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I live near the sea and up until recently when it rained I had terrible flooding on my drive way which is slightly slopped towards the house. There is a drain cut out into the drive which goes nowhere. Any way to prevent the water flooding on my drive I asked a builder to help install a soakaway. We laid the guttering and pipes to around 6 metres from the house and dug down just over 1 meter for the soakaway crate. The problem then started the following day, the hole that was dug filled up with water, it pushed water up the pipe and flooded worse than before.
Later that day the water in the hole dropped but around high tide time the following day filled up again, I could hear the water filling up as if a tap had been opened. The builder was puzzled and removed the crates and filled the hole with the mainly clay substances that we had dug out. The plan being we would move over and start to dig again but not so deep.
However the area where the hole was still keeps flooding and spreading across the front garden at high tide times, it didnt do this until i dug the hole.
How can i stop this from happeneing?
Thanks
Later that day the water in the hole dropped but around high tide time the following day filled up again, I could hear the water filling up as if a tap had been opened. The builder was puzzled and removed the crates and filled the hole with the mainly clay substances that we had dug out. The plan being we would move over and start to dig again but not so deep.
However the area where the hole was still keeps flooding and spreading across the front garden at high tide times, it didnt do this until i dug the hole.
How can i stop this from happeneing?
Thanks
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