Water storage

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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hillandtrail
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Post: # 30525Post hillandtrail

I have been asked by a customer about installing Bradstones water storage system under a new patio.
I had not seen this before and was wondering if anyone had any experience of installing it. Having looked on their website I am not convinced that storing water under a patio would be the best place.

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Post: # 30546Post Tony McC

It does work, but as a rainwater harvesting system, it has limited capacity. I'd only use it as an attenuation system beneath residential paving on relatively free-draining ground.

In theory, there's nowt wrong with storing water beneath a pavement, but you have to get the construction spot-on or there's a real risk of settlement and then the client starts giving you grief.
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