
• Extend the trench and pipe to a ditch or a dry well, maintaining proper pitch.

You don't have to go below the frost line as long as the ditch/dry well is adequately sized to handle the runoff before frezing weather sets in

 

[volleyball]

Better than a drywell is a the new style leachfield system. Each 6' sections holds 50 gal. If you have well draining soil you won't need many sections. And you won't have to haul in a lot of rock.

 

[pfhWJ]

Im having a similar problem. On Thursday it was about 6 feet into the garage. Only an inch deep. Not that bad, problem is the yard around the house is very slightly sloped to the house. Water is backed up all along the foundation.. At least Im just a renter

 

[Dale Leeds]

Sometimes you can bring in some dirt and raise the level of the ground around the building. But you don't want the dirt to be up too close to the siding. If the dirt gets up to about 6-8" from the siding, that is about as close as you can get.

 

[GAR64]

I set a pump in the low spot just off concrete pad next to door. In the summer, I will dig a little drywell right there to take some of the water away from the garage. Thanks for the input.

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