Cliff, What you are recommending is essentially a french drain. The issue is that I would have to dig a trench as deep as the bottom of the slab along the property until I got to a point where it was lower than the bottom of the pit. Well, that would mean I would have to dig a trench about 30 inches deep through my yard, my neighbors yard, to the hill side on the other side of her property. Granted, not a very long distance, about 40 feet. But that seems like a lot of digging. How portable are ditch witches?
Unfortunately, my ditch witch is pregnant and can't be digging that much. She once dug a 75 foot long french drain at her sister's house. I am surprised how much digging I've managed in two evenings after work. The pit is currently nominally 54 inches wide, 62 inches long, and 20 inches deep. I need to go another 10 inches deep. Another night or two. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
