Hi. I wanted to find out if anyone had experience with drywells, backyard drains or other water management systems. My row house has had an ongoing drainage problem during the heaviest rains. All the rainwater can’t exit fast enough and water starts backing up into the backyard, which then causes flooding into the basement through the hatch. I’ve had the line snaked and looked at with a camera and there appears to be no cracks, roots or other obstructions that prevents the water from reaching the main street line. It seems that it just becomes overwhelmed during serious downpours by the roof water and backyard water meeting up with all the water in the main line on the street. One of the plumbers that came to snake it suggested putting in a drywell, which would divert some of the water from the roof and backyard, allowing it to slowly leak into the surrounding ground. I’ve also had a waterproofing company suggest a version of a french drain. I would love to hear other experiences as well as recommendations for companies that might do this sort of thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi. I wanted to find out if anyone had experience with drywells, backyard drains or other water management systems. My row house has had an ongoing drainage problem during the heaviest rains. All the rainwater can’t exit fast enough and water starts backing up into the backyard, which then causes flooding into the basement through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-53805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/backyard-draina-1\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Backyard Drainage Problem","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/backyard-draina-1\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/backyard-draina-1\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Garden","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"karenella"}],"creator":["karenella"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-02-23T11:45:55Z","datePublished":"2011-02-23T11:45:55Z","dateModified":"2011-02-23T11:51:49Z"},"rendered":"