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You need to address grading bringing water in or provide grading to take water out. Where do you want the water to go? Is that downhill from where the water is? A drywell to keep the surface dryer while allowing time to percolate will be pretty big (probably more than triple the volume of the pond as much of the drywell is gravel and the existing soil has some capacity).
Need the water to get off the property toward the fence line. There's nowhere else for it to go.
I've captured lots of them over the years, both injured and in good shape. I've never heard one screaming unless it's fighting or defending itself when caged or cornered. Most animals go silent when trapped, nothing is more appealing to a predator than a screaming injured animal.
As @GreyGhost mentioned, the first thing to do is determine why you have pooled. The most common reason is grade change. Since the beginning of time, subdivisions have used grading plans that have water flow away from the dwelling and toward a catch basin, ditch or storm sewer. Rarely to a neighbor's yard unless they share a ditch with you, or have a ditch or catch basin that's collecting water from several yards.
Yup. I had s spat with an empowered building inspector who asked me to drop part of my footings by 2'.
A neighbour had to move his otherwise legal garden shed a few inches because the guy next door was annoyed that something had changed his view of the world. Moving the shed didn't improve anything but he got revenge. The shed was on a concrete base.
Dam, surprised you aren't doing the fence yourself considering what you are doing to the house. Or are your just sick of doing the work, or more of it.
No no…I’ll do it. Just don’t know how to approach the neighbours about the cost without causing a fuss…
This seems pretty universal, I think its a 4ft chainlink fence. However if the old fence isnt falling down or a hazard I doubt you can get them to pay for anything. 22k seems pricy though, is cedar being used or something?
Decent size lots means lots of length required. I am assuming that fair breakdown would end up something like 5K for each neighbour and the rest for MP (corner lot). Wood prices are still crazy.
Yeah look up the fence bylaw in Toronto, you can build it on your side right up against the property line but not on it I believe without the neighbours permission.
If he built it on his side of the line, things are simpler but the whole bill is his and his useful area shrinks. Imo, it's better to start with a conversation. Maybe the neighbours are happy to throw you money as they hate the fence but didn't have the time/energy to change it.
I’ve got about 100-125m of fence to do…corner lot.
A conversation is always nice and makes better neighbours, but I like the simpler route. As @jc100 mentioned they could still refuse, or agree and not offer half to pay etc.
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