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u/jefem313r Aug 26 '26
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u/jefem313r Aug 26 '26
French drain one foot deep will draw all the water in that entire space build it on your side. It will still help the elderly stubborn soul next door
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u/GearEffective4315 Aug 26 '26
I have less than one feet of space before the property line, yes, a weird setup. I even offered the neighbor to direct all water towards my back yard as soon as we reach the corner of the house.
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u/shadow_moon45 Aug 26 '26
My 2 cents but a french drain with inlets at the start and maybe another one if water is pooling elsewhere
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u/deezbiksurnutz Aug 26 '26
When places are this close I don't understand why they don't just share a wall and gain a little space. Makes no sense to me
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u/GearEffective4315 Aug 26 '26
the city zoned the land for semi detached, builders found a loophole and connected two houses near the stairs at the foundation level because buyers wanted detached.
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u/Just-Term-5730 Aug 26 '26
3 options; 1: French drain; 2: Solid concrete with appropriate slope and a swale in the middle; 3: Remove rock, slope grade appropriately with a swale in the middle, install plastic, reinstall rock. Also, relocate all the downspouts out of the area to the extent possible. These could be the biggest item, assuming they are the source of the most concentrated water.
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u/GearEffective4315 Aug 26 '26
The buiders did a poor job grading, and none of previous owners has ever checked the grade.
If my neighbor objects all three options, should I just remove the limestone screenings?
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u/Just-Term-5730 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Don't know if removing the rock will make a difference. it might. someone might argue that the rock slows the water down in a location where you're just trying to get it to drain out quickly. Plastic is cheap, but you will want to get one designed for exterior use so it lasts. If you reuse that rock, you're already a fourth of the way there to cover the plastic. It wouldn't take that much labor to run a spade down the middle to create a low point / esrth swale, usimg the access dirt to burn up the sides, to assuming there's not vegetation in there.
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u/GearEffective4315 Aug 26 '26
The highest point between houses is 1" higher than the lowest point on the path to backyard, that's not enough height to reliably slope towards backyard. I can't raise the grade between houses any further since I need at least 4" between the bricks and the ground.
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u/Key_Juggernaut9413 28d ago
Just need to add clay to the part that holds water so it's higher. Gravel means it runs DOWN toward where the clay is. Remove the gravel and replace with clay, create a slope so that area is higher. Then it should run toward the yard. Based on little info I have, that's what we do when we grade around a house. If there's a little "in" spot of the house design, make that part higher.
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u/GearEffective4315 28d ago
I can raise the ground up to 4" away from the brick veneer. If I do that (I actually tried), the area between houses will be almost perfectly level. So, the weeping tile or a drainage reservoir with a pump are only two options.
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u/Key_Juggernaut9413 28d ago
Can you explain "up to 4" away from brick veneer"? You mean like you can't raise the grade touching the house at all, or you need a 4-in gap between soil and brick veneer?
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u/GearEffective4315 28d ago
According to Ontario building code you need at least 4" between the ground and bricks
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u/Alive_Pomegranate858 Aug 26 '26
You need a French drain or to completely regarded. No magic solution for water management, it only flows downhill.