Can somebody brief me about soak wells. How much do they cost roughly?
Can we do it or allow builder to do it?
Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 24, 2007 4:00 pm Can somebody brief me about soak wells. How much do they cost roughly?
Can we do it or allow builder to do it? Re: Soak Wells 2May 24, 2007 5:42 pm Even though I might sound like an idiot……what’s a Soak Well??? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 3May 24, 2007 10:55 pm A soakwell is something that you put in the ground and plumb onto your down pipes to take away roof water.
Its kind of like an underground water tank, but with one difference and that is that it has perforated sides that allow the water to "soak" into the surrounding soil. You can pick up little ones (maybe 50L or so) made of recycled plastics for about $20.00 or you can go all out and get what looks like a septic tank with holes in it. One thing that I learnt from my neighbour is to let the soak well settle and cop a good rain. The guy next door paved over his straights away, and with the first rain and natural settlement his pavement sunk!! In answer to the original question. You can do it yourself or the builder can also. The little plastic ones need a hole say 700mm deep by 500mm across. Very much a DIY type project The big concrete sewerage tank style one may need a mini excavator to dig the hole and position the well in place. There is companies her in WA and that kinda stuff is what they do. Have a look at this page for some maths about how big yours may need to be!! http://www.masterplumbers.com/plumbview ... erdis3.asp Re: Soak Wells 4May 24, 2007 10:59 pm ((("soak" into the surrounding soil.)))
That is such a good idea!!!! WOW….these should be made compulsory. Thanks for that….any good websites I can check out on this? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 5May 24, 2007 11:08 pm Some councils over here do make them compolsury.
I have updated the post above with a link that has some maths about them, but thats all!! Re: Soak Wells 6May 24, 2007 11:15 pm Not getting anything on that website.
Did you type it in correctly? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 8May 24, 2007 11:21 pm No, not getting it?????? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 9May 24, 2007 11:23 pm yep working this end.
Did you try copy/paste link directly at top? Re: Soak Wells 10May 24, 2007 11:26 pm Well that’s a bit easy isn’t it???
No I’ll try that! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 11May 24, 2007 11:28 pm NO....still no good!!!!
Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 13May 24, 2007 11:47 pm Well it was the only thing to click on!!!! Yes still not happening! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Soak Wells 14May 25, 2007 6:22 am I can see it
So would you use a soak well in addition to a water tank? Re: Soak Wells 15May 25, 2007 7:38 am Soakage pits or soakage lines aren't suitable for everyone.
They work best on sandy soil with the permeability determining the size or length of the lines & the amount of catchment. All stormwater must be 'contained within the site' or directed to a 'legal point of discharge' so if the soakers aren't up to the job you could find yourself in hot water- or in this case cold water. Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. Re: Soak Wells 16May 25, 2007 9:57 am We got someone to put our soakwells in for us, before our paving went down. He put in 8 soakwells (60cm diameter approx) with bluemetal underneath to avoid subsidence and a slab on top and 3-4 metres of pipe from each down pipe to the soakwell, and including all digging, materials etc it was $900. We were happy with that as it meant we weren't spending weekends digging holes!! We are on the top of a hill (sandy soil) so had good drainage. Re: Soak Wells 18Sep 12, 2007 2:00 pm We did it DIY style and used plastic because they were alot easier to handle/manouver
If I was going to pay someone to do it - I would go concrete but the end result would really be the same. Plastic is fine if you aren't going to drive over it - we placed ours in 'clusters' in the middle of the front and rear yards and ran 90mm piping from the 10-downpipes out and well away from the house. I don't like the idea of soakwells positioned close to houses - sort of defeats the purpose in my eyes FIY - whole project ended up costing aproximately $400 in materials and two days worth of labour (working by hand-shovels) for 10 down-pipes. Most importantly - we didnt destroy any gas/electrics/comms service lines to the house or underground plumbing - which I have no doubt that a contractor with an excavator would have done (because we found heaps when we were digging. P1T Re: Soak Wells 19Sep 12, 2007 8:44 pm Most builders in WA have them included so the you don't have to worry about them as i think they are compulsory in all shires/councils here Re: Soak Wells 20Sep 13, 2007 12:21 am Not all shires in WA, I was told Swan and one other make it mandatory. BTW, it's not cheap, my builder has quoted over $2,500... I believe that is for concrete type.
Since I'm building in Swan Shire I have to have them on the plans submitted to the Shire (by the builder). Apparently I could then tell the builder to drop it and I can do them myself (or have someone else do it for less money) but I'm going to let the builder do it for simplicity and warranty. Finally got the Soakwell at my house sucked out. Now I’m looking for ideas on how to hide it as it’s a bit of an eye sore. I’m thinking I’d like to turf over the… 0 3283 |