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Hi all,
First time poster looking for some advice. I've searched through the forums and a load of other sources and can't seem to find the same kind of application so thought I'd ask directly.
Last December as part of a bunch of work, I installed a path in my garden to avoid us having to walk in mud every morning. The path runs along the bottom of a steep bank that makes up one side of our garden. At the base of this bank I installed a single run of horizontal sleepers to retain the edge at the very bottom. At the time I was just trying to get something down in time for Christmas so these sleepers are currently only held by gravity.
Now that the weathers improved I want to get this path and sleepers in more permanently. I was planning on relaying the sleepers on a small bed of dry mix and then putting 2inch square stakes behind them and securing with timberlok screws. The thing that I'm unsure of is what kind of drainage I need behind them if any.
From the pics you can see that the slope isn't huge the whole way but the point it's at its steepest and highest is right by the house. I don't really want seepage between the sleepers at this point as there will be a patio as well as the path which coukd well get covered with silt as a result. I could put full on perforated land drain and gravel behind but just don't know if it's overkill? From what I've found, ordinarily you wouldn't bother with drainage behind one horizontal row of sleepers but I'm just concerned about the amount of liquid that could come down from the bank?
Thanks in advance
First time poster looking for some advice. I've searched through the forums and a load of other sources and can't seem to find the same kind of application so thought I'd ask directly.
Last December as part of a bunch of work, I installed a path in my garden to avoid us having to walk in mud every morning. The path runs along the bottom of a steep bank that makes up one side of our garden. At the base of this bank I installed a single run of horizontal sleepers to retain the edge at the very bottom. At the time I was just trying to get something down in time for Christmas so these sleepers are currently only held by gravity.
Now that the weathers improved I want to get this path and sleepers in more permanently. I was planning on relaying the sleepers on a small bed of dry mix and then putting 2inch square stakes behind them and securing with timberlok screws. The thing that I'm unsure of is what kind of drainage I need behind them if any.
From the pics you can see that the slope isn't huge the whole way but the point it's at its steepest and highest is right by the house. I don't really want seepage between the sleepers at this point as there will be a patio as well as the path which coukd well get covered with silt as a result. I could put full on perforated land drain and gravel behind but just don't know if it's overkill? From what I've found, ordinarily you wouldn't bother with drainage behind one horizontal row of sleepers but I'm just concerned about the amount of liquid that could come down from the bank?
Thanks in advance