Storm drain..

Belongamick

Runoff from sheds in winter tend to practically flood the sheltered paddock that surrounds the sheds/house/yard. I hope to dig a storm drain from a collection point at the back of the sheds, through the paddock to a more free draining field with a natural slope away from the wetter paddock. Distance involved is roughly 40 meters.
Question is would the ribbed perforated plastic pipes covered in pea gravel be strong enough for the job or would I need a concrete pipe? Tractors will pass over the drain from time to time.

Nekarsulm

Put it down 2 foot and gravel over it. Be fine.
Put in 200mm stuff, JFC make 20 foot lengths of twin wall corrugated piping, with or without slits.
About 36 euro per length.

Track9

Was 200 mm meant to be 20 mm.
20 mm should be circa 3/4 inch ..:)

Nekarsulm

Track9 wrote: »

Was 200 mm meant to be 20 mm.
20 mm should be circa 3/4 inch ..:)

No, 200mm, 8 inches in old money.
It's a storm drain, not a urinal !

Track9

Agreed 8 inch is better .Just got confused with Drainage tho I'm unsure how one wud use gravel in a Urinal ( perhaps one cud throw the gravel at the fly perched on the back of the urinal :rolleyes:

Nekarsulm

Why do you think it's called "pea gravel"?

Track9

Right on Pea Gravel Pistols at dawn so

_Brian

Run the water to a drain somewhere.

Don’t just let it out on another field to spoil it.

You surely have a drain somewhere that the water could be piped into.

Donegalforever

Belongamick wrote: »

Runoff from sheds in winter tend to practically flood the sheltered paddock that surrounds the sheds/house/yard. I hope to dig a storm drain from a collection point at the back of the sheds, through the paddock to a more free draining field with a natural slope away from the wetter paddock. Distance involved is roughly 40 meters.
Question is would the ribbed perforated plastic pipes covered in pea gravel be strong enough for the job or would I need a concrete pipe? Tractors will pass over the drain from time to time.

I agree with others that corrugated piping should be ideal for your requirements.
You should shop around because the price of corrugated pipes can vary depending on the manufacturer.

invicta

Here you considered,would a holding tank(water harvesting) between downpipe and storm drain be an option?

In some situations it could pay for itself over 3 or 4 years?