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John in Mich
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In only a couple hours the water was down to a few large puddles, but that AIN'T good enough.
The first thing I did was to go around to all my culverts,5, and pull leaves away that were restricting flow. I started with the one the crosses under the road 400 feet in front of the house and worked upstream from there.
Also, the land behind me (that I used to own) drains toward me, and always has, but would cross to the adjacent property, a park in the northeast corner of my yard. That area was a bit clogged up with leaves and grass.
Then, I went out with the back blade and did some grading using the water to identify high spots that were blocking the flow.
Being very wet I did track up some of the new grade but that is ok. I can rework that when things dry out.
We are expecting some heavy weather tonight and probably a lot of rain. I will re-examine the grades then and make some adjustments. There is one area that I need to cut a little swale to move the water but I did not want to cut up the surrounding sod.
Just playtime during our "stay at home". Your playtime may vary! LOL
John in Mich
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- Ypsilanti, Michigan
My planning in 1984, the year before we built, I took groundwater into consideration. First, I must say, we are 10 miles from where I grew up and on some of the highest ground around the immediate area. I tell people that
I grew up in a swamp. Not really. However, the ground was low and we easily got stuck in a field if we
tried to get in too soon. Even in July I could hand dig a hole 2-3 feet and hit water.
So, when our builder in 1985 asked how deep in the ground I wanted the basement I told him I wanted the
basement floor 12" higher than the grade of soybean field we were standing in. I want a full walkout
basement. As such, my deck, off the dinning room, is 9' above the back yard. When he asked why I
reverted to "I grew up in a swamp" line. I do not want any water in my basement.
Local building code required a sump pit in the basement. In 35 years there has never been a pump in the
pit.
As for backfil around the house, I hauled about 1400 yards, 5 yards at a time and shaped it with my 1951
8N with a Wagner loader. The water this morning was still 8" lower than my basement floor.
Lastly, my gutters are piped into 4" pvc at all 4 corners of the house and routed to lower ground that
is graded to flow away from the house.
I'll pass on more fill dirt. Thanks
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