Grave Sinking Query

faolteam

Grave Sinking Query

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I hope im in the right forum if i am not plaes forgive me

Just Wanted advise on a recent New opened Grave for the first time,

I was up their a few weeks ago at the grave and was quite shocked to see it sunk by 2 feet and i filled in with soil and then i was up today, and it had gone down a bit again

what i wanted to know was what is the best thing to put in the ground to stop the soil going down please

Tree

More soil, it takes a while for the ground to settle. Usually whoever runs the graveyard will fill it in eg. the local councils.

crackcrack30

Leave it a year or two to completly settle...........

faolteam

somebody mentioned Stones or Shackle i think

then someone suggested Moss peat as it absorbes the water ,

it looks awful when u see it like that ,

and if you put plants on top and it sinks it looks worse

faolteam

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Leave it a year or two to completly settle...........

if i do there will be a 2 ft hole maybe more

Sonnenblumen

Agree can be very upsetting and unsightly. Backfilling soil after deep digging would usually subside at least 10%.
Nothing unusual, however level of subsidence can be reduced by compacting backfill with feet/heels.

bbam

It can be disturbing and some plots sink/settle more than others due to the soil type...
You can only keep it topped up and levelled off... Usually within a year it will have settled completly..

Necron

Home this worked out all right for you and you got the answers you needed here.