Soakaway Pipe

[aledld]

Hi,
Land water from the house above ours flows into our lawn making it extremely wet and boggy. I am looking to insert a pipe in the lawn to accept the water and run it into a drain. I have dug the trench down to the clay but was wondering what pipe to use?

I have seen the perforated flexi pipe but have been told that it is perforated all the way around. What I want is a pipe that it perforated half way around so that the collected water will run along the bottom of the pipe and into the drain. A fully perforated pipe would not be suitable as I don’t want the water to go back into the land. Does this pipe exist? Any suggestions on alternatives? I don't want to spend to much on this project.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Bear in mind that you cannot lawfully drain into the main. Should the mains ever get silted up as a result you will foot the Waterboard bill for clearing it.

 

[aledld]

Thanks for the reply. All drains lead to a spetic tank so there would not be a problem

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Do you mean for sewage? Or do you actually mean a soakaway for surface water? You can't connect surface water into a septic tank it will get filled up in no time. Assume you mean its your own private septic tank and not shared?

 

[aledld]

Yes it is a private septic tank with the water from the tank taken away through soakaways

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Anyway, google 'half perforated pipe' or 'half slotted pipe', widely available everywhere.