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Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 10:57 pm
by George91
Hi I’v recently dug a trench behind my garage for a Soakaway. I keep reading it must be 5 metres away but I don’t have that much room from my garage to the fence. Roughly around 2-3 metres. Also the Soakaway is for a single garage so it’s about 10 sqmetres of roof. What size Soakaway would you recommend as a minimum? And should I still do it even if it’s not 5 metres away from the garage?
Regards George
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 9:15 am
by George91
Another thing is that I can’t connect to any of the drains because there to far away from the back of the garage.
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 4:49 pm
by doobin
Without knowing your ground conditions nobody can advise you. Are you on clay? Sand? You should do a percolation test.
Not advisable to connect into foul drains- your water company will give you a big bill if they find out.
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 5:57 pm
by George91
I have only one sewer. I’m in the midlands Leicester it’s clay soil but Soakaway are still installed here. I’v done a test and it seemed to Soakaway at a good rate
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 8:42 am
by George91
Any help. I’v dug a hole now and it’s about a metre deep by 700x700. The pipe to it will sit just over halfway up in the hole so around the 600 below the pipe. Will that be okay for such a small roof?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 10:11 am
by Tony McC
If you make the hole big enough to accommodate a single storm crate, that's roughly 1m x 500mm, then that should be OK-ish for a 10m² roof.