Depression at least six inches deep going around corner of house-in-back

[Sunshine]

Thank you PUSHKINS for your patience in addressing my concerns.

Since you mentioned the "leaf guard" problem first - let me address that. Once I have the problem at the base of the house resolved I intend to check further into that matter. I will probably place a call to the company that had installed it - should they still be in business. If not - I will contact a local gutter installer (or whatever they are called). Meanwhile, the next time we receive a heavy rain during the daytime - I will go out to see if I can take a photo of the water running down from the gutter along the back of the house.

Next, I honestly did not realize that your caution about NOT putting any dirt/soil/fill over the top of any siding would have included any alternative type of protection. O.K. I can change that.

Next, about the "spoon drain" - I honestly thought that is what I was planning on doing. In fact, this past Monday, July 24th, I had placed several "Help Wanted" postings at various local areas. The posting showed the following photo -

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Well, I did try to place a photo here - either there will be nothing or there will be three - who knows.


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No matter, it was a photo taken from the back -showing the area of concern. The posting read: Help Wanted - I need someone to "install" a portion of Lexan on the wall (of the house) and then to build such as a "spoon drain" covering the area directly behind the house and to the left of the area (in the photo) to lead water away."

My thoughts had been that with the Lexan in place a slight bit of dirt could be butted up against the Lexan and to guide the drain toward the left (of that photo) by actually digging what I might refer to as a trench - so that the water travels down the hill away from the house. (In the earlier photo - that trench would be to the right of the photo.) O.K. - so the Lexan is ruled out.

So, as you can see in this new photo - if it is included - the dirt is already up against the lower portion of the house. If the new photo is included - you would see there is a pipe leading from the house leading to the septic tank.
My thoughts - the area to the right of that pipe should be leveled completely - then any activity relating to the spoon drain or trench would have to start to the left of that pipe.

I had found that the 6 mil plastic/vinyl is available in 10' x 25' rolls. My thoughts had been that once that trench or whatever is dug - so that it tapers to a lower level - to place the 6 mil plastic/vinyl over the area dug - placing a healthy amount of stone on top of the plastic/vinyl -then the top soil and finally transplanting the moss.

Or would it be better to prepare the incline - then put a layer to top soil in place - tapped down and then the moss placed on top?

Again, I do appreciate your guidance in this matter - too bad you don't live closer.



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[pushkins]

You only need look at your local highway to see a spoon drain in use, At the center medium strip both roads drain into the center (for the most) at this point they grade a channel to guide the water to the nearest drain and away from the highway.

A simple drain would be 12" wide and 6" deep with curved sides (like a lazy U shape) let the grass regrow over this area and just mow like normal if needed with the rest of the lawn. It's a simple yet very effective way to re route water around a problem and give it an easy option around your house.

This I feel from what you have been posting will solve 99 % of your problems, then all you will need tackle is the gutter situation.