As the garden paths are formed from clay pavers, it was decided to use the same to form an edge to the two open sides. After all, that's what was used for the original lawn. The construction of the brick edging is detailed on a separate page , complete with video Original brick ed...
This equation is explained in more detail on the Soakaways page, but for now, we are going to assume that we have a driveway or patio covering 24m² that needs to be drained. The equation tells us that the volume of storage we require is ... Area multiplied by 0.01667 (50 ÷ 3000...
Final step is to reapply more crushed rock to repair the driveway, then level and compact the surface. Once the trench was completely filled, I tamped the surface level and topped it with the old concrete pavers to retain a permeable surface. Some drains use an inlet grate at the point ...