Browse Forums Building A New House Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 27Jan 08, 2013 5:21 pm GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 29Mar 21, 2013 10:37 am not sure if the info in this thread is 100% correct? i rang perth DIY soakwells and he said you still need to work out what storage you require as stated by council. for me this means 28 140lt polypropylene soakwells, but he did say because they are about 30% more effecient than concrete soakwells i would be good with 20 140lt ones, 10 out front and 10 at the rear. each lot of 10 are to be joined together inline to each other. so this guide saying you only need 1 per down pipe may not be 100% correct? Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 30Mar 23, 2013 5:12 pm 1 per downpipe is a bad idea I think, coz some downpipes carry the brunt of the rain and one soakwell will just overflow everytime. I ended up getting mine professionally done, I think he installed 11 concrete soakwells 600x600. He was cheap and great service, if you're in Perth and want his details PM me. GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 32Mar 24, 2013 10:15 am Just a word of caution our builder would not give us out 25 year structural guarantee unless we let them do the soak wells. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 33Mar 25, 2013 12:59 pm who is the builder? mine (celebrations) really made it difficult for me but I ended up getting soakwells by owner in the contract, no mention about voiding warranty odviously if somethin happend and it came up that they werent done correctly warranty would be void Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 34Mar 25, 2013 1:02 pm turtleschell 1 per downpipe is a bad idea I think, coz some downpipes carry the brunt of the rain and one soakwell will just overflow everytime. I ended up getting mine professionally done, I think he installed 11 concrete soakwells 600x600. He was cheap and great service, if you're in Perth and want his details PM me. must be very small house? thats only 1.87m3 of storage do you recall the roof area? Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 35Mar 25, 2013 1:46 pm My roof area is about 280 from memory.. not a small house. I've just rechecked the plans and theres 11 soakwells for 11 downpipes. There are 5 at the front of the house, I'm wondering if they all drain into several at once or he's done one per downpipe. I'll email him and confirm it's adequate storage. GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 36Mar 25, 2013 3:17 pm ok at 280 roof area that means the capacity required would be 3.64m3 no expert at this but have done some research and the formula is, roof space x .013 so 280x.013=3.64m3 the 600x600=.17m3 so .17x11=1.87m3 like I said i'm just like you, no expert so check it out mate Re: DIY Soakwell Installation 40Jun 03, 2015 9:49 am Decided to install my own wells over the weekend in Piara Waters too! Called Henry from Henry's Soakwells as he was the only person that called back and a friend had used him before to install his soakwells. Supplied me with everything I need at a very affordable price with free delivery, and spent about 25 minutes with me, just making sure I knew everything I was doing! Very gentleman like and caring attitude unlike any other trade I have really worked with before. I would be strongly recommending Henry's Soakwells @ 04303 53 254 to whom ever needs wells delivered or installed. #firstpost! One corner of my shed slab will be directly over a 1400mm diameter concrete soakwell. Is it feasible to fill the soakwell with concrete then lay the shed slab over the… 0 655 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I mean, I install them/sell them for a living so I haven't done DIY, unless you count the first one I installed lol. (electrician by trade). Usually a 6-8 hour job for… 3 41543 |