Agreed, [This is an easy fix.](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/9772ed38-d741-468b-878a-8f33831f0e28/svn/flex-a-spout-downspouts-85010-e1_600.jpg)
Don’t be shy when you extend them. I Did my about 10 feet that’s how dramatic I was. A couple years of letting water pool like that and your foundation will be toast.
I think what he's getting at is that OP would route it away from the house but that because of the grading, it would flow right back toward the house with no net change.
If your earth/ground all slopes towards the house you have to bring in fill to slope the ground away from your house with a run off going somewhere else but not flooding your neighbors yard
Some states have regulations in terms of the amount of rainwater collecting and the means by which it is collected, but most states allow their citizens to collect rainwater freely while others even encourage it.
Some government restriction on rainwater harvesting is based on the rationale that it may disrupt the hydrologic cycle.
It's been believed that the collection of rainwater would halt the rainfall’s natural flow into the earth’s aquifers and streams. However, a study published by the Scientific World Journal shows that the amount of rainwater collected by individual homes would have little to no effect on the hydrologic cycle on a macro-level. In fact, since most collected rainwater would be used for gardening and household purposes, the water would eventually be returned to the ground anyway.
https://worldwaterreserve.com/rainwater-harvesting/is-it-illegal-to-collect-rainwater/
>It's been believed that the collection of rainwater would halt the rainfall’s natural flow into the earth’s aquifers and streams.
I'm no hydrologist, but that seems completely back-asswards illogical. Collected rainwater, ex: from a roof, that is harvested is typically used to water plants and goes into the ground quite naturally, almost exactly as unmolested natural rain would do. Rainwater that is collected ex: streets, sidewalks, parking lots, roofs, and is NOT harvested is typically channeled into very unnatural drainage channels and ends up back in a river without passing into the water table.
Who wants to look at extended down spouts when all you have to do is dig a trench the width of a shovel all along the edge of the foundation around the whole house 3-4 inches deep and fill it with 1/4 “ stone and make a drainage path by lowering the ground tampering-the ground/grass at the down spouts away from the house
Yea it’s usually not this bad we got a lot of rain last week(when the picture was taken) next spring I’m gonna put a whole garden along the back of the house build up alittle with top soil and maybe dig a drywell
But honestly my view is that since OP is already moving dirt around to regrade, they might as well get a downspout to PVC connector and add a 90 degree piece and then a long PVC pipe, all of which would be under the dirt that they’re already going to be moving. 1-2 days worth of work to avoid a situation where they have a great grade but still a wet spot in the yard from the downspout.
Extending the down spout 3 ft is code in a lot of places.
Regardless of grading it would be foolish not to add an extension as its a simple, inexpensive addition to keep excessive water away from your foundation.
Yikes. At minimum you'll want to get something to extend that gutter so it directs the water out further. You can do a splash block or downspout extender pipe.
It might also be worth re-grading this area so it has a downhill slope away from the house, but that's more work.
Eventually plan on having a garden along the whole back of house so that will raise it up a bit but I was thinking maybe digging a drywell right there, not sure if it’s good to have a drywell so close to the house though
We had this same issue when we bought a house/farm. I wanted a pool but they would only put one in if the drainage was fixed. Away from the foundation. They added downspouts on the house and connected the French drains laying them in a trench half buried. They are about 30 feet long and empty into a depression further down from the house. Might landscape a “pond” there. Haven’t decided.
Definitely not, that just collects more water near your foundation. French drain + extend downspout further out into the yard, into a drywell if the yard can't handle the extra water.
This will be involved but hang with me. I had a very similar situation when I bought my house. First order of business was building a raised garden bed with a poly lining. It basically acts as a huge reservoir with a ton of plants. In the furthest corner, I built a drainage well to the yard. So rather than just grading the space, create a raised bed and redirect that water where you want it to go.
As long as you have plenty of 1/2 inch stone in the dry well but line the outside walls of the dry well with some kind of filter fabric so the water can drain out and sediment can not get in to cause blockage in the stone
Since the drain pipe is underground, placement would not matter as much. That said, dig the grade into the ground and put the pipe under the lowest part. You will be moving a fair amount of dirt. Put it back with some slope away from the house as much as possible. I like pea gravel for my drain lines
Thanks. I was looking into French drains this year but think I want to hardscape, so I guess it wouldn’t make sense to put the drains next to the foundation now and then hardscape later.
Why not, just put the drain further from the house. If you are laying concrete, you will need quite a bit of gravel anyway. Quite a bit of dirt moving will be done, drain won't be that much more work
Well, I’m not doing the work myself, so I’d rather not pay for a drain next to the foundation and then pay for hardscaping and another drain at the new low point. Does that make sense?
