Drainage for spring

A small spring in the driveway uphill from the house drains towards the house. It pools in the middle of the house (seen here). At bottom left is the little ditch in the rock that carries the water to the house. The footing forms block the flow in the picture. The square footings int eh middle of the house are for the chimney and the two interior posts.

Here I am filling the ditch with excess concrete dumped from the hold of the pump truck. The idea is to divert the flow to the left behind the house where another ditch will carry it away from the foundation. We will fill this ditch with weeping tile and crushed stone to make sure it drains this way.

It's not as tough as it looks. The concrete mixed with the water and proved to be quite easy to shovel over. Mind you, I wouldn't want to bend over like this all day. This should divert runoff to behind the house for now. I couldn't fill all the way to the footing because the contractor will need to remove his forms. We will fill in that hole when we pour the foundation walls (will be about 3 to 4 feet high).