Am I asking for water trouble? French Drain project

Finally taking on headache caused by poor drainage in our house. Snow melts and hard rain days make it impossible to walk on our pathway to house in NE US. I feel bad for delivery folks navigating the Nile river in our house. Ordered the mini excavator and flying in brother to help me tackle the water problem we have in our front yard. Two down spouts converge and pool the water 2 inches in low grade—from pathway settling? I think separate two French drains running 45 feet away from house towards city drainage well area makes sense to me. Thinking combo solid PVC next to house and then to perforated beyond five feet—crushed stone next to house and then washed stone. I ordered 8 tons for washed stone. Cause I’m also going to get the other four down spouts. Is French drain needed on others where there’s no pooling of water? I’m determined to finish this out in one week. Feeling overwhelmed but good to know solution is here. Don’t know is I’m going in right direction. What do you all think? submitted by /u/epadla [link] [comments]

Mar 26, 2025 - 07:22

Finally taking on headache caused by poor drainage in our house. Snow melts and hard rain days make it impossible to walk on our pathway to house in NE US. I feel bad for delivery folks navigating the Nile river in our house. Ordered the mini excavator and flying in brother to help me tackle the water problem we have in our front yard. Two down spouts converge and pool the water 2 inches in low grade—from pathway settling? I think separate two French drains running 45 feet away from house towards city drainage well area makes sense to me. Thinking combo solid PVC next to house and then to perforated beyond five feet—crushed stone next to house and then washed stone. I ordered 8 tons for washed stone. Cause I’m also going to get the other four down spouts. Is French drain needed on others where there’s no pooling of water? I’m determined to finish this out in one week. Feeling overwhelmed but good to know solution is here. Don’t know is I’m going in right direction. What do you all think?

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