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Garden Drainage

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  • 02-09-2020 7:32pm
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    Hi all, I'm looking for tips on garden drainage. The back garden had always been bad for water sitting on top of it and it all moves to a slight dip almost in the middle. Garden is about 8m x 10m.There's a new patio gone down at the back so no access to drains, etc. I'm not sure it that was even an option anyway.

    Reading online I see a few DIY tips on it but it's hard to know what would work, I was thinking something like the attached. A few perforated pipes under the area with the issue, drained to a soakaway either side. Or even one soakaway but two might be better?

    Any help appreciated. Have a week off coming up so hoping to give it a go then if I'm feeling confident it'll work. Thanks.


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    rje66
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    Without seeing the area, soak hole will work as long as it can drain. It all depends on the depth of compated soil/subsoil. In new estate type gardens if you dig through the compacted soil that was the road during building you might hit more free draining soil. Or tap into an existing pipe .


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    Houses are about 40 years old I'd say, no idea what I'll find when I dig. Hard to know what to do. I don't want to waste time and money on something that probably won't work. If I do go ahead I'll try level the garden where the dip is, might stop all of the rain water flowing to one area which would ease the issue somewhat and then a soakhole to do the rest...


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    rje66
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    This is it wrote: »
    Houses are about 40 years old I'd say, no idea what I'll find when I dig. Hard to know what to do. I don't want to waste time and money on something that probably won't work. If I do go ahead I'll try level the garden where the dip is, might stop all of the rain water flowing to one area which would ease the issue somewhat and then a soakhole to do the rest...

    Probably best approach. Remember that the water table will be very high lately due to the rain, making drainage a bit slower.


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