Grave Sinking Query

faolteam · 26-10-2011 07:42PM #1

Grave Sinking Query

I hope im in the right forum if i am not plaes forgive me

Just Wanted advise on a recent New opened Grave for the first time,

I was up their a few weeks ago at the grave and was quite shocked to see it sunk by 2 feet and i filled in with soil and then i was up today, and it had gone down a bit again

what i wanted to know was what is the best thing to put in the ground to stop the soil going down please

Tree · 26-10-2011 07:50PM

More soil, it takes a while for the ground to settle. Usually whoever runs the graveyard will fill it in eg. the local councils.

crackcrack30 · 26-10-2011 07:56PM

Leave it a year or two to completly settle...........

faolteam · 26-10-2011 07:58PM

somebody mentioned Stones or Shackle i think

then someone suggested Moss peat as it absorbes the water ,

it looks awful when u see it like that ,

and if you put plants on top and it sinks it looks worse

faolteam · 26-10-2011 08:12PM

crackcrack30 wrote: »

Leave it a year or two to completly settle...........

if i do there will be a 2 ft hole maybe more

Sonnenblumen · 26-10-2011 09:39PM

Agree can be very upsetting and unsightly. Backfilling soil after deep digging would usually subside at least 10%.
Nothing unusual, however level of subsidence can be reduced by compacting backfill with feet/heels.

bbam · 26-10-2011 09:49PM

It can be disturbing and some plots sink/settle more than others due to the soil type...
You can only keep it topped up and levelled off... Usually within a year it will have settled completly..

Necron · 07-11-2011 07:58PM

Home this worked out all right for you and you got the answers you needed here.

Grave Sinking Query

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