OT: Drainage Systems Monmouth County

[RUBlackout]

Does anyone know of a reputable company that can install a drainage system to move water away from my house after it comes out of one of the gutters by my Garage? I have been looking this up online and cannot really find much at all and figure this is the best source for info.

I am looking for some that would potentially be underground and move all of the water to the street

Thanks

 

[RU4Real]

You would first have to check local codes to see if that's even allowed. Assuming it is, any general contractor should be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[wheezer]

I have had two projects done at my house over the years.

a regular plumbing company removed and put in a new underground pvc pipe that ran from my leaders on the house to the street.....I had gotten competitive bids from several plumbing companies so it seems that most would do that kind of work....then again this was a replacement as opposed to something new.

in my back yard I had a handyman/landscaper put in a catch basin in an area where rain water pooled and ran underground pvc to an further away area where he put a small well......this might work but I would caution that if a lot of water is involved you might need a large well....in my case
it was undersized so I will have someone back in the spring to relocate the well a bit further away and increase the size of the well if possible.

I think a sprinkler company or a landscaper can do this sort of thing

so basically I think you can go with a plumber or landscaper or a company that installs water sprinklers..for what you need....you could enquire in your area for a good one in your area that does this sort of thing.












This post was edited on 3/5 8:35 AM by wheezer

 

[Knight Shift]

Wheezer is correct. Landscaping company should be fine. Check your local code first. In one town where we own a house, we used to be able to divert our gutter runoff to the the street, but not any more.

Try Burke Environmental. Owner is a Rutgers grad, worked at Rutgers Emergency Services for many years while a student and after graduating. 732-223-8100. If you cannot divert tot he street, you can divert to a drywell in the yard.

If your issues relate to flooding in your basement, you can try a basement water proofing company.

 

[RUskoolie]

My Dad was a landscape contractor and used to do drainage systems all the time. Go with a landscape contractor, not a plumber. They would need to subcontract out the work to dig the trench. A landscape contract wouldn't.

 

[wheezer]

Originally posted by RUskoolie:
My Dad was a landscape contractor and used to do drainage systems all the time. Go with a landscape contractor, not a plumber. They would need to subcontract out the work to dig the trench. A landscape contract wouldn't.

it probably depends on the plumbing company...for the pvc to the street ,I went with a large local company and they did
all the work themselves.....In fact they had to break up two concrete slabs and they repaired that
also

 

[R1766U]

Wheeler-- if you don't mind about how much did the catch basin cost?? I def need one in the one back corner of my yard but was thinking about doing it myself. Are we talking $500? $1,000? You don't have to be exact, just a round about idea would be appreciated.

The guy behind my house raised his lawn about a foot right as my current house was put up for sale. When we moved in, the job was finished and then water began puddling in the back corner of my years. Supposedly he did it withouth the permission/permits needed according to my neighbors on both sides of me, but what else can I really do? Call the town and piss him off? They probably wouldn't even do anything.


This post was edited on 3/5 10:31 AM by R1766U

 

[Knight Shift]

Originally posted by R1766U:
Wheeler-- if you don't mind about how much did the catch basin cost?? I def need one in the one back corner of my yard but was thinking about doing it myself. Are we talking $500? $1,000? You don't have to be exact, just a round about idea would be appreciated.

The guy behind my house raised his lawn about a foot right as my current house was put up for sale. When we moved in, the job was finished and then water began puddling in the back corner of my years. Supposedly he did it withouth the permission/permits needed according to my neighbors on both sides of me, but what else can I really do? Call the town and piss him off? They probably wouldn't even do anything.


This post was edited on 3/5 10:31 AM by R1766U

You can do your own dry well inexpensively. I don't have an estimate, but if you follow the link method, you are talking probably under $75 in material. If you are not opposed to doing so, you could hire day laborers to do the digging to save yourself the hard work. If you are going to dig, always call that utility number, because breaking a gas line is not a good thing to do.



