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I don’t really have space for a soakaway far enough from a boundary. I’d be making the hole through the side, on one of the vertical faces.. I don’t see it as being much different to directing other water flow this way, ie if I put sink waste into it from above? Not that I’m doing that but...

Ok thanks. Trying to confirm if it’s silly idea to drill the grey concrete area but I can’t see that it would cause a problem unless I was really aggressive or unlucky!

Hi Thinking of adding drainage to garden. Don’t need or want a 4 inch soil pipe for this, it will only be run off from a small patio. Looking at aco hex drains which appear to have small pipe outlets - I need to confirm this but they appear like internal water waste piping like from kitchen...

Hi all Looking to lay a patio next to a 3x3m approx brick single skin extension, mid 70s vintage. I'm being careful as I'm suspicious of the foundation quality and depth, and current working theory is that it is a raft foundation. I pull up old patio on one side next to it and find this...

Is that ultrascape pro prime or similar

Hi all I’m laying some patio and a right of access path soon. I want the patio to be solid but the right of access path, jsut good enough. I bought ready made priming slurry(pavetuff) but I do have SBR and cement. I was going to use the ready made slurry everywhere but ofc it will cost a lot...

So I’m looking to continue with this. All the crappy mortar is chipped off now leaving me with the bare footing My plan is to - sbr slurry to the bare brick - mortar mix, ratio TBD, to this area - smooth it out and make good. Intend to keep it breathable as it’s so low and it will get wet...

Thanks. I’ll have a mess around!

Cheers. I’ll get a tap or spout or something and fart about with washers. Could cut a hole, and then mount some firm plastic inside that hole with gasket sealant or similar so I have a flat mounting surface.

How did you connect your ‘overflow’ for your ‘leaky pipe’? Water butt I have is round (annoyingly). So it needs like a tap or outlet secured by washers either side..

Yeah that’s logically what I try and tell myself, but it’s it’s directed into one spot only and washes it away.. Overthinking it, I think directing the flow into the water butt, having an overflow into a pipe with holes over the ground for it to disperse slowly when full, sounds like a...

Thanks for the insights. I’ll have a think. I can always lay extra ‘just in case’ while the ground is up and then I have options..!

Good points on the maintenance. I’m mega scared of damage to house foundations and walls etc which is why I’m so ‘proactive’ on drainage..! But at 4m away from house and 2-3 from extension, a small trickle probably isn’t really going to make much difference.. I was thinking that I would...

Summerhouse not tall enough to make any sort of link to the existing guttering Thanks. I was thinking about something like that too.. adding an overflow pipe with holes along it to disperse the water out as it fills. Only issue is I have fence directly behind it (right of access), so I could...

Summerhouse not tall enough to make any sort of link to the existing guttering

Hi Planning on putting a summer house into a small garden. It will be approx 4m away from the house. Thinking of drainage for rainfall. I could let it drip onto the ground but don’t really fancy puddles during heavy rainfall. Was thinking of adding guttering and a water butt, water stored to...

Really don't want it that high. One side - the one I'm trying to tidy up -isn't having patio next to it, so I need to do something as it will be on display to some degree.

If I did that it would raise the ground level further towards the DPC - it would probably end about 1 inch below it at the house. I'm trying to keep it as low as possible Patio needs sub base; I could perhaps put a mortar bed onto this footing but again.. 50mm mortar + 20mm slab probably would...

Hi all I have an old extension, 60s house, 70s suspected extension. I think it is on a 'raft' foundation. You can easily dig under this 'footing' all around the extension and it isn't very deep. It's about a brick thick, and it starts one brick below the house DPC. I aim to do a patio around...