Driveway Drainage Project 4K

About 1 year after clearing the land for the business work shop, we finally install a driveway and a drainage solution for the stagnant water issue in the front yard. @clearedtolandscape @EquipmentShare @BobcatCo

[@felixarriechejr9344]

Good job guy!

[@SERCOLOADERS]

Looking good!

[@dustinclary736]

Amen praise Jesus ❤

[@SlackerU]

I'm confused at the design. Your driveway is also too loose where you need way more clay, sharp-sand, & crushed-concrete or limestone to fill in all the small spaces to maintain a 4% crown. Gravel roads should last 5-7 years with a pretty 4% crown.
I don't understand the slope of your land. IMO there is such little slope that you probably just need an 8 inch dual-wall pipe that you could put holes in as a long-long-long rock-inlet that could even run down the center of that very-loose-gravel driveway where you could use the driveway as the drainage to keep the lawn. When you get up to 8-inch smooth-wall pipe it can self-clean with almost no-slope. I have a quite large drainage-playlist of my favorite drainage lessons here on YT.

[@clearedtolandscape]

1. Why do you say it’s loose? The driveway was brand new when we installed the drainage system. I think that’s what you may be observing. It’s packed hard now that the crushed concrete has been rained on and is now knit together with the above #89 and #57 rock. However, it is a little loose in the back where I haven’t driven over it much.
2. Grade. In order for the water to flow correctly it is my understanding that it needs at least a 1% grade. Since there is no grade over the 230’ span of the drive way from the front to the back of the property we used a dry-well system. The point of the dry-well system is functionality and aesthetics. Not having an exposed system in the middle of the drive. As most customers would prefer in a residential setting.
3. I didn’t know that about an 8” pipe. But that was out of the budget. Thanks for your input.

[@SlackerU]

@@clearedtolandscape The driveway looks loose & is sounds very loose with the footsteps. The reason you don't want loose rocks is b/c they don't stay how you need them plus they're a safety hazard if you need to stop a vehicle on loose rock or turn on loose rock. If you look in my drainage playlist I have a video in there that explains the 4% crown required for dirt or gravel roads to reduce soggy-road that will pump into potholes.
I'd need to see the water-table & Ksat rating of your soils to design a drainage system. That flat land looks quite challenging. I get 4.5 inch flash-floods so when I speak negatively of setups near me I actually get enough rain to say 'I told you so'.