Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Driveway paving in bad drainage area,, or alternatives?? 4Apr 20, 2011 7:41 pm chrisandkate What State/area are you in? There's no location in your profile. Do you have regular storm water to the street or is it a soakwell/catchment type setup? I know in WA you must have soakwells on your property as well as the shires main stormwater drains in the street, as you are required to retain within your property all stormwater that falls on that property. So even if your driveway slopes down towards the street, you still have to have a drain at your front boundary that pipes back to a soakwell on your property. (Excuse my ignorance, but doesn't everyone have soakwells even in other states? Otherwise where do your downpipes get piped to?) Re: Driveway paving in bad drainage area,, or alternatives?? 5Apr 21, 2011 9:37 am [quote="CA3105" Otherwise where do your downpipes get piped to?)[/quote] Here in Vic (Metro at least) they are connected directly to storm water as far as I'm aware. There may be a junction pit in some yards but with our old place there was a n inspection pit for the storm water about 500-600mm deep with a pipe in (from house) and a pipe out (to storm water). Once when the storm drain blocked up water rose out of the inspection cover. I just removed the drain cover and pulled all the leaves and crud out , the water flowed. Re: Driveway paving in bad drainage area,, or alternatives?? 6Apr 23, 2011 3:23 pm Thanks guys, my drainpipes get piped into my 7000 gallon rainwater tank, and when its full which it usually is, the overflow goes straight onto the lawn which is simply mud with a layer of grass on it after any sort of a rain ( I am at a place called cabbage tree point which is on the northern end of the Gold Coast and yet sort of in the country) We are on tank water with biocycles. Its a cane growing area that is two fiths of bugger all above sea level. Dig down 30 cms and your pretty much at the beach There is a 4 meter easement along the back of the garden for drainage (my neighbour kindly put a water tank on his patch of easement which means I get a wonderful swamp effect in the back of the garden after heavy rain. One side of the house has a garden with pebbled walkway which has ag pipe in it which pipes into the gutter on the road. A lot of people around here have knocked a hole in the gutter to concrete their own PVC pipe into it for a bit of yard drainage. The Gold Coast council doesnt seem to have a problem with that. For my problem, I was thinking road base, sand and paved tracks which angle slightly in, and having pebbles down the middle with a coupla lengths of ag pipe under those pebbles piped down to the gutter at the road. ?? Thanks for all your input. Paul 11 23373 CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16623 You might be able to apply to divert the sewer at your expense. In NSW you would contact a Water services co-ordinator and they would give you advice as to whether or not… 1 16170 |