Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:03 pm
Hello,
Today I dug a pit to try and test the drainage of the soil in our front garden prior to converting it into a driveway (32sqm area). It will most likely be gravel over plastic cellular paving, or, perhaps, permeable blocks, but the soil suffers from a high clay content and I was worried about poor drainage.
So, the pit was about 550mm x 550mm x 300mm deep (0.3sqm area). I poured in a bit more than 40 litres of water, and it was gone in just under 40 minutes. How does that sound? Good or bad?
Today I dug a pit to try and test the drainage of the soil in our front garden prior to converting it into a driveway (32sqm area). It will most likely be gravel over plastic cellular paving, or, perhaps, permeable blocks, but the soil suffers from a high clay content and I was worried about poor drainage.
So, the pit was about 550mm x 550mm x 300mm deep (0.3sqm area). I poured in a bit more than 40 litres of water, and it was gone in just under 40 minutes. How does that sound? Good or bad?
