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Flooding

sarahloux_2sarahloux_2 Posts: 2
in Garden design
I can’t seem to get my garden free from flooding. We have had a pump put in years ago but it has packed in. Following a new patio and driveway a few years ago the problem seems to have got worse. Unfortunately soil is clay and I think years ago there was a river than ran through the area. Help I’m desperate. Anyone have any suggestions or would you like to undertake it for me? Thanks

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    You don't say whereabouts in the country you are @sarahloux_2, do your neighbours have similar problems?  As Pansyface says, installing land drains could exacerbate the problem unless you are lucky enough to have a way of doing it without affecting them. You can install them yourself, but it's not the easiest thing to do. It may be that a photo could help the "engineers" on the forum to advise, if that's possible. 
  • sarahloux_2sarahloux_2 Posts: 2
    Trying to upload a photo of garden. Not working. I’m on the Wirral
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If the pic isn’t uploading try reducing the size ... that usually works  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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