Backyard Flooding. Properly landscaping the perimeter of your home can help prevent flooding your yard that then leaches through your foundation into your home, creating basement flooding and water damage. Be adamant on what your backyard needs to prevent flooding.
Poor yard drainage isn't only an aesthetic issue. Without significant vegetation or porous surfaces to sink into, rain quickly sweeps across yards and streets. Many homeowners are plagued by poor drainage in the landscape.
Rain gardens and mulch are great cosmetic features, but they need reinforcements during torrential rains.
In the common area, residents are experiencing drainage issues that cause an overflow of water.
Without significant vegetation or porous surfaces to sink into, rain quickly sweeps across yards and streets. Spot elevations tell the designer where problems lie so. When it rains really hard, we are really concerned about flooding in our homes.