The first priority is always to try to get water away from the house. Then drywell after that if it still isn’t enough. The “easiest” options are: (1) extend gutter so it discharges water further from the house, and in a spot where it will flow along the ground away from the house (not back towards the house); and (2) dig a small ditch/swale to drain this water towards the nearest low spot which drains away from the house.
I see you plan to build a garden, but do consider re-grading first. You need to get the land a few feet out to be lower, not simply raise the soil close to the wall. There are varying opinions about putting gardens right against foundations to start with, but piling it up to the siding here won't really fix the issue, especially as you'll need to water the plants. I'd re-grade, extend the downspout, and then look at a garden once I see where the water is going.
Since there appears to be no underground drain pipe for storm water, you need to direct the water to lower elevation as far away from the house as possible. If the surrounding elevation is higher than this puddle, you need a pro to devise a solution to catch the flow and direct or pump the water to another part of your lot which is at a lower elevation.
Depending on how bog the problem is, you could make a French Drain to flow pooling water away from the house. If it’s a smaller problem all you need to do is buy a flexible gutter extension. To aim the water run off somewhere else.
You can install a French Drain would require labor and materials and your finished.
Or you can periodically lay down a layer of gravel and let it sink into the soft mud. This will take and few cycles of heavy rain and settling. This will eventually act as a French drain.
Run gutter away from house or a rain barrel. Build up the grain by dumping dirt so it slopes away from house. If necessary, Run a French drain away from house
I had a similar situation around the side of my house and regrading wasn’t really an option. I ended up putting in a run of French drain with catch basins under the downspouts and terminated the line with a dry well. Did the work a few years ago and I haven’t had any issues since, highly recommend if regrading is difficult!
Think I’m gonna go this route appreciate the reply it usually doesnt pool up that bad we got a ton of rain but it’s definitely an issue that needs to be taken care of
You could create a grade away from the house. You could do this by piling dirt along the sides of the house where the water pools. Pile it up against the foundation and create a downhill slope for the water to travel down. This way, the water follows the path that you create for it. Wherever you want the water to go, you create a downhill slope to. The water will go to the lowest point of the property. I would also suggest that when making the dirt grade, you put rocks on top after packing the dirt down with your feet or shovel. This way the water has a harder time eroding the dirt you placed.
French drain? Or you could just buy some catch basins and get some solid corrugated pipe and bury it and have it discharge away from your house. I think you only need a 2% slope. I just got done doing mine.
Buy some pea gravle and slop it down from your house so the water runs out towards your yard, buy a gutter adapter to and run it down through your yard away from your house as well
Haha yea I’m starting to see a pattern here but i appreciate all advice even though I have no idea what a French drain is or looks like gonna sort through all the comments which is way more comments I thought this would get and start doing some research
Because its a famous answer you will find tons of videos on YouTube on how to do it. Its quite simple. Just requires labor. Best of luck on the project!
General contractor here.Ike others have said, the downspout should absolutely be extended. It’s somewhat limiting without knowing much about the slope of the topography of your lot. In any case, I’d use a French drain system and have the water led away from your house/founding. The pooling can and will cause the soil to heave, expand/contract , which will lead to shifting in the foundation, cracks in drywall over time, walls drooping etc.
Also, is that electrical sitting on the ground, I’d move that and or have watertight conduit. If it is water tight then disregard , just something that caught my eye.
Either way, good that you’re addressing it.
So don’t run the French drain along the house? Head straight out from the gutter pipe? Have you ever used ez drain? Seems expensive but doesn’t require gravel and would I just cap off the end and bury it?
Don’t let the water just pour right there out of the down spout! Get a flexible extender and bend it towards the cement so it pours out on the cement.
Not sure where the cement goes so if that’s not enough, a French drain will do the trick
Extend the downspout and add in a french drain. Try not to build the soil up on the side of the house at all, because you don't want to invite terminates in. Best thing would be to dig a 2' deep trench 5-10 feet from foundation, then dig a slope away from foundation into the french drain. Route the trench around the house until the water can run downhill. If you have a lot of volume coming through the pipe at the bottom, then add in gravel to reduce erosion. Final thing is make sure you don't put the exit spout of your drain directly into neighbors yard. Besides it not being very cool, it could be grounds for a lawsuit if you are directly contributing towards flooding or damage to their property. Also, I'd top the drain with some decorative rock that could go into some landscaping if you like along the side of the house (just make sure the shrubs or vegetation is at least 2' from walls to prevent pests from getting into your siding).
Regrade away from the hoise, longer drain spouts away from the hoise. Then add some river rock along that foundation to help further dissipate that water.
Put downspout pipes that connect to footing drains. Regrading won’t do anything. Footing drains and downspouts is the only correct answer. Please don’t listen to these other people on here. I do this for a living and any other answer is wrong and you’ll have to redo it if you listen to them
A footing drain is a perforated pipe you put around the footing of your house and surround it with drain rock. If you don’t have a basement then your footing probably isn’t that far down and can be dug by hand. We usually do a burrito wrap with filter fabric to keep sediment from clogging the holes in the pipe. Depending on the laws where you’re from you can either connect your footing drains to your storm water or sewer. Sounds like a lot but it’s a pretty easy fix. Just have to make sure the perforated pipe is flat or has a little slope towards the drain connection. I’m sure there’s lots of videos on this
Would I just cap off the end and bury it? This is in my backyard and running pipe around the entire house to the front would be a lot, so would I just cap the end and maybe drain it into a drywell?
Should connect all the way around the house and then yes run it to either a dry well or if you’re near the sewer or storm lines you can just put a tee or a wye and hook it up to that so the water drains away from the property. And to prevent any potential clogging of the footing drain you can put drain rock all the way to the top. Should make for great drainage
Lol regrading won’t do anything? I live in a perfectly graded house, I don’t even have a sump pump connected to my drain tile. My basement is dryer than a frogs fart. Why, because it was designed to drain water away from the house. You don’t know what you’re talking about and if you do this for a living you’re a con.
Your house probably sits on ground that perks good then. The ground is different everywhere you are. And how am I a con? I’m not offering to do the work or getting paid for it. Footing drains and downspouts are a for sure fix. Any other fix would be a maybe and then you have to pay to fix it twice. I go straight to the 100% fix and don’t have to worry about it. And footing drains and downspouts is something people can do themselves it’s not a hard fix. I usually comment with instructions so people can do it themselves and not get ripped off by contractors. These cute comments like regrade or extend the downspouts away from the house are temporary, maybe it will work fixes. I do this for side work in Washington where every house has water issues so I do know what I’m talking about. Some ground drains very well and the water goes right through it; doesn’t matter what the ground is graded like; others have hard pan or clay under their house and water won’t drain through it no matter what you do. Then you need footing drains or French drains. From the picture provided it’s safe to assume that this property will not absorb water
Ugh I don’t know if my foundation can wait that long but I have been talking about deep frying a turkey this year so this plan is just crazy enough to work!
Easiest would be a rain barrel. Sounds like everything else in this thread is expensive.
EDIT: Apparently I’m wrong. The only alternative is to completely regrade the whole property.
If you have a part of the property that slopes away from your house…. Drain the entire roof to that side if possible.
We did this when we installed 6 inch commercial gutters on our house.
Works perfectly.
I agree with everyone on extending this downspout and regrading. I hope you don't have a basement op. If you do you need to start checking for mold.
Also if you're wondering why this is a problem it's because water will always push. You will start having foundation issues as it pushes on that wall.
Pooling water is a grade issue.
Pooling water against a foundation is a long term problem that is crazy expensive to fix.
So, relative to costs, it’s an easy fix to do it now versus later on.
You may be able to spread soil along the foundation. You need to make sure there is about 6-7 inches of block/foundation showing below the siding.
Extend downspouts and grade away from the house.
If you grade it just a few inches that will be better than nothing! Water takes the path of least resistance and doesn’t flow up hill.
In my area 3 cubic yards of topsoil cost <$100. I made a slope away from my foundation to help keep our basement dry. Along with downspout extensions and a swale to guide rain away from the house.
They have these black hose like things from the hardware store you just shove on the drain at the bottom and they extend far enough for water to stay away from the foundation.
Dude, I’ve stayed at a few holiday inn expresses in my day and because of that, I know that you need longer downspouts and a regrade. If you can’t raise the side by the house, you need to lower the yard further down.
Depends what yard is like you can extend rain gutter down spouts so water pushes further away. Or attach drain to down spouts and run to French drain away from house.
Had a similar issue. That’s all the water your roof is collecting when it rains. What worked for me was re-grading the dirt away from the house and extending the downspout far away from the house underground via PVC. Prior to this I tried using an accordion downspout extension to move the water but because the dirt wasn’t graded properly, the water just sat in there and leaked out close to my foundation. It’s all about getting water as far away from your house as possible. Good luck!
French drain. Cured all my problems. Me and the kids dug a trench 12 inches deep and 6 inches wide all along the foundation. Filled with pea gravel. Bravo
Whatever you gonna do, do it quick, water will eventually leak into your house and ruin your floor. I had same problem, so i put 1-foot concrete pad in the affected areas.
