Drainage system: practical tips and tricks

The causes of excessive moisture in the soil can be as follows

• portion is reduced to the relief;
• too high to fit the ground water table;
• clay soil does not allow the accumulated sediment quickly go to the lower layers;

Sophisticated drainage system to avoid possible negative effects on the waterlogged soil and to cope with the imperfections of the geological conditions in your area. There are several types of drainage:

Surface drainage portion

The simplest option is used when the water extracted from rainfall and melting snow from the surface, prevents the formation of large puddles and mud on the site.

Surface drainage is a point and a line.

• Point drainage represents gullies which are installed directly in areas with large concentrations of water: - at the lowest portion of sites;
• sites on the water discharge from drainpipes;
• the installation area watering crane on the site.

Each Street inlet connected in the main drain pipe, through which the total water discharge.

Tip! Gullies staffed siphons, more preferably for installation. Protective siphon baffle prevents odors gutter system leak outside.

• Linear drainage involves the installation of additional equipment:
• output tray for water collection;
• rectangular channel for installing therein the gutter;
• trough semicircular cross section for water discharge;
• protective grille from large debris;
• sand trap - dirt tank fines in order to avoid clogging the system.

Trenches under the channel setting performed with a bias for natural water outflow. Opting for linear drainage is required if:

• slope portion more than three degrees, need protection topsoil from leaching;
• portion clayey soil, does not allow water to seep and go;
• abundant rainfall, typical of the region;

Tip! Installing linear surface drainage is well proven in the areas at the entrance to the house, the entrance to the garage and on the perimeter of the tracks and platforms for recreation.

The above-described system it is possible to carry out without the help of experts, the technology is simple and popular, and the necessary materials are freely available.

Deep drainage portion

A more complex variant is used in the abduction located close to the ground water table. Closed system is obtained, it is desirable to entrust the design professionals who examine level groundwater, soil composition and topography of the site, make a competent project on implementation of deep drainage.

Installation and construction is already possible to run independently on the basis of calculations of experts.

Tip! The use of polymeric drainage pipe is most effective when the deep drainage device. Pipe installation must always be carried out with a slope to the water inlet.

Other methods of drainage area, the house foundation

Drainage ditches, flat surface drainage, drainage of buildings.

Installation of drainage system

• Installing a well to collect water. It is advisable to use a ready-made polymer tank, but the variant reinforced concrete well of the special rings.
• Digging trenches for laying pipes. Excavation is performed by 20-30 cm below the level of the planned burial depth of the drainage tube with respect deviation 0.5-0.7% for free outflow of water.

Tip! Creating the necessary slope is very important when installing deep drainage system. If the terrain does not allow to fulfill the condition, it is necessary to use a pump to move the water to the well.

• The device is a sand cushion. A layer of sand of about 10 cm to fill the trench and well compacted. This stage is very important during periods of frost and thaw sand protects the pipe from the shifts and destruction.
• stagnation geotextile. Make sure that the edge of the fabric to be sure to go beyond the dug trenches and prepared.
• Backfilling with gravel or crushed stone. By laying the pipes sufficient thickness of 10-20 cm.
• Installation of manholes. They must be positioned at the corners of pipes and every 50 meters of the straight portion, in the case of drainage wells laying around the house will be on every corner of the building. Recommended to install plastic model 300 mm in diameter.
• Pipe laying.
• Filling pipe. Washed gravel layer on top of the fill tube, close the nonwoven geotextile material and fix a polyethylene string.

Tip! By stage of geotextile structures need to be taken responsibly wrapping, because it acts as a filter, preventing the bottom layer of gravel silt soil particles.

• backfilling. Sequentially poured sand, soil, laid on top turf - or stored in advance brought fertile soil.

*Comment. Step pipe-laying can be skipped in the event that a soft option provides drainage device. The trench then backfilled completely crushed stone, gravel or broken brick as a filter material is laid over the turf.

Quality and well-established drainage system on the site will help avoid problems with excessive soil moisture and constant accumulation of puddles on the garden paths and flower beds.

For easy site drainage device, the drainage of garden plants, foundation drainage recommend use - Drainage system SoftRock