New drain around the house
As you know I am in the full flow of getting my house sorted for damp. One of the main problems has been the fact that the outside ground is at the same level as the internal floor. This means that any rainwater is encouraged to make its way into the wall and hence the inside because the lower levels are always wet.
My make-shift drain with 10mm holes drilled in |
I then used the trusty spirit level to ensure that it was running down to the main drain. I will be placing some sort of barrier across the top to ensure that the chippings don’t fall into the drain and block it.
The outlet of the land drain into the main drains |
The trench was then back filled with the 20mm limestone chippings. The 20mm chippings were used as they should not fall into the 10mm holes, thus creating a long term fix. I shall also at some point get some geo-membrane and put this down below the top layer of chippings so that any dust / dirt etc doesn’t get carried into the drain and block it.
The trench back filled with 20mm limestone gravel |
With the rain that we have had over the past couple of days it was good to see that the trench has not filled up with water, so I think that it must be working.
Source: http://ecohomecentre.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-drain-around-house.html
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