Hello,

I have just moved into a new house that has a badly water logged
garden, due to it being a clay soil.

I have just replaced the boiler which has left me with 2 1m3 cold
water tanks.

My question is, if I bury these tanks upside down in the garden,with
6-12" of soil on top, what area of grden would each tank drain.

i.e. do I place them 4m apart etc.

I will then conect the tanks togethor with a length of drain pipe, and
then connect both to the surface drains of the house with appropriate
pipe work.

I have spoken to my neighbour who says he dug 2 6ft deep pits, and did
not break through the clay soil :-(

Thanks in advance for any advice

kitey writes
Hello,

I have just moved into a new house that has a badly water logged
garden, due to it being a clay soil.

I have just replaced the boiler which has left me with 2 1m3 cold
water tanks.

My question is, if I bury these tanks upside down in the garden,with
6-12" of soil on top, what area of grden would each tank drain.

Not much more than 1 sq m unless you have a system of drains channelling
the water into the tanks.

6-12 inches of soil is not a great deal, especially if we get a hot
summer. You would have problems with dry soil on that area.

--
Kay

In article ,
K writes:
| kitey writes
|
| I have just moved into a new house that has a badly water logged
| garden, due to it being a clay soil.
|
| I have just replaced the boiler which has left me with 2 1m3 cold
| water tanks.
|
| My question is, if I bury these tanks upside down in the garden,with
| 6-12" of soil on top, what area of grden would each tank drain.
|
| Not much more than 1 sq m unless you have a system of drains channelling
| the water into the tanks.

And not for long if you do! The excess of rainfall over evaporation
in the UK varies between c. 25 cm and c. 1m (in inhabited areas).
There would need to be some way for those tanks to drain to a local
river.

| 6-12 inches of soil is not a great deal, especially if we get a hot
| summer. You would have problems with dry soil on that area.

Indeed.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
says...

In article ,
K writes:
| kitey writes
|
| I have just moved into a new house that has a badly water logged
| garden, due to it being a clay soil.
|
| I have just replaced the boiler which has left me with 2 1m3 cold
| water tanks.
|
| My question is, if I bury these tanks upside down in the garden,with
| 6-12" of soil on top, what area of grden would each tank drain.
|
| Not much more than 1 sq m unless you have a system of drains channelling
| the water into the tanks.

And not for long if you do! The excess of rainfall over evaporation
in the UK varies between c. 25 cm and c. 1m (in inhabited areas).
There would need to be some way for those tanks to drain to a local
river.

| 6-12 inches of soil is not a great deal, especially if we get a hot
| summer. You would have problems with dry soil on that area.

Indeed.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I think the OP was intending for these tanks to drain direct to the
drainage system and that the question related to how much around the tank
could be expected to be drained in to them, as regards that I have no
idea as I have never gardened on clay but I suspect it such a wide spread
problem that there must be info out there on spacings, depths etc
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Yes charlie, that is what I had intended, basically instaed of digging
in french drains, or something similar. I would dig a couple of voids,
link them togethor, and then connect them up to the surface water drain

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Yes charlie, that is what I had intended, basically instaed of digging
in french drains, or something similar. I would dig a couple of voids,
link them togethor, and then connect them up to the surface water drain

Cheapest - and quite effective - is bush drains.

I'd google for them, as it'd take hours to remember all the details and
set them out in an understandable manner.

I'd use your tanls for collecting rainwater from your shed and greenhouse.

What, not got them?

Well, good time to start...

(And you'll reduce the water that soaks into the ground when you don't
need it.)

--
Rusty
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