Comments on: What kind of soil should I use for burying underground drainage pipes? http://www.drainages.co.uk/what-kind-of-soil-should-i-use-for-burying-drainage-pipes/ Help with Your Blocked Drainage Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wampum15 http://www.drainages.co.uk/what-kind-of-soil-should-i-use-for-burying-drainage-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-309 wampum15 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:43:02 +0000 http://www.drainages.co.uk/what-kind-of-soil-should-i-use-for-burying-drainage-pipes/#comment-309 You're overthinking it. Just cover the pipe with sand, soil, or whatever and keep a downward slope on the pipe or else it could allow stagnant water in and attract mosquitoes. I'd stay with black plastic flexible pipe, non-perforated. Sand is used for many useful things - excellent base for a building, foundation; a thickener for driveway tar sealcoating to fill in cracks; to counteract heavy clay water retaining soils to allow for good drainage for plant roots. You’re overthinking it. Just cover the pipe with sand, soil, or whatever and keep a downward slope on the pipe or else it could allow stagnant water in and attract mosquitoes. I’d stay with black plastic flexible pipe, non-perforated.
Sand is used for many useful things – excellent base for a building, foundation; a thickener for driveway tar sealcoating to fill in cracks; to counteract heavy clay water retaining soils to allow for good drainage for plant roots.

]]> By: cronos51101 http://www.drainages.co.uk/what-kind-of-soil-should-i-use-for-burying-drainage-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-308 cronos51101 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:49:23 +0000 http://www.drainages.co.uk/what-kind-of-soil-should-i-use-for-burying-drainage-pipes/#comment-308 soil and sand is a bad choice because it tends to move right into the black corrugated perforated pipe used in french drains. I find that #2 gravel works very well. It actually works as its own little french drain. when you get about an inch from the surface, top it off with soil so your grass can grow. you often use sand when you are laying block or stone because it makes leveling easy. soil and sand is a bad choice because it tends to move right into the black corrugated perforated pipe used in french drains. I find that #2 gravel works very well. It actually works as its own little french drain. when you get about an inch from the surface, top it off with soil so your grass can grow.

you often use sand when you are laying block or stone because it makes leveling easy.

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