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Manholes in lawns

I have been to a clients and they have 3 manholes in their lawn.I am wondering if it would be possible to use recessed trays( the ones for black paving or flagging) and put turf into it so as to try to hide them a bit more.I know one draw back would be in drier months the turf would dry out and need watering in the manhole trays.Are there any other ways/methods to try to 'hide' them other than sticking potted plants atop. As they are in the middle of the lawn.New build houses for you, no thought goes into fiinshed product.

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    Hi Graeme

    It is possible (as long as you drill drainage holes in the bottom)

    Bear in mind that the restricted rootzone differs greatly from the surrounding grass and in the summer, as the water evaporates more quickly and the soil warms up, a brown rectangle will be visible.

    If you are able to get something made up that is deeper to stabilise the root conditions I think you might fair better but I fear never perfect.

    Hope that helps

    Phil
  • if in doubt paint it green !!!!! lol
  • Hi,
    Almost finished on a new build with the same problem. I have lowered the covers and put down offcuts of "Lazy Grass" from an earlier project. Once down you can sow seed into this to improve the appearance. It's not perfect but it's better than the drain covers and as long as the rest of the garden looks good you tend not to look to closely at the lawn. The main advantagesare that it's easily lifted when needed and wont dry out and die in hot weather
  • If the manholes are standard 450mm diameter covers then the 'Chambermate' procduct may help you. I used it on 2 drain covers in my own garden. After a while they become virtually invisible as the grass covers the lip.
    Go to www.chambermate.co.uk - they cost me about £30 each.
    Although there are no drainage holes in the product, this has not proved a problem, with grass growth being fairly vigorous and no summer watering found necessary.
  • You can get GrassTop manhole covers in a full range of sizes 

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