How to make drainage on the site in the home?

If you are a lucky owner of a suburban area, then for sure you are planning to build a modern cottage or a small cozy cottage for summer holidays with the whole family. However, it is not so important which construction will be built on the existing territory, the main thing is to know what works should be preceded by this process. Before you begin laying the foundation, you need to drain the suburban area. Is it always necessary? Basically - yes, if, of course, you do not want to see one of the following pictures in a short time:

• Erosion of the foundation, the appearance of cracks on the walls, as well as the distortions of window structures;
• Flooding the cellar, cellar or basement of the house;
• "Extrusion" of basins buried in the soil, dips and dents on tile / stone paths;
• Decay and death of plants.

In general, the consequences of excessive overmoistening of the soil (for reasons of groundwater, excessive rainfall, etc.) can be very diverse, but always unpleasant. To avoid them, you should build a special qualitative system. How to make drainage on the site with your own hands? After all, the work of specialists will be very expensive.

First of all, you need to determine the type of this system. It can be open (to control precipitation and melted water) and closed (in the case where groundwater is located close to the soil surface). We will talk about how to make drainage on the site in the most economical way. This is the construction of ditches (surface system).

First of all, it is necessary to outline the work plan. As a rule, trenches pass along the perimeter of the future structure. They break away in size 50 cm in width and as much in depth, and the length, naturally, depends on the dimensions of the house (rather, from the basement area). After that all the ditches are united into one, which will lead to the well (the catchment site). At the end of this trench a cut at an angle of about 30 degrees is made to ensure self-drainage of water.

To better absorb moisture and provide a more aesthetic appearance of the system, the ditches are covered with gravel (shallow bottom and coarse top). Of course, such a drainage will not last very long, therefore a number of additions can be made to the process.

For example, many people use fashins. What it is? Birch or willow brushwood is tied in bundles and laid in trenches on crossed pieces of logs. From above place moss and fall asleep with rubble. Some use fine gravel, as well as sand. This allows more efficient removal of excess liquid from the soil surface.

And how to make drainage on the site in a more modern way? Those ditches that were dug, must be concreted and installed in them special trays (they are sold in the building market), necessarily under a slight slope, so that water passes through them more easily. Above such structures are covered with gratings. They perform both protective and decorative functions. In this case, the system will not spoil the view of your yard, and with the task of collecting moisture will cope better.

Of course, if we talk about how to make drainage at the site the most effective, then the answer is: use special pipes (that is, build a deep drainage system). Today, there are many modern materials, in particular, geo-plastic. It makes the installation process easy and gives a really high quality and long result.

We hope this article helped you understand how to properly drain the site, what it is needed for and what it is. Successful construction!