About James Grote Expertise Questions concerning irrigation, sprinkler systems, water pressure,backflow preventers, and drainage would be best. Questions about individual plants or shrubs are best left to others.
Experience
Past/Present clients Edward Jones Dome, Christian Hospitals, Barnes-Jewish Hosptials,St. Anthony's Hospital, St.Lukes Hospital Bellerive Country Club, Normandy Golf Course, Emerson Electric, and residential.
Four years ago we purchased a 1970's house in Maryland. At the time there had been some mention that the housing developments in the area had for the most part been built over top of underground streams. Up until now (the last several weeks) we have never had a problem with standing water in our yard. Here in the area, for about a month we experienced very heavy rainfall, it has since stopped and we're now experiencing a drought of sorts. The yard currently has a retaining wall and the hill behind it is realatively steep. We have a sump pump that works well but at the present operates all the time the time. The water currently comes from the outside drain, is cycled to the sump pump and is then cycled back outside through to the street drain. Our problem is what and how we can go about draining this standing water from our back yard. Our plan is to dig a trench around the house, lay gravel and corregated pipe to drain to the street drain. Would this be enough to at least alleviate some of this problem.
Answer Karen, I don't know. Is it possible to regrade the yard at the area of standing water so that it is not so low that you have the water standinding there. It is easier to dump dirt and spread it around than it is to dig in drain tile.Maybe some kind of berm to act as a dam of the water. It is easier to let gravity work for you than to fight it. Jim
