I am in the process of relocating my loading ramp and holding yard for the
sheep. The last time I had a lorry come to pick them up, there had been
quite a bit of rain, but on the day the lorry was to come, the ground, when
I walked across it, felt fairly firm, but, as later events were to prove,
there is a considerable difference between me and a ten ton stock lorry!
When the driver stopped at the gate to open it and then tried to regain
traction, the wheels of the lorry dug ruts, in which a battle ship could
have been floated.
To prevent this happening again, the relocated ramp and holding yard will be
on, what I hope, will prove to be an all weather foundation.
The holding yard will incorporate a covered shed, and I will have to find
some way of dealing with the runoff from the roof.
To this end, when the digger is here banging in the piles for the ramp, I
will have a pit dug which will be partially filled with rock. In this pit,
will be two plastic 200 litre plastic drums that have had their tops and
bottoms removed and they will be filled with shingle. The runoff will be
directed into these drums. The drainage pit will then be covered with soil
so that the grass can regrow.
Jewel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Rossi" <[email protected]>
To: "Blind Handyman List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:37 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hydrology
> OK, so does anyone know anything about hydrology? I have started digging
> my basement door. I actually got further in 2.5 hours last night than I
> expected.
>
> My concern is drainage of the pit. I will slope the slab away from the
> house and put at least four inches of gravel under the slab.
>
> Here is a question. The slab will be about 24 inches below grade. If I
> were to use a power auger and bore a couple of 12 inch diameter, three or
> four foot deep holes at the low end of the slab, (obviously before it is
> poured), and fill those vertical holes with sand and gravel. And if
> the upper ends of the shafts were open to the slab. What would
> happen when it rains? Would water from the surrounding soil just fill the
> vertical shafts preventing water from the slab to drain into the shafts?
> That would make the shafts pretty useless.
>
> What would happen if I fitted 12 inch diameter PVC pipe down into the
> shafts, assuming you could find pipe that big. That would prevent water
> from the surrounding area from flowing into the shafts from the sides, but
> the bottom would still be open. Does that make any difference?
>
> OK, the real real question here is , is there anything I can do to prevent
> my door pit from becoming a swimming pool? The best solution I can come
> up with is illegal. The down spouts for the house are tied into the
> sanitary suer system, the house is grandfathered for the time being. I
> could try and tie the drain for the pit into the same drainage for the
> down spouts. I am not allowed to do that, but if no one is looking. dot
> dot dot.
>
> I am willing to do whatever it takes to do it right, it's just a matter of
> more work and probably a bit more money, I am just not sure what will be
> the best solution.
>
> OK guys, let's hear what you've got.
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
> E-Mail: [email protected]
> Tel: (412) 268-9081
>
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