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Old 08-19-2019, 03:54 PM   #10376
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We got heavy rains in NC on Saturday. This was the worst I ever seen. Might see if the city has any obligation to help with the flow.
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Old 08-19-2019, 03:59 PM   #10377
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We got heavy rains in NC on Saturday. This was the worst I ever seen. Might see if the city has any obligation to help with the flow.
This DYI thread should help:

https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=2011608
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Old 08-19-2019, 04:42 PM   #10378
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Akirasoft knows something about that.

His experience was you're on your own.
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Old 08-19-2019, 05:55 PM   #10379
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Akirasoft knows something about that.

His experience was you're on your own.
To be fair Akirasoft lives in "These damn tyrannical cities/counties, I'll show them by moving out into the middle of nowhere!"

I live in the same metro area as him but not in the spiteful suburbs, and the townships here all have budgets for stormwater mitigation and do indeed work on such things.

That said, they tend to be very long projects (5 years+), as solving that sort of water problem is no easy task.
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Old 08-19-2019, 05:57 PM   #10380
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I have this suspicion they'll tell me, "your property, your problem."
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Old 08-19-2019, 06:06 PM   #10381
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I have this suspicion they'll tell me, "your property, your problem."
Figure out where it's coming from before that, because it doesn't necessarily look like it's buildup on your property, it kind of looks like it's flooding in from the road. That would be their problem, or at least a collective problem.
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Old 08-19-2019, 07:47 PM   #10382
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I have this suspicion they'll tell me, "your property, your problem."
Check the storm drain. Likely there are some dead bodies in there plugging it up.
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Old 08-19-2019, 08:55 PM   #10383
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The problem comes from here

Removing the bush doesnt help because where it sits is level with where all the water flows. Here is a map of my house.
Blue = natural flow of water. Lots of underground draining systems going on
Yellow = where all the water backs, thus spilling into my driveway
Red = my plan

There is space between the bush and my driveway where the ground dips. I think I just need to add a drain system that will send the water to my backyard where there is already a path for water to flow out towards my neighbors back yard where all the water goes when it rains. I'm gonna have someone come out to look and hopefully tell me that it would work.

Imma visual learner so I thought it would be easier for people to see what I'm incoherently saying.
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:18 PM   #10384
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Personally, I wouldn't bring it around like that. I would make sure the blue trench along the road is actually clear as mentioned before (storm sewer system?) and build a berm up on your property between it and the yellow area and keep the water where it's supposed to be in the culvert or whatever is there.

That certainly seems like it would be in the easement for the county/etc to deal with, and you should just grade/build up a barrier so it stays there (or in the road) and off your yard/etc. Is there a pipe that runs under your driveway across? Seems there should be.
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Old 08-19-2019, 11:09 PM   #10385
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It looks like there is a drain pipe under the driveway to me.

I'm with Shadow though, berm that away from your property. Water goes with the flow. Make that flow go down the street. I wouldn't want to see a post from you the next time it rains that hard of your basement flooding.

<< Just assumes everywhere but Southern California has basements.
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Old 08-20-2019, 12:27 PM   #10386
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Really? Jumbos are cheaper? Or just up to the jumbo threshold?
When you get a solicitation stating a low interest, the fine print usually specifies that it is applicable over a certain amount financed, frequently $100k.

Although I live and finance my home in NJ, I am not baller enough to know about jumbo mortgages.
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Old 08-20-2019, 12:32 PM   #10387
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It looks like there is a drain pipe under the driveway to me.

I’m with Shadow though, berm that away from your property. Water goes with the flow. Make that flow go down the street. I wouldn’t want to see a post from you the next time it rains that hard of your basement flooding.

<< Just assumes everywhere but Southern California has basements.
That's my thought too, even without a basement, you don't want the chance of redirecting the water under a slab - that could be even worse.
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Old 08-20-2019, 01:13 PM   #10388
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To be fair Akirasoft lives in "These damn tyrannical cities/counties, I'll show them by moving out into the middle of nowhere!"

I live in the same metro area as him but not in the spiteful suburbs, and the townships here all have budgets for stormwater mitigation and do indeed work on such things.

That said, they tend to be very long projects (5 years+), as solving that sort of water problem is no easy task.
speaking of which, last week the village was having their storm drains televised and cleaned so I was "allowed" to pay to get in on that...

The village engineer still hasn't sent me the footage of the televising so I can even find out what is wrong with my own storm drain.

