standing water in sideyard/drainage problem

FWtwin · Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Fort Worth

Help! The north side of my house has a narrow, constantly shaded side yard. The yard gently slopes away from the garage and almost constantly has about an inch of standing water on it. I have heard varying advice on building up the soil, adding drains, etc and know there is no water leak on my property (other than the neighbor's sprinkler system running down their slope in my direction). In three years my attempts have failed so I am now ready to resort to a professional consult. Does anyone know a landscaper that will help me fix this drainage problem quickly and at a good rate?
Thanks to anyone who can help!

Nadine · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 1170 Location: Carrollton,TEXAS

I checked with NARI Dallas to see if they could refer anyone. They sent me a list of Dallas area landscapers.
Here is a partial list:
(I have excluded Plano, Wylie, and Garland)

Mike Dickerson
Landscape Concepts
4823 Dozier Road
Carrollton, TX 75010
972-939-1492
landscapeconcepts@email.msn.com

Richard Amoedo
Stonebriar Landscape Services
14004 Stemmons Frwy.
Dallas, TX 75234
972-306-4462
www.bestlandscapes.com
bestland@swbell.net

Andrew Haynes
Metroplex Garden Design Landscaping
2607 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
214-350-0831
www.gardendesignlandscaping.com
akhaynes1@aol.com

Larry Brinkley
BLT Landscape Services
2143 Joe Field Rd., #100
Dallas, TX 75229
214-351-2196
www.bltlandscapeservices.com
bltlandscapeservices@airmail.net

Chris Strempek
Complete Landsculpture
2171 Shorecrest Dr.
Dallas, TX 75235
214-358-5296
www.completelandsculpture.com
chriss@completelandsculpture.com

I see you live in Fort Worth, so you might try the NARI in Fort Worth. They may not have any listed on the site, so use the contact option to ask them who they could refer.
http://www.narifw.org/

Also, check out the post by kmao in this same forum.

Dchall_San_Antonio · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 2002 Location: San Antonio,TEXAS

I think the best solution is to fix the basic drainage. If you have standing water, you need to let it out to the lowest spot. If you call a finish grading contractor, he can help you. He will bring a back hoe in and drag the hoe lengthwise along your property line to the low spot allowing the water to drain out. Then you can relandscape in there.

In the mean time, you have a real problem with dying organic matter under the water. It might be smelly from anerobic bacteria when it gets dug up.

Or any of the contractors that were mentioned above should be able to do the same thing.