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And now everything is level (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
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After an eternity using a laser and making sure we have a slope of 1cm per meter we now have the base layer done :) If I understand correctly I now need to rent a machine to compact everything tightly before putting the visqueen layer and the armature.

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[–] 5 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

Is the 1 cm per meter put the draining water somewhere that can take more water ? I suppose I've been seeing a few posts about backyards having standing water during rainstorms and I am somewhat intrigued about the topic atm.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I have foreseen some kind of drainage around with a gravel ditch that leads to our water egress thingy. Though our piece of land usually drains quite well unless it pours for weeks.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    A French drain?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I think an actual French drain requires some kind of pierced tubing running along the drain. I don’t think I will bother with that.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    One of the coolest French drains I've seen is just breathable yard cloth wrapped around rocks.

    Just keeps dirt out of it. And water flowing

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    That’s exactly what I have foreseen :) I saw another post a while ago showing that and I had geotextile in excess so I used it with the remaining of the rocks we had around.

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