We have a patio across the rear of our house, approx 50 sqr m (10m wide x 5m deep). It slopes away from the house, towards the garden. There is no drainage installed. The patio is a couple of bricks above the grass, and all the rainwater just falls onto the grass. The garden understandably gets wet in the winter, but I don't know if this is exacterbated by the fact that all this rainwater drains onto it.
I have been considering having a french drain installed, and draining to a 1 cube m soakaway.
Is it normal for a patio this size to have drainage to a soakaway? Or do people just not bother, as long as the patio slopes away from the house?
I have been considering having a french drain installed, and draining to a 1 cube m soakaway.
Is it normal for a patio this size to have drainage to a soakaway? Or do people just not bother, as long as the patio slopes away from the house?
