Drainage issue

[DLAWNS]

I have a very small lawn that I maintain....It is always very wet.....To the point where you can't even walk on it without practically breaking your ankle. It never puddles up, it is always just super soggy. We have to push mow it half the time because it's too wet. The problem is that even when their sprinklers are off it is still soaked. It would be one thing if it rained and it was wet for a couple days but it will stay soggy for more than a week. I also took my soil probe and when I put it in the ground it only went down a couple inches. This is also causing a ton of fungus, which is what the brown spots are. The customer would like the problem rectified, but I am not familiar with drainage. I have a few pics, not sure if they'll help, but I figure maybe someone will have some suggestions that might help. I would appreciate any advice.

[DLAWNS]

A few more pics...

[echeandia]

Ask them to measure how much water they are putting down. It should only be 1" a week. They may also have a leak in the system that is causing excess water in some areas.

[DLAWNS]

Ask them to measure how much water they are putting down. It should only be 1" a week. They may also have a leak in the system that is causing excess water in some areas.

I've been watching their watering and they have even had the system completely off for weeks at a time and I also had my irrigation guy go over there and go through the whole system...

[Valk]

I've actually encountered similar circumstances more than a few times...

*One was an irrigation system leak on premises.
Another was a leak in the city's water line.
Another was a neighbor's irrigation system leaking.
Yet another was a neighbor's pool 2 houses up the block that was leaking.

*The first one had gone on for 3+ years...was a VERY slow system's leak...nearly undetectable. It actually impacted another of my lawns that was across the street and 3 doors down...and/but was directly down-hill impacting all yards in between. The leakage actually went under the street! As stated, this went on for 3+ years. All I could do was keep pointing it out until she got the right sprinkler specialist with enough patience.

If it's a clay situation, then I've heard there are some products that make water wetter - to assist with drainage...though I have no experience here.

Good luck and keep thinking outside the box.

[Junior M]

a small drainage line through the yard to the street might solve the problem..

[Daily Lawn/Landscape]

Is the lawn wet all over? Front and back. Are you sure they are not watering ? If you can, turn the water meter off for the irrigation for a week and see if there is a differance. Is the neighbors yards next to your clients wet? Just a few things to check.

James

[Dreams To Designs]

Bill, drainage is something that needs to be seen to be diagnosed. I do quite a bit of drainage work and depending on where this property is, this should be a relatively simple fix.

Kirk

[DLAWNS]

Bill, drainage is something that needs to be seen to be diagnosed. I do quite a bit of drainage work and depending on where this property is, this should be a relatively simple fix.

Kirk

Kirk- PM sent. Thanks for the reply man! I appreciate.....I also appreciate all the other replies as well.

[jiggz]

you said your probe only went down a couple of inches.I would cut up a flap of grass and dig a bit mabye you have really compacted fill or clay??..

[DLAWNS]

you said your probe only went down a couple of inches.I would cut up a flap of grass and dig a bit mabye you have really compacted fill or clay??..

That's what I'm kind of thinking...I will check. By the way...Thanks for the advice everyone...I'm gonna get this figured out. I'll post an update when I do.