How to Build a dry well

 

[StyleKnight]

Originally posted by R1766U:
Wheeler-- if you don't mind about how much did the catch basin cost?? I def need one in the one back corner of my yard but was thinking about doing it myself. Are we talking $500? $1,000? You don't have to be exact, just a round about idea would be appreciated. The guy behind my house raised his lawn about a foot right as my current house was put up for sale. When we moved in, the job was finished and then water began puddling in the back corner of my years. Supposedly he did it withouth the permission/permits needed according to my neighbors on both sides of me, but what else can I really do? Call the town and piss him off? They probably wouldn't even do anything.

This post was edited on 3/5 10:31 AM by R1766U

Call the township. Why would you worry about pissing someone off who obviously doesn't care about your concerns. He knew he was pushing water onto your property and doesn't care.

 

[StyleKnight]

You would have to do a dry well. A landscape company would be the cheapest. I would buy the materials myself and pay the landscaper for his time/labor. Piping the water onto the street would be a violation. I'm sure you see people that do it all the time but it is illegal. My neighbor pumps his basement sump pump onto the street, it created a ton of ice in the gutter this winter, I slipped and busted my ass, luckily I'm a young guy and my hip was only bruised. Imagine if an old lady slipped on the ice that you caused they would sue you for everything you have. Every time I see my neighbor I want to punch him in his face.

 

[wheezer]

Originally posted by Knight Shift:

Originally posted by R1766U:
Wheeler-- if you don't mind about how much did the catch basin cost?? I def need one in the one back corner of my yard but was thinking about doing it myself. Are we talking $500? $1,000? You don't have to be exact, just a round about idea would be appreciated.

The guy behind my house raised his lawn about a foot right as my current house was put up for sale. When we moved in, the job was finished and then water began puddling in the back corner of my years. Supposedly he did it withouth the permission/permits needed according to my neighbors on both sides of me, but what else can I really do? Call the town and piss him off? They probably wouldn't even do anything.



This post was edited on 3/5 10:31 AM by R1766U

You can do your own dry well inexpensively. I don't have an estimate, but if you follow the link method, you are talking probably under $75 in material. If you are not opposed to doing so, you could hire day laborers to do the digging to save yourself the hard work. If you are going to dig, always call that utility number, because breaking a gas line is not a good thing to do.

it should be cheap for all the parts, less than $100 I would guess.....the landscaper who did mine did a few other minor things for me at the same time for about $200 total, I did not get a breakdown of costs

 

[Knight Shift]

$200 sounds about right for a small dry well. When mine was done by the landscaper, I remember we had a pretty large well-seemed about 5 feet deep by 3-4 feet wide, but we had several downspouts going into it.

 

[R1766U]

Awesome thanks

 

[BigLou]

Some comments, from someone who has had a lot of drainage work done at my home

1) Is there a storm sewer on your side of the street? If so, you may be able to have a drain run which empties directly into the storm sewer. It costs more but the problem is solved forever.
2) A good landscaper can handle such an issue. Someone suggested buying the material and having the landscaper supply the labor. To me that's a real cheapskate way to handle it and a good landscaper with plenty of his own work may not be interested in such an arrangement. He's in business to make money. That said, get a fixed price quote.
3) If its a more complicated issue, get a contractor whio had done a lot of drainage. I had such a case and used my landscaper to do part of the work but a drainage specialist to do the complicated part. Cost more but problem was solved.
4) To the person with the water problem caused by the neighbor - call (or better write) the town's engineering department and have them look at it. This could be a violation that needs to be cured, You are not allowed to redirect water away from its natural course onto someone else's property. This may or may not be the case here. I had a neighbor who had a drain pipe (from her gutters and a French drain in the yard) that emptied onto my property. I asked her to correct it (with a drywell) and she took no action. The day I saw a for sale sign on her yard I contacted the town who told her she had to fix it and how to fix it.

 

[knightfan7]

Just a thought. Are you in a coastal flood zone? If so, the don't let you do squat without jumping thru all levels of hoops..

 

[RUBlackout]

Im not in a flood zone at all. I just have a lot of water buildup because of poor drainage from my gutters basically