jeffbo01
19th February 2008, 01:58 PM
Hi there
We bought a house recently on the low side of the street and with the heavy rain recently have discovered that (with CCTV and eels) our current absorption pit is clogged and not up to the job.
So we need to redirect the stormwater to a new pit. We can't dig up the existing one and redo as its under a concrete driveway.
We had a plumber quote on doing the whole job and it was really expensive so we decided to do the digging and hardwork ourselves and get the plumber to do the connecting of pipes.
So can someone tell me the specs for a decent size pit (ie how deep, wide it should be if 3m long). Also any useful instructions about materials to use to line the pit.
We bought a house recently on the low side of the street and with the heavy rain recently have discovered that (with CCTV and eels) our current absorption pit is clogged and not up to the job.
So we need to redirect the stormwater to a new pit. We can't dig up the existing one and redo as its under a concrete driveway.
We had a plumber quote on doing the whole job and it was really expensive so we decided to do the digging and hardwork ourselves and get the plumber to do the connecting of pipes.
So can someone tell me the specs for a decent size pit (ie how deep, wide it should be if 3m long). Also any useful instructions about materials to use to line the pit.