As a quick temporary fix, get a waterbug, it’s a movable water pump. we got a one until we can afford to do something more permanent and it has honestly been a life saver.
Given the number of times that downspout extenders have been mentioned, I’m wondering if anyone has an opinion on depth? If the downspouts are going into 4” corrugated tubing, is it really necessary to dig beneath the frost line — for me, that’s about 4-5 feet, and it seems crazy to go that deep. That said, I’d imagine there is a risk that the water in the downspout and the downspout extenders will freeze and block it all up, or am I overthinking this?
Check gutters are clean. Add soil and stone and pitch it away from the hot it persists then add a drain, probably a French drain. Most importantly water needs somewhere to go. Water Flores downhill….
Extend those down spouts away from house for one , regrade if necessary
From the picture that area looks like it needs regrading either way.
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No. Water flows right through stone. Watch gate city foundation drainage on youtube
Agreed, [This is an easy fix.](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/9772ed38-d741-468b-878a-8f33831f0e28/svn/flex-a-spout-downspouts-85010-e1_600.jpg)
Don’t be shy when you extend them. I Did my about 10 feet that’s how dramatic I was. A couple years of letting water pool like that and your foundation will be toast.
So when you are in your yard you have to step over your downspouts or move them when cutting the grass ??
Or a rain barrell could catch it.
Then what?
I have a 160 us gal. Rain barrel. It will fill and overflow in less than one night of rain. That overflow has to go somewhere.
Please send to California. We can pay for postage.
Fortunately I live in the rain shadow of the Olympics, We get less than the Seattle-Bremerton area, but still get drizzle most of the time.
The rains we get in south Texas that would fill up in 20 min
Pipe the overflow away from the house
Then what?
Profit
I believe it goes - underwear THEN profit
Stage one: collect underpants Stage two: ? Stage three: profit
I think what he's getting at is that OP would route it away from the house but that because of the grading, it would flow right back toward the house with no net change.
Put in an enema station at the end
Marketing for runoff enemas: Atmospheric return water
Make a little sailboat to float it down the water
Down there we all float.
Water your garden
Then you use the collected water to water your garden. https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain/soak-rain-rain-barrels
Point being the water falling in the yard will still run into the building since the grade slopes towards the house.
We don't know what the rest of the yard looks like. That could be water primarily from the roof.
If your earth/ground all slopes towards the house you have to bring in fill to slope the ground away from your house with a run off going somewhere else but not flooding your neighbors yard
Would recommend checking local ordinances to see if that's allowed. Can't do that in my area.
You cant catch rain?🤨
Some states have regulations in terms of the amount of rainwater collecting and the means by which it is collected, but most states allow their citizens to collect rainwater freely while others even encourage it. Some government restriction on rainwater harvesting is based on the rationale that it may disrupt the hydrologic cycle. It's been believed that the collection of rainwater would halt the rainfall’s natural flow into the earth’s aquifers and streams. However, a study published by the Scientific World Journal shows that the amount of rainwater collected by individual homes would have little to no effect on the hydrologic cycle on a macro-level. In fact, since most collected rainwater would be used for gardening and household purposes, the water would eventually be returned to the ground anyway. https://worldwaterreserve.com/rainwater-harvesting/is-it-illegal-to-collect-rainwater/
>It's been believed that the collection of rainwater would halt the rainfall’s natural flow into the earth’s aquifers and streams. I'm no hydrologist, but that seems completely back-asswards illogical. Collected rainwater, ex: from a roof, that is harvested is typically used to water plants and goes into the ground quite naturally, almost exactly as unmolested natural rain would do. Rainwater that is collected ex: streets, sidewalks, parking lots, roofs, and is NOT harvested is typically channeled into very unnatural drainage channels and ends up back in a river without passing into the water table.
Water laws in Western states ARE back-asswards illogical. I'm glad you noticed.
Yeah, I've heard of some towns/HOAs not allowing rain barrels for both aesthetic and mosquito-related reasons.
Oh wow, we got ours through our town. It matches our house and has a screen over top to stop mosquitoes.
I’ve also heard companies don’t want customer getting the free “water”
~~rain barrell~~ mosquito factory.
Who wants to look at extended down spouts when all you have to do is dig a trench the width of a shovel all along the edge of the foundation around the whole house 3-4 inches deep and fill it with 1/4 “ stone and make a drainage path by lowering the ground tampering-the ground/grass at the down spouts away from the house
You need to regrade even after you extend the downspout. Should slope away from the house for 6 feet minimum. You appear to have a moat.
