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Lawn Flooding

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  • 18-02-2021 11:48am
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    kev_Makaveli
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    Hi Guys ,

    Jus looking for some advise on anything I can do to Stop My lawn flooding. Any Time it rains Heavily The lawn Floods badly.

    I don't Really want to dig up the whole lawn but fear I may have no choice.

    If anyone has any tips or ideas they would be much appreciated .

    Pics attached

    Cheers Kev


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    What.Now
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭What.Now


    kev_Makaveli wrote: »
    Hi Guys ,

    Jus looking for some advise on anything I can do to Stop My lawn flooding. Any Time it rains Heavily The lawn Floods badly.

    I don't Really want to dig up the whole lawn but fear I may have no choice.

    If anyone has any tips or ideas they would be much appreciated .

    Pics attached

    Cheers Kev


    Would you think about putting in a pond or do you have small children?


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    magicbastarder
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    is it just your lawn, or do the other gardens/land around you flood also?
    i.e. does your lawn have anywhere it could potentially drain to?


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    kev_Makaveli
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    What.Now wrote: »
    Would you think about putting in a pond or do you have small children?

    Have 2 Smallies so wouldn't feel safe with a pond .


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    kev_Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭kev_Makaveli


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    is it just your lawn, or do the other gardens/land around you flood also?
    i.e. does your lawn have anywhere it could potentially drain to?

    The Neighbors Across the Road don't seem to have any flooding . This is the front yard . The Back Side yard dont flood at all and the Side yard has the Septic Tank under it .

    Saying that We had a soak away put into the Septic Tank yard . Family have suggested digging it up and putting in Drainage but there's no where for the drainage to run to .

    Would it be worth digging it up and placing loads of Stones under it to act as drainage


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    listermint
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    That's awfully flooded . Drainage is the best option either a French drain done properly or drainage away off the property to suitable location. This would involve digging trenches for drain channels as opposed to digging up the entire lawn.


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    49801
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    Does picture 1 look like a old open drainage ditch that is now over grown?


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    kev_Makaveli
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    49801 wrote:
    Does picture 1 look like a old open drainage ditch that is now over grown?


    No its a boundary seperating hedge.. Its only in the last year or so this has gotten so bad.


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    magicbastarder
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    when were the photos taken? our garden was under water for about a week a couple of weeks ago.
    and how long does it take to recede?

    where i'm going with that is - how much of a problem is it causing?


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    kev_Makaveli
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    Photos were taken this morning following showers from last night. It normally takes about a day for the water do disappear. However the ground is soggy for weeks


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