The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:51 am**

Hello all,
I get a 2 meter sq, 3 inch deep puddle at the end of my garden. My rear garden slopes down for about 30 meters and water has always gathered a little at the bottom after heavy rain. We built a hard stand at the bottom of the garden for a shed as the last one nearly flooded, and the hard stand has a brick boarder that holds the water back. So we know we have forced the water to gather there, we where thinking of putting in a soakaway, however this might be a bit extreme as the it does disappear after a couple of hours or so.
What would you all suggest is best? I just want to stop the standing water from ruining the grass, would it be better to dig in grit to the whole area? or would a soakaway really be the answer.

thanks in advance for your help and suggestions

ashley

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:16 pm**

I had this once on a new lawn i laid from seed.

I dug a small pit, by hand, approx 2' square by about 3' deep, filled it with 20mm shingle then covered it over and it worked as a simple soakaway. not saying it will work in your case as it depends on the soil type, but by the sounds of it, it drains away eventually so it might work!

Edited By dig dug dan on 1208189845

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:06 pm**

ok well that would be easier, should i grit the earth as well?

any thing else i should lookout for?

thanks

ashley

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:15 pm**

grit in the earth will help, but if you are on a heavy clay, it won't help much
If you can get to a chalk deposit, this will be an excellent soakway

Try to do a test hole and see what sort of soil you have first

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:37 pm**

ok will test the soil, i believe it is part London clay and part good agriculture land, we are surrounded by farm land.

should i fill the hole with chalk then?

thanks

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:24 pm**

fill hole with stones and gradually reduce size as you get to top shingle finish then lay terram then soil over.

The Brew Cabin

Standing surface water at bottom of garden - Draingage problem