Settles Point-Suwanee Back Yard Zoysia

I almost left this job off the blog! Following construction of a under deck patio/walkway on this project we installed 4500 sf of Palisades Zoysia here-that is a lot to leave out!

Suwanee-Settles Point..Windsor Block Wall and Additional Sod

This was the final phase on this project for a while. I re-built and added on to a Windsor block wall installed by the homeowner last year..then filled in all remaining bare front areas with Palisades Zoysia sod.

Suwanee-Richland

This was a nice little project completed today out in the Collins Hill area of Gwinnett County. The homeowners had really enlarged their back yard by locating a new fence on the actual property lines-which left them with a good bit of space to fill. They also have had trouble growing Fescue in some areas of their back. I went in and relocated some nice Azalea and Hydrangea..along with a few other plants.. to some created beds along the fence line-then created a new turf area and installed "Palisades" Zoysia. This involved bringing in a fill/topsoil mix to correct the grade and provide a better growing medium for the new turf and some irrigation additions-adjustment. I also had to remove a lot of unwanted plant growth that was formerly outside the fence line. The homeowners will finish up by applying new mulch to the new planting areas.

Suwanee-Richland (In Progress)

This is another project that is based around drainage issues. Water coming from a neighbors' yard is again responsible for a lot of the water. We decided to build a little uncapped windsor stone wall to divert the bulk of the water, then add some drains along the side pathway (that had become a major surface water route) and build the path up with egg gravel. Downspouts and drains are being piped to the rear of the property which drains directly into a detention pond for a lake.

Low Timber Planter in Suwanee

This was the last bit of what has been a fairly large project in Suwanee-Settles Point. Son and I built this low planter with pressure treated 6" x 6" timbers around 2 existing Crape Myrtles. It should serve to divert some of the water coming from the neighbor's yard towards a catch basin that was also installed today.

Settles Point-Steps Completed

The steps turned out well. Actually more of a series of landings that conform to the grade-and curved due to the gate placement. New driveway/parking pad will be poured right up to the top timber.

Settles Point-Drain Pits & Steps

On Saturday my son helped me dig some pits in the back yard which were then lined with jute erosion fabric and surge stone-then we dug trenches from the pits to the creek and filled them with surge stone as well. The reason we were doing all of this is that one corner of the back yard filled with water every time it rained-the privacy fence would get silt built up around it's base and act as a dam. The pits are designed to collect the excess water and give it a place to drain under the fence then into the creek. We had heavy rain on Sunday and it seems to have worked like a charm. Yesterday and this morning were very wet from that Sunday rain, so I didn't get back out until this afternoon-and I started the structure for the steps that will provide easier access to the back yard. The treads will be filled with pea gravel.

Week 1 Progress-Settles Point..

Almost 600' of 4" ADS drain line laid from Tues-Fri this week. Luckily it is very wide open in places and I was able to do about 70% of the trenching with a machine-the other 30% either too tight, too muddy (got the trencher stuck 3 times on Tues) or too many big roots. I'm pleased with the progress up to this point. Tomorrow I start work on a surge stone project to help drain the rear of the property-next week will be doing timber steps.

Suwanee-Settles Point

This is a pretty large job that I started over the weekend with the timber planter installation and continued today with trenching and installing drain lines. This job will end up with around 500' of 4" drain line. Still to come: Catch basins, surge stone drainage pits, and more timber work-steps filled with gravel adjacent to the planter.