Fred wrote:
Hi,

I have seen some coils of perforated pipe in "been and queued" but
sister company Screwfix doesn't seem to stock it. Is it known by
another name?

The Pavingexpert web site says you can use it one of two ways:
holes-up to collect water from waterlogged ground to take elsewhere or
holes-down to dispose of water into the ground.

It's the latter I am interested in: could you lay a length of this in
a trench and use it as a soakaway?

TIA

IME it's not worth a carrot in terms of draining ground, and certainly
useless as a soakaway, it does have an effect over large areas like farmers
feilds in reducing waterlogging, but far more effective would be 2 milk
crates wrapped in weed membrane and surrounded in 3/4 stone, with a gulley
into the top - a soakaway is just a holding tank, designed to hold flood
water until the surrounding ground can take it away naturally.

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008