"Scott Hildenbrand" wrote in message
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I don't want to be discouraging but you are trying to build a 100x4
flagstone road that you know will be subject to adverse drainage
conditions.
I'd consider getting the advice of a pro.

The concrete guys wanted $5K to build just a trench, and $12K to build a
sidewalk. We are the tenants, not the landlord, and the landlord is
refusing the solve the problem. I have about $3K to spend.

The fact that you're willing to dump 3k into a rental is... Well..
shocking..

Sometimes your only choices are all bad choices, and you want to find the
least bad option. I'm not thrilled about spending anything much less $3K,
but simply cannot afford to dump $12K into this, which is what professionals
want to do it.


Look at doing something like this, which will be the base of your work.
You can lay the flagstone over this for stepping stones.. No need to over
complicate things, but the stones will shift.. I'm however assuming that
you're looking at leaving gaps around the stone.

Drainage:
http://www.askthebuilder.com/407_Dry...y_Ground.shtml

Thanks. And that illustration is helpful.

What happens if you line the ditch with plastic and then fill with 1.5"
drainage rocks, but do not put in the perforated tube? I guess the main
issue is about preventing the water from rising too high and upsetting the
sand or gravel top layer?


You'll need a place LOWER than what the water is currently at to drain to.
Perhaps run it around the house and drain down the driveway if it's paved.

That much was clear, and we have the ditch running into a storm drain.


But then again, is it really worth it for a rental? That's up to you all
so I'll leave that as an opinion.

The entire situation sucks. We were the only building tenant and so had
exclusive access to the limited front parking area. The landlord found a
tenant for other side of building, and they are now filling up the front
area, requiring us to park in back of building, and find our way through mud
and dirt to the front. The next door neighbors are selfish in their
thinking about this problem, taking a "first come first serve" attitude even
though their side of building has parking lot surrounding it on all sides
and ours only has the limited front and back parking. The building
management is simply lazy and doesn't care. So we got screwed for not
anticipating this in our lease, and now we just have lots of bad choices.

I'm willing to spend the money as an act of good faith to our employees,
simply so they don't have to suffer through a ridiculous condition.

--
Will