Hey all,
My driveway project is about to start. The original driveway drained into the rainwater sewer, but I will be enlarging the driveway.
There doesn’t seem to be a definitive guide online for minimum distances for soakaways, but what I’ve gleaned is:
- Minimum 5m from the property / structure
- Minimum 5m from the road (which I assume means the path of there is one)
- Minimum 2.5m from other boundaries
Is the above correct or does BC have some discretion?
My issue is that the situation of my house means there’s no more than 10m between the property and the path all the way around the front of the house.
I watched a Marshall’s paving video and they build in a soak away around a meter away from the path, which seems to contravene the above.
There’s drains to the rainwater sewer at either side of my house next to the edge of the end of the new drive (yellow points on picture), so it would be easiest of all just to drain the water into those.
Any thoughts on if BC will allow me to do that or they’ll just want me to put a soakaway closer to the house or the road?
Personally I wouldn’t want it closer to the house…but don’t know if I could refuse to do this is they told me to?!
Thanks
Andy
My driveway project is about to start. The original driveway drained into the rainwater sewer, but I will be enlarging the driveway.
There doesn’t seem to be a definitive guide online for minimum distances for soakaways, but what I’ve gleaned is:
- Minimum 5m from the property / structure
- Minimum 5m from the road (which I assume means the path of there is one)
- Minimum 2.5m from other boundaries
Is the above correct or does BC have some discretion?
My issue is that the situation of my house means there’s no more than 10m between the property and the path all the way around the front of the house.
I watched a Marshall’s paving video and they build in a soak away around a meter away from the path, which seems to contravene the above.
There’s drains to the rainwater sewer at either side of my house next to the edge of the end of the new drive (yellow points on picture), so it would be easiest of all just to drain the water into those.
Any thoughts on if BC will allow me to do that or they’ll just want me to put a soakaway closer to the house or the road?
Personally I wouldn’t want it closer to the house…but don’t know if I could refuse to do this is they told me to?!
Thanks
Andy