You need gutters on the roof with drains to carry the water to lower ground.
If there is a path to lower ground and you don't mind an open ditch that would be easiest. Maybe a more gentle "swale" you could plant grass in so it isn't so ugly as an open dirt ditch. Allan On Sun, Jul 11, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > You think that would be better than just cutting a drainage ditch to let it > drain? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 11, 2021, at 9:05 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > 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
