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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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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 102782Post lutonlagerlout

exactamundo jamie
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lutonlagerlout wrote:exactamundo jamie
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Great, thanks!
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Post: # 102962Post jamie9090

Another question ... how would you recommend sloping the drive? At the moment it is pretty much exactly level from 2 bricks below the damp-proof course to the pavement. Obviously I can't really change the level at the pavement so I guess I either have to raise near the house to around 1 brick below the damp proof course giving me a gradient of around 1:70, OR, I slope it towards the house then put in some sort of drainage channel. ... I would rather not slope towards the house but I know you are not supposed to go above 2 bricks below dpc so which of these options is preferable or is there another way? Thanks
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Post: # 102970Post lemoncurd1702

Slope to a halfway point between house and pavement so your drainage channel is in the middle. Doesn't look as good though, but if you can achieve a minimum 25mm fall from both directions and use a slot drainage channel should look cushty. Another alternative is a cross fall but doesn't look your garden would allow this either.

Edit: When I say 25mm I'm assuming the drive is 5m long so you'll have a 25mm fall over 2.5m. If the drive is much longer than that you will need to increase the fall.
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Post: # 103850Post unclebob

lutonlagerlout wrote:jamie the 5m rule is "where practicable"
what this means is get it as far as is humanly possible away
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Are you able to direct me to a document or name of a document where this is?

I've got a similar size drive which i don't want to do much to at present, but need to do enough to get the kerb cut...
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