Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jun 30, 2009 5:18 pm Building the Pegasus New Generation Bletchley Pk, Southern River Land purchased 03/2009 Contract 06/2009 Prestart 09/2009 Land cleared/sand Pad 10-12-09 Fittings done 17-12-09 SLAB!! 18-12-09 Brickies started 27-1-10 Roof Started 2-3-10 Lock Up 13-5-10 Re: cost of soakwells 3Jun 30, 2009 11:58 pm Building the Pegasus New Generation Bletchley Pk, Southern River Land purchased 03/2009 Contract 06/2009 Prestart 09/2009 Land cleared/sand Pad 10-12-09 Fittings done 17-12-09 SLAB!! 18-12-09 Brickies started 27-1-10 Roof Started 2-3-10 Lock Up 13-5-10 Re: cost of soakwells 12Jul 11, 2009 10:15 pm No No An ag drain will do more than one soak well. (here in WA) They out perform them If you have clay soil, I'd go and agdrain running to two soak wells joined. I will often say to link ag drain in wa to each other. Why? Because often the distance between down pipes is about the that of the ag drain. it also compensates for the drains that have more flow than others. It is never even I'll post photos of what i mean. Don't link the drain pipe directly to the ag drain or soak well. This will cause flooded eves and damaged paving. (To storm water, that is different ) Re: cost of soakwells 13Jul 11, 2009 11:03 pm Joining direct to drain pipe... not cool (for soak wells) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Separating the soak well from drain/down pipe... very cool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is mine out the front. It is as above but I have hidden it below pebbles and native violets. The water just disappears into the ground cover Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This way if the soak well fills, it will just softly over flow onto the surrounding soil and pavers. It will drain away in no time (because we are on a massive sand plain ) and the gutters don't flood into the eves or water pressure doesn't build and force sand out through paving I used soak wells because they were already there when we moved in. I redid them with ag drain leading to the soak wells below the grates you see. Others out the back that were causing trouble I just did agdrain off them and also linked all the soakwells together ina network and not a problem since. From scrtch, I'd just be doing ag drain from 300mm to deeper. When paying money for soakwells and agdrain to be laid, for gods sake, please check that they are 300mm deep. i have done gardens and discovered they just covered over the top with sand, leaving me to redo them all as they should be and at cost to the customer...again due to the job not being done right the first time. I hate digging these Re: cost of soakwells 15Jul 11, 2009 11:44 pm Thanks Fu. That does make it easier to understand. And you have a pretty corner of garden! I will no doubt be asking everyone heaps more questions when mine are ready to go in! What is your job? You said you do heaps of these. Are you a landscape designer? Or is that a secret too? My tac-home-ter: Been in 8 months! Re: cost of soakwells 19Jul 22, 2009 1:32 pm As has been said above when the water hits the ground here in Perth it soaks into our sand plain very quickly. When I dug up the old soak wells around the old house (now demolished and a new one built) that had been in for 50 years they were completely silted up. I have not and will not be installing soak wells to the new house as thet are really not needed for our sandy location. So save yourself some money and don't worry about them. Alternatively, you can sign a contract with pre-defined known amount you pay to the builder for management and warranties and then you just pay the invoices their provide… 2 5241 Hi Marko The best thing to do is to have a look at your contract and see how the variation clause is worded. We use the NSW Fair trading contract and the way that is… 1 5055 |