Water drainage issues

[HuskerPAC]

Back patio holds water ever since I put a border around our swingset. Any suggestions on how to have it drain?

Should I dig a few feet down along the concrete and fill with rock as an unofficial French drain?

 

[Mavsker]

Back patio holds water ever since I put a border around our swingset. Any suggestions on how to have it drain?

Should I dig a few feet down along the concrete and fill with rock as an unofficial French drain?

 

[Jim14510]

Is it when it rains or sprinklers?

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

turn it into a swimming pool

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Literally dealt with the exact same thing on our back patio after moving some playground stuff & sod. Pondered & researched french drains and all kinds of exotic methods.

Ended up just cutting the sod up about a foot out from our patio. Then once it was out, dug out an inch or two of dirt from underneath, put the sod back down so the dirt is slightly lower than the patio. Has worked almost perfectly, took like an hour.

 

[HuskerPAC]

Is it when it rains or sprinklers?

Both.

 

[Kaladin]

You should build an elaborate and complex system of tunnels, pipes, aqueducts, and drains

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Literally dealt with the exact same thing on our back patio after moving some playground stuff & sod. Pondered & researched french drains and all kinds of exotic methods.

Ended up just cutting the sod up about a foot out from our patio. Then once it was out, dug out an inch or two of dirt from underneath, put the sod back down so the dirt is slightly lower than the patio. Has worked almost perfectly, took like an hour.

KISS method is underrated. My wife would laugh at me if I suggested such a simpleton solution.

 

[CybrrMonky71]

Literally dealt with the exact same thing on our back patio after moving some playground stuff & sod. Pondered & researched french drains and all kinds of exotic methods.

Ended up just cutting the sod up about a foot out from our patio. Then once it was out, dug out an inch or two of dirt from underneath, put the sod back down so the dirt is slightly lower than the patio. Has worked almost perfectly, took like an hour.