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<blockquote data-quote="TwoForFlinching" data-source="post: 3380393" data-attributes="member: 24500"><p>Even a big properly installed french drain will still pool and run like that, but it won't allow water to stay pooled after the rains have gone. There's still a good chance you'll lose soil and junk with them. Sister had a similar problem at her place in Tulsa. We ended up digging a few inches down in the low spots, pour concrete water ways, lining with landscape rocks and filling with 2-4" decorative rock, made a riverbed for water to flow without affecting the soils. Hasn't had a problem since. </p><p></p><p>Since this runs right through the middle of your yard, you might add soil to bring low spots up to grade, then run a riverbed type channel from where it enters your yard to anywhere you want it to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoForFlinching, post: 3380393, member: 24500"] Even a big properly installed french drain will still pool and run like that, but it won't allow water to stay pooled after the rains have gone. There's still a good chance you'll lose soil and junk with them. Sister had a similar problem at her place in Tulsa. We ended up digging a few inches down in the low spots, pour concrete water ways, lining with landscape rocks and filling with 2-4" decorative rock, made a riverbed for water to flow without affecting the soils. Hasn't had a problem since. Since this runs right through the middle of your yard, you might add soil to bring low spots up to grade, then run a riverbed type channel from where it enters your yard to anywhere you want it to go. [/QUOTE]
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