Sadly it looks like the relocation thing isn't going to work out as my wife and her team is not on the list of teams in her department that are relocating (plus the destination is Irving which I wasn't as interested in as Charlotte anyways.) Since we're stuck here in the past month we've paid 16k for new HVAC and 4k for a partial driveway repave. Still trying to figure out how we'll fund the drainage work or how much longer it is going to take to figure out what needs to be done. Probably a 401k loan.
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Old 08-20-2019, 01:21 PM   #10389
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Why you buy 16k HVAC when you had 9k HVAC option that would've been fine and the remaining 7k would've funded your drainage work?
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Old 08-20-2019, 05:35 PM   #10390
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Why you buy 16k HVAC when you had 9k HVAC option that would've been fine and the remaining 7k would've funded your drainage work?
because I wanted it and the extra 7k would have only covered about 1/20th of the expected drainage work. Mostly I just wanted the fancier system with the integrated damper control and variable speed compressor and blower.
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Old 08-20-2019, 05:40 PM   #10391
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Called my city and they said that they have a project centered around improving the flow of water near my house and the manager would look at my yard as well but as far as any assistance from them on helping my property not flood, he told me there was none.
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Old 08-22-2019, 01:04 PM   #10392
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because I wanted it and the extra 7k would have only covered about 1/20th of the expected drainage work. Mostly I just wanted the fancier system with the integrated damper control and variable speed compressor and blower.
Unless you're trying to build a dome village under a lake, there's no world where your drainage problem would cost $140,000 to solve. Are you sure you didn't accidentally ask them to solve all of the drainage problems in your neighborhood?

I mean for that money, you could have enough rock and backfill brought in and have your house lifted up onto your own new private hill above the waters.
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Old 08-23-2019, 08:25 AM   #10393
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Unless you're trying to build a dome village under a lake, there's no world where your drainage problem would cost $140,000 to solve. Are you sure you didn't accidentally ask them to solve all of the drainage problems in your neighborhood?

I mean for that money, you could have enough rock and backfill brought in and have your house lifted up onto your own new private hill above the waters.
There are two other locations in the village where the solution to their drainage problems involved running 1/2 mile plus of buried pipe under the village right of way.

First location was a multi million dollar house (of which my house is not.)

Second location was a group of 3 home owners who had a storm drain go through the yard of a 4th homeowner. The 4th homeowner would not allow them on his property to fix issues with the existing storm drain. Due to time and cost of fighting the 4th homeowner in court, the 3 homeowners elected to build a new storm drain going around 4th homeowners property.

It isn't hard for drainage issues to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to resolve when the town itself has no existing infrastructure because a subdivision predates the idea of "master planning."
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Old 08-23-2019, 01:57 PM   #10394
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CN: do research in an area before buying a spec house on a slab
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Old 08-26-2019, 02:41 PM   #10395
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I could use some suggestions on who to call for drainage and brick work. There is a drain pipe that runs under the deck and out to the end of the yard. It looks like a gap opened up in the pipe and it's washing the sand out causing the brickwork to collapse. The three pictures are the same area just zooming into the hole.

I know this is something I don't want to mess with, but I don't know who to call for help. General contractor? Deck specialist? Ghostbusters?



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Old 08-26-2019, 03:40 PM   #10396
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Generally deck guys / gals are "general" folks. When I had my deck quoted they also quoted me to have a new French drain line buried. The general contractors I called did the same thing. Either one should be capable.
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That looks like the pipe was cut? It doesn't collapse like that. Especially with that shallow of a bury.
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That looks like the pipe was cut? It doesn’t collapse like that. Especially with that shallow of a bury.
It does if you don't glue it...
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Old 08-26-2019, 04:28 PM   #10399
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Generally deck guys / gals are "general" folks. When I had my deck quoted they also quoted me to have a new French drain line buried. The general contractors I called did the same thing. Either one should be capable.
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That looks like the pipe was cut? It doesn’t collapse like that. Especially with that shallow of a bury.
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It does if you don't glue it...
Thanks - I'll start calling around.

It looks like it shifted and the pipe got pulled apart, maybe because it wasn't glued. My theory is that after the power washing crew came in and blasted out all of the sand the bricks were packed with everything became unstable and pulled apart.

It ain't getting any better so I need to have it fixed soon.
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Old 08-26-2019, 04:38 PM   #10400
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You can save yourself a lot of money if you take it apart yourself. That part is just sweat equity. If anything just pay the pros to fix it/reassemble.
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