Top Soil Removal for Free.

marcoz

Hi all,
We moved into a new build just before Christmas however builder spread the topsoil that was removed prior to building the house , back over the quite large front garden(60 meters long) rather than haul it away. This is leading draining issues on my drive etc and I now need to have it removed. This is top quality agricultural topsoil so would be good to anyone looking good topsoil. It's not screened and has some stones but was being tilled right up to 2 year ago. So my question is...how would I go about getting this removed for free. Surely there is someone or some company out there that would be equipped with digger and lorry and taking this away rather than paying for it for someone else is a good option.

Lumen

Maybe offer it in the gardening forum. Can you calculate the volume?

Not sure how this is causing draining issues though.

sea12

Lumen wrote: »

Maybe offer it in the gardening forum. Can you calculate the volume?

Not sure how this is causing draining issues though.

What part of the country are u in

marcoz

Lumen wrote: »

Maybe offer it in the gardening forum. Can you calculate the volume?

Not sure how this is causing draining issues though.

Subsoil underneath is as hard as concrete. Wasn't broken up with a subsoiler plough before putting down the blanket of topsoil. This topsoil is raising all the ground around the hardcore driveway and the drive is now flooding cause it's the lowest point

marcoz

sea12 wrote: »

What part of the country are u in

I'm in North County Dublin

marcoz

marcoz wrote: »

Subsoil underneath is as hard as concrete. Wasn't broken up with a subsoiler plough before putting down the blanket of topsoil. This topsoil is raising all the ground around the hardcore driveway and the drive is now flooding cause it's the lowest point

Can't really calculate volume as it would be a pure guessimation. Top soil ranges from 4" deep to 8" deep over a very large area

Lumen

marcoz wrote: »

Subsoil underneath is as hard as concrete. Wasn't broken up with a subsoiler plough before putting down the blanket of topsoil. This topsoil is raising all the ground around the hardcore driveway and the drive is now flooding cause it's the lowest point

If the new topsoil is good quality and not compacted, that's not your problem. It sounds like the water is flowing through that topsoil, hitting compacted soil, pooling, and then draining sideways on to your driveway.

If you remove the topsoil you'll might be left with an ugly pond and a wet driveway.

I'd get a landscaper to take a look at it.

Mooooo

marcoz wrote: »

Subsoil underneath is as hard as concrete. Wasn't broken up with a subsoiler plough before putting down the blanket of topsoil. This topsoil is raising all the ground around the hardcore driveway and the drive is now flooding cause it's the lowest point

The subsoil needs to be drained otherwise you'll have the same problem topsoil or not.

marcoz

Mooooo wrote: »

The subsoil needs to be drained otherwise you'll have the same problem topsoil or not.

I agree.

Calahonda52

what about getting in a digger and putting a decent soak hole,
What I do in theses cases is specify a trench 1 meter wide and 1 meter deep:I do it mostly in housing estates so the full width of the garden, in your case maybe along by the driveway.

Lay one or two runs of land drain bedded in bedding gravel, back fill the rest with hardcore and then finished with permeable membrane and topsoil.
I also include one or two sumps, lined vertically with land drain and meeting up with the bottom land drains.
These can be used to drop in a submersible pump if the water level gets out of hand. One client has a float operated pump in his all the time.
As for getting a lorry and digger to take it away for free, keep smoking the weed.:D

Odelay

Anyone you get to do it for free is likely to make a jock of it and leave a mess of the lawn.
Look into drainage, it will be a better job and likely to cost less in the long run.

uberwolf

OP - you still trying to get rid of this soil?