Last updated: April 10, 2025
RillHome is a reference resource focused on residential water drainage in Canada. The content covers a narrow set of topics: surface drainage, swale construction, rain garden sizing and planting, and the building code context that applies to these decisions in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba.
The site started in 2024 as a way to consolidate accurate, non-commercial information on a subject that gets either oversimplified ("just add gravel") or over-engineered ("you need a full civil study") in most online sources. Neither extreme is useful for a homeowner trying to figure out why one corner of their backyard collects water every spring.
Articles on this site draw on publicly available guidance from provincial building codes, municipal stormwater management manuals, and peer-reviewed research on low-impact development. Where specific figures are cited — infiltration rates, slope thresholds, setback distances — the source is noted directly in the text or linked.
Content is reviewed and updated when provincial codes or municipal standards change, or when reader questions reveal that a published explanation was unclear or incomplete. Update dates are listed on each article page.
RillHome does not cover commercial or municipal drainage engineering, irrigation systems, septic design, or well water. For site-specific drainage assessments, the appropriate resource is a licensed civil engineer or a certified landscape professional in your province.
For general questions about content accuracy or topic suggestions, write to info@rillhome.org.
RillHome is registered in Canada.
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