Best drainage stone for land drains

[Doing it for the kids]

About to replace a load of drains.

Is 20/40 mm best to go over it?

Will be recycled as virgin is £37 / ton is ouchie

 

[Goweresque]

I've been using a grade called 63-10, which I assume is screened to max 63mm and min 10mm. Local quarry produce it. Seems to have worked well, goes through the gravel cart OK.

 

[Foxcover]

Saw someone using fine crusher the other week but surely the concrete dust will just block rhem up?

 

[Skintagain]

About to replace a load of drains.

Is 20/40 mm best to go over it?

Will be recycled as virgin is £37 / ton is ouchie

How far is is coming? £37 sounds a lot

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I've been using a grade called 63-10, which I assume is screened to max 63mm and min 10mm. Local quarry produce it. Seems to have worked well, goes through the gravel cart OK.

10mm feels too small me

Saw someone using fine crusher the other week but surely the concrete dust will just block rhem up?

def no dust or fines wanted!

How far is is coming? £37 sounds a lot

its very pricey as virgin - no local quarries sadly

 

[colhonk]

I always used 1 1/2 inch down washed gravel. you do not want anything sharp or any dust / fines in it.

 

[colhonk]

That stone looks ok. Mind, we were down to a 5inch wide trench for laterals with Mastenbroek so less gravel needed / wasted.

 

[yoki]

Standard over here would be what most still refer to as 2 inch clean.

So that's a single 50mm stone, nothing smaller and no fines.

 

[Pan mixer]

They call them rejects here I believe

 

[tr250]

Just watch the bulk density the metreage a lorry load of gravel will vary a lot depending on the density of the product cheaper stuff could easily cost you more per metre I’d buy 20-40mm proper stuff your kids will thank you years after your gone

 

[Kidds]

None of my drains have any stone in them, they all work well enough and if they don't it is because of roots not lack of stone.
All soil types.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Just watch the bulk density the metreage a lorry load of gravel will vary a lot depending on the density of the product cheaper stuff could easily cost you more per metre I’d buy 20-40mm proper stuff your kids will thank you years after your gone

I’ve used their recycle before, it’s ok for what it is

The kids had better be thankful regardless else it will be left to the game conservancy or Labrador trust

 

[roscoe erf]

75-50 is what I use

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Where are you ?
I get 10 to 20 or 20 to 40 , washed clean £27 ton local to Hassocks Sussex delivered , you won't find better
Smaller stone protects the pipe better if your running a bit shallow

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Big load Friday
That driver cam load my ton pickup within 5 kgs

 

[essexpete]

I know fa about drainage but I would say check the quality of recycled stone as it can vary enormously.

 

[Yale]

Small jobs here we use shale dug on the farm. Use an 18 inch bucket and lash it in by the tonne with a pipe in the bottom.

 

[aled1590]

Small jobs here we use shale dug on the farm. Use an 18 inch bucket and lash it in by the tonne with a pipe in the bottom.

Same here pile it in save a few quid over buying quarry stone

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I'm yes and no about shale ,soft stuff is useless, I did find a vain of smallish clean stuff that seemed to work OK, Best farm stone I used was picked off the field with a stone picker

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Small jobs here we use shale dug on the farm. Use an 18 inch bucket and lash it in by the tonne with a pipe in the bottom.

This is my work horse
The RR of diggers in its day
I get laughed at now ,but just as handy now as it was back then