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swampy garden
my smallish garden is sloped towards the house and gets like a bog when it rains. how do I build in some drains for it ?
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bettyday wrote:
my smallish garden is sloped towards the house and gets like a bog when it rains. how do I build in some drains for it ? This sounds to me like a case for consulting a professional on the spot. But one fine professional has a website at: http://www.pavingexpert.com/ If you click that, and enter "drainage" in his search window, you'll find good stuff. I imagine you've already checked to see if there is an existing drain which has got blocked, or covered up by previous work. The two problems to confront with drainage are stopping the stuff getting in -- as with field drains -- and where to send it once it's got in. In built-up areas these can both be very difficult. You may find that raising the overall level helps, as long as that doesn't bring water into contact with the house walls near or above the damp-proof course. Likely to be a big job. Sometimes installing a pond with a hard surround such as paving will make the soggy situation into a pleasant one. -- Mike. |
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bettyday wrote: my smallish garden is sloped towards the house and gets like a bog when it rains. how do I build in some drains for it ? -- bettyday In my experience the bogginess is more to do with the type of soil than the amount of water in it -i.e. a clay soil will get boggy with little rain whereas a sandy soil may stay quite stable even when very wet. It's difficult to drain clay from underneath as the rain won't get to the channels. You'd need to think about diverting the surface water somehow. |
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swampy garden
bettyday wrote:
Wrote: bettyday wrote: my smallish garden is sloped towards the house and gets like a bog when it rains. how do I build in some drains for it ? -- bettyday In my experience the bogginess is more to do with the type of soil than the amount of water in it -i.e. a clay soil will get boggy with little rain whereas a sandy soil may stay quite stable even when very wet. It's difficult to drain clay from underneath as the rain won't get to the channels. You'd need to think about diverting the surface water somehow. thanks for the advice, from what Ive read as suggested every idea seems too involved for my size garden, I was hoping that by digging some holes and filling with gravel and a layer of soil on top the rain could drain away through the gravel and down away to earth ? That will _sometimes_ work, especially if you use clean hard-core rather than gravel, and incorporate a lot of loose stuff into the topsoil. But the holes will have to be big ones. If your lawn just gets a bit "noisy" and squelchy after rain, that could be enough; but if you can actually see water half an hour after the rain has stopped, then I'd say it won't. You really should chat to your neighbours about it: either they have the same problem, and can tell you what they did about it, or your garden is the lucky recipient of all the water from their gardens! Sounds like a case for a paved area to me: keep it clear of the damp-proof course. -- Mike. |
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Mike Lyle wrote: That will _sometimes_ work, especially if you use clean hard-core rather than gravel, and incorporate a lot of loose stuff into the topsoil. But the holes will have to be big ones. If your lawn just gets a bit "noisy" and squelchy after rain, that could be enough; but if you can actually see water half an hour after the rain has stopped, then I'd say it won't. You really should chat to your neighbours about it: either they have the same problem, and can tell you what they did about it, or your garden is the lucky recipient of all the water from their gardens! Sounds like a case for a paved area to me: keep it clear of the damp-proof course. -- Mike. Even a thin layer of sand/topsoil mix on my garden was enough to stop the top level squelchyness as the sand helps the water disperse rather than sit in a puddle. The OP said the garden slopes and I guess it's just the lower part of the garden that gets waterlogged? |
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