drainage ideas for paved garden

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Think that paving would probably be dearer personally - but I guess it depends on whether cheap manmade concrete paving slabs are used or decent stuff (ie sandstone/slate/etc)?

Much natural paving has an environmental cost. If you're not worried about that, go ahead.

I agree with Pastures for the cheap fix.

Paving slabs don't have to move. The ones I did in my original house around 1980 haven't, and neither have those I put in around 1995. It depends what's under them. I have always found under a patio to be a great place to hide unwanted material. :cool:

moneyistooshorttomention

Furts wrote: »

This would be debatable. Hopefully your paving paving will have been laid on a sand bed and be easy to lift. This means it is also easy to relay. You may not want to do this but it is the easy, cheap solution to OP's post.

# rueful grin 'r us. Some of my cheap/tatty paving here (ie that's going to be re-done with decent stuff when I have the money) has been laid on tarmac:eek:. Cue astonishment - when I realised just how they'd done it. Not looking forward to the extra cost/hassle of getting that little lot up...

zaax

Depending what they were set in, only the slabs in the offending area might need lifting and re-setting. Get a dependable building / paver in to take a look.


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londonTiger

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Think that paving would probably be dearer personally - but I guess it depends on whether cheap manmade concrete paving slabs are used or decent stuff (ie sandstone/slate/etc)?

Yeah paving is £40-50 per square meter (slabs and labour). To do up the garden looking at a pretty large sum. French drain would be fairly easy DIY job. Just take up 8 slab, dig a ditch and place pebble, then drain and then recover.

But as others are saying French drain wont work.