Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:51 pm
Hi there
The first picture shows the plan. The distance from the top to the bottom is 10m and the distance between the shed area and lawn is approx 6m.
I have excavated my garden ready to install garden paving. The problem is that at the moment I am not sure which way to leave the slope - sloping towards the house, or away from the house. The problem with sloping away from the house is that the ground is clay and from reading on the site, soakaways in clay are not effective. I have dug a hole (approx 250mm x 250mm and 250mm deep) and filled it completely with water to test.
The problem with sloping down towards the house is that I would need to install linear drains from left to right across the house. From reading the site I understand that this is not ideal as the slope is towards the house and I would need to drain the water into the drainage system.
Can you please suggest or advise the best way to resolve this issue?
Thanks,
Vish.