soakaway

Hi, I recently had a blocked downpipe on the side of my house and having cleared this found that the issue was that the downpipe is discharging the rain water directly into what I assume is some sort of Gully just under the surface of the soil near the building. See photo. I have lived in my...

Interested to know your recommendations on the following scenario: I have planning permission to build an oak frame garage which will be built on a brick plinth which would go onto a strip foundations. Garage dimensions: 7m x 5.5m ridge height: 4.3m I’ve just been figuring out where existing...

I recently had a drain survey done as a soak away pipe at the front of the house is visibly broken and requires repair. As the house was built in the 60s I thought it may be beneficial to check out the whole system. There are no other obvious problems. The men who came to do the drain survey...

I’m really struggling to understand our home’s gutters. We are end-of-terrace, with one downspout in the front. It’s the single pipe that goes into the grey bricks in front of the fence. I pulled it out yesterday and discovered that it just goes about 12 inches into sandy soil under the brick...

Currently landscaping our garden (10m x 8m) and want to deal with drainage issues. Garden is boggy in rain and drainage is generally poor. It also slopes down about 4 inches from left to right. We have a patio at the end of the garden going across most of the width. As you look at it, the...

Our soakaway has failed and due to our plot not being that big we think our only option will be replace the current septic tank and soakaway with a sewage treatment plant and new soakaway (sooner or later). Has anyone had similar work done recently (our house is a 3 bed) or installed a similar...

Good morning, I recently had my garden leveled from quite a steep slope that previously had water streaming towards the house. The problem is we have a retaining wall that encloses the garden on 3 sides, with the house and garden path being on the 4th and a layer of clay soil on top. A lovely...

Hi, I've read lots of threads with similar problems to this issue but still struggling to find a solution. Context...I live in a 1930s semi on a hillside. Some neighbours have reported have soggy gardens/water under floorboards and one neighbour has a pipe in their garden which gushes...

My current septic tanks leachfield has failed, my garden is tiny and we think the leachfield goes under my neighbours drive into the farmers field. The tank is a fiberglass klargester onion shaped one and has been in for over 20 years. Someone has been out and said by the time you dig a new...

Hi We have a rear extension with bi-fold doors and now need to fit our patio. We'd like to have the patio close to the level of the door step - i.e. higher than the "2 bricks" below damp course. I'm reading on the internet that I really need to install a soakaway 5m from the house, in the...

Hi We're currently re-landscaping our garden. In doing so - I've come across the soakaway which takes the rainwater from the extension roof. The roof isn't particularly big and the soakaway itself is relatively large (approximately 1m x 1m and probably 0.8m deep filled with large rubble...

We recently moved into an old terraced house (c. 1895) with a small front yard. We've just pruned back a large rosebush to find that the guttering downpipe has rusted away and separated from the section that goes underground. I had actually noticed a bit of rainwater getting in to the crawlspace...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice, if there is any that can be given :( I'm in the midst of planning a large extension, and the last part of the building warrant requirement if the approval of a rainwater soakaway design. the roof is 180m2 We had a failed percolation test (the water didnt...

New to the forums so hello. I hoped someone in the know could please help me with what is probably a simple question. I'm working out how much space I need for the drainage field of a new build and wondered what constitutes the drainage field area. Part H helps you work out the area needed but...

There is a rainwater down pipe at the back of our garage. In order for the water to go to a soakaway 5m away from the back of the house, the pipe to the soakaway will need to go over the shared sewer drain that runs along the back of us and our neighbour's house. Are there any issues with doing...

Some advice please – I planning a single skin brick/block garage [building regs approval not required], one side will be <1m from my neighbor's garage and above a disused rubble soak-away [clearly 5m rule didn't exist when that was dug out]. What is the minimum work necessary to achieve...