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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    It's firm enough but it's clay even 2 feet deep so I'm probably fighting an uphill battle but the property near a 1-100 surface flood...
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    So in the bottom left you see the 'kerb' im going to fit around the edge. Its going to be 50mm above the pathway the whole way around...
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    Pipe was never in the plans and has been there 70 years there's no easement. The pipe is clay and is already cracked in multiple spots...
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    The driveway slopes from right to left so the pipe would be basically uphill from where the house is
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    So that pipe you see the top is 4 inches (100m) from the pavement level. The plan was to dig down 150 across the whole garden and put a...
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    But the concrete is only 4 inch thick do you think it should be ok it's only a rain water gulley
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    There's no scope for making it lower as the storm drain in the street is basically horizontal to the pipe so there's no real additional...
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    sheepinthefield replied to the thread Driveway Problem.
    So the pavement is 4 inches above the pipe on the right.. I'm thinking of making a reinforced concrete slab with a 20mm plate steel on...
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    sheepinthefield posted the thread Driveway Problem in Building.
    Hey Folks I've dug down around 150mm and found a clay drainage pipe from my neighbours house. Their house is a semi and sits at the...
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