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    Default Drainage Agpipe

    I seem to have a ground water problem, Im on a slight slope so already started digging trenches for Agpipe but need some advise..

    My father believes I should use plain agpipe with no filter, wrap it in newspaper and sandwitch it between 19mm (3/4") Drainage Scoria within the trench.

    But for me after researching on the internet I proper prefer to perhaps line the base of the trench with newspaper to filter small particles, then use socked (geofrabic) agpipe sandwitch between the scoria within the trench..

    Whats the best method of laying down agpipe? I have heaps of scoria so I guess I can widen the filteration area created by the scoria.

    I have orange clay about 2 foot down, my soil isn't really sandy I could probably get away without using the sock but its probably better to use one with sock... not sure which one will clog up faster or if it doesn't make a difference and both will clog up over time ?

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    My thoughts...which are probably wrong...is that the sock will hasten the clogging of the drainage holes of the agpipe. The holes in the pipe walls are a hell of a lot smaller than the diameter of the pipe so it should not clog..especially if it is on a slope.

    All the agpipe I have ever laid had no sock and 10 years on it still works.

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    I would dig the trench, lay the geotextile in it, lay the pipe, cover the sides and top of the pipe with the scoria then fold the geotextile over the top.

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    Just fill all the trenches with gravel

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    1: dig trench
    2: lay matt
    3: put some gravel
    4: lay pipe that has the sock on it
    5: cover with gravel
    6: lay matt
    7: finish filling with soil


    well thats how i used to do it when i was getting paid as a plumber
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    We had the same problem at my fathers house, on a slope with a soil swimming pool under it that was rotting the posts.

    Deep trench across the high point and the sides.

    Lined the bottom of the trench and house side with black plastic to stop water that was missed penetrating through.

    Crushed rock base, lay pipe, cover in crushed rock.

    Put 10cm soil and grass back over the top.

    The soil under the house dried out quickly, we tried to dig out a basement to store things a few years later, it was so dry and hard the pick use to just bounce off.

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    Thanks all! I like diavalo's method...

    I guess everyone has their own method and I was a little hangup on with to sock or not I guess more layers of filteration the better in a way..

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    Quote Originally Posted by diavalo13666 View Post
    1: dig trench
    2: lay matt
    3: put some gravel
    4: lay pipe that has the sock on it
    5: cover with gravel
    6: lay matt
    7: finish filling with soil


    well thats how i used to do it when i was getting paid as a plumber
    Thats the way to do it!

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    One quick question.. would the sock actually clog up faster since it looks like it would offer finer particule filtration than the actual agpipe but then again it has a large surface area for the water to get in..

    Just my father kept on warning me that the dust from the scoria might block up the sock..

    but then again my father did say just use one bag on my satellite dish pole and thats suffering from slight movement from boggy soil
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    Quote Originally Posted by Godzilla View Post
    Lined the bottom of the trench and house side with black plastic to stop water that was missed penetrating through.

    The soil under the house dried out quickly, we tried to dig out a basement to store things a few years later, it was so dry and hard the pick use to just bounce off.
    I like the usage of black plastic... I might add in that touch.. my lowest point of my house is like a swimming pool too. I have concrete posts.

    on the weekend noticed some pooling of water on the outside. Next thing I knew I dug a 1.5 metre channel outside to drain the water out. I think I bucketed out 120 litres.. saturday was like tropical monsoon rain..

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    I agree with diavalo13666's method.

    Rowville is renowned for poor drainage.. after all, it is reclaimed swamp land.

    It's even reflected in the name... row-ville.

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    I think its still better to put the aggpipe at the very bottom of the trench.
    If you place say 50mm of scoria under the pipe your soakage trench will have to fill with more than 50 mm of water before the pipe can start to work.
    Consider your trench to be maybe 250mm wide and thats a lot of water that will be soaking into the subsoil before your aggpipe will do anything? If you could put enough fall in the trench it wouldn't be an issue, but in that case you you could do as wierdo states and just fill it with the gravel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtv View Post
    Rowville is renowned for poor drainage.. after all, it is reclaimed swamp land.

