High water table and silty greensand.
| Problem | Cause | Solution | |--------|-------|----------| | Slow draining | Clay soil or silted-up membrane | Jet clean or replace; consider pumped attenuation | | Water backing up into gutters | Undersized soakaway | Add additional crates or second soakaway | | Collapsed trench | Heavy traffic above (e.g., driveway) | Reinforce with concrete lintels or use heavy-duty crates | | Bad smell | Organic debris in inlet | Install a gully trap or silt basket | soakaways new alresford hampshire
Installed a 2.4m³ crate soakaway wrapped in Terram membrane, fed by a new land drain around the property’s perimeter. Outlet piped to a permeable area near the rear boundary (with neighbour agreement). High water table and silty greensand
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