The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:40 am**

I have to extend our current stable yard. It will be approx 30m2, concrete, retained by a small wall. In the corner of the small wall, i will need a drain.

When we built the house, i had a branch run from the surface water system towards what will be the stable yard to pick up the drain.

I thought about having a Aco type linear channel leading to the drain but with the best will in the world, it will soon get clogged with hay, straw, shavings etc. I then considered a dished concrete channel or perhaps no channel at all, and just slope the concrete to the corner. What are the pros/cons to any of the above?

Secondly, i need to source a drain cover (strong enough to be stood on by a horse), some kind of sump (to collect the stable debris) and connecters to the surface water pipe.

Any suggestions as to the components i should be looking at would be appreciated.

Cheers

Posted: **Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:57 pm**

Any thoughts anyone? Ta

Posted: **Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:45 pm**

A yard gully with concrete falling towards it and dished slightly should do the trick

Posted: **Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:27 pm**

We do lots of stable yards and yes aco fill up quickly, concrete dished to a silt trap then road gulley is a good way to stops the drain filling with crap can be shoveled out into the mucking out wheel barrow

Make sure you texture your concrete with a brushed finished ideally or if DIY a rough tamped finish

We use Cemex special agricultural concrete which has a high ammonia tolerance over normal Crete, horse piss is abrasive stuff

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:10 am**

I'd go with GBs spec', sounds good.

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:57 am**

Brilliant, as ever. Thanks guys.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2015 8:56 pm**

Slight change of plan: we're binning the old stable yard (rather than renovate it) and moving the stables into an existing outbuilding. The outbuilding as a concrete floor, but there's no slope to it.

My plan is to cut a channel approx 30cm wide and use dished concrete as described by Giles, above.

I've had a look at various silt traps and road gullies, but the variety has thrown me. Any chance someone could post a link to a suitable trap and gully (strong enough to withstand the possibility of one of the horses standing on it).

Also, can anyone confirm the minimum slope for the channel? The barn is 48ft long and I don't want the channel to be too deep at the far end.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2015 7:54 am**

You'll need this to go into the ground

http://www.drainage365.co.uk/all-pro....-outlet

Together with this to make cleaning out easy

http://www.drainage365.co.uk/all-pro....-bucket

and something like this to go on top

http://www.drainage365.co.uk/manhole....nternal

Posted: **Mon May 11, 2015 6:46 pm**

Great stuff, many thanks.

The Brew Cabin

Stableyard drainage - What components?