In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

It is funnier when some prat does it with tarmac and then finds that the
runoff water pools around their front door and/or enters the house next
time there is a serious thunderstorm!

Whenever there is, all the water runs off the pavement and into
our drive, causing a large pool 4" deep! As our drive is well
engineered, being both permeable and with a drain into rubble
in the middle, and the soil is permeable, it's not a major problem.
I have thought of charging the Highways Authority for drainage
services :-)

Another 2" and I would be getting VERY stroppy, as that would get
into the garage.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

It is funnier when some prat does it with tarmac and then finds that the
runoff water pools around their front door and/or enters the house next
time there is a serious thunderstorm!

Whenever there is, all the water runs off the pavement and into
our drive, causing a large pool 4" deep! As our drive is well
engineered, being both permeable and with a drain into rubble
in the middle, and the soil is permeable, it's not a major problem.
I have thought of charging the Highways Authority for drainage
services :-)

Another 2" and I would be getting VERY stroppy, as that would get
into the garage.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

What if you have a downpour or cloudburst? How will it effect the house? The
pair of houses opposite me were flooded to skirting board level four times
in the first sixteen years I lived here, because the water was pouring off
the pavement, down the drive and through the air bricks. I videoed it on the
last time and when the Council and the Water Board said "we can't do
anything about it" I sat them in front of the TV and showed them the video.
A Council Highways Engineers, Kevin Hurst said 'I can see the problem' and
realigned the road surface to take the water away. But had I not videoed it,
they would never have done anything. Kevin was brilliant. The road was shut
for a week whilst they dug down to the base and re-aligned.

I had the same problem at the bottom of my gardens where my garage is. Had
to fight but again the road was closed, this time for two weeks as it was a
much bigger job, but I had the road re-aligned and a massive drainage system
put in. http://www.myalbum.com/Album=IKKSLEBF

Mike

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In article ,
'Mike' wrote:

It is funnier when some prat does it with tarmac and then finds that the
runoff water pools around their front door and/or enters the house next
time there is a serious thunderstorm!

Whenever there is, all the water runs off the pavement and into
our drive, causing a large pool 4" deep! As our drive is well
engineered, being both permeable and with a drain into rubble
in the middle, and the soil is permeable, it's not a major problem.
I have thought of charging the Highways Authority for drainage
services :-)

Another 2" and I would be getting VERY stroppy, as that would get
into the garage.

What if you have a downpour or cloudburst? How will it effect the house?

As I said. The catchment area is not huge. Now, if they stop
maintaining the drains on the carriageway, I shall be taking them
to court.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Martin wrote:

Wageningen University have bred what they refer to as a plague of
mosquitoes in order to establish their range. Depending on which
report one reads, they have bred 750,000, that they are releasing in
two batches. Watch out Cambridge! :-)

The Fen ague returns :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"JIP" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:


"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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and of course you can't pave front gardens.


You can't? Why not? I had my front garden block paved to provide
parking as I don't have a garage.

Tina

http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/b...permission.htm

Thanks for that, very interesting. I'm ok on all counts, I had it installed
prior to 2006, I have soil borders and I think it's permeable.
Phew - no paving police will visit my house!

On a serious note I wonder how many people know about this - presumably
contractors are obliged to tell their customers, but what about d i y
people?

Tina

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:44:17 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

It is funnier when some prat does it with tarmac and then finds that the
runoff water pools around their front door and/or enters the house next
time there is a serious thunderstorm!

Whenever there is, all the water runs off the pavement and into
our drive, causing a large pool 4" deep! As our drive is well
engineered, being both permeable and with a drain into rubble
in the middle, and the soil is permeable, it's not a major problem.
I have thought of charging the Highways Authority for drainage
services :-)

Another 2" and I would be getting VERY stroppy, as that would get
into the garage.

Things could be worse, in Singapore you would be fined for providing a
mosquito breeding habitat.
Wageningen University have bred what they refer to as a plague of
mosquitoes in order to establish their range. Depending on which
report one reads, they have bred 750,000, that they are releasing in
two batches. Watch out Cambridge! :-)
--

Presumably these mosquitoes have little radio transmitters on, how else
would you establish their range?
:-)

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:21:28 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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and of course you can't pave front gardens.


You can't? Why not? I had my front garden block paved to provide
parking
as I don't have a garage.

Nor much of a front garden anymore :-)

Actually it is OK, I have soil borders with plants in each side and
besides, my back garden makes up for it. It's 1,000 square yards which is
enough garden for me.
I would have had to pay more insurance on the car if I parked it on the road
and when I moved here it was already tarmac-ed which was breaking up and a
real mess.
(how do you spell that? Tarmacked? Tarmacced? or what? anyway, it was
covered with disintegrating tarmac)

I hope you do not think that I am the sort of person who covers her garden
with block paving, decking and gravel for the low maintenance effect.

Tina

In article , Christina Websell
writes
On a serious note I wonder how many people know about this - presumably
contractors are obliged to tell their customers, but what about d i y
people?

Tina


I did and certainly the girl who wants to put gravel rather than hard
landscape it did Tracy. I thought it was common knowledge?
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"JIP" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:


"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
and of course you can't pave front gardens.


You can't? Why not? I had my front garden block paved to provide
parking as I don't have a garage.

Tina

http://www.crystalclearideas.co.uk/b...permission.htm

Thanks for that, very interesting. I'm ok on all counts, I had it
installed prior to 2006, I have soil borders and I think it's permeable.
Phew - no paving police will visit my house!

On a serious note I wonder how many people know about this - presumably
contractors are obliged to tell their customers, but what about d i y
people?

Tina

Just a thought - with or without planning permission the run-off of rain
water will be he same. The difference to the property owner will be the
hassle of having plans drawn, and a fee of £150 paid for the permission.

Sounds more like a fund raising job to me !

Bill

Bill Grey wrote:

Just a thought - with or without planning permission the run-off of rain
water will be he same. The difference to the property owner will be the
hassle of having plans drawn, and a fee of £150 paid for the permission.

Sounds more like a fund raising job to me !

I think you may be missing the point. Permission for impermeable
paving may well not be granted. You then have to use an approved
solution, but have lost money by attempting to do otherwise.


Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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