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Price per meter french drain in lawn.

Posted by Bespoke Lawncare on August 1, 2011 at 1:36pm

Hi all

Just been asked to install 105 liner meters french drain into a lawn due to it holding water thanks to the clay we have here in the north west.

The lawn in in two sections rear of house & side of house.

Longest length to the rear is 22mts with feeds joining, longest length to the side is 11Mts with feeds joining.

lawns slop away from the house with open woodland to allow  water to run into from drains.

So I need to hire a 1.5 tonne machine 3 days.

2x 5yrd skips ( I think)

Excavate approx 500mm deep 

Land drain pipe 105 meters.

Pea gravel for over/bit under the pipe I will not need to wrap in membrane due to slop of lawn taking water / silt away fast.

top soil to finish prior to replacing removed turf.

What is a fair price for this amount of work, I usually only do small lawns that can be completed within the day.  

Thanks

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  • Andy Thorne August 1, 2011 at 3:11pm

    "I will not need to wrap in membrane due to slop of lawn taking water / silt away fast."

    - I would as pea gravel will silt up over time, you can't seriously think that water is going to push all silt etc through 11-22m of gravel do you?  It may take years to silt up but with fabrics you will add years and years to the drain's life for not much more outlay :)

     

    3 days seems a long time for trenching 105m to 500mm (not knowing access problems etc)- Maybe best to get an owner/operator in on a price than hire machine and DIY.  I rarely drive myself now as they are much faster than me and cost less :) 

     

    Cost wise the biggest factor is how much a day you are worth - only you know that!

     

  • Kevin Barnett August 1, 2011 at 9:53pm

    Are you installing a land drain or a french drain, what is it draining into ?

     

  • Bespoke Lawncare August 2, 2011 at 9:23am

    As far as I am aware its a French drain (Henry French) brought more into the 21st century with the addition of perforated pipe.

    I will be bringing the pipe out into open land (short length of none perforated pipe) at the bottom of the slopping garden were it can run freely away.

  • Wayne Langford August 8, 2011 at 12:30am

    We have been looking to do a recycled car tyre French drain,square in shape over a membrane!We are looking for pilot !

    Any takers?

     

    Call me at Sudscape.

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