Backwash container to fix fence erosion

[adam_d]

So my backwash is hard piped and pops up just before my fence line. When backwashing or draining water from pool, it will work it's way under my fence and washes away the dirt causing it to flood and dirty up the sidewalk on the other side.

I've tried putting sand and gravel along my fence line but it always seems to wash away. Now I'm considering installing those plastic garden barriers along the fence line to keep the water in, so it'll channel down my backyard and eventually into the lawn.

Just curious if anybody has ever installed something like this or ever had the same problem.

 

[jamesislander]

Ours continually washed out the yard so, my husband extended the pipe, dug a trench to the street and buried it so it expels on the street.

 

[zea3]

Can you attach a backwash hose where it comes out of the ground so you can direct the water where you want it to go?

 

[jamesislander]

Probably could using a clamp. Ours is all pvc.

 

[adam_d]

Going into the street would be ideal but we have ordinances against it.

I could attach a backwash hose to it, but my goal is to get something I don't have to mess with anytime I want to backwash/drain.I know it wouldn't be that much hassle but I'm lazy.

 

[jamesislander]

Interesting, it flows down to the street drain.
Try to clamp the hose and direct it where u want it, should work for awhile

 

[adam_d]

Yup. Our ordinance states anything other than rain water is the drain is a violation. So technically even washing your car is against the law.

I may try the hose thing since they're pretty cheap.