Alexis asked about how this worked. I had to do some research to understand it myself. The tile underground is on a small decline that ends up at the ditch then into a runway. It does not take surface water, instead what is lower in the ground.
When the tile is blocked or breaks the water has nowhere to go, so the force pushes it up to the surface, taking soil with it. That is what makes the big hole in the lawn.
This is how our lawn looked before the project started.
When the grass and soil was dug out on the area across the road where all the water would eventually run, it was so blocked up that this how much water ran out after they dug out the soil and grass.
The above pictures show some of the areas where the tile needed to be laid.
Please note the person in the red shirt. That is Gerry who was out there supervising for three days. So that he did need to walk the area, he has the four-wheeler to get around.
A closer view of how it is done.
The tile has little slits in it for the water to get in. Could not find a picture of that.
4 comments:
It looks a massive job - but better to be done than having sinkholes.
thanks for the explanation. I need to look up what a tile exactly is.
Thanks, I understand a bit better now. It seems like it follows a similar process of a French drain in a basement.
Except for RMG on a much larger scale!
Post a Comment