Yard drainage channels

[B R C]

I have a quite a bit of concreting to do in a yard and shall probably need to protect the front of a couple of sheds from water ingress. I have found these two different ways of doing this.

I imagine the slotted one is cheaper but maybe prone to blockage of slots?
Any experiences or ideas gratefully received.

 

[Pan mixer]

Weight going over them would be key I think.

 

[milkloss]

What sort of stuff is going down the drain?

 

[farmerm]

Is there any advantage or disadvantage in having something like these that you concrete in rather than they ready made concrete versions? I would say if straw goes in the slots and blocks them you might curse not having removable grids?

 

[S J H]

Have a look at slot drains @B R C a bit more work, but probably cheaper than the above. There's a few photos of them on here.

 

[Steevo]

I can honestly see all of these blocking up in a farm scenario. They'll get full of grit, grain, mud, growing weeds etc. and will continually need cleaning out.

 

[Boohoo]

Need to do similar myself and was thinking about burying sewer pipe in the concrete, say 6" covering it and then, once dry, cutting a slot through the concrete into the pipe with a road saw. Great idea or complete stupidity?

 

[TheRanger]

These would stop water ingress and wouldn't block

 

[upnortheast]

If you use the slot type I would have a lift off section at each end to allow rodding / jetting if required

 

[organicguy]

Need to do similar myself and was thinking about burying sewer pipe in the concrete, say 6" covering it and then, once dry, cutting a slot through the concrete into the pipe with a road saw. Great idea or complete stupidity?

We did something similar but it all collapsed. Concrete not deep enough, slot too wide? I think one of the pre cast wouild work fine, just decide whether you want to rod the drain or lift the grids and shovel out.

 

[B R C]

Thinking about it, once most of the concreting is done the yard will be a lot less muddy so maybe the the open ‘french’(?) drain as posted by the ranger would be good enough and certainly a lot easier to clear - just a quick brush.

 

[Derky]

https://www.swarmwm.co.uk/swarm-aqua
We have used these instead and are the way forward.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I went on an RFS trip to the Cotswolds to an estate owned by Prince sheikh-your-money. They had just 'done' the farm yard with new concrete. It was unbelievably horrible! Oh, yes it must have cost mega money but imagine driving over an undulating yard with nine inch falls every twenty feet, very uncomfortable, particularly on a tractor. From memory this must have been 18": 40' when a 1:60 or even 1:80 would have been better.
I like the lifting grids but they would be best placed out of the way of heavy machinery where a solid rainwater channel would be better. Just looking at what @Derky has posted, this looks good, you could get these in thus forming your perimeter or centre and then do the finishing.
Personally I prefer a much finer fall so the surface is pleasant to drive over and the water doesn't rush in a torrent to the drains carrying everything with it. If you are going to use a grid system then be prepared to sweep them if you have hay/straw debris. If you use a simple rainwater channel system make sure you use/build interceptor gullys positioned in suitable places, big enough to get a shovel in to clean out. Be this a hand shovel or a 360 shovel, depending on the area.
My neighbour has a giant dustpan and rotary brush mounted on his loader which sorts any debris quickly and cleanly.
SS

 

[Blue.]

I have a quite a bit of concreting to do in a yard and shall probably need to protect the front of a couple of sheds from water ingress. I have found these two different ways of doing this.

I imagine the slotted one is cheaper but maybe prone to blockage of slots?
Any experiences or ideas gratefully received.

I prefer the full concrete type,I’ve the grid type and they’re always blocked with straw.?

 

[Swarmwatermanagement]

https://www.swarmwm.co.uk/swarm-aqua
We have used these instead and are the way forward.

Thanks for the vote on our product Derky! We are the manufacturers of Swarm Aqua and are always on the look out for good feedback on our products!

 

[Doing it for the kids]

These would stop water ingress and wouldn't block

Horrible to drive over.

We have just done this and used the grill type as seen on runways. Concrete means less mud so they don’t block too badly.

Think about driving experience when doing this!

 

[Bootneck]

These would stop water ingress and wouldn't block

What are these called and where can I get them?

 

[Swarmwatermanagement]

I believe that these are concrete dish channels

 

[dannewhouse]

I was in the same situation, what do you think to this:
I am making the ramp upto the other shed but the drains are 30ft apart, the in between point is 50mm higher than the drain and the drain is 130mm lower than the shed. (Probably only do 100 but extra 30mm needed so barriers hinge around)

Propper gullys, rodable and can clean out silt but if they do block water will still not flood into shed as go to. Next drain then next drain.

 

[dannewhouse]

You don't really notice all the different angles when driving across it and doesn't hold any puddles.
In a flat yard I perhaps wouldn't have as steeper gradients but trying to meet the other shed etc and make it fit.