Patio Drainage/Design

[calson]

Hello everybody.
I have an area at the back of my house that i have cleared and built retaining walls around. fortunatley or maybe not a waste water pipe runs through the middle of it to a manhole which i can tap into for the patio runoff water.
The question though is: Is there a specific pattern or ruling that has to be followed when laying the tiles to get the water running into the centre of the area and the drain? I can only think of doing it in four triangular sections, but can see that there is going to be a lot of tile cutting doing it this way and four lines from each corner leading to the central drain.
Any advice would be appreciated.

All the best, Calum

 

[marshman]

the four triangular or envelope is normal for a single centre drain and if your cuts are precise you can use both halves if that's a foul water drain you shouldn't really run rain water into it

 

[calson]

Many thanks Marshman for your reply.

Cheers, Calum