stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:07 PM |
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Garden Drains
 
Garden Fence
Put up a fence last year to prevent the dog going on the grass so that it would always be clean for the kids to play on (dog allowed on supervised)
However, now SWMBO has started cleaning the patio, the runoff is killing the grass.
Am considering putting some of the linear drainage things in across this side of the fence. However, there is nothing I can connect it to in order to
ensure it empties out in quick order.
Any plumbers/gardeners have any ideas?
Cheers
Stephen
[Edited on 10/8/09 by stevebubs]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:13 PM |
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What about drilling holes (largish) in the bottom of the drainage channels?
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Benzine
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:13 PM |
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fill in the pond with concrete, plow the family into the soil, blow up the tree, and use the leaves to make a dress for your wife who is also your
brother
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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steve m
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:24 PM |
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lose the dog ?
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
What about drilling holes (largish) in the bottom of the drainage channels?
That's the current line of thinking. Just not sure how quick it would drain away....
[Edited on 10/8/09 by stevebubs]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
lose the dog ?
More tempting than you might imagine...but it's her dog...
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Guinness
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:36 PM |
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You'll need a soak away (IMHO).
You can either dig a big hole at one end of the drain run (say 1000 x 1000 x 600) fill it with gravel and then run the water from the linear drain
into that, or you could dig a long trench alongside the edge of the patio and use one of the slotted land drain pipes in there, connecting it into the
linear drain at regular intervals. Back fill with gravel, put top soil over, grass back ontop.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain
You can get it ex stock from big B&Q's if you don't fancy the builders merchants.
HTH
Mike
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nick205
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 12:50 PM |
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What's she cleaning the patio with...?
Might be easier to adjust the cleaning method rather than digging the garden up 
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 01:08 PM |
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Apparently "Flash All In One" is the only stuff she has that clears the doo doo smell...
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nick205
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 01:13 PM |
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Nappy for the dog?
Wellies for the kids?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 01:14 PM |
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with kids you should be use to these...
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 01:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Nappy for the dog?
Wellies for the kids?
damn beaten to it 
 linky
[Edited on 10/8/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 01:17 PM |
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I would guess whatever is being used to clean the patio contains a bleach, although it will prevent moss and algae and kill weeds and the proverbial
99% of all known germs it is really bad for the environment.
Use a more dilute bleach and applying it by brush not using a sparyer will be effective without acting like agent orange.
You can also buy mould and moss killer in 5 litre containers that you dilute and apply once a season with the aid of a watering can and a deck
scrubber or brush ---- builders merchants sell it as do industrial cleaning supplie shops or you can get it off the internet.
To keep weed and moss down round the edges of my slabs I use one of the weed burners -- ie a gas blow lamp on a stick.
[Edited on 10/8/09 by britishtrident]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 04:09 PM |
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Really need to apply it 2/3 times a week to keep the smell away...once a season could make the garden pretty pongy...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 09:19 PM |
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Whatabout just putting a 600mm deep soakaway underneath the drain units?
Stephen
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coozer
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| posted on 10/8/09 at 09:41 PM |
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As Mike suggested, a trench lined with something? along the edge filled with gravel to act as a wee sump.. its just about giving a boundary for the
dogs sterilising solution.
Or, extend the paving under the fence??
[Edited on 10/8/09 by coozer]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 11/8/09 at 01:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
As Mike suggested, a trench lined with something? along the edge filled with gravel to act as a wee sump.. its just about giving a boundary for the
dogs sterilising solution.
Think I'll run with that - dig out the edge of the patio as deep as I can and fill it with gravel...then stick a linear drain on top to make it
"look nice"
quote:
Or, extend the paving under the fence??
[Edited on 10/8/09 by coozer]
This would just push the problem further out into the garden...fence was deliberately put up with a gap....
[Edited on 11/8/09 by stevebubs]
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wilkingj
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| posted on 11/8/09 at 08:22 AM |
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You could put in a "French Drain"
Cut out a 10" deep channel along the side of the patio. Put a PVC Pipe in the bottom with Holes in the pipe. Then covered with gravel. These are
very effective.
However you will need to feed it into a soakaway. As already said above 1metre or deeper cube hole filled with some rouble, then stones and finally
soil and turf on top. Make sure its all tamped down so it doesnt subside. You make the soakaway in a corner of the lawn away from the patio and
buildings etc.
Just a thought.
Personally I would buy a BBQ and put the dog on it. Cheaper, tastier, and a lot less digging
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2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
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