The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2008 12:36 am**

Ah ! nice job, I wish I was there ...

Heres a pic of the house, I haven't started yet.

I plan to build a retaining wall right across 60cm away from the conservatory over to the other side on the left and then put some decking in a rectangle just in front of the left side of the house. The decking is going to be where its currently boggy. As you can see on the right alley I have a manhole. I was wondering if I could connect to that or whether the graveled area might substitute as a soakaway ?

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2008 11:46 am**

You can't connect to the main drain but you could run the pipe under the area for the new deck you wouldn't need much of a soakaway for it.

A tip for you - make the space between the conservatory and the wall more than 60cm. That's a single slab width with no play at all - go for 80cm then you can pave it, have gravel either side of the slab and room to get a barrow down if you ever need to!

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2008 5:24 pm**

I've just done a litle reading and got the impression a soakaway had to be 5m from the nearest property? I don't think I've got 5 m from my own house and the surrounding houses. Can I not connect the land drain to the surface water drain ?

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2008 7:00 pm**

It's not a soakaway like one required for a roof - the flow is truly minimal. It's only to stop saturation of the soil behind the wall, nothing more.

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2008 10:19 pm**

nice work there rich

LLL

Posted: **Tue May 20, 2008 1:50 am**

Ah , fair enough. So what would be the best material to lay under the decking to ensure drainage ? 12 inches of gravel ?

Posted: **Tue May 20, 2008 2:25 am**

oops double post

The Brew Cabin

Garden retaining wall and drainage