Plan to replace backyard lawn with flagstone, any city regulations appy? (area, drainage)

[scm53]

Originally Posted by ppguoppguo

I did a rough calculation. Our existing impervious cover is reaching the limit of 45%. So we will have to give up this idea but just replace the lawn. The landscaper recommends Celebration Bermuda.

You will love Celebration. It is vastly superior to most of the other hybrid Bermudas. Tight, dense with a nice blue green color.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by JT-3

^ What he said

And where would all the water go if everything is solid surface? There are some neat paver solutions out there to mix things up while still being compliant.

That is the reason there are impervious cover restrictions here. We often have rainfalls of such high intensity, if development was allowed to cover the land with too many pervious surface it would result in far worse run off and flooding events than what we already have. So now developments are now required to limit impervious cover and install detention ponds to help hold back that deluge of run off that our waterways would otherwise be faced with handling. Having been involved with numerous developments I can say that there are no paver solutions out there that significantly decrease the amount of run off in a heavy rain. So you fill find few reductions being allowed or accepted by the City in the impervious cover calculations.

[eirenecat]

How does Celebration do with some shade and/or kid and dog traffic? I am interesting in replacing the shaggy half-dead St Augustine in our backyard with something else.

[ppguoppguo]

Originally Posted by scm53

You will love Celebration. It is vastly superior to most of the other hybrid Bermudas. Tight, dense with a nice blue green color.

Great to hear that!

[ppguoppguo]

Originally Posted by eirenecat

How does Celebration do with some shade and/or kid and dog traffic? I am interesting in replacing the shaggy half-dead St Augustine in our backyard with something else.

We used to have St. Augustine, which obviously cannot stand the heavy traffic of our two-year old big dog. Celebration is usually used for golf ground or sports field. So I expect it to do better than St Augustine. I read something on the website that it can tolerate some shade, better than other Bermuda.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ppguoppguo

We used to have St. Augustine, which obviously cannot stand the heavy traffic of our two-year old big dog. Celebration is usually used for golf ground or sports field. So I expect it to do better than St Augustine. I read something on the website that it can tolerate some shade, better than other Bermuda.

Keep in mind that you can eliminate a lot of the grass, putting in large beds of bark mulch, pea gravel, decomposed granite, and a few drought tolerant plants, etc. that do not need water and will hold up much better for your current uses. Those are all considered pervious cover, no permit needed.

[scm53]

Originally Posted by eirenecat

How does Celebration do with some shade and/or kid and dog traffic? I am interesting in replacing the shaggy half-dead St Augustine in our backyard with something else.

You would be better off with Palisades Zoysia. It is much more shade tolerant than any Bermuda. And Palisades has the advantage of being fairly wide bladed so it will blend well with any St Auguatine you have. Also very drought tolerant.

[slipton306]

I beg to differ. Decomposed/crushed granite is pervious. That is, it does not impact drainage of rain water. It gets hard, but passes water. Look it up. In San antonio some landscapers are afraid to use it.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by slipton306

I beg to differ. Decomposed/crushed granite is pervious. That is, it does not impact drainage of rain water. It gets hard, but passes water. Look it up. In San antonio some landscapers are afraid to use it.

I'm not sure which post you are responding to. My post said it is pervious.

Originally Posted by CptnRn

Keep in mind that you can eliminate a lot of the grass, putting in large beds of bark mulch, pea gravel, decomposed granite, and a few drought tolerant plants, etc. that do not need water and will hold up much better for your current uses. Those are all considered pervious cover, no permit needed.

[Trainwreck20]

Decomposed granite, though, does not work well where there is flowing water though. It washes away fairly readily. Placed in some 'containment' (flower bed or other area with a border) it does quite nicely. Not great to walk on in bare feet, though.