[Georgia]

Question: We have a water butt which catches water beside our house which overflows. I would like either to remove it and make sure the water is drained away without affecting the wall of our house, or put something else in place.


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[Key King Locksmith]

Hi the answer is quite a simple one, as well as being a locksmith i am a general builder .

Remove the water butt to the side and install a soak-away. These are gravel filled and when installed correctly they disperse the runoff rainwater slowly into the ground away from the property, The gravel acts as a slow draining compound within the vessel , hense the name soak-away.

Hope that helps.

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[ToolTalk1]

@Key King Locksmith
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[Lauren]

@Key King Locksmith
@ToolTalk1

Hey thank you so much Barry Ill let the team know so we can get this posted on our website!🤩

[Georgia]

Hey @Key King Locksmith - thank you for your response! This has now been published on our blog which can be found here>>

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[Key King Locksmith]

Will do thank you 😊

[jason1972]

THis picture will give you an idea of what a soakaway should look like
the soakaway crates are wrapped in the white membrane. For the average house we use between 4 to 6 soakaway crates

One of the factors when deciding how big it needs to be is the size of the roof area



the final depth of the hole, in which crates are placed, depends on soil type within the area


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[Lauren]

That's awesome thank you for sharing @jason1972 - we've added your comments and image to the post here >>😁