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Ditch Witches...GITT
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Ditch Witches...GITT

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May 13, 2024, 9:00 PM
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We had a driveway extension put in, and I need to backfill around the new slab. The trough around the back side is actually a high erosion area due to the slop of the backyard heading out that way. There's also a downspout off camera to the left, so my thought was to try to use the trench as a drainage path. And, hard to see, but the ground is about level with the slab's height, so this would fill in nicely with gravel if that's the route I take. But the question is if I fill this in with pea gravel, will the water still eventually erode under the pad?

It's not very big across; probably about 4" and even less in some spots where the fence posts are. So not enough to dig out a drainage ditch for an actual drain system.

Thots?
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drunk at the putt putt.


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May 13, 2024, 9:03 PM
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drunk at the putt putt.


I've got 99 problems but a ditch ain't one.***

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May 13, 2024, 9:25 PM
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Too Short would say

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May 13, 2024, 11:36 PM
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DEYOTCH!

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Do Ditchss

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May 14, 2024, 7:10 AM
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May 14, 2024, 7:54 AM
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Put edging in to protect under the slab, something simple like the hammer in panels. You can drive them down to even or just below the surface of the driveway to be almost invisible and not a trip hazard

Put big gravel under pea gravel or one big frog strangler and you’ll lose all your rocks (trust me this is a life lesson)

https://www.gardeners.com/buy/pound-in-edging/8609519.html

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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
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Excellent. Thank you.

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May 14, 2024, 7:56 AM
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And not least of all because "pound-in edging" has me at full treadstone.

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drunk at the putt putt.


I am a proponent of slope and swells with natural vegetation including grass

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May 14, 2024, 8:57 AM
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They seem to be better long term solutions both residential and commercial. Over land flow is easier to monitor and maintain.

Given your picture, your house’s foundation will be undermined and the structure will collapse in 48 to 60 months. So sell now!

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get one of those downspout extensions to get it to the other side of the slab***

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May 14, 2024, 8:58 AM
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I like your funny words magic man


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