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Garden Flooding

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  • aliby21
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    what are you wanting to do on your lawn in January?
  • daveyjp
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    It's surface water flooding, caused when the water can't drain away through the soil because its waterlogged.

    I'd concentrate  at looking at practical solution rather than going legal.  If the garden is just a lawn it will survive, you could fit a sump pump at the lowest point and pump into a surface water drain, or improve drainage and drain to an attenuation tank or soakaway.
  • aliby21 said:
    what are you wanting to do on your lawn in January?
    Sent my young children out to play
  • daveyjp said:
    It's surface water flooding, caused when the water can't drain away through the soil because its waterlogged.

    I'd concentrate  at looking at practical solution rather than going legal.  If the garden is just a lawn it will survive, you could fit a sump pump at the lowest point and pump into a surface water drain, or improve drainage and drain to an attenuation tank or soakaway.
    But the solution could be thousands, it would be more cost effective to go to small claims?
  • user1977
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    ParryPal said:
    daveyjp said:
    It's surface water flooding, caused when the water can't drain away through the soil because its waterlogged.

    I'd concentrate  at looking at practical solution rather than going legal.  If the garden is just a lawn it will survive, you could fit a sump pump at the lowest point and pump into a surface water drain, or improve drainage and drain to an attenuation tank or soakaway.
    But the solution could be thousands, it would be more cost effective to go to small claims?
    Has anyone advised you that you're entitled to recover those costs?
  • aliby21
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    ParryPal said:
    aliby21 said:
    what are you wanting to do on your lawn in January?
    Sent my young children out to play
    Wellies

    Or take up the lawn and put down a suitable base and astroturf
  • Mutton_Geoff
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    FreeBear said:
    Is this a relatively new estate ?
    Are you on a heavy clay soil ?
    New(ish) build estates are sometime plonked on land that are prone to water logging. And if you have a heavy clay soil, it is going to be very difficult to resolve. Digging a lot of sand may alleviate the problem to some extent but that will depend on the geology of the area.
    I doubt you will get far with litigation - The only winners will be solicitors, and it could be very expensive (budget £40K or more).
    I had same issues. I had builders take away a foot of clay, dig a herringbone layout of drainage trenches, slotted pipes covered with pea shingle into rainwater drain nearby. 50 tonnes of topsoil then decent quality turf.

    Was about £8k for about 100 sq m.
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  • RelievedSheff
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    Are you in an area susceptible to high groundwater levels?

    If you are, like we are, then there is nothing you can do about it. Installing land drainage has no effect.

    We just accept that our garden is a no go area for a few months of the year. It dries out come spring and no harm is done.
  • user1977 said:
    ParryPal said:
    daveyjp said:
    It's surface water flooding, caused when the water can't drain away through the soil because its waterlogged.

    I'd concentrate  at looking at practical solution rather than going legal.  If the garden is just a lawn it will survive, you could fit a sump pump at the lowest point and pump into a surface water drain, or improve drainage and drain to an attenuation tank or soakaway.
    But the solution could be thousands, it would be more cost effective to go to small claims?
    Has anyone advised you that you're entitled to recover those costs?
    No, i'm looking for opinions before taking the matter further.
  • Doozergirl
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    edited 2 January 2024 at 12:09PM
    ParryPal said:
    user1977 said:
    ParryPal said:
    daveyjp said:
    It's surface water flooding, caused when the water can't drain away through the soil because its waterlogged.

    I'd concentrate  at looking at practical solution rather than going legal.  If the garden is just a lawn it will survive, you could fit a sump pump at the lowest point and pump into a surface water drain, or improve drainage and drain to an attenuation tank or soakaway.
    But the solution could be thousands, it would be more cost effective to go to small claims?
    Has anyone advised you that you're entitled to recover those costs?
    No, i'm looking for opinions before taking the matter further.
    You can't claim costs in the small claims court so you're on your own without a lawyer if you want it to be 'cost effective' but they could well have insurance that will pay for them to defend the claim.    That's just happened to me with what I thought was a pretty straightforward claim.   

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