Christmas Eve Eve! Let's dig a trench!

We had SO much rain over the last few days. It was possibly going to be a winter storm but the temperatures were too warm. So we got RAIN! So much rain. Given the drainage issues in my backyard, I was very worried!

Yesterday morning I checked the basement. Still dry. But the dump pump was running every 20 seconds and I could hear water in the basement... so I went to check the drain pipe. It was inundated! Covered in water, the water just wasn't clearing out.

So I cleared it! I dug out the grass around the drain and then realized it wasn't moving downward in the swale. So I trenched out the swale as well. It was a muddy task but so worth it. Temps dropped to 3 degrees overnight and the groundwater froze and expanded!

The first picture is just after I cleared a bunch of leaves from the pipe. Then me digging, then the frozen area this morning.

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