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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:48 pm
by mickavalon
Just quoting for a client to lay a 9'x13' concrete slab to site a Dog kennel with a wire dog run attached, quite an expensive looking one at that. The Site is in the bottom corner of their Garden, the ground slopes gradually back towards the house, and they obviously want to be able to wash the base off. My Problem is the Ground is very boggy and prone to flooding.
Pipework is out of the question due to the slope and as the Plot is surrrounded on all sides(their a corner plot, backing on to another street) I've nowhere to run off to.
I'm contemplating a soakaway chamber, but I'm worried the water tablemay cause the waste to rise and cause problems, any ideas anyone? ???
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:57 pm
by lutonlagerlout
can the slab just not be 50mm higher than surrounding ground and have a 25mm crossfall?
my old boss had a dog kennel run thing on his farm and the drain seemed to attract no end of rats,dunno if it was the dogs or what?
LLL
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:37 pm
by mickavalon
I'm Framing the Base in 82x2" battens to match other bits and bobs in the are, so I've no worries about the water flooding over it, and I'm putting in a fall to stop standing water wetting fido's poor ickle paws, and wash his crap off, but I'm just worried about polluting the area.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:29 am
by Tony McC
If the ground is boggy and prone to flooding, a soakaway ain't gonna be much use.
You could surround the base with an interceptor trench and hope that acts as a semi-viable soakaway but the ground conditions are critical to performance.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:44 am
by mickavalon
The client reckons her neighbour had 2 soakaways dug to help with the issue, but they went down 2 mts and their Garden is slightly higher, approx 12". I know what you mean though, I'm just thinking if I don't do something it's going to cause quite a bit of a stink come Summer. They say the ground is usually quite firm until after either really heavy rain or the snow we've just had, so maybe it's just compaction, it's an old 20'/30's House and the surrounding area was once woodland. It also sits in a slight valley. Gets worse don't it!!:D
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:42 am
by seanandruby
Small pump and pumping system.