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Clay drainage not working?
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Hello everyone,
Looking for some help and guidance if possible. (as you will see from my terminology I am new to this!)
This time last year we had herringbone drainage put in our 'flat' lawn as we are on clay. Watching the company do it we believe it was installed correctly (piping with the holes in, layed with gravel/stone type stuff put on top the whole thing diagonally across the lawn). However it does not appear to be working that well (we have lifted the drain cover and can see water is in there but the lawn in places is still terrible).
The help/advise we are looking for is:
Any help or advise anyone could give would be greatfully recived
Abi
Looking for some help and guidance if possible. (as you will see from my terminology I am new to this!)
This time last year we had herringbone drainage put in our 'flat' lawn as we are on clay. Watching the company do it we believe it was installed correctly (piping with the holes in, layed with gravel/stone type stuff put on top the whole thing diagonally across the lawn). However it does not appear to be working that well (we have lifted the drain cover and can see water is in there but the lawn in places is still terrible).
The help/advise we are looking for is:
- Our neighbours who also have drainage told us it can take a few years to kick in/settle, is this correct? I would have thought it should start to help straight away?
- Do we need to add more lines to the structure - would that help?
- We had a soakaway before should we re-add to help the problem?
- For our area this winter has been particulary wet and even those on the other side of the street not on clay have soggy grass. Could it just be that its been really much wetter than normal and that is why we are seeing the same level of problem?
Any help or advise anyone could give would be greatfully recived
Abi
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Sorry, l can't help with the drainage query, but can you give more information as regards the planting position such as sunny or shady ? That will help with suggestions.
It depends whereabouts you are in the UK (I assume), but some areas have had exceptional levels of rainfall recently.
Thanks for your reply, they will be in sunny location in the garden.
Yes we are in the UK and we are in Cheshire
Many thanks
Abi