The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:12 pm**

Hi guys, we recently had our drive block paved but we have a problem with water gathering in the top left of this picture (next to the fence panel sat on the slabs) during heavy rainfall. When the water pools enough it then drops over the wall into the neighbors garden which they are not best pleased about.

Where do we stand legally with this?

And what would be the cheapest solution to gain some kind of drainage? I was thinking maybe remove a foot of the block paving in front of the window and create a deep flower bed so the water has someting to drain to.

The other half of the drive is fine as it all flows down into the drains at the other side of the house.

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Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:45 pm**

what is retaining the drive on that side?
is it your wall or the neighbours wall?

was the sand wacked before screeded? it appears not?

drains and falls are generally sorted before installation

it is unacceptable and illegal to have your surface run-off discharging onto a neighbouring property

your idea may work

LLL

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:56 pm**

Yes the sand and hardcore was wacked before the blocks went down
There is 2 walls, the wall which the drive is sat on is ours, the wall with the holes in is the neighbors. The neighbors have threatened to fill all the gaps in in the wall to stop water flowing down onto their side which will obviously cause our side to puddle massively.

Cool, so my idea isnt completely stupid then, it seems it would just be a case of removing about 5 rows of blocks and digging up all the hardcore and sand then just fill with soil in a slight slope away from the neighbors side then the water should naturally drain into the new flower bed..

Posted: **Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:57 pm**

ideally you would have a gully or linear drain there leading to a soakaway or some other point away from next door

hard to see from the picture but it needs to be addressed before the winter

cheers LLL

Posted: **Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:10 am**

Looking at the image it looks as though the paving abuts the screen blocks which are not suitable as a retaining edge, the bedding and base material with wash through the holes.
Besides sorting the drainage issues I think you may need to also create a border between the paving and wall.

Posted: **Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:04 am**

You need a soak a way capable of coping with the surface water of the driveway, you also need to do a soil test to see if the ground is permeable otherwise a soak a way will not work

If the ground is suitable you need to removed 6 - 7 rows of block and install a kerb or concrete edging bedded on and haunched with concrete to give the driveway lateral restraint, this will leave you with a soil border approx 600mm or if possible wider would be better

what is holding the edge course in position what are laid on top of the wall adjacent to the pavement, it looks like they could easily be removed ?

you don't get deep foot prints in compacted sand - just saying ???

Posted: **Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:50 am**

If you zoom in the soldier course is laid ontop of a 9 inch wall looks like they've just be mortared on also it's not straight and dips where the screed bar is, that sand doesn't looked compacted looks a bodged job.

Posted: **Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:25 pm**

That drive way is a liberty in so many ways I'm not going to bother listing them all and they have been taken with you and your poor neighbour.

If I were you (the client) I would be absolutely fuming.

Posted: **Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:42 pm**

the outer blocks are cemented ontop of the existing wall i believe.

I saw him out there for hours wacking, maybe he only wacked the hardcore underneath and not the sand.

Yeah, we are not best pleased.. Builder is supposed to be coming back soon to have a look at some drainage..

Posted: **Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:07 pm**

Let's hope he has the knowledge and skill to do a better job of that than the paving, but I bet he doesn't

The Brew Cabin

New block paving drainage help