Drainage solutions

Knav · Sep 05, 2023 6:45 pm

Hi all,

Needing recommendations for Melbourne landscapers that do drainage.

10cm gap between mine and my neighbors house. Her concrete path is higher than my slab, so in heavy down pours, water has gotten into my place. My house is the rendered cladding wall.

I was thinking of running an agg pipe and cover with rocks, but my neighbors are now selling, and I want to install something more permanent. Who knows if future neighbors will let me do maintenance.

Any suggestions with what i can do? My land is about 10 cm lower than hers.

Thanks for the help.

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Ardo · Sep 05, 2023 10:05 pm

Well I always thought that stormwater retention is the problem for whoever it falls on, so in my mind it's up to your neighbours to work it out, and any damage caused is their responsibility.

groundzero · Sep 13, 2023 7:12 pm

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 maybe de difficult because the footing will usually project
onto your side but there shouldn't be flow from that area anyway.