Land drain media

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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Maximus
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Post: # 21280Post Maximus

I have completed all the trenching to install my garden land drains, i have read on the site that the infill around the perf pipe (to also have a geotextile wrap) you use a pea gravel type shingle, i'm having trouble finding a local supplier, what are the alternatives to this? suppliers keep recommending limestone chippings but i have read that you can't use this because of precipitation, can anyone advise, i'm looking for approx 1 ton.

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IanMelb
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Post: # 21283Post IanMelb

Isn' pea shingle the same as 10mm gravel?

If so, for only a tonne, could you not go to any of the 'chain' BM's (TP, Jewsons) or even the B&Q warehouse or Wickes (who do this one)
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andpartington
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Post: # 21288Post andpartington

yep any old cheap 10mm gravel will do as long as it not limestone

andy
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Tony McC
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Post: # 21348Post Tony McC

Pea gravel is rounded. Some 10mm gravels are angular or sub-angular, rather than rounded, and therefore can't really be considered to be pea gravel. I'd accept sub-rounded as pea gravel although some purists insist that sub-rounded isn't worthgy of the name.

Gravels are classed according to shape: angular - sub-angular - sub-rounded - rounded. Determining what's sub-angular and what's sub-rounded is down to an educated guess, I reckon!
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