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Anyone have a drainage grate in your yard?
I'm not sure what they're called, but alot of houses we've looked at have them in their backyard. It looks like a hole with a grate over it. DH said this is fine if a house has it. I'm concerned if it means the house or neighborhood has had water issues (i would think the inspection would catch it), and I'm also concerned with having one of those in the yard since we have LOs and even though the cover seems sturdy/strong/secure I'd be nerveous of them falling in, plus I have no idea how deep those things typically are. Please help put my mind at ease on both accounts.
Re: Anyone have a drainage grate in your yard?
We don't have them but we looked at a few houses that did in one particular area that we were considering moving to. That area bordered the Delaware river and water issues were common. I think the houses that had them had yards that sloped towards the house at places and the drains were designed to take the water and move it somewhere that wasn't towards the house.
To be honest, I thought of them as a selling point because they're expensive to have put in and I didn't want a house that would take on water.
How large are the ones you're seeing? The ones we saw were under 12''x12'' and had round tubes that discharged in a low-lying part of the yard. I thought they could be a trip hazard for kids, but as tight as the fit was I didn't think I'd have a problem with them falling in one day. I mean, anything can happen so you can't say "never", but if I really like the house in every other way I'd tell the kid a monster lived down there and that if they ever touched it they'd get eaten and call it a day (clearly I'm not a parent yet, but I helped raise my little sister and used that strategy with her for other things and she's lived to be 14 so far).
If the houses have basements, you'd probably be able to smell moisture. There are also moisture meters you can buy that range anywhere from $50 to $400. Usually the inspector will have one, though.