Just recently moved into a house and I am quite concerned about the drainage around the house, especially the back and side yard where there is a noticeable sag in the yard. The house has (supposedly) never flooded, although I find that hard to believe now that I have seen what our yard did last night and Tuesday night. The street has not flooded and I am not as concerned about that (no homes flooded during Harvey or any other previous storms).
I went in the back last night and Tuesday night during the storms and the whole back corner of the yard (about 1/3 of the entire yard) had water ponding up to about mid-shin. This ran up against the back of the house an inch or so below the weep holes in some spots. It's a combination of my yard being lower than the neighbors, no gutters on that side of my house, and my neighbor's gutter on their house is broken from a tree. It creates one big waterfall cluster.
I have a couple concerns and questions below:
- The A/C unit was sitting in at least 4 inches of water. I need to raise it at least 6 inches. Have any of y'all done this before and how did you do it?
- I need to get a gutter installed on that side of the house and I am looking for any recommendations on guys y'all have used. It'll be 54 feet in length and probably 2 drop downs. What am I looking at cost wise?
- Since the yard sags I don't think a french drain to the street will work because it looks to be a slight uphill slope about 80-90 feet out to the street. Would y'all recommend a sump pump? If so, could you please provide me recs and ballpark cost for that from those who have done this?
Thanks for any and all feedback!
I went in the back last night and Tuesday night during the storms and the whole back corner of the yard (about 1/3 of the entire yard) had water ponding up to about mid-shin. This ran up against the back of the house an inch or so below the weep holes in some spots. It's a combination of my yard being lower than the neighbors, no gutters on that side of my house, and my neighbor's gutter on their house is broken from a tree. It creates one big waterfall cluster.
I have a couple concerns and questions below:
- The A/C unit was sitting in at least 4 inches of water. I need to raise it at least 6 inches. Have any of y'all done this before and how did you do it?
- I need to get a gutter installed on that side of the house and I am looking for any recommendations on guys y'all have used. It'll be 54 feet in length and probably 2 drop downs. What am I looking at cost wise?
- Since the yard sags I don't think a french drain to the street will work because it looks to be a slight uphill slope about 80-90 feet out to the street. Would y'all recommend a sump pump? If so, could you please provide me recs and ballpark cost for that from those who have done this?
Thanks for any and all feedback!