i have a bank that had to be cut when i built my house.......there is 2 springs that have started running out about 2/3 the way up the bank.........what would be the best way to get the springs to dry up or divert them?
Yair . . . ghitch75 Oh boy! I wish I had that problem. Can you construct a small concrete basin and lay some Sewer Waste and Vent PVC pipe to drain it to a problem free area? Cheers.
Scrub Puller thanks for responding..... i'm wanting to make it like a yard on the bank.....needs to dry up so i can get grass to grow.....it's a lot of sandstone and red clay....
French drain would be my guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain Hope this helps!
i thought of that Buckethead.......i don't think i could get my backhoe on the bank without turning it over.....
How about a water system , connect the springs to a box , and pump to sprinkler system. Sam
Make yourself some perforated steel pipe, than drive it horizontally into the bank in the direction you think the flow is coming from. You can than hook onto that pipe and run it wherever you'd like.
How steep is the slope and how much soil is over the sand stone ? We have a lot of sandstone in my area. If the soil is thin I don't think you are dealing with springs. Sandstone that I have worked with is soft to quite hard (grey in color) but not porous. The source of that much water is likely coming down the slope on top of the sandstone. A couple of photos would help.
the soil is mixed with sandstone.......this is pretty soft rock......here are a few pic's....where the pipes are is where the spring are coming out......
Pictures can be deceptive.... But that doesn't look anywhere near too steep to put the old backhoe on to me. My vote would be french drain traversing the bank.
little steeper than it looks......20" drop in 4'...
Get on top. Dig a lateral trench along the top down a foot or two deeper than the elevation at the bottom. Lay an inch or two of 1" minus washed rock, then 4" perforated SDR 35 sewer pipe from end to end. Cover the downslope side of the trench from top to bottom with heavy plastic. Fill the trench up to within a foot of the top with rock. The end of the PVC can be hooked up to drain tile and then ran to wherever you can gravity it out. Problem solved.
I'm with shimmy on this one. Basically your making a cutoff wall before it comes out of the slope.
We would probably run 6" perforated tile up the center of the ditch . Then tie in the spring & gutter down spouts with 4" .
i like the idea......but how am i going to get the backhoe on the slope without falling over?
OK, sorry, didn't know it was that steep.
td25c's method is perfect. Like any steep slope you would want to sit on-- bench it.
Rent a mini excavator for a weekend, you can use the blade to help level the machine, and you don't need a big machine to do that job and knock it out.
If you want to stay off the slope work with yore 580c from top and bottom side . I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to get on the slope with it being as wet as it is now .
Also pay close attention to the tile when you pick it up . We have the same type of ground . I like tile with the wider elongated openings for water to enter .
thanks for the advice!!!.....the mini sounds like the way to go.......as been said would take a day to do......i'll look at renting one.... thanks again....