Poor Drainage of our Yard

This is a fine example of the lot grading done by Burkett Homes of Fayette County, Tennessee. In the front yard the water runs through the yard to the back instead of the water running toward the street to the drains. In the back yard, a river runs through it.

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[AlabamaShooter]

What did you finally do? French drainage system?

[cougarjm]

@AlabamaShooter We ended up digging a small ditch along the property line from the end of the fence on one side of the back yard to the end of the fence on the other side of the back yard. That helped prevent a lot of the water running into our back yard from the field. I dug a hole in the lowest point along the fence and put in a drain basin. Inside the drain basin is a dirty water sump pump that we run after the rain has ended.

[cougarjm]

@cougarjm This has helped dry the yard out in a day or two vs. staying soggy for weeks on end. It's still a work in progress but this little experiment has worked great so far.

[tripletdad99]

Open carry in TN? That's cool. What are you carrying there?

[cougarjm]

@tripletdad99 Oh yeah! It's a Ruger P95.

[ratliff2006]

This is why you always visit a house when it is raining before you buy it.  MORON!

[cougarjm]

@ratliff2006 Greetings and thanks for your ignorant response. We had this house built with the understanding that the builder would properly grade the yard. If you do have your own house built, hire your own inspector prior to the foundation being poured and during the entire construction phase. Unfortunately, a lessoned learned the hard way. I wouldn't consider myself a "MORON" but inexperienced when it came to having my first house built. Hopefully my experience can help someone else.

[21Rodge]

Shoot I thought my garden was bad

[samten10a]

Where the hell was the county panning commission, county building inspector, your own building inspector your own surveyor, and the most important person YOUR lawyer. NOT the one you paid for the builder or the one you paid for bank or the one you paid for the real estate agent. YOURS the attorney that resented you. The lawyer that slipped in the clause that said the builder would buy your home back from you at 4 time purchase price for crap like this.

[teenmod12]

When ever we get a bad rain storm my road, which was actually originally a river, floods with over a foot of water and the valley where we keep our horses gets flooded with over three feet of water

[TheMIganders]

Wow! We had our first house built and have drainage issues too. Not nearly as bad as yours though. Our house was built in Maryland by NV Homes, they also build under the name Ryan Homes. They have sent their "grading" contractor out a few times, but it never really helps much. I was looking online for suggestions to try ourselves.

[1viewer6]

You need a REALLY BIG french drain to the storm sewer at your street (if that is allowed) I think your builder should come out and do it :)

[Doggorunning]

@ratliff2006 Rude comment don't you think?

[onionofdeath]

I just don't understand why they couldn't drain to the streets instead