pipe to soakaway - how much soil cover needed

[hiace_drifter]

I have a pipe from the downpipe on my garage to a soakaway in the middle of my garden. The soakaway is under 30cm of gravel/soil, so that end of the pipe is also covered by 30cm of soil. However at the garage end the pipe is only under about 3 inches of soil. Is that enough for light foot traffic?

[Neelix]

Is that a walk way or a flower bed?

[hiace_drifter]

Is that a walk way or a flower bed?

It will be a very occasionally used walkway up to the side of the garage to the water butts, used about once a week at most. The weeds have taken over!

[Neelix]

And is that a cable ?

[hiace_drifter]

And is that a cable ?

Yep - it is on the list for the electrician to rectify. The original electrician used non armoured cable, not buried. I'm switching to a different electrician for other reasons.

[dewaltdisney]

Cover with one of these (cheaper if you shop around) bed into the soil over the pipe and the load of walking over will be distributed. https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Ground- ... m/p/236266 Grass grows through to disguise.

DWD

[hiace_drifter]

Cover with one of these (cheaper if you shop around) bed into the soil over the pipe and the load of walking over will be distributed. <a href="https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Ground- ... m/p/236266" class="skimlinks-unlinked" data-skimwords-word="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wickes.co.uk%2FWickes-Ground-Grid-Base---100-x-100cm%2Fp%2F236266" data-skim-creative="500005" title="" style="">https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Ground- ... /236266</a> Grass grows through to disguise.

DWD

Thanks, so with one of those 3-4 inches soil should be ok? That's the shallowest and it increases to 12 inches over a length of 6m or so.

[dewaltdisney]

Yes, people park cars on these, and your weight will never come close to causing a depression in the soil.

DWD

[hiace_drifter]

Yes, people park cars on these, and your weight will never come close to causing a depression in the soil.

DWD

Super thanks. I had been looking at these for a path across the lawn, so will use them where the pipe is close to surface too.