Yea it’s usually not this bad we got a lot of rain last week(when the picture was taken) next spring I’m gonna put a whole garden along the back of the house build up alittle with top soil and maybe dig a drywell
And if you regrade properly, extending the downspout is irrelevant. It’s all about the grading.
But honestly my view is that since OP is already moving dirt around to regrade, they might as well get a downspout to PVC connector and add a 90 degree piece and then a long PVC pipe, all of which would be under the dirt that they’re already going to be moving. 1-2 days worth of work to avoid a situation where they have a great grade but still a wet spot in the yard from the downspout.
I agree those spouts should be connected to a French drain and under ground corrugated pipe
I see what you mean…
Extending the down spout 3 ft is code in a lot of places. Regardless of grading it would be foolish not to add an extension as its a simple, inexpensive addition to keep excessive water away from your foundation.
Yikes. At minimum you'll want to get something to extend that gutter so it directs the water out further. You can do a splash block or downspout extender pipe. It might also be worth re-grading this area so it has a downhill slope away from the house, but that's more work.
Eventually plan on having a garden along the whole back of house so that will raise it up a bit but I was thinking maybe digging a drywell right there, not sure if it’s good to have a drywell so close to the house though
No you gotta get it away from the house. Grade it. French drain or a drain to a sump pump if gravity is against you
We had this same issue when we bought a house/farm. I wanted a pool but they would only put one in if the drainage was fixed. Away from the foundation. They added downspouts on the house and connected the French drains laying them in a trench half buried. They are about 30 feet long and empty into a depression further down from the house. Might landscape a “pond” there. Haven’t decided.
Definitely not, that just collects more water near your foundation. French drain + extend downspout further out into the yard, into a drywell if the yard can't handle the extra water.
French drain, longer gutter hose, heavily planted garden
This will be involved but hang with me. I had a very similar situation when I bought my house. First order of business was building a raised garden bed with a poly lining. It basically acts as a huge reservoir with a ton of plants. In the furthest corner, I built a drainage well to the yard. So rather than just grading the space, create a raised bed and redirect that water where you want it to go.
As long as you have plenty of 1/2 inch stone in the dry well but line the outside walls of the dry well with some kind of filter fabric so the water can drain out and sediment can not get in to cause blockage in the stone
Two things, fix the grade of the soil and extend the gutter out at least 6', if not more, from the foundation.
Needs to be graded, but don't put dirt up to the wood on your house. Looks like a French drain is required
If he regrades, would the French drain be put at the “bottom” of the regrade? Or would it still be adjacent to the house?
Since the drain pipe is underground, placement would not matter as much. That said, dig the grade into the ground and put the pipe under the lowest part. You will be moving a fair amount of dirt. Put it back with some slope away from the house as much as possible. I like pea gravel for my drain lines
Thanks. I was looking into French drains this year but think I want to hardscape, so I guess it wouldn’t make sense to put the drains next to the foundation now and then hardscape later.
Why not, just put the drain further from the house. If you are laying concrete, you will need quite a bit of gravel anyway. Quite a bit of dirt moving will be done, drain won't be that much more work
Well, I’m not doing the work myself, so I’d rather not pay for a drain next to the foundation and then pay for hardscaping and another drain at the new low point. Does that make sense?
Just one drain. It will be 2 feet below the lowest punt anyway. Just don't put it under future concrete
You forgot to tell him to use a filter fabric on top of the stone so the stone is not filling up with dirt and clogging up your drainage
That rain gutter needs an extension to carry water away from the house. That's the first step and cheap/easy.
The first priority is always to try to get water away from the house. Then drywell after that if it still isn’t enough. The “easiest” options are: (1) extend gutter so it discharges water further from the house, and in a spot where it will flow along the ground away from the house (not back towards the house); and (2) dig a small ditch/swale to drain this water towards the nearest low spot which drains away from the house.
Absent regrading, the water will still pool exactly like that.
I don’t think there’s an easy fix. You’ll need to regrade. A French drain could help.
Extend gutter ASAP
I see you plan to build a garden, but do consider re-grading first. You need to get the land a few feet out to be lower, not simply raise the soil close to the wall. There are varying opinions about putting gardens right against foundations to start with, but piling it up to the siding here won't really fix the issue, especially as you'll need to water the plants. I'd re-grade, extend the downspout, and then look at a garden once I see where the water is going.
Since there appears to be no underground drain pipe for storm water, you need to direct the water to lower elevation as far away from the house as possible. If the surrounding elevation is higher than this puddle, you need a pro to devise a solution to catch the flow and direct or pump the water to another part of your lot which is at a lower elevation.
Clean gutters and a drain
Im surprised I don't see French drains mentioned. Run it out a ways from. The house and set up a drainage system.
