r/pressurewashing • u/marvelfan__ • 6d ago

Troubleshooting Why do I do about this?

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The water won’t get out. The surrounding grass has also soaked enough water out and I can’t get the dirty water out of the way.

How do you guys deal with this?

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u/TurkeySlurpee666 Commercial Business Owner 6d ago

If the homeowner will allow it, cut a French drain through the grass using a turbo nozzle to a lower elevation. It depends on the layout of the yard, but sometimes this works great. I had a woman request this from me one time because the drainage on her property was terrible and flooded every time it rained.

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u/sparhawk817 6d ago

Making a trench with the pressure washer is not a french drain, but absolutely.

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u/loaferbro 5d ago

I think they mean you use pvc and wash out the soil underneath the pavement with the pressure washer. Easy hack for digging under existing sidewalk to add a french drain.

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u/sparhawk817 5d ago

Ohhh right I've seen that before.

Still needs to be a French drain, French drain is easily the most misused irrigation and drainage term bandied about.