Dredly OP t1_j7dfdff wrote on February 5, 2023 at 11:46 PM

Reply to comment by Successful-Land8681 in What is the appropriate French Drain depth in PA ? by Dredly

I was worried about the water freezing in the pipe causing it to freeze / expand / crack but I may be over thinking that problem.

It is all run off down the mountain, as well as water from my gutter discharge. I'm at the bottom of approx a 1mile long slope however there are multiple areas that are flat-ish along the way so I'm not getting the entire hills worth of water in my yard / across my driveway and patio.

I can put a Swale in, but in order get the water to go with the slope, and clear my driveway and outbuilding, It would have to be 50+ yards up away from my house, and wouldn't catch all the water

Successful-Land8681 t1_j7e2sxf wrote on February 6, 2023 at 2:48 AM

You could did a couple dry wells (stone pits below ground wrapped in geotextile). You can run your gutters to them and then give them a drain pipe further away if you want.

French drain will work too if you have somewhere to discharge it.

Either way I think you are going down the correct path.

Dredly OP t1_j7ec8kv wrote on February 6, 2023 at 4:06 AM

My ultimate 2 problems are 1. my backyard and side yard just basically is unusable for a day or 2 after rain because of the water and 2. massive runoff is eroding the edges of my driveway, causing it to crack and I REALLY don't want to replace it if I can avoid it...

only thing I can think of is to divert the water around the 2 problem areas... but I can't go the "easy" path as its fully blocked by my driveway (it has a "T" section that goes to a separate garage, so its not as simple as just run a drain along it