Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:06 am
Hi,
I live on a detached property where the land slops with the road outside the front of the house being the highest point, gentle slope then to the rear of the back garden. That's the setting!
I am planning on building an extension onto the back of the house, but have been aware for a long time about a 'well' which is just outside the current single story extension to the rear. Apparently all the houses in my street (on my side of the street) have a well.
When lifting the drain cover off to look into the well I was surprised by its size, 1.7m in diameter and 2.5m deep, and pretty full of water, approx 2m. So I was thinking, is this really a well, or is it some sort of soakaway due to the slope of the land? And if I do extend, which would be beyond the 'well' should I leave it where it is and make a feature of it inside the new kitchen, or fill it in and move it further down the garden?
The 'well' is brick lined, and obviously serves some sort of purpose, I'm starting to thing drainage as a soakaway for surface water away from the foundations of the house......
I live on a detached property where the land slops with the road outside the front of the house being the highest point, gentle slope then to the rear of the back garden. That's the setting!
I am planning on building an extension onto the back of the house, but have been aware for a long time about a 'well' which is just outside the current single story extension to the rear. Apparently all the houses in my street (on my side of the street) have a well.
When lifting the drain cover off to look into the well I was surprised by its size, 1.7m in diameter and 2.5m deep, and pretty full of water, approx 2m. So I was thinking, is this really a well, or is it some sort of soakaway due to the slope of the land? And if I do extend, which would be beyond the 'well' should I leave it where it is and make a feature of it inside the new kitchen, or fill it in and move it further down the garden?
The 'well' is brick lined, and obviously serves some sort of purpose, I'm starting to thing drainage as a soakaway for surface water away from the foundations of the house......