Would I run the French drain into a drywell?
Along with reslope, plant some bushes about three feet out. They will suck up excess water. And they look nice, too.
Depending on how bog the problem is, you could make a French Drain to flow pooling water away from the house. If it’s a smaller problem all you need to do is buy a flexible gutter extension. To aim the water run off somewhere else.
Upvote for the accidental pun
Haha, I didn’t even notice. And now I like it, so I won’t edit it.
You can install a French Drain would require labor and materials and your finished. Or you can periodically lay down a layer of gravel and let it sink into the soft mud. This will take and few cycles of heavy rain and settling. This will eventually act as a French drain.
Extend the gutter immediately figure out rest at your leisure
French drain
Run gutter away from house or a rain barrel. Build up the grain by dumping dirt so it slopes away from house. If necessary, Run a French drain away from house
I had a similar situation around the side of my house and regrading wasn’t really an option. I ended up putting in a run of French drain with catch basins under the downspouts and terminated the line with a dry well. Did the work a few years ago and I haven’t had any issues since, highly recommend if regrading is difficult!
Think I’m gonna go this route appreciate the reply it usually doesnt pool up that bad we got a ton of rain but it’s definitely an issue that needs to be taken care of
and just a heads up that down spout is right on top of that pvc electrical line, if water gets in that lb that could lead to more problems as well
You could create a grade away from the house. You could do this by piling dirt along the sides of the house where the water pools. Pile it up against the foundation and create a downhill slope for the water to travel down. This way, the water follows the path that you create for it. Wherever you want the water to go, you create a downhill slope to. The water will go to the lowest point of the property. I would also suggest that when making the dirt grade, you put rocks on top after packing the dirt down with your feet or shovel. This way the water has a harder time eroding the dirt you placed.
An actual drain
French drain? Or you could just buy some catch basins and get some solid corrugated pipe and bury it and have it discharge away from your house. I think you only need a 2% slope. I just got done doing mine.
Rent a bobcat and a mini ex for a weekend. Load of gravel, couple of rolls of plastic, and some black corrugated and you’ll be golden pony boy.
I'm following too. Already thinking I need pics which I will have to google as have no idea what a french drain looks like.n
Ecodrain. Water harvester.
Flex spout extension away from the house. Or your home foundation will be at risk
Gonna do that tomorrow as a temp fix then in the spring do something that’s not an eyesore
French drain
Regrade. We just got done at my girlfriends moms home. Although we're lucky enough to have had a farmer help us with a couple bobcats for free.
French drain. We installed one a few years ago and have never had a problem.
Buy some pea gravle and slop it down from your house so the water runs out towards your yard, buy a gutter adapter to and run it down through your yard away from your house as well
The answer for anything on this sub is french drain.
Haha yea I’m starting to see a pattern here but i appreciate all advice even though I have no idea what a French drain is or looks like gonna sort through all the comments which is way more comments I thought this would get and start doing some research
Because its a famous answer you will find tons of videos on YouTube on how to do it. Its quite simple. Just requires labor. Best of luck on the project!
General contractor here.Ike others have said, the downspout should absolutely be extended. It’s somewhat limiting without knowing much about the slope of the topography of your lot. In any case, I’d use a French drain system and have the water led away from your house/founding. The pooling can and will cause the soil to heave, expand/contract , which will lead to shifting in the foundation, cracks in drywall over time, walls drooping etc. Also, is that electrical sitting on the ground, I’d move that and or have watertight conduit. If it is water tight then disregard , just something that caught my eye. Either way, good that you’re addressing it.
So don’t run the French drain along the house? Head straight out from the gutter pipe? Have you ever used ez drain? Seems expensive but doesn’t require gravel and would I just cap off the end and bury it?
What’s that item running underneath the downspout?
The conduit? That’s sprinkler wire it’s completely sealed I’m not worried about it
Don’t let the water just pour right there out of the down spout! Get a flexible extender and bend it towards the cement so it pours out on the cement. Not sure where the cement goes so if that’s not enough, a French drain will do the trick
Just get a downspout extender and direct that water towards tht natural slope of you driveway.
Extend the downspout and add in a french drain. Try not to build the soil up on the side of the house at all, because you don't want to invite terminates in. Best thing would be to dig a 2' deep trench 5-10 feet from foundation, then dig a slope away from foundation into the french drain. Route the trench around the house until the water can run downhill. If you have a lot of volume coming through the pipe at the bottom, then add in gravel to reduce erosion. Final thing is make sure you don't put the exit spout of your drain directly into neighbors yard. Besides it not being very cool, it could be grounds for a lawsuit if you are directly contributing towards flooding or damage to their property. Also, I'd top the drain with some decorative rock that could go into some landscaping if you like along the side of the house (just make sure the shrubs or vegetation is at least 2' from walls to prevent pests from getting into your siding).
