How can I plug up a hole that goes the entire width of my driveway and allows water/moisture to move across (beneath) the driveway?
So a few months ago I did some digging work in the front yard found an old beat up PVC pipe that ran below the driveway. The pipe was as long as the width of the driveway and was connected to nothing on either end. The pipe "connected" a flower bed area with the home (blocks) on one side, and sidewalk/driveway on the three others to the rest of the front yard. I pulled the pipe out and that was the end of that.
Several months later we began to notice some of the soil in the flower bed remaining dark on the side closest to the driveway. We monitored and it continued to remain dark despite no rainfall. After a while the darkness and moisture began to expand away from the driveway. The only moisture we had been having was the morning dew (and plenty of it being in Florida).
At that point, I hadn't connected the previously removed tubing to the situation. I was thinking it was some sort of plumbing leak, but that was ruled out from multiple fronts.
Later, it rained, and the flower bed area was a swimming pool. That was unusual because we have gutters and very minimal rain falls in that area.
Again, it rained and the entire area was soaked. I decided to get to the bottom of it and start digging around. I pumped out as much water as I could with my cheapo harbor freight fluid transfer pump and then started digging close to the driveway. What I discovered was that where the PVC tubing was removed remains a relatively open channel creating a water tunnel under the driveway. Daily, dew and moisture drain down the gutter and onto the side of the house and accumulates in the soil and that water channels under my driveway and pools in the flowerbed.
So what would be the best way of plugging this up? Should I just throw a bit of quickrete under the driveway as far as I can reach to try filling up the hole?
So a few months ago I did some digging work in the front yard found an old beat up PVC pipe that ran below the driveway. The pipe was as long as the width of the driveway and was connected to nothing on either end. The pipe "connected" a flower bed area with the home (blocks) on one side, and sidewalk/driveway on the three others to the rest of the front yard. I pulled the pipe out and that was the end of that.
Several months later we began to notice some of the soil in the flower bed remaining dark on the side closest to the driveway. We monitored and it continued to remain dark despite no rainfall. After a while the darkness and moisture began to expand away from the driveway. The only moisture we had been having was the morning dew (and plenty of it being in Florida).
At that point, I hadn't connected the previously removed tubing to the situation. I was thinking it was some sort of plumbing leak, but that was ruled out from multiple fronts.
Later, it rained, and the flower bed area was a swimming pool. That was unusual because we have gutters and very minimal rain falls in that area.
Again, it rained and the entire area was soaked. I decided to get to the bottom of it and start digging around. I pumped out as much water as I could with my cheapo harbor freight fluid transfer pump and then started digging close to the driveway. What I discovered was that where the PVC tubing was removed remains a relatively open channel creating a water tunnel under the driveway. Daily, dew and moisture drain down the gutter and onto the side of the house and accumulates in the soil and that water channels under my driveway and pools in the flowerbed.
So what would be the best way of plugging this up? Should I just throw a bit of quickrete under the driveway as far as I can reach to try filling up the hole?
