Get a roll of drain tubing and rent a Ditch Witch for a day. Run a drain tile from that area out to the road or to the pond.
-D > On Jul 11, 2021, at 10:02 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
