every one in the barn is swimming

[terry stewart]

after a hard rain today the goat barn floold out . the rain comming off the roof down the drain and a low place the barn was flooded. I dug a ditch away from the barn .now if I use the black plastic tile with holes through it. or any ideas thanks terry also do I need to put gravel down frist

[nehimama]

That happens here all the time, only it's water running downhill, and EVERYWHERE here is downhill - LOL! I got tired of digging ditches, so finally put in a pallet floor (oak pallets) topped with plywood, in the worst areas. It works out really, really well, and my goats are able to stay dry during torrential rains now.

[fishhead]

Be sure to get the tile in a cloth sock.

If you have very fine soil then yes I would bed the pipe in gravel or at least very coarse sand.