Quicksand

[Tiger]

Dear all,

Now that I have removed the kids' cubby house, the ground it was resting on is like a quagmire. You will sink if you try to stand on it. What is the cheapest and easiest way to "harden up" the soil, and before you reply, don't tell me to try Viagra as it's not cheap.

[ozwinner]

Get some girly mags, open them up to the middle pages, stare at them for ages.

Itll do bugger all for your ground, but its fun.

Al

[Tiger]

Al, had you in mind when I made the Viagra comment. Girly mags hey, I'll send my wife down to get some when she does the shopping next and then I'll probably forget the problem outside so I guess in a round about way the problem has been solved.

[ozwinner]

Glad I could be of some help.


Al

[Tiger]

Al, notice you're a Melbourne boy, where do you buy your mags from?

[Robert34]

Dear all,

Now that I have removed the kids' cubby house, the ground it was resting on is like a quagmire. You will sink if you try to stand on it. What is the cheapest and easiest way to "harden up" the soil, and before you reply, don't tell me to try Viagra as it's not cheap.

Tiger

As I see it you have 2 choices.

1. Leave it alone till it dries ( a couple of months)
2. Rake it level as you can and plant grass, flowers, or some summer
salad vegies. They together with some sun & wind shall dry it out nicely

Robert34

[spartan]

Road base?

[Tiger]

Robert, part of the deal with removing the cubby house was to give the kids more space to run around in, so waiting is not really an option.

Spartan, how thick for the road base?

Thanks, boys

[ozwinner]

Al, notice you're a Melbourne boy, where do you buy your mags from?

Ive got a stash of them.....

Al

[Grunt]

You don't need to buy mags. Al put me on to this site.

www.persiankitty.com

[ozwinner]

Prick....:eek:


Al

[custos]

Now that I have removed the kids' cubby house, the ground it was resting on is like a quagmire. You will sink if you try to stand on it. What is the cheapest and easiest way to "harden up" the soil, and before you reply, don't tell me to try Viagra as it's not cheap.

Sounds like you may have a problem that needs attention rather than a quick fix. I'd be thinking about putting down some slotted pipe (ag pipe). Hire a guy with a ditch witch (about $50/hr) to cut you a trench through the affected area to a drainage point. If you have no drainage point dig a deep hole in which you can install a drainage pit (or the cheaper solution - fill with scoria and then cover with soil). In the trench put down 100 mm depth of scoria, a length of ag pipe (pretty cheap at Bunnings), top with more scoria and back fill. Problem solved for good.

[spartan]

Tiger,


as stated by custos if you can get some ag pipe in so it will be effective you should do so.

As far as how much road base, that will depend on how big the location is, what you want to put on top of it.....

I put in 100mm of road base in a similar situation, then some river sand and then normal top soil and grass. This is really the same process as paving except I used grass instead of paving...if you catch my meaning.

The road base provided a foundation so that things didnt sink. When it is wet it is a lot like cement. - Well not really but you get the picture. The river sand was fast draining (hopefully in the ag pipe). The top soil and grass was to make it blend into the rest of the yard....

[Tiger]

Fellas, how deep do you need to go with the Aggy pipe. Before we put the cubby house down on that bit of soil, the previous owners had a vegetable garden there. I assumed that there is a lot of topsoil there and that's why it gets so muddy there.

[Termite]

Vege patch eh, then bugger the cubby house, plant some smokeable vegetables.