Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: What type of soil is this? 8Jul 19, 2022 9:34 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It will pond at the high point because that is where your cut is and rock has been exposed. Water will travel through clay and tend to accumulate on top of the rock.Once you cut into soil profile you change the normal flow patterns.Sounds like the drain behind the retaining wall isn't working if there is one. This would be difficult to fix. One method is to dig a spoon drain in to the rock at the base of the retaining wall and divert into the storm water system or away from the lawn area. You can further improve the spoon drain by using builders plastic on your house side of the trench and even make it like an apron sloping towards the spoon drain. If the lawn areas has been cut virtually flat then normal rainfall catchment will not run away you may need to run some small drains at right angles to the main spoon drain at the base of the retaining wall these trenches should slope towards the main spoon drain. I'll take a guess and say your in the Pascoe vale sth or West Brunswick area going off that rock type in Moreland council probably not too far from the freeway, just a guess. Natural stone tiles like slate, travertine, and limestone add a timeless, elegant look to… 0 28012 2 5177 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 38190 |