I have clay and it has never been in the form of a powder! It's more like what you would make a pot out of. How would you even make a powder out of clay??
Why not put the crate in upside down then you won't need any gravel at all. The fabric on top and sides keep the dirt out just the same as if there were gravel inside. And the mesh pattern of the crate supports the fabric as well. YOu might want to put a small amount of gravel on the bottom to keep the crate elevated above the dirt.
Why not an overflow valve at the bottom? I would think it'd make it easier to clean in addition to lowering the water level putting one at the bottom. I don't have one, nor know anyone but the recent drought here in SW Virginia has me thinking about getting one. I walked around the house looking at downspout locations just yesterday.
Nice description of a problem that is very easy to fix. All designs are tradeoffs of something, and many features come with unexpected side effects. Good design does not stop with deployment. Continuous improvement is the way to get a better set of problems over time. The immediate solution here is just to install an overflow of some sort and route the excess elsewhere. It's not rocket science.
What about a 4" hole at the bottom where you pass the overflow through (sealed with some type of flange and epoxy or your sealant of choice) then elbow it 90° up and run the pipe vertically to about an inch or two below the lid. Then when the water gets that high it will just drain out through the overflow inside the barrel. This all hinges of course on how well you're able to seal the hole where the pipe goes through the wall of the barrel. If you mess up, you ruin your rain barrel.
I made sure my 75 gallon barrels had an outlet barb for an overflow discharge. Some I daisy chained and others I put a hose on it to drain away with some feeding my gravity irrigation tubing into the gardens.
I don't understand the double well point, it just puts more holes above the bottom of the well, if the water level gets low it will start sucking air sooner, and the pump can only handle so much water that one well point should be able to supply.
Where is the water coming from? Isn't the first step to ID the source and get it away from the house? Getting the water out of the basement is fine, but it's still filling the wall and coming inside. I'd start with the gutters and downspouts and where water is going.
It is likely from rainwater. People fail to realize how far down water can travel into the soil, especially during a hard rain. All of this water will take the path of least resistance. If it can go through a foundation wall to relieve pressure, that's where it's going. In my case, it rains so hard here in Pennsylvania water has actually gone under my foundation, broken through my basement slab, and when it rains hard enough, rainwater will come up through the cracks the water pressure has formed over the years. Gutter systems can only divert so much water away from the house, what if it is windy when it rains, what if it is a hard enough rain where simply all of the soil around your house is saturated? You cannot rely on gutter systems alone. Many houses have water management systems in their basement, they just tend to fail over the years.
@@admcstabby While water can travel thru topsoils and mulches quickly, it has to get thru grass and especially its roots first. Here in NJ, we have dense clay soil just under grass roots which slows down water flow. Roof water must be diverted away from the structure and to a place that it can't travel back. Same with water coming off driveways and from large, steep hills. Dense soils should be used and graded away from structures and grass grown as close as possible to the structure. When done properly, it shouldn't matter how hard it rains. The correct sized clean gutters & downspouts and properly channeling water away above ground or in solid pipes are the first steps that must be done and solves well over 90% of all residential drainage problems. Skipping these first steps makes no sense and mean more expenses. Keep the water out of your house, it's damaging your house as it comes in. Windy rains are worries for windows and doors, not drainage. Water coming up thru the floor indicates a high water table. The steps above may help and should also be taken first.
you had good fabric and a sturdy crate, wouldn't it be better to had fabric in first then but crate upside down in hole without the pebbles and throw everything on top? this way you have more room for water and the crate and fabric keeps most of the dirt out of void ...
That culvert pipe looks big like a mini well, im at lowes and there is now pipenlike this unless I cut a 4 inch corrugated, what i see in the video looks wider
It's online high price for these not the size, height is see here, however at lowes is Charlotte pipe 6 inch wide 2 ft..just 15 bucks but I'll have to drill holes perforated
