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Nothing. Cos I'mAdickHead. I just followed the SUDS guidelines: they said ' ... use a sand bed to filter the run off ...' So I did. Instead of thinking about it - what could possibly come off the roof that would need to be filtered? Nowt. Thinking about it a bit, the pH of the sand might affect the water a bit but apparently not to it's detriment. For the last few years we regularly see four or five GCNs feeding on rising Dragonflies emerging from their underwater stage: stuck in the surface tension for just long enough to provide a meal. The sand also provides a nice wet area for the Dogwood roots. But we have no need for sand at all.

Not much need for commentary : the pond is fed entirely from the roof run off. (SUDS) Cost? Absolutely everything inclusive : £5 or 6 hundred. Tops The sand (bulk bags) in the photo below is 'buried' under the garden as a filter for the roof run off. Its been working hard recently 😑 This is where that pipe in the photo above runs into the pond. Overflow from here into the pond in the field below our site ( The one with the GCNs in )

Here's our architect's answer to your question

Is it me, or is this thread still unnecessarily hard work ? I ask because I think it a compliment if anyone responds to my posts. And that response - no matter how much I disagree with it - is a starting point for my own thinking. Gentle responses are harder to draft when upset.

Talk. Listen. Come back to us with the result if needed.

I learned that the hard way too. For me the rule has become: work with people who raise my game: as well as force me to think hard, but laugh harder.

And yet.... and yet... houses do get built. I think this thread is another data point underscoring the aphorism that; Systems and people show themselves for what they really are when -not if- things go wrong

Now thats both interesting and reassuring.

Ooooofffff, when I tried that, our builders ducked and dived, bobbed and weaved. Took me ages to learn the lesson. And just a little longer to sack them.

Thats how we found out that the guy who set out our plot made a one meter error. So I paid him £1 less than he charged. (But bought him a pint in the pub)

Here Be Dragons. For me, that's a Red Flag.

Air test, leaf blower... erm, how? And how half-arsed ?

Dave .... be kind ... @Lincolnshire Ian wrote ' ... Our council will start charging us council tax ...' Ian: the answer is No.

That's it..... I knew that necking is the precursor to fracture. My mum did warn me.

Is that a 'General Rule' ? Snug fit , plus a quarter turn ?