Can anyone tell me why I cann take an old green plastic waterbutt, perforate it, and bury it into the ground, and use it as a soakaway?
Building a soakaway
Apr 15, 2006
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If it's well away from any building and the holes don't become clogged, it should be ok. I've seen some standard tables somewhere for calculating soakaway sizes based on roof area.
Because it does not cover enough ground area to deal with the water, thus making you a soggy patch. You need to match the ammount of water to the soil type, to the land area required for the soakaway.
Rick
I would imagine it will collapse.
lacking information such as, likely amount of water to be removed, soil type. See
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Then fill it with rubble and shingle.
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