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Shrubs over sewerage?

  • 25-07-2019 2:27pm
    #1
    disposableFish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭


    Hi, I have a spot in the garden that I want to make into a shrubbery - only problem is that my sewers run under it (approx. 500 deep) and I'm worried that roots could get in and damage them.

    Has anyone else tried this?
    Am I right to be worried?
    Are there particular plants that would work/should be avoided?


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    There really shouldn't be a problem.

    Biggest problem is more likely to be putting a spade or fork through the pipe.

    I'd work out the run maybe put a mark at either edge of the bed so you know where it is and then just be careful digging near it.

    Avoid anything that will grow really big and tree like near it just in case you do need to get to the drain later.

    If on the other hand the drain isn't laid properly and it has gaps in the joints then some plants are know to exploit this. Cherries, Willows and Magnolias have caused me problems in the past but the list is much longer.


  • #3
    disposableFish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭disposableFish


    Thanks...so not as big an issue as I thought?

    Forking though shouldn't be a problem - they're a bit too deep.

    my3cents wrote: »
    If on the other hand the drain isn't laid properly...
    This is what worries me.
    You'd never know until there's a problem.


  • #4
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    disposableFish wrote: »
    Thanks...so not as big an issue as I thought?

    Forking though shouldn't be a problem - they're a bit too deep.



    This is what worries me.
    You'd never know until there's a problem.

    Well at least you know where the drains are if there is a problem :)

    It would be a bit of an effort but you could uncover the drain and see how its made. For example if its terracotta coloured plastic pipe in long lengths you aren't likely to have any problems.


  • #5
    disposableFish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭disposableFish


    my3cents wrote: »
    Well at least you know where the drains are if there is a problem :)

    It would be a bit of an effort but you could uncover the drain and see how its made. For example if its terracotta coloured plastic pipe in long lengths you aren't likely to have any problems.

    It's all fairly new PVC pipework
    (there'll even be an AJ in the middle of the bed...does this count as a "feature"?)


  • #6
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    disposableFish wrote: »
    It's all fairly new PVC pipework
    (there'll even be an AJ in the middle of the bed...does this count as a "feature"?)

    I don't see any problem then. The roots can't get into the pipe so nothing to worry about.


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