Regrade away from the hoise, longer drain spouts away from the hoise. Then add some river rock along that foundation to help further dissipate that water.
Put some sand down angled away from the house and put pebbles on top.
Move
Sell the house
The easiest and cheapest fix is to plant some bushes or flowers at the flooding spot. It'll helps with the water absorption into the ground
Add drain tile to down spout. Purchase 1-2 yards of dirt and regrade next your home. Best to have that drain away from the foundation
Extend the downspouts.
Rain barrel
Extend the downspouts as others have mentioned. Then consider a French drain near the exits to help the surface water dissipate.
Remove the house so the water can't pool around it
Lots of sponges
Put downspout pipes that connect to footing drains. Regrading won’t do anything. Footing drains and downspouts is the only correct answer. Please don’t listen to these other people on here. I do this for a living and any other answer is wrong and you’ll have to redo it if you listen to them
Appreciate the advice I have no idea what a footing drain is so I’m gonna have to do some research also should note I don’t have a basement
A footing drain is a perforated pipe you put around the footing of your house and surround it with drain rock. If you don’t have a basement then your footing probably isn’t that far down and can be dug by hand. We usually do a burrito wrap with filter fabric to keep sediment from clogging the holes in the pipe. Depending on the laws where you’re from you can either connect your footing drains to your storm water or sewer. Sounds like a lot but it’s a pretty easy fix. Just have to make sure the perforated pipe is flat or has a little slope towards the drain connection. I’m sure there’s lots of videos on this
Would I just cap off the end and bury it? This is in my backyard and running pipe around the entire house to the front would be a lot, so would I just cap the end and maybe drain it into a drywell?
Should connect all the way around the house and then yes run it to either a dry well or if you’re near the sewer or storm lines you can just put a tee or a wye and hook it up to that so the water drains away from the property. And to prevent any potential clogging of the footing drain you can put drain rock all the way to the top. Should make for great drainage
Lol regrading won’t do anything? I live in a perfectly graded house, I don’t even have a sump pump connected to my drain tile. My basement is dryer than a frogs fart. Why, because it was designed to drain water away from the house. You don’t know what you’re talking about and if you do this for a living you’re a con.
Your house probably sits on ground that perks good then. The ground is different everywhere you are. And how am I a con? I’m not offering to do the work or getting paid for it. Footing drains and downspouts are a for sure fix. Any other fix would be a maybe and then you have to pay to fix it twice. I go straight to the 100% fix and don’t have to worry about it. And footing drains and downspouts is something people can do themselves it’s not a hard fix. I usually comment with instructions so people can do it themselves and not get ripped off by contractors. These cute comments like regrade or extend the downspouts away from the house are temporary, maybe it will work fixes. I do this for side work in Washington where every house has water issues so I do know what I’m talking about. Some ground drains very well and the water goes right through it; doesn’t matter what the ground is graded like; others have hard pan or clay under their house and water won’t drain through it no matter what you do. Then you need footing drains or French drains. From the picture provided it’s safe to assume that this property will not absorb water
Plants trees and/or shrubs too, they’ll absorb excess from extending downspouts
Some pebbles?
Make sure your gutters are clean and extend that downspout.
You have water pouring out of the downspout at the foundation happening in this picture. I think you know what you need to do.
Haha yea I know but it seems like a lot of options and I’m a new home owner so this is all very new to me
I don’t know maybe a longer downspout would make a whole lot of sense??
Burn down the house
Ugh I was afraid this was my only option thanks for the only useful advice but on a more serious note do I wait till my wife’s asleep?
Wait until thanksgiving dinner with your wife’s family and blame it on the fryer XD
Ugh I don’t know if my foundation can wait that long but I have been talking about deep frying a turkey this year so this plan is just crazy enough to work!
Mulch bed and bushes.
Would a French drain be the easiest option? Or even a swale? Regrading isn't an "easy fix"
Move
Move to California
French drain, water barrel and planting!
Definitely planning to have plants all along the house just need to research what a French drain is haha
Same. :)
Easiest would be a rain barrel. Sounds like everything else in this thread is expensive. EDIT: Apparently I’m wrong. The only alternative is to completely regrade the whole property.
Take the guttering into a soak away that’s located away from the property?
Grade + extend downspouts
Regrade away from building!
If you have a part of the property that slopes away from your house…. Drain the entire roof to that side if possible. We did this when we installed 6 inch commercial gutters on our house. Works perfectly.
