Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Maybe @User9609 can just nick a load of milk crates if he is on a budget.
Soak-aways
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[QUOTE 5339301, member: 9609"]I thought it was just a hole filled with rocks but some online stuff seems to be making it very complicated.
Am I just wasting my time digging a hole and back filling with rubble then dropping a paving slab on the top of it, should I line the sides with that fabric landscapers use to supress weeds, or would the perforations in this be the wrong size.
I have a budget of 5p, a spade, plenty of rocks, plenty of that landscape fabric (or old dumpy bags) any suggestions[/QUOTE]
Key question: what is the soak away for?
wrt your fabric question:
the black non woven fabric is absolutely ye wrong material, it will allow though all fines.
You want Geo-membrane - the stuff that goes down under a paving base. Tough as tough but water permeable.
Quantity you want would be pennies from a friendly local paver.
Am I just wasting my time digging a hole and back filling with rubble then dropping a paving slab on the top of it, should I line the sides with that fabric landscapers use to supress weeds, or would the perforations in this be the wrong size.
I have a budget of 5p, a spade, plenty of rocks, plenty of that landscape fabric (or old dumpy bags) any suggestions[/QUOTE]
Key question: what is the soak away for?
wrt your fabric question:
the black non woven fabric is absolutely ye wrong material, it will allow though all fines.
You want Geo-membrane - the stuff that goes down under a paving base. Tough as tough but water permeable.
Quantity you want would be pennies from a friendly local paver.
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Last time you asked for advice, I replied and you'd already fitted the post. So I presume you're well on with the hole by now.
You already probably know it depends what you're soaking away? A rule for building soakaways is 1m3 for every downpipe. Site the hole 5 m min from a building. Crate stacks have more void than stone. Etc etc
You already probably know it depends what you're soaking away? A rule for building soakaways is 1m3 for every downpipe. Site the hole 5 m min from a building. Crate stacks have more void than stone. Etc etc
Paving expert is a truly excellent and free online resource posted by a real expert.
Don't bother asking paving questions here, just go there and put your question in the search box.
Used by pro-landscapers and designers!
Levo-Lon
Guru
99+% of folks here are non experts on any specific technical subject but many feel free to chip in with "good advice". Your (really) good advice is just as likely to be lost in ill-informed dross - just like asking a medical question here.
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Poster boy for “Fun and friendly forum”
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
+1 And my 20+ odd years experience? And for now my experience and advice is free. That’s what forums are about.
Sorry: That should be, “...my 20+ deeply peculiar years experience.”
Hardly like medical advice though is it?
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Your “like” almost arrived before I posted. Are you a psychic expert as well?
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Bit slow there old chap, I fear. You need to get to ForumPostLikingExpert.com, where you’ll get the very best advice on quick digit action
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Don't forget vaguely suggestive "Carry On"-style smut ... or is that just me?
Levo-Lon
Guru
Well that can happen but i always tell the poster and they like the post or add more questions .
My advice will always be honest and ill often know ways that text book teachers would never know.
I once went to quote a guy for a parh in his garden,snotty know it all.
He took great pleasure in telling me he was the man who does the specifications for council paths and roads..great pleased for you.
He then said he wanted 600 mm of type one and 50mm sharp sand and a 60 mm paver.
No prob i said but that is a serious spec for a garden path and you'll be paying for this not the council...
He seemed to go off the idea when i priced it, he never had it done either.
Salar
A fish out of water
- Location
- Gorllewin Cymru
With respect, there is no rule for soakaways. It depends upon the area to be drained, soil charactereristics, water table level, permeability and percolation rates of the existing ground.
And , yes I do know what I'm talking about.
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
You're right - I should've typed "rule of thumbWith respect, there is no rule for soakaways. It depends upon the area to be drained, soil charactereristics, water table level, permeability and percolation rates of the existing ground.
And , yes I do know what I'm talking about.
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I've fixed that for you, as there are rules, ask anybody that has had the Council Building Inspector round.