3 working ways to get rid of excess clay on the site

Hello everyone! Anyone who was faced with digging a pit for a septic tank or a solid size trench for a foundation must have puzzled over what to do with the clay remaining after excavation. In dry weather, it does not cause problems, but in the rain water accumulates on it, and dirt in the house and on the feet.

In this article, I want to summarize the experience of users of a well-known construction forum, and talk about three ways to get rid of clay.

The first method is economical.

If you have no desire to invest 20-30 thousand rubles in getting rid of clay, use the advice of Svetlana from Krasnoyarsk. She says that the best budgetary way to get rid of clay is to neutralize it with small brushwood, mowed grass, waste paper, old newspapers, sawdust from the nearest sawmill.

Sawdust, by the way, is always given at the sawmill "for free" - I don't want to carry it.

How it works: clay is interspersed with materials that rot in 1-2 years, and lose their integrity - it begins to conduct moisture, grass begins to germinate through it.

The second method is sand.

If you have free money, invest 10-15 thousand rubles and order 10-12 cubic meters of sand or sand and gravel mixture. Sand and stones will mix with the clay and also disrupt its structure.

The main thing - do not forget to leave 20-25% of the sand "in reserve" - ​​it will need to be added periodically.

The third way is to be attentive.

Ivan from the Moscow region uses the fact that the asphalt is often changed in the capital, and takes it out in his pickup several bags of used asphalt in the form of crumbs, and thus already poured 100 meters of road to the dacha.

And the road repair map comes to his aid in this - you can immediately see where to go for free building materials.

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