Apologies if this is a basic (or daft!) question...
I would like to change our current double concrete strip driveway to a gravel layout. I am puzzled about drainage as I have backfall from the road to the house and the downpipe from my garage roof is actually *inside* the garage itself, so I have no exposed drainage gullies on the outside of the house.
Do I need to install a new gully or can I allow surface water to drain through the gravel and sub-base?
Many thanks.
Drainage for a gravel driveway
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If you're not having any problems with drainage of surface water with the current layout of the driveway, then changing to an all-gravel construction shouldn't present any new problems.
I'm surprised to hear that the garage roof drain lies inside the garage, and that you think you have no external gullies - I've not seen a house yet (at least, not one built in the last 150 years or so) that doesn't have some form of external drain!
I'm surprised to hear that the garage roof drain lies inside the garage, and that you think you have no external gullies - I've not seen a house yet (at least, not one built in the last 150 years or so) that doesn't have some form of external drain!
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I can't see any drain covers outside the house where the fallback is at its lowest point. However, I am yet to clear the gravel that sits between the concrete driveway strips, so I wonder if there's a covered drain cover there?
We haven't had any problems in the past, but I don't want to create any new ones :-) !
The downpipe that comes through the garage roof goes straight into the garage floor with no exposed grates.
We haven't had any problems in the past, but I don't want to create any new ones :-) !
The downpipe that comes through the garage roof goes straight into the garage floor with no exposed grates.