Using tyres as soakaway

The Ruminant · Aug 23, 2017

We need to build a new soakaway to take a significant amount of roof water. Traditionally we use stone but have a large number of old tyres (having switched from clamp silage to big bale silage).

Anyone used tyres? Would they work? Any tips and suggestions?

Thanks, Tom

kill · Aug 23, 2017

The Ruminant said:
We need to build a new soakaway to take a significant amount of roof water. Traditionally we use stone but have a large number of old tyres (having switched from clamp silage to big bale silage)
Anyone used tyres? Would they work? Any tips and suggestions?

Thanks, Tom

Have used tyres for drainage in an almighty bog but did mix with stone and it's all working brilliantly

The Ruminant · Aug 23, 2017

kill said:
Have used tyres for drainage in an almighty bog but did mix with stone and it's all working brilliantly

Interesting, thank you. How did you use them? Baled? Squashed down? How did you mix the stone in with them?

Pilgrimmick · Aug 23, 2017

Would have thought it would count as landfill and need a special licence.

milkloss · Aug 23, 2017

Pilgrimmick said:
Would have thought it would count as landfill and need a special licence.

Reckon if you tied them together to give them a purpose you'd be fine.

Grouse · Aug 24, 2017

To safeguard yourself I would check with the Environment Agency.

There have been several well publicised cases where people have gone to jail and / or catastrophic fines for disposing of tyres or other controlled waste via burying.

llamedos · Aug 24, 2017

If it is good enough for the EA why should it not be good enough for us.
http://eprints.hrwallingford.co.uk/186/1/SR669_-_REPRO_-_Tyres_Manual-mwa.pdf

I used a tyre wall to shore up a bank to hold a building, built up the wall staggering the tyres like blocks and filled them with outdug stone and clay, it worked brilliantly.
Saw the idea on a TV program years ago and copied it.

kill · Aug 24, 2017

The Ruminant said:
Interesting, thank you. How did you use them? Baled? Squashed down? How did you mix the stone in with them?

Just lose but I used rear tractor tyres mixed with the course stone but most tyres were placed around the eye of the bog at the start of the pipe
Have heard of a well made up with large quarry machine tyres instead of well rings and the outside filled with chopped tyres instead of stone but that well is only used for dust suppression water on a recycling centre.

Grouse · Aug 24, 2017

llamedos said:
If it is good enough for the EA why should it not be good enough for us.
http://eprints.hrwallingford.co.uk/186/1/SR669_-_REPRO_-_Tyres_Manual-mwa.pdf

I used a tyre wall to shore up a bank to hold a building, built up the wall staggering the tyres like blocks and filled them with outdug stone and clay, it worked brilliantly.
Saw the idea on a TV program years ago and copied it.

Yes, but the subtle difference is they got prior approval first

Y Fan Wen · Aug 24, 2017

I've seen them used to make a stop butt on a rifle range.

Pan mixer · Aug 25, 2017

I had heard that old tyres pollute over the course of time and that burying them is verboten

Pilgrimmick · Aug 25, 2017

Y Fan Wen said:
I've seen them used to make a stop butt on a rifle range.

Think that would cause more problems than it would solve, especially at longer ranges, or with low powered forearms!

Y Fan Wen · Aug 26, 2017

Pilgrimmick said:
Think that would cause more problems than it would solve, especially at longer ranges, or with low powered forearms!

50M for .22 target rifles. There was a bank of sand to stop those shots which went through the paper and tyres bound together into interlocking columns above to stop the stray shots. The interiors were filled with sand as they were built up. The whole thing set back into a hill. Experimental shots showed the bullet penetrating the tyre and expending the rest of its energy in the sand inside. All passed by the range safety inspectorate.

Pilgrimmick · Aug 26, 2017

Y Fan Wen said:
50M for .22 target rifles. There was a bank of sand to stop those shots which went through the paper and tyres bound together into interlocking columns above to stop the stray shots. The interiors were filled with sand as they were built up. The whole thing set back into a hill. Experimental shots showed the bullet penetrating the tyre and expending the rest of its energy in the sand inside. All passed by the range safety inspectorate.

My worry would have been if the tyre was exposed and caused rebounds from low powered 22. Higher powered rounds would penetrate no problem.

Blue. · Aug 26, 2017

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-exemption-u2-use-of-baled-end-of-life-tyres-in-construction

Mzo · Apr 24, 2021

How do you pack old tyres in soakway pit, just stuck after digging and collecting tyres

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