    It's even reflected in the name... row-ville.
    haha! lol! I better start building my boat instead. At least Im half way up a hill.. other areas are pretty bad when it really pours..

    Yeah homebrew you have a valid point.. probably makes more sense with agpipe with sock to sit directly ontop of matt then layer gravel ontop.

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    BTW, what is the sock? We never used one.

    I remember we used a variety of stone sizes, around the pipe was the finest (smallest) size rock and the further away from the pipe we went, the larger the crushed rock size was used.

    It was so long ago, i remember my father telling me it was to filter the water of large particles by going from large rock (20 cent piece size) to small fine crushed rock.

    That was over 25 years ago, still works fine, bone dry, hard as a rock under the house.

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    You'd be surprised how well a trench just filled with drainage gravel works.
    It will need a bit of fall to work successfully (the more the better) but that's no different with pipe.
    I dug a trench 300 wide by about 500 deep over a distance of about 35 meters to catch overland flow of my uphill neighbours.
    No fancy geo fabric or socks or pipe for that matter.
    Been there for 15 years and still works well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godzilla View Post
    BTW, what is the sock? We never used one.
    Plastic netting around pipe... can be purchased that way. Just like a sock


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    Quote Originally Posted by weirdo View Post
    You'd be surprised how well a trench just filled with drainage gravel works.
    It will need a bit of fall to work successfully (the more the better) but that's no different with pipe.
    I dug a trench 300 wide by about 500 deep over a distance of about 35 meters to catch overland flow of my uphill neighbours.
    No fancy geo fabric or socks or pipe for that matter.
    Been there for 15 years and still works well.
    Actually I find that not too hard to believe... Bunnings plumber said why put down agpipe when it will fall from the bottom of the pipe.. I've had my trenches not filled in for 2 months with the some off cut agpipe I've found and I do see the water flow down to the lowest point like a mini stream.. If just filled with gravel, I take the lowest point would be grated drain with some fine filter over it (panty hose perhaps) then cover with large gravel?

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    Your missing the point of drainage, Roof gutters dont need more than a minimal slope to function nor does the Agpipe.
    The whole principle is to remover the BULK volume of water quickly and the gravel just drains away whats left either by soakage or evaporation.
    If you were to flood the Apipe with a fire hose, you would see how very little actualy 'leaks' out of the sides compared to the flow through.

    The 'sock' or earth mat stops both earth and weeds from fouling the drainage but like everything else its not for ever.
    I have large sheets of 'Earth Mat' laid under sections of Railway line (Points) to stop the line 'Pumping' the ballast as trains passed over and 'drawing up' the mud from under the ballast.
    Water drains straight through the mat easily.
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    When I did all my retaining walls I lined the inside of the wall and the ground behind with black plastic and then laid the pipe on the plastic next to the wall and filled with stones or more like small pebbles that are nice and smooth. The wall hasn't fallen down yet and I used no fancy socks etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weirdo View Post
    You'd be surprised how well a trench just filled with drainage gravel works.
    It will need a bit of fall to work successfully (the more the better) but that's no different with pipe.
    I dug a trench 300 wide by about 500 deep over a distance of about 35 meters to catch overland flow of my uphill neighbours.
    No fancy geo fabric or socks or pipe for that matter.
    Been there for 15 years and still works well.
    What you have done there is similar to whats called a TRANSPIRATION trench.

    these are used for places with septics where you dig the trench put in the the half pipe plastic and then fill over with gravel etc.The trench would be dug at 90 degrees to the fall of the land.

    we also used to install these in similar situation to yours.By digging the trench and installing the half pipe would create a empty volume of space>when it rained and the surface water would soak into the soil and flow down to the next property it would reach the trench and fill the empty space created by the half pipe.Now it would sit and slowly seep back into the ground water system.

    Many more suburbs in Sydney are going this way because the stormwater system can not handle all the water and many buildings are cracking because the soil is all drying out so by putting the water back into the ground system it helps 2 fold.
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