It is a small garden (8m wide by 16m long) how many pipes should i lay across the eight meters down to my trench
2007-01-27 22:34:57 · 3 answers · asked by gary b 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
its for my garden
2007-01-27 22:55:49 · update #1
put one in every 2 meters. but take into account that if they are not deep enough they will now work very well.
2007-01-27 23:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by peter g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't say why you need a soak away ..is it for the house ..or the garden ..if its for the house ..then its a straight run to the soak away ..which should be as far away from the house as possible ..and should be at least 1500 mm deep by a metre square ..if the ground is clay ..then you have a real problem ..as the soak away will fill up with water and take ages to drain ...if its a soak away ..then you lay the land drains in a herringbone pattern ..but it has to have an outlet..like a ditch ..surround pipes in gravel to allow drainage
2007-01-27 22:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of pipes is up to you, however you are entering a watery minefield of regulations. See the link I have provided.
http://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/environment/planning/building-control/building-control-guides/upload/046%20Surface%20water%20soakaway.pdf
2007-01-27 23:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