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<blockquote data-quote="Ahall" data-source="post: 3998851" data-attributes="member: 49426">Never was a fan of French drains.&nbsp; Sooner or later the soil will work into the French drain and you will be back where you started.Next time it rains, walk in the mud puddle with a tape measure and get a few depth measurements and the square feet of surface area.&nbsp; Then you can make a rough guess of how many cubic yards of fill you would need (27 cubic feet to the cubic yard). Rase vs break the dam - If you don&#039;t own the area beyond the fence, you can&#039;t reduce the height of the dam holding water in your yard, unless your neighbor approves.&nbsp; IF you do change the dam, think big broad cut.&nbsp; Not a small ditch that will fill with lawn clipping and refill itself in 3 years. If you raise the soil, how are you going to move that volume of material and do you have underground features you don&#039;t want to crush (septic laterals, or septic tank) with the machines moving the soil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahall, post: 3998851, member: 49426"] Never was a fan of French drains. Sooner or later the soil will work into the French drain and you will be back where you started. Next time it rains, walk in the mud puddle with a tape measure and get a few depth measurements and the square feet of surface area. Then you can make a rough guess of how many cubic yards of fill you would need (27 cubic feet to the cubic yard). Rase vs break the dam - If you don't own the area beyond the fence, you can't reduce the height of the dam holding water in your yard, unless your neighbor approves. IF you do change the dam, think big broad cut. Not a small ditch that will fill with lawn clipping and refill itself in 3 years. If you raise the soil, how are you going to move that volume of material and do you have underground features you don't want to crush (septic laterals, or septic tank) with the machines moving the soil. [/QUOTE]

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