Hi,
We bought our house 6 months ago. The last house had no garden, so as you can imagine couldnt wait to get out there and enjoy it. All grassed so a nice blank canvas. All seemed ok in the summer until september time when the garden turned into a sponge! Which explained why a lot of the veg my mrs planted when we moved in rotted away.
The house is 5 years old, and a corner plot in the cul de sac. I dug a hole spade deep in the middle of the lawn and the hole filled with water straight away. On further investigation of the soil it turns out its mainly sand in places, just over a foot down is a layer of clay. Been doing a lot of research and decided in spring and going to go the land drain route.
Im going to be building a workshop to the side of my house , but before I put the concrete base down im thinking of putting a:
Drainage Block Graf Rain Bloc 300
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=360014
Then the base on top, then to bring all the pipes down to the bloc:
Theres a few things im not to sure on, is there a minimum distance there needs to be between the pipes? how much pea shingle should be under the pipes? and finally whats the best size pipe to go for, 80mm or 100mm?
Thanks in advance
Gaz
We bought our house 6 months ago. The last house had no garden, so as you can imagine couldnt wait to get out there and enjoy it. All grassed so a nice blank canvas. All seemed ok in the summer until september time when the garden turned into a sponge! Which explained why a lot of the veg my mrs planted when we moved in rotted away.
The house is 5 years old, and a corner plot in the cul de sac. I dug a hole spade deep in the middle of the lawn and the hole filled with water straight away. On further investigation of the soil it turns out its mainly sand in places, just over a foot down is a layer of clay. Been doing a lot of research and decided in spring and going to go the land drain route.
Im going to be building a workshop to the side of my house , but before I put the concrete base down im thinking of putting a:
Drainage Block Graf Rain Bloc 300
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=360014
Then the base on top, then to bring all the pipes down to the bloc:
Theres a few things im not to sure on, is there a minimum distance there needs to be between the pipes? how much pea shingle should be under the pipes? and finally whats the best size pipe to go for, 80mm or 100mm?
Thanks in advance
Gaz