Re: Re: Re: Trench

Posted by Craig on March 23, 2004 at 19:00:20 from (24.159.60.36):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Trench posted by Scott Bishop on March 22, 2004 at 19:06:28:

I did this at my house to help dry up the basement. I ended up using the black corrugated pipe wrapped with a sock like material. I ran one from each downspout about 20' solid to get away from the house, then 25' perforated for drainage. I ended up going 3.5' deep to the top of the pipe (so I could drive the tractor over it) and surrounded it with about 3" of gravel.
I also dug a 1' diameter drywell about 4-5' deep at the end and filled it with the rocks I unearthed punching the trench. I highly recommend doing this, you can use a 3pt auger maybe.
I looked at a middle buster but those available at TSC wont get very deep. I ended up using an old sub-soiler to break up the first 12" or so and dug the rest with a mattock and shovel.
All this in thick TN red clay. It's hard, hard work.
Unless you are low on funds and young/stupid like myself I would consider hiring/renting a backhoe and save your back.
Go plenty deep so you dont have to mess with it again for a long time. It's been 3 years and my gutters havent backed up yet. I think the sock and gravel are an absolute necessity to keep out silt. If I had it to do over again I would line the trench with geo-textile before putting in the gravel and pipe.
On the plus side, all the digging I did by drop light after work seems to have made an impression on the neighbors as they keep their distance now and stay off my land.

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