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Drainage problem when it rain

andrew.burnikellandrew.burnikell Posts: 2
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Can anyone help me with a solution to this problem?

new build house 4 years old, when it rains heavy the front garden floods as shown in this photo?

how do i prevent this from happening?

things I've tried:
recently i took the layer of grass up with about 4 inches of soil attached, i then removed the topsoil and replaced it with recycle type 1 mot and gravel (i thought this would create a good drain) and then replaced the grass i took up.....still go the issue below.

Thanks in advance.

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    As what you have done has made no apparent difference to the problem, my guess would be heavily compacted ground beneath the topsoil.  Many new builds suffer from the same problem.  It's easier and cheaper for the developer to bury their rubbish than to dispose of properly.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Do you have any drains at all? Please could we have your rain!!!
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Is the tarmac we can see part of the public road or footpath?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • andrew.burnikellandrew.burnikell Posts: 2
    raisingirl said:
    Is the tarmac we can see part of the public road or footpath?
    no it is a private drive
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I wonder if the footings for the path/drive/road go straight across under that end bit of the grass. Probably easier to do than curving it around the shape of the grass area.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    I'm lazy, so i wouldn't fight it. I would probably look at lifting the grass and making a bog garden.
    Sunny Dundee
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Me too @Balgay Hill.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    Type 1 MOT has sand and dust in it so is useless for drainage as it holds water. You need drainage gravel with a membrane over the top. Even then you're reliant on whatever is underneath to carry the water too.

    There should be a drain there, putting one in will cost ££££££. You'll need a bigger picture or a plan with drainage shown on it.
    It's the lowest point of the grassed area and the road, there is no raised kerb so of course it will always flood.
    If you put in a kerb and raised the land it would help the grass, but would pool on the road still.
    You could dig up the grassed area and make it into a soakaway. You'd have to go very deep and it would cost £££££ Then it would also take the water off the road which is wrong. Any salt used on the road (or any other unnatural deposits) would get washed onto the grass.

    Whoever put that there was a bit lazy and/or stupid.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Your picture shows that you cannot solve this problem by anything you do to the grass - the water is pooling along the whole stretch and has nowhere to go. Given that water always runs downhill, you need a drain and sloping tarmac which directs the water towards it. If the building is only four years old you may be able to negotiate with the builder since this is clearly a duff job.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Clearly there should have been a gulley there! Unfortunately I don't think putting gravel there is going to do anything at all. 

    If it's only happening after heavy rain and eventually dries up, is it a big deal though?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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