Anonymous
04/14/2022 14:50
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can you plant a rain garden there to absorb some of the water?
+1, plant a willow. It will love the water and bust through the concrete, solving both the short and long term problem.
ohh love this idea!
Anonymous
04/10/2022 11:05
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Can you plant a rain garden there to absorb some of the water?
This is what I was going to suggest. Drain stuff is horrifying to deal with (I haven’t personally, but a friend in my townhouse neighborhood somehow had the neighborhood low spot; it was awful), but if the water is away from your house and an expert says it’ll help, rain garden. https://www.plantvirginianatives.org/what-is-a-rain-garden
Perhaps the punching holes in the bottom of the pool would help, too, but maybe it was a wet place even before the pool.
Anonymous
04/10/2022 11:01
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Can you plant a rain garden there to absorb some of the water?
+1, plant a willow. It will love the water and bust through the concrete, solving both the short and long term problem.
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:34
Subject: Water in backyard
Lean into it - put the pool back in.
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:34
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:What about hiring excavators to drill holes through the concrete pool, like 20 or so to make it porous for drainage?
Maybe find someone who drills wells.
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:33
Subject: Water in backyard
What about hiring excavators to drill holes through the concrete pool, like 20 or so to make it porous for drainage?
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:33
Subject: Water in backyard
Regrade it.
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:31
Subject: Water in backyard
Can you plant a rain garden there to absorb some of the water?
Anonymous
04/08/2022 17:28
Subject: Water in backyard
If you can re- grade it to create a slope that allows the water to run off, that will work. Probably good odds the soil has settled and created a low point there anyway.
Anonymous
04/07/2022 22:35
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Removing that much soil and concrete will cost a fortune. If it totally ruins the back yard and the rest of the house is fine, sell it during a dry month and move on.
Typical DCUM advice. Rip people off and move on. You represent this place well.
Anonymous
04/07/2022 22:18
Subject: Water in backyard
Will adding fill dirt work? The yard is big so there are plenty of room for water to go to other part of the yard.
Anonymous
04/07/2022 13:54
Subject: Water in backyard
Removing that much soil and concrete will cost a fortune. If it totally ruins the back yard and the rest of the house is fine, sell it during a dry month and move on.
Anonymous
04/07/2022 13:45
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Previous owner filled a pool but it has standing water after rain. What is the best way to address it?
What??? Did you know?
Anonymous
04/07/2022 13:42
Subject: Water in backyard
Anonymous wrote:Previous owner filled a pool but it has standing water after rain. What is the best way to address it?
The only way to resolve the standing water issue is to excavate the pool, and remove the pool bottom otherwise the standing water will continue to collect, and become a breeding ground for mosquitos.
Anonymous
04/07/2022 12:10
Subject: Water in backyard
Previous owner filled a pool but it has standing water after rain. What is the best way to address it?