French drains on land thanks

[mendiplogs]

Ha! LGP Eddie, yes banging and shaking out clay is not my favorite pastime.

 

For shorter drain runs I have my smallest bucket which is a 12" toothless to dig. If you have a smaller machine you can use a 9". Be careful swinging a 1 ton bag though.

I can do 30m runs @1.60 with a fall by eye and the help of my trusty level. I dangle a 1 ton bag of 20mm over the trench and using a weeding slasher, carefully, cut a small hole to allow the material to dribble out SLOWLY and cover the pipe to the correct depth. My machine is stable and can do this safely.

Any drainage job bigger is contracted to the local specialists who have all the correct equipment; Land Drainage Contractor | Allan Collyer & Sons Ltd or similar in your area.

 

The picture shows the start using a piece of solid pipe which is at the ditch end.

codlasher

 

Hi all any more pics will be good thanks Jon

[matelot]

If you want to get technical look at the first two drawings in this document. This document says the trench width should be pipe diameter + 300mm

 

http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/vol3/section1/f_series.pdf

 

I've always assumed there are 2.2 tonnes of stone in a cubic metre of gravel.

 

What do you actually want to drain? is it surface water or sub surface water? If it's sub surface water you don't need to have the stone to the top of the trench.

 

If the area to drain is not that big I would use "waving coil".

[mendiplogs]

If you want to get technical look at the first two drawings in this document. This document says the trench width should be pipe diameter + 300mm

 

http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/mchw/vol3/section1/f_series.pdf

 

I've always assumed there are 2.2 tonnes of stone in a cubic metre of gravel.

 

What do you actually want to drain? is it surface water or sub surface water? If it's sub surface water you don't need to have the stone to the top of the trench.

 

If the area to drain is not that big I would use "waving coil".

 

Hi mate thanks for the heads up Jon