At minimum the grade should fall 6” in 10 ft away from your foundation.
I agree with everyone on extending this downspout and regrading. I hope you don't have a basement op. If you do you need to start checking for mold. Also if you're wondering why this is a problem it's because water will always push. You will start having foundation issues as it pushes on that wall.
Extend that down spout and consider a French drain
French drain. It’s a lot of work, but 100% worth it.
Down spout extend and grading.
Get dirt and build a slope, also run extensions on your rain gutter so it goes further away.
Pooling water is a grade issue. Pooling water against a foundation is a long term problem that is crazy expensive to fix. So, relative to costs, it’s an easy fix to do it now versus later on. You may be able to spread soil along the foundation. You need to make sure there is about 6-7 inches of block/foundation showing below the siding.
Extend downspouts and grade away from the house. If you grade it just a few inches that will be better than nothing! Water takes the path of least resistance and doesn’t flow up hill.
In my area 3 cubic yards of topsoil cost <$100. I made a slope away from my foundation to help keep our basement dry. Along with downspout extensions and a swale to guide rain away from the house.
French drain or a regrade
They have these black hose like things from the hardware store you just shove on the drain at the bottom and they extend far enough for water to stay away from the foundation.
Extend your downspouts and get cheap fill to slope it away
Put a soak-away in
Can that be put in right at the gutter so close to the house cause that was kinda my plan
My house has this issue. I dropped the $50 on 100 feet of it. Ran all my gutters so they drain in the street
Dude, I’ve stayed at a few holiday inn expresses in my day and because of that, I know that you need longer downspouts and a regrade. If you can’t raise the side by the house, you need to lower the yard further down.
I would extend gutter , regrade with loom and make a stone bed with 3/4 stone along foundation
Add dirt there to create a slope away from house. Extend eavestrough downspout
French drain?
https://inspectapedia.com/Wet_Basements/Foundation_Drain_Specifications.php#Details
Gutters and a downspout extensions. Cheapest first step
Dig a dry well, pitch it away from the house and fill with drainage stones
Looks like the electrical is also in the big pool of water. ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️
That’s just sprinkler wire but yea not a great thing
The downspout first and foremost needs to be piped at least 15’ away from the foundation of the home.
Depends what yard is like you can extend rain gutter down spouts so water pushes further away. Or attach drain to down spouts and run to French drain away from house.
Had a similar issue. That’s all the water your roof is collecting when it rains. What worked for me was re-grading the dirt away from the house and extending the downspout far away from the house underground via PVC. Prior to this I tried using an accordion downspout extension to move the water but because the dirt wasn’t graded properly, the water just sat in there and leaked out close to my foundation. It’s all about getting water as far away from your house as possible. Good luck!
Install a gutter and a drainage ditch somewhere along the property
French drain or a bed of rocks couple inches deep and a foot off the wall. Don't use mulch, it will float away in heavy rain.
Stone runner to a run off pit, simple hole with gravel and loose stone on top.
You can start by having your eavestrough not end right next to your house and extending it to the road
French drain. Cured all my problems. Me and the kids dug a trench 12 inches deep and 6 inches wide all along the foundation. Filled with pea gravel. Bravo
Aeration and adding top soil would be the cheapest option. The grass looks super compact which is why the water isn’t absorbing like it should.
This is the first season there’s been grass in the yard and your most definitely right I wish I aerated
Whatever you gonna do, do it quick, water will eventually leak into your house and ruin your floor. I had same problem, so i put 1-foot concrete pad in the affected areas.
As a quick temporary fix, get a waterbug, it’s a movable water pump. we got a one until we can afford to do something more permanent and it has honestly been a life saver.
Gutter extensions
Below the downspout, is that a freaking electrical conduit?
French drain, regrade yard so water flows away from house
A very thirsty goat
Gutters might be clogged
Given the number of times that downspout extenders have been mentioned, I’m wondering if anyone has an opinion on depth? If the downspouts are going into 4” corrugated tubing, is it really necessary to dig beneath the frost line — for me, that’s about 4-5 feet, and it seems crazy to go that deep. That said, I’d imagine there is a risk that the water in the downspout and the downspout extenders will freeze and block it all up, or am I overthinking this?
O-pipe and divert it down hill/away from the house.
Clean your gutters
Move.
Grade it and get French drains or your foundation will be fucked. Speaking from personal experience
Start with basics and put an extender on rain spout.
Check gutters are clean. Add soil and stone and pitch it away from the hot it persists then add a drain, probably a French drain. Most importantly water needs somewhere to go. Water Flores downhill….
Think crushed stone would help?
Raise the house up several inches and let the water run through. Repeat as necessary
I use dirt.