[RayFinkle]

Hi friends,

So... I bought my house not too long ago, certainly before I even imagined I'd care so much about the way my lawn looks.

The in-ground pool in the backyard is higher in some areas than the dirt/grass. Well...it's rained in South Florida for the last month and it caused my patio pavers to wash away. I've since built a retaining wall, but had another idea in mind and wanted to run it by the experts (you) or professional amateurs (also you).

Picture attached to show the level difference between the patio and the ground below.



I'd like to raise the level of the soil and grass to be even with the patio. The problem is (or maybe isn't) is that if I built up the soil level to meet with my patio, the soil and grass would be partway onto my wooden fence.

In theory I suppose I could build another retaining wall in front of the fence with plastic on the back to prevent decomposition of the wood.

What are your thoughts on how to even this out?

 

[viva_oldtrafford]

Grade it in a way that the patio/lawn are level, but the fence remains intact.

Option 2, bring it level, run it all the way to the fence, take a sawzall and remove the bottom few inches of the fence so that it sits flush with the new grade - this was just a quick idea and may not be practical!

 

[TigerinFL]

can you add a bed there with maybe some rock and stair step or slope it down to where the grass meets it? might add a border where the rock meets the grass to keep the grass from creeping in the bed. the one issue I might think is if the grass met the pavers, its going to be a pain when you weed eat to keep the clippings from flying towards the pool.

bummer about the pavers being washed away.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

If it were me, I'd add more soil in to bring it up to the base of the paver grade, and then install a channel drain to carry any water shed by the patio/pavers away from the edges of the pool and the patio. Good thing about it is that you can incorporate the addition to carry all the excess water from your property so you wouldn't have other problems down the road.

 

[RayFinkle]

If it were me, I'd add more soil in to bring it up to the base of the paver grade, and then install a channel drain to carry any water shed by the patio/pavers away from the edges of the pool and the patio. Good thing about it is that you can incorporate the addition to carry all the excess water from your property so you wouldn't have other problems down the road.

I love that idea!

What should I do to prevent the inevitable damage to the fence? If I'm adding 2 feet of soil to that area it will have to be against the fence, about 1/3 the way up.

Fencing sucks as it is, but I'd hate to accelerate the decay.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

If it were me, I'd add more soil in to bring it up to the base of the paver grade, and then install a channel drain to carry any water shed by the patio/pavers away from the edges of the pool and the patio. Good thing about it is that you can incorporate the addition to carry all the excess water from your property so you wouldn't have other problems down the road.

I love that idea!

What should I do to prevent the inevitable damage to the fence? If I'm adding 2 feet of soil to that area it will have to be against the fence, about 1/3 the way up.

Fencing sucks as it is, but I'd hate to accelerate the decay.

I would add some of the french drain tube that's surrounded with the aggregate in the sock, and tie that into the channel drain. This will collect the surface, and subsurface water and carry it away from the fence.

 

[raldridge2315]

How far is it from the edge of the concrete to the fence?