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February 5th 08, 12:59 PM
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Gravel around house
Hi,
Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon 
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February 5th 08, 01:02 PM
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"Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon So the rain will soak up most of its downpour
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February 5th 08, 01:21 PM
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On 5 Feb, 13:02, Huge wrote:
On 2008-02-05, Jon wrote: Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Drain Thanks guys. Nice simple explaination.
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February 5th 08, 01:27 PM
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On Feb 5, 1:02*pm, "George" wrote:
"Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon So the rain will soak up most of its downpour Can we have that again, in English, please. MBQ
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February 5th 08, 01:43 PM
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"Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon If you had soil against the house wall the rain would splash it up the wall and it would look unsightly. Shingle prevents this. I doubt very much it would be for drainage on a seven year old house. mark
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February 5th 08, 02:54 PM
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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:02:01 GMT, "George"
wrote: "Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon So the rain will soak up most of its downpour And at dead of night you might hear folk approaching your house.
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February 5th 08, 02:59 PM
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On Feb 5, 2:54*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:02:01 GMT, "George" wrote: "Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon So the rain will soak up most of its downpour And at dead of night you might hear folk approaching your house.- Hide quoted text - Apparently burglars don't like it because they cannot make a quick silent getaway. Robert
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February 5th 08, 03:44 PM
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On 05/02/2008 14:59, RobertL wrote:
Apparently burglars don't like it because they cannot make a quick silent getaway. Any burglar incapable of avoiding a 6" strip of gravel is going to spend rather more time staring at 6'x6' walls than actually nicking stuff.
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February 5th 08, 03:59 PM
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... On 05/02/2008 14:59, RobertL wrote: Apparently burglars don't like it because they cannot make a quick silent getaway. Any burglar incapable of avoiding a 6" strip of gravel is going to spend rather more time staring at 6'x6' walls than actually nicking stuff. Too true,they don't walk up the sides of the stairs for nothing. ;-)
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February 5th 08, 04:12 PM
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Gravel around house
mark wrote:
"Jon" wrote in message ... Hi, Our seven year old house has approx six inches of gravel around the edge of the house, all the way around. I've seen this on quite a few newer houses and wondered if there was a particular reason for it being there or if it's merely decorative? Thanks, Jon If you had soil against the house wall the rain would splash it up the wall and it would look unsightly. Shingle prevents this. I doubt very much it would be for drainage on a seven year old house. mark It's not, it's bone-idleness on behalf of the groundworkers who couldn't be arsed cutting flags / block paving to fit around all the gulleys and pipes etc.
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