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A gravel walkway is a nice touch to your lawn, but maintenance is key, especially when on a slope. Fortunately, there's one ...
Q: A well-respected and competent contractor who has done excellent work for us in the past is giving us a bid to install a French drain and surface drain in our sloped backyard in San Mateo. For ...
Whether your yard has a slight slope, or a significant hill, it could be worth researching the safety of paver installations ...
Negative slope of the soil around the perimeter of new homes causes a majority of basement drainage problems. That’s when soil tilts toward a basement wall instead of away from it.
The paver was equipped with dual averaging skis and six Trimble ST200 sonic tracers (three on each side) to match asphalt slope requirements to the drain grates, and the averaging system input ...
If you have a soggy yard, an eroding slope or a wet basement due to surface runoff, a French drain may be a viable solution. Install one as protection above an eroded area, to intercept runoff ...
A lack of fairway slope, soils that drain slowly, and pond levels that are only 6 inches below the playing surface created significant drainage issues on the fourth fairway at Idle Hour Country Club.
Cultivate the area of the collar or approach that is impeding surface drainage with 5/8-inch hollow tines. Remove the cores and water as much as necessary to soften the soil. Use a heavy (up to 1-ton) ...
ISU Extension will cover the planning, design and installation of drainage water quality improvement practices at the Conservation Drainage School.
COLUMBIA — Drivers on Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County are in danger of hydroplaning because the state’s highway agency did not specify a drainage slope when an 11-mile stretch of the ...