Large soakaway - Lost in the land of soakaways

Foul and surface water, private drains and public sewers, land drains and soakaways, filter drains and any other ways of getting rid of water.
Pablo
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Post: # 66381Post Pablo

I'd be asking your builder for a refund on the cost of connecting the stormwater to the septic tank even my dog knows that's a very stupid thing to do.
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Post: # 66384Post msh paving

Pablo wrote:even my dog knows that's a very stupid thing to do.
love it pablo................. :D :D :D
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Post: # 66385Post Dave_L

I've always found Keyline to be convenient but expensive

Burdens for me. You might be surprised......I was.
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Post: # 66392Post GB_Groundworks

burdens for everything drainage, burdens the professionals haha

my travis trademate account is saying 27+ for the crates
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Post: # 66748Post msh paving

I started on the job today, pablo was right his dog could do better..... 50mm water lying in manhole,back fall on 45and 30 deg. bends outa manhole and leval pipe rest off way,no room to lift manhole as kitchen sink will back fall,so have to relay and put new manhole in down the line......grrrrrr some people MSH :)
This pic is straight outa manhole backfalling
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this is leval pipe 3 m long
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Mikey_C
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Post: # 66751Post Mikey_C

good bed and surround of pea shingle, so not all bad!!! ???

how do clueless t1ts stay in business

jonnyboyentire
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Post: # 66761Post jonnyboyentire

Mikey_C wrote:good bed and surround of pea shingle, so not all bad!!! ???

how do clueless t1ts stay in business
because for every clueless t1t there are twenty clueless t1ts willing to employ them :(
full bed only - spot and dabs are the scourge!!

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Post: # 66769Post msh paving

this builder has made a great job off the barn conversion everthing first class, he's just not a drain layer MSH
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Post: # 66770Post lutonlagerlout

i hear things like "the weight of water will push it through"
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Post: # 66804Post Mikey_C

msh paving wrote:this builder has made a great job off the barn conversion everthing first class, he's just not a drain layer MSH
fair enough, but why lay drains then (me thinks £££), I would have no shame in turning round to a customer/employer and say I don't know what I'm doing/can't do this.

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Post: # 66817Post GB_Groundworks

because they all do it and feck it up, like builders who lay patios on 5 spots and builders sand mix because they dont know better, how did he get rd bco, our guy used to be a civil surveyour for drain layers so hes well up on everything and always willing to help and advise but hes always in with his level checking quarter bubble etc
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