Drainage for garden in London
"Andy Coleman" wrote in message
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Hi,
My back garden is approximately 60' x 25' and slopes from front to
back and slighly from left to right. The house is in North London and
as is typical for the area the soil has a clay consistency resulting
in drainage problems.
Someone has advised me that I should dig a hole about 2mx1m by 1m deep
in the lowest point of the garden (which is the bottom right) and fill
it with bricks stones etc. Is this actualy a good option?
I've looked in Google and I have seen references to this being done so
I suppose it is not a bad idea. Where the hole will be dug is an
unused part of the garden so it will not be a big problem.
One reference I saw on Google seemed to indicate that the rubble
should be clean which I took to mean it should not have loads of
cement. Last years project was to tear down our old patio and build a
new one so I have a lot of rubble left over from the old demolished
patio can I use this?
When we moved into our, North London Victorian Terraced house, the garden
sloped upwards from left to right as we live on a hill. My husband levelled
the garden.
We then discovered that the bottom right corner is a lot wetter than the
rest of the garden. Our answer was to dig out a pond and have a bog area.
It has been very successful.
Natalie
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