Agi Drain or strip drain for new home?

Tony_A

Hi There,

Our new build has been built below street level by about 12cm on the left hand side. the adjacent lot is still vacant and when we had a large downpour recently our drains clogged on our pathway and the water levels were getting close to our laundry door. we have roughly a 200mm gap (160mm at the fence posts plus some concrete will need to be chipped away) to put some kind of drainage. Maybe a 65mm Age drain? but as our land is flat and you. need a fall of 1cm per meter we could be close to 50mm deep by the time the Darin hits the back and the pathway is only 100mm thick, is this an issue? also thought about strip drains and putting a pit at the end of the pathway to connect to but again will have to be fairly deep for the fall?

any advice or ideas would be really helpful.

Thanks.

EricL

Hello @Tony_A 

Thanks for sharing your question about the drains in your new home. In this particular situation, I suggest engaging the services of a licensed plumber. The fall necessary for your drainage will need to be calculated professionally as it will interlink with other systems the plumber might recommend. 

Ideally you would want the entire thing to be gravity operated, but if it turns out that your drains will need to go deeper a submersible pump in combination with a holding pit might be necessary. For the meantime, I would suggest putting in an Icon 75L Garbage Bin And Lid in the ground in combination with an Ozito 350W Dirty Water Submersible Water Pump. 

This will temporarily protect you from accidental flooding should another deluge come your way. 

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric