Tenuous link to weather with this one, when we first moved into our house in January 2006, every time the dog came back in from being in the garden, she would have wet paws even if it had not rained for days as the land just did not drain as it is made up of very heavy clay with a thin topping of soil to allow the grass to grow, the only course of action was to improve the drainage.
Hey! Really great work! Beautiful view. I’d rather use rolled lawn too instead of seeds as I did 3 years ago? because you instantly get cool lawn. But for my 800 m2 lawn it is costy(( Is drainage work well? Do you have high level of ground water?
Hi,
Yes the water table is very high and where I live on the Fens of East Anglia is reclaimed from the sea, so the ground is solid clay and swells when wet and cracks when dry, all a bit of a nightmare.
Where does the water end up that is being collected by the pipes? And, do you have to ensure there is a fall on the pipes?
Thanks
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for checking in, the land drain pipes have a slight fall to take the water away to a surface water drain which is also used for rainwater from the house gutters.
Ian