Drainage part III

I think it's over, finally have conquered the dry well. Early this spring, I went and dug a hole almost 6 feet deep, and about 3 feet in diameter. For me, to dig by hand, it was a very large hole. Took the weekend to complete.

I didn't count the couple of hours it took me at Menards to piece together things. Oh sure sure, everything looks like it will fit together nicely when you first start picking stuff up. I'm here to tell you it's a myth! I must have blown close to 2 hours trying to get pieces that fit together.

I ended up buying a device, it's circular, with a top and a bottom. It has holes on the sides and bottom for drainage. You stick that sucker down the hole, along with about 1,500 pounds of river rock and you got yourself a dry well.

I ran into a little problem, being spring, there was some moisture in the soil. After removing a decent sized rock, I found that the yard was draining into my hole. Battling soil is one thing, battling water and soil is not easy. Came out the next day to find the hole filled with water.

Now everything is done and I can rest easy that my sump pump has some where to push that extra water that collects around the house.