We moved into our property in Feb and have had severe drainage issues with our front all tarmac drive on about six occasions when we've had a cloudburst. I've looked at this site (great by the way!) for some solutions and can see a couple, but would like some thoughts as to what might be possible/best.
Looking at the front of our house the driveway slopes slightly right to left and towards the house. We have two drains either side of a front porch connected to a soakaway further into the property somewhere, which all works fine at other times. The boundary on the left is a metre wide strip of garden and on the right is a wall with a grassed area the other side of it. We live at the end of a cul de sac in the sticks and the lane has been badly maintained by the council and slopes down to our property. It also has no drains of its own.
In extremely heavy rain the water pools in holes in the road and flows into our property like a small stream. The water runs down the lhs and pools up against the house front overwhelming the two drains (and over the dpc but that's another problem!).
We've been quoted £1800 to have a grated drain put across the drive and connected to a new traditional soakaway under the grassed area to the right to stop the water getting to the house. I suspect this is the best solution, although I would prefer a more modern cell soakaway construction.
Someone else has suggested a french drain and if I find the ground is suitable wondered if I could run a trench along the lhs where the strip of garden is now and get the water to flow into it and soak away. It would be about 25 ft long. This though is on a boundary with a neighbour, and due to its location it couldn't be attached to any soakaway, so probably a non starter?
Any thoughts?
Drive drains overwhelmed
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Steve with regards to council runoff my mate has had a very simular problem which has been on going for a couple of years, this has now after several surveys finally being rectified ,the council admitting the runoff should not be running through his property;so would definately throw the ball in there court,and see what they say. It might save you a few quid.
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We have discussed throwing this at the council, but were a bit reluctant because 'council' to us meant an age/reluctance to get it fixed and we didn't think we could live with it much longer. So we have been looking to resolve the issue ourselves, which should take a much shorter time period, although will cost us.
Sussex, I know all councils are different, but how long did the process take for your mate? I'm encouraged by the fact that they had a result.
Sussex, I know all councils are different, but how long did the process take for your mate? I'm encouraged by the fact that they had a result.