SOAKAWAY FOR RAIN ! anyone got any words of wisdom? - Page 2

(RIP) PLANK · 18-12-2008, 23:30

If its one of the normal 100 L bulk liquid containers you mean I allready have a few of those that are doing nothing, I intended to hook them up to gutters on field shelters for water storage, but with the rain we have had in the summer it just never became needed.

I have stood my water but in an open field with the lid off and it is allways full just from the rain, and it is usefull to have some, free dirty water some times, for making sure my littel camp fires are out properly etc. but if i coneected them up i would have had 4000 litres and i dont know what i would have done with all that!

floyd500b · 18-12-2008, 23:32

No water shortage up here!

it's always raining :smile:

dinky · 19-12-2008, 09:35

Parents had tank what collected rainwater ,which was sent back to 3rd tap and used for washing machine as TK suggested.Tank was fastened to wall and gravity fed.

zippy656 · 19-12-2008, 10:03

sounds like a good idea, also for the loo as well

just need to add a little more pipe work

Zippy

(RIP) PLANK · 19-12-2008, 18:12

I like the high tank and gravity fed tap idea, nice one :wink:

it wouldnt work for this job though but still food for thought.

willow · 19-12-2008, 19:23

I love this site you never know what you are going to read about next

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All good reading -cheers- :smile:

zippy656 · 19-12-2008, 19:29

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Originally Posted by willow

I love this site you never know what you are going to read about next

: :wink:

All good reading -cheers- :smile:

i love it too.. turkey farming to building.. oh what fun!!!

the PEOPLE make it i think..

all good CLEAN fun.. well some muck, be we are adults mostly..

mud never hurt any one!

Zippy

(RIP) PLANK · 19-12-2008, 20:28

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Originally Posted by zippy656

mud never hurt any one!

I will remember that when I am diggin up loads of it to make the soak away

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19-12-2008, 22:32

a word of caution
a builder had planned a soak away as a simple solution to what was then a problem. When the problem persisted we found from local authority searches that soak aways were not allowed in our area as the soil was not suitable. Do you have main storm drains in your area or does anybody else use a saokaway.

zippy656 · 19-12-2008, 22:37

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Originally Posted by PLANK

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Originally Posted by zippy656

mud never hurt any one!

I will remember that when I am diggin up loads of it to make the soak away

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its FUN to play in...

(RIP) PLANK · 22-12-2008, 10:40

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Originally Posted by fusbblood

a word of caution
a builder had planned a soak away as a simple solution to what was then a problem. When the problem persisted we found from local authority searches that soak aways were not allowed in our area as the soil was not suitable. Do you have main storm drains in your area or does anybody else use a saokaway.

Interestingly soakaways are the prefered option for buliding regs here is a quote from a local authority website on the subject:

For soakaways serving larger areas reference should be made to BS EN 752-4, or BRE Digest 365 Soakaway design. BRE Digest 365 is the most commonly used document.

The Building Regulations dictate an order of priority for the selection of surface water from buildings and these are:

1, an adequate soakaway or some other adequate filtration system, or where that is not reasonably practical,
2, a watercourse, or where that is not reasonably practical,
an appropriate sewer
3, A soakaway must always be the first choice but must not be used:

within 5m of a building or road, 2.5m of a boundary or in an area of unstable land in ground where the water table reaches the bottom of the soakaway at any time of the year. near any drainage field, drainage mound or other soakaway so that the overall soakage capacity of the ground is exceeded and the effectiveness of any drainage field impaired; where the presence of any contamination in the runoff could result in pollution of groundwater source or resource.

willow · 22-12-2008, 10:48

Hav'nt you dug your soak away yet Plank

Stop talking about it and get on with it

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: men :roll: -boxing2-

Merry christmas do you want a coffee and mince pie and cream to get you going :smile:

zippy656 · 22-12-2008, 10:50

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Originally Posted by willow

Hav'nt you dug your soak away yet Plank

Stop talking about it and get on with it

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: men :roll: -boxing2-

Merry christmas do you want a coffee and mince pie and cream to get you going :smile:

he needs you to pop over and get him started..
just show him whats needed for 4 hours, till he gets the idea...

willow · 22-12-2008, 10:59

I want to make friends not lose them Zippy

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Never tell a man how to do somthing he'll just sulk :smile:
or not do it at all

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zippy656 · 22-12-2008, 11:02

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Originally Posted by willow

I want to make friends not lose them Zippy

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Never tell a man how to do somthing he'll just sulk :smile:
or not do it at all

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my mum would tel us" you cant do that" and just to prove her WRONE wed do it...

ive now worked out what she was doing... :evil: :evil: :evil:

if you SHOWED him for 4 hours i think hed have it all dug then, without getting His hands dirty...

Zippy

22-12-2008, 10:59	#29
willow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norfolk East Vehicle: terrano11 1995 TD Posts: 1,955	I want to make friends not lose them Zippy : : : Never tell a man how to do somthing he'll just sulk :smile: or not do it at all : :

18-12-2008, 23:30	#16
(RIP) PLANK Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central England, in the Heart of the Black Country Vehicle: T2 2004 TDI SE LWB Posts: 7,740	If its one of the normal 100 L bulk liquid containers you mean I allready have a few of those that are doing nothing, I intended to hook them up to gutters on field shelters for water storage, but with the rain we have had in the summer it just never became needed. I have stood my water but in an open field with the lid off and it is allways full just from the rain, and it is usefull to have some, free dirty water some times, for making sure my littel camp fires are out properly etc. but if i coneected them up i would have had 4000 litres and i dont know what i would have done with all that!

18-12-2008, 23:32	#17
floyd500b Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 553	No water shortage up here! it's always raining :smile:

19-12-2008, 09:35	#18
dinky Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE Vehicle: t20 lwb Posts: 1,238	Parents had tank what collected rainwater ,which was sent back to 3rd tap and used for washing machine as TK suggested.Tank was fastened to wall and gravity fed.

19-12-2008, 10:03	#19
zippy656 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Devizes Wiltshire Vehicle: Nissan Note Ntec 1.5 Posts: 14,138	sounds like a good idea, also for the loo as well just need to add a little more pipe work Zippy

19-12-2008, 18:12	#20
(RIP) PLANK Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central England, in the Heart of the Black Country Vehicle: T2 2004 TDI SE LWB Posts: 7,740	I like the high tank and gravity fed tap idea, nice one :wink: it wouldnt work for this job though but still food for thought.

19-12-2008, 19:23	#21
willow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norfolk East Vehicle: terrano11 1995 TD Posts: 1,955	I love this site you never know what you are going to read about next : :wink: All good reading -cheers- :smile:

19-12-2008, 22:32	#24
fusbblood Guest Posts: n/a	a word of caution a builder had planned a soak away as a simple solution to what was then a problem. When the problem persisted we found from local authority searches that soak aways were not allowed in our area as the soil was not suitable. Do you have main storm drains in your area or does anybody else use a saokaway.

22-12-2008, 10:48	#27
willow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norfolk East Vehicle: terrano11 1995 TD Posts: 1,955	Hav'nt you dug your soak away yet Plank Stop talking about it and get on with it : : men :roll: -boxing2- Merry christmas do you want a coffee and mince pie and cream to get you going :smile: