Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install 114Aug 21, 2011 8:23 pm Link it all into one. They used to have a great shot on the website where they adapted these drainage cubes into a huge underground water storage tank. Essentially using a massive liner, a geotextile, a heap of cubes stacked for integral strength and the back filled it became an underground water tank. Feel free to email them about the details of what they did. They have been a big help to me over the years. Also PM Bradtez here on the forum or go to the link for his business. He maybe a help also. Re: Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install 115Aug 22, 2011 1:06 am I'm no expert but I would check the soil in the pit and see if the top layer needs removed to make water entering it enter the ground better. I would then replace the terracotta with pvc cause terracotta is not fantastic against root attacks between the cemented joins. I would have the pipe sloped so water flow away from the house direction. From there I would install the soakwell of your choice at the end of where the terracotta use to end.. Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install ? 116Aug 25, 2011 9:45 pm Thanks duke... that all sounds very reasonable. Might keep that as an option - we are still weighing up all of our options. Thanks Fu... I hope you don't mind, I have PM'd you. HHCIB Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install ? 117Oct 08, 2011 5:34 pm Fu and/or others. Thank God for sites like these and Googs I am about to build a small home on a small block in the Dawseville area WA and guess what the good old reliable Council have changed the rules on the siting of Soakwells. They used to have to be 2M from any structure but now it seems its 4M and this I cannot do. So whilst my existing plans show a 1500x1200 and a 1200x1200 for 9 downpipes off a 200m2 roof area at a PS of $4,000 they now advise they need to go to fully blown Engineering Drawings to overcome this horrendous development at a very realistic cost of $900 plus. What Crap. So I have been reading these threads to find a solution. Am I correct in assuming that the use of 90mm Agri Pipe of suitable lengths connected by Poly Pipe to say 3 Down Pipes is a satisfactory solution given that my set backs are 1M on the side and 2M to the rear plus the required Open Space??? Or is there a better combination. Any assistance/advice welcomed as would be capable trades in the Mandurah area. House Trained Re: Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install 118Oct 09, 2011 1:58 pm that's like my lot. They basically interconnected all the downpipes' polypipes and brought it to the front (which has the most open space) and put soakwells of your choice and size. Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install ? 119Nov 19, 2011 12:07 pm house trained Fu and/or others. Thank God for sites like these and Googs I am about to build a small home on a small block in the Dawseville area WA and guess what the good old reliable Council have changed the rules on the siting of Soakwells. They used to have to be 2M from any structure but now it seems its 4M and this I cannot do. So whilst my existing plans show a 1500x1200 and a 1200x1200 for 9 downpipes off a 200m2 roof area at a PS of $4,000 they now advise they need to go to fully blown Engineering Drawings to overcome this horrendous development at a very realistic cost of $900 plus. What Crap. So I have been reading these threads to find a solution. Am I correct in assuming that the use of 90mm Agri Pipe of suitable lengths connected by Poly Pipe to say 3 Down Pipes is a satisfactory solution given that my set backs are 1M on the side and 2M to the rear plus the required Open Space??? Or is there a better combination. Any assistance/advice welcomed as would be capable trades in the Mandurah area. House Trained If they are saying a soak well must be 4m from a home then, the ag drain won't be able to be used either. You will need to use 90 or 100mm (use 100mm if you can) between each outlet of the down pipe and then direct all of them to a central drainage point that is more than 4m form the home, such as a small front court yard or similar. 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 41535 That's a fantastic result! Happy you got it sorted out. cheers Simeon 6 8630 0 9797 |