How can we cure surface water flooding in garden?
We live in an area with high water table, currently about 2 inches below ground level. Land is also heavy clay pan. Subsequently when it rains the site floods to several inches & takes days to drain away. Problem compounded by rain water from roof draining into soak away in already soaked garden. There are no visible drains to tap into, these seem to pass under house and if there were any outside of house, they are now buried under extension built before we moved here! Ground slopes towards back of property and have been told that, even if a drain could be found, to lay another to join it may make the new drain too shallow. Have tried one contractor but they offer no solutions. Anyone else been here? We can live with a soggy lawn but wading through several inches of water in wellies just to get the rubbin bin is not a novelty. We understand that, in summer, the land dries out, not lived here long so yet to see. All help really appreciated.
Hi
I know how you must be feeling, I guess you live in a rural aspect down south.
The advice given in this thread is all good stuff, raised beds etc but if you have a clay base it is always going to act like a huge terracotta pot.
You need to move the water away from your property or at least control it.
I tried to dig a soak-away, basically a large hole full of rubble, After a weeks work, 8ft down and still hitting clay, It soon filled with water
and I now have a pond.
Not one to give up I brought a submersible pump and 50 Mt’s of blue water hose from Screw-fix direct for just under £100.
I can now pump out the water which is making a big improvement to the surrounding site.
I am thinking of laying perforated pipes to run excess water from the worse trouble spots into the hole (we now call the well).
The pumped out water is sent away onto farm land sloping away from the house.
In the summer I hope to have free water to beat the mandentory hose pipe ban.
There is loads of sites regarding this subject, the best being from the local water authorities.
Good luck
indiandy
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