Sharing pics of my mess - June 17th, 2005 at 07:08 AM
When we moved into this house, we noticed a drainage outlet coming into the property behind us (which happens to be our neices house) from the alleyway. It was for rainwater collected from the alley and it would drain into her yard and then run diagonally to our property out a sewage 'hole' that's in our yard.
You can see the drainage hole here - where the white rocks are along the fenceline, between fenceposts 4 & 5 counting left to right.
The 'incoming' water is behind me to my left, as I stand taking this picture, here:
You can see it's got a looong way to travel, and in process, has been steadily washing out the land (which is why that retaining wall was put up (right, first picture), I assume.
Well, after a talk with our mayor (yes, small town here!) they've agreed to put in a drain pipe from the incoming to the sewer, underground. They started digging one day last week, and haven't been back since This is the mess that is our outer yard right now:
I say 'outer' because thankfully, from the retaining wall to the street is where our house, shed and flowers are. I've been focusing on 'up here' for now, since there's so much yard to deal with as it is. Next year (assuming they FINISH by then) I'll start working on the 'outer' yard.
Anyway, just been kinda blue about the mess they're making when I've been trying SO hard to make this place look presentable and knew you all would understand.
Thanks for listening to me whine!
Mary
You can see the drainage hole here - where the white rocks are along the fenceline, between fenceposts 4 & 5 counting left to right.
The 'incoming' water is behind me to my left, as I stand taking this picture, here:
You can see it's got a looong way to travel, and in process, has been steadily washing out the land (which is why that retaining wall was put up (right, first picture), I assume.
Well, after a talk with our mayor (yes, small town here!) they've agreed to put in a drain pipe from the incoming to the sewer, underground. They started digging one day last week, and haven't been back since This is the mess that is our outer yard right now:
I say 'outer' because thankfully, from the retaining wall to the street is where our house, shed and flowers are. I've been focusing on 'up here' for now, since there's so much yard to deal with as it is. Next year (assuming they FINISH by then) I'll start working on the 'outer' yard.
Anyway, just been kinda blue about the mess they're making when I've been trying SO hard to make this place look presentable and knew you all would understand.
Thanks for listening to me whine!
Mary