[Debbie D]

I have a patio villa. My problem is the side yard gets flooded with rain water right to the lanai. I have 2 downspouts in the front...one which pours water onto the front slab which then runs downs down to the side yard and 1 downspout right on the front of the lanai. The grass in that area is not great maybe as a result of the flooding. I put an extension that I bought from Home Depot on the Downspout near the lanai but it is not helping....

Any ideas? I see people have mentioned Hills....does someone have their phone number, please.....maybe I should call them in....

Thanks!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Debbie D

I have a patio villa. My problem is the side yard gets flooded with rain water right to the lanai. I have 2 downspouts in the front...one which pours water onto the front slab which then runs downs down to the side yard and 1 downspout right on the front of the lanai. The grass in that area is not great maybe as a result of the flooding. I put an extension that I bought from Home Depot on the Downspout near the lanai but it is not helping....

Any ideas? I see people have mentioned Hills....does someone have their phone number, please.....maybe I should call them in....

Thanks!

If your home is new, call warranty. Call warranty even if it isn't new. They may need to regrade. Does the rain disapate quickly? We get a little standing water on parts of our lot but it absorbs in a half an hour. It is sand mostly all around us. I don't know about the grass. We put those cement troughs under the places where water splashes off the roof. You can get those at Lowes for about ten bucks.

[Happinow]

We too had a lot of standing water after these two hard rains we had. It left a lot of water in our landscaping area (the area where we have our shrubs planted) and it looked like a small pond out there. I called home warranty twice and the first time i called, after the first heavy rain, they said as long as it goes away with 48 hours it was fine. When we got the second rain we got concerned again and called back. They put a work order in for the builder to come and look at it. I took pictures so that we could show him. We were concerned about the new landscaping we are having put in as we thought it would compromise the roots on the larger palms we were planting. Our landscapers assured us that our problem was common, as they have the same problem, and not to worry. Our builder hasn't showed up to give us his two cents yet.

[Debbie D]

Thanks for the replies....

Warranty office called...they only cover one year
Old republic called...they only cover inside the house.

Anyone have the number for Hills?

[kathyzapp]

The number for Hill's is 352-245-7462.

[Debbie D]

Thank you Kathy

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Debbie D

I have a patio villa. My problem is the side yard gets flooded with rain water right to the lanai. I have 2 downspouts in the front...one which pours water onto the front slab which then runs down to the side yard and 1 downspout right on the front of the lanai.

When you say one downspout pours water onto the front slab, what slab is that? My patio villa doesn't have a front slab. There's a driveway, walkway, and lanai.

Any ideas?

If a previous owner made various alterations by adding concrete (enlarged slab etc.), it's possible they did something to interfere with the drainage. For one thing, a bigger slab means less chance for water to be absorbed into the ground.

If they put stones around the slab or sidewalk, what did they put under the stones? I knew one man, next door to me, who put something solid, like rubber, before putting down stones. He also put edging that acted like a barier to the proper flow of water. As a consequence of all the things he did, heavy rains would make his front yard (inside the fence) like a 6" deep pond. It was so deep at times that some of the water would go into his lanai.

[Debbie D]

Clarification .....my patio villa is standard with the driveway, walkway and side patio that the builder would have put in.