drainage problems flooded driveway - pictures included

[walder]

hi guys,

First time on here but i have been googling like a mad man the last few days to try and figure out a solution.

Basically from the first picture is where the water is coming from when ( the odd occasion ) the rain gets so bad it floods. It finds its way down my lane and washes all the lane stone to the bottom. Its more an inconvenience to be honest as it has only happened twice this year and never before.

Personally i thought a cattle grid with a 10" pipe would be enough , but the wife does not want a cattle grid ( women ! )

My next thought was channel / french drains across the lane maybe about three (top, middle, bottom) With the hope that the first drain would take the worst of the water and the next two clear it up and I would hope it would leave a lot of the stone in place. The father in law( retired building) believes this will not work. My job couldnt be further from building but I would believe my thought process is sensible enough and i can put my hand to most things given enough time.So I am banging my head quite a bit at the minute.

This is what I was left with when it flooded. Not so worried about the water more the fact I have shovled a few tonne of lane back up !

Anyway thanks for any help guys

 

[Himaginn]

Is this private property or public thoroughfare?
Advice can only be offered on work under your control. Otherwise contact the owner of the "lane".

 

[walder]

From the second picture we own basically from the crest of the hill down.

The rest is the father in laws. My thinking is having a kerb at the crest or the lane then angle a cattle grid in like with the angle of the lane.

But all solutions advice welcome.

 

[Himaginn]

So the flooding is washing the stones down the hill?
Are these stones from the deteriorating surface of your drive, or stones from your F-i-L bit?

I would suggest that the surface of your drive is deteriorating and needs replacing.
But that on its own is not sufficient. Because the flow of water, and general wear and tear, will cause the same thing to happen again.
You need to consider how the local council would approach it.

Create a crown in the drive center to divert water to the edges, create regular drains to reduce the flow of water, these drains would divert water into drainage pipes, and create proper gutters along the edge of the drive, to stop the soil from the edge being washed away down the drive.

You'll need a substantial soak away at the bottom of the hill. Unless your last picture is the bottom of the hill and there is a water course there. In which case you'll still probably need a silt trap.