Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
I had terrible water problems in our basement until I reworked the gutter on the back of our house. It needs more tuning but has helped greatly. We used to have water in the basement every single time it rained, now we only get intrusions during the worst storms. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 4:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: 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 > > 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 > >> 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 > 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
An open ditch or swale is fine, it’s just pasture anyway. I first need to clean the area out as it has become the scrap pile for things needing to go to the scrap yard or dump Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2021, at 3:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > 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 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 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 >> 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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 > > 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 > >> 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 > 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
It would be, only they would be “Okie drains”. -D > On Jul 11, 2021, at 1:53 PM, greg via Mercedes wrote: > > My house in the PNW has "French Drains" which prevent my garage from > flooding. What you are describing sounds like basically the same thing. > > > >> Yeah dig a trench around the perimeter of the building, put in some >> gravel then a drain pipe with gravel over, then connect it to a drain >> going out to your retention pond or ditch or whatever. Kind of a >> reverse septic field. You want to get the water from around the >> building. >> >> --FT >> > > > > ___ > 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
We had big rains some years ago and Angie asked if I was worried about flooding. I explained that if we flooded Boston would be 900 feet under water... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 12:03 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: My house is on high ground. After dealing with 4' of water in my basement in Chicago, I will never buy on low ground again. Somehow the furnace was OK but I had to replace water heater, washer, and dryer and throw out a lot of stuff that was stored down there. Allan On Sat, Jul 10, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
My house in the PNW has "French Drains" which prevent my garage from flooding. What you are describing sounds like basically the same thing. > Yeah dig a trench around the perimeter of the building, put in some > gravel then a drain pipe with gravel over, then connect it to a drain > going out to your retention pond or ditch or whatever. Kind of a > reverse septic field. You want to get the water from around the > building. > > --FT > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
Yeah dig a trench around the perimeter of the building, put in some gravel then a drain pipe with gravel over, then connect it to a drain going out to your retention pond or ditch or whatever. Kind of a reverse septic field. You want to get the water from around the building. --FT On 7/11/21 11:27 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: Probably, and then you wouldn’t have an open ditch to deal with. -D On 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 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 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 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 ___ 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 -- --FT ___ ht
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
Probably, and then you wouldn’t have an open ditch to deal with. -D > On 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 >> 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 >>> 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 > 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 >> > > > ___ > 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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 > 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 >> 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 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 > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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 > 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 >> 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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 > 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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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
Re: [MBZ] Okie shop flooded
My house is on high ground. After dealing with 4' of water in my basement in Chicago, I will never buy on low ground again. Somehow the furnace was OK but I had to replace water heater, washer, and dryer and throw out a lot of stuff that was stored down there. Allan On Sat, Jul 10, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 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
[MBZ] Okie shop flooded
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