How deep? - Soakaway for patio

Foul and surface water, private drains and public sewers, land drains and soakaways, filter drains and any other ways of getting rid of water.
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ajd78
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Post: # 20852Post ajd78

Hello there
I have a water problem on my patio and have istalled drainage channels.
i now need to dig the soakaways, how deep should i go.
the patio is about 50m2.
thanks.
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 20854Post lutonlagerlout

depends on your ground mate
if its heavy clay or if its sand or chalk etc etc
regards LLL
I would go for 2m3 at a guesstimate
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Post: # 20885Post Tony McC

The calculation for determining the size and depth of a soakaway is given on the main website. Depth and size is a factor of area to be drained and ground permeability. There is no pre-set size/depth.

See the Soakaways page
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