Hi,
I'm about to start building a soak away at the bottom of my garden because;
A) my garden keeps flooding when it rains (clay soil) and takes a day or two to clear
B) I'm building an extension which BC will likely say needs surface water to drain to a soak away
I just wanted to run my plans past the knowledgable people on here...
I'm going to dig down to ground water level (this was only about 500mm in the winter, so likely to be lower now), line the perimeter with some bricks I have leftover layer loose (not bonded) in a honeycomb pattern and backfill with broken-down construction waste (roof tiles, slabs, concrete/brick rubble) with the finer stuff at the bottom.
On another note; what do you all do with soil spoil? I think I'd fill a skip with soil alone!!
I'm about to start building a soak away at the bottom of my garden because;
A) my garden keeps flooding when it rains (clay soil) and takes a day or two to clear
B) I'm building an extension which BC will likely say needs surface water to drain to a soak away
I just wanted to run my plans past the knowledgable people on here...
I'm going to dig down to ground water level (this was only about 500mm in the winter, so likely to be lower now), line the perimeter with some bricks I have leftover layer loose (not bonded) in a honeycomb pattern and backfill with broken-down construction waste (roof tiles, slabs, concrete/brick rubble) with the finer stuff at the bottom.
On another note; what do you all do with soil spoil? I think I'd fill a skip with soil alone!!