Timeline for How can I get rid of gnarly roots in an outdoor French drain without hiring/renting a roto rooter
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 21:40 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | What is the quality of the water coming out of this "spring"? For ten years there was a "spring'" flowing out of a hillside into a creek near out house. Then the city repaired the water main under the street and the "spring" disappeared. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 17:56 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | If there is a point source or small area source, it seems one could excavate to make a small pond and have that lead to a swale overflow channel. Was a natural spring filled and covered at some point in the past? If so this might be forcing water laterally through permeable soil and saturating it. You might be able to restore a little brook fed by this spring. Where does the underground drain deliver its flow to? | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:51 | comment | added | ench | @JimStewart. I could be wrong, but surface drainage seems only effective against runoff and rain, it won't help a spring or somewhere else where the water is saturating the ground. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:41 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | What about abandoning the French drains and going to surface drainage? I see some people in my area of Dallas installing underground drains when I think that the excess water could be managed by modifying the ground surface. This could even be made into an interesting feature lined with gravel, cobbles, and boulders. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:37 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | Naturally one thinks about root killer, but then the water with the excess root killer will flow somewhere else. There are environmental regulations that must be respected. What are the plants whose roots are growing into the drain? | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:04 | history | answered | Scott Ramboz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |