I was talking the neighbor the other day and he said he didn’t understand why they didn’t build the pond in that area behind the shop where all the water runs too instead of at the opposite end of the property. I should look into building another one. I wonder how much that costs.
The levees themselves are fine. It’s just the water that runs off the roof of the shop collects between the shop and the levee and gets up to the level of the concrete pad then starts coming in. I went back out last night and the water is all run out for the most part. Will air it out today. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Hope you get that figured out, sounds pretty miserable. Are you allowed to > dig out a big pond / drainage area? I'd think about that, create a nice > big pond, and then all that dirt that is dug out can be used to build up > your levees and such to keep water out of the shop. May need to use some > ancient Egyptian technology to get your elevations correct. > > Not a solution to flooding, but have you thought about pouring a concrete > floor in the shop? > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > >> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 7:31 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Went out to the shop just now and it’s got an inch or 2 of water in it. On >> the back side of the shop there is an overhead door that I never use. In >> the pasture behind that the water from the back average drains in that area >> toward the road. There is some dirt work done next to the shop, basically >> they built a small levee behind the barn and shop to direct water toward >> the road instead of in the shop. The problem is there is a space about 5 >> feet wide between the backside of this and the shop that water will pond >> and if it gets up to the door will come in. I have not seen it this bad >> before but I have been meaning to see if I can get an angle blade for the >> tractor and cut a ditch at the end of the shop to let this water drain out >> toward the road instead of getting deep enough to get into the shop. The >> closed overhead door on the opposite wall was holding water in so I cracked >> it open to allow it just flow out the other side. I need to solve this >> problem ASAP so this does not continue to happen. Water also runs thru the >> barn which I would like to stop. It also has this levee behind and to the >> high side of the barn but still gets water thru it. I think it’s runoff >> from the roof. For that I’m probably going to need to haul in some dirt to >> build up the level of the dirt floor inside the shop so water does not come >> in. After it does, it’s literally a mud pit in there. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
