Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:54 pm
Hi all, I am currently DIYing a path at the front of my house, which falls away from my house into a soakaway I built under my front lawn which is higher that my path:
As you can see I had to leave a gap between the path and the house because it had to be slightly higher than the 150mm below DPC level. I have messed up slightly however with not considering where to direct the water longitudinally. Previously, all there was was some decorative gravel so I presume water just drained naturally into the foundations. Is this still acceptable to do? The only other option I can see is to french drain into the pipe you can see on the right of the picture which is connected to my roof gutters.
Advice would be greatly appreciated!
As you can see I had to leave a gap between the path and the house because it had to be slightly higher than the 150mm below DPC level. I have messed up slightly however with not considering where to direct the water longitudinally. Previously, all there was was some decorative gravel so I presume water just drained naturally into the foundations. Is this still acceptable to do? The only other option I can see is to french drain into the pipe you can see on the right of the picture which is connected to my roof gutters.
Advice would be greatly appreciated!