Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Sep 18, 2008 11:49 am Hi all...just found this forum...looks like a wealth of info to be had here.
Anyway I have just erected a shadehouse about 16 m x16m... I am trying to come up with a cost effective solution to stop the ground getting mushie underfoot... I was thinking of digging drains at about 10ft intervals and filling with agpipe and gravel..was also wondering how it would go without the agpipe..ie just gravel??? Also wondering what to put on top of the ground ie sand..gravel..weedmat..plastic.. Any idea's are most welcome.. Scott Re: shadehouse drainage 2Sep 18, 2008 8:13 pm Line the floor with with plastic, then bluemetal and have it slanting out and under the shadehouse with a deeper trench filled with bluemetal and an ag drain going away from the shade house. Re: shadehouse drainage 3Sep 18, 2008 10:22 pm Yes..I've thought of that option..however I think the angular,pointed blue metal would penetrate the plastic and allow the infiltration of irrigation water plus our 4.2 metre annual rainfall and I would end up with soggy ground underneath..also thought of substituting a more rounded stone such as scoria...think I might pursue this option further...
Thanks for the input. Scott Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12212 2 5811 I would find out how deep your clay base is and depending on the depth install a cut off drain which is more than a normal agi drain. Where the neighbouring walls is… 2 3141 |