Getting ready to have a new gravel driveway put in. Have read some of the discussion out there about geotextile and it sounds like a good idea. My problem is, later this spring when the driveway is in, we need to have septic, water lines, line for geothermal installed which may run through the new drive.
Is geotextile a bad idea if you’re going to need to trench through it later?
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why not leave an access trench, cover it with suitable material and later when you have all your equipment in cover it with some more permanent material or retain the future access trench.?
Install a sleeve prior to and under the geotex for any future use. Don't forget irrigation/landscape/dog fence while your at it.
Breaks in the geotex will show up in the finish product. If you have good soils, there is no need IMO.
Talked with the septic installer and he said he wouldn't know the right placement/elevation to put a sleeve in at this point.
I'm thinking about using the geotextile because our existing driveway needs to have rock added every 3-4 years. But they may have made other mistakes when the first was put in.
only thing geofabric really does is stops the subsoil from pumping up into the base. For a driveway I wouldnt spend the money. 2+3=7
I'd use the fabric regardless. The only thing more important than the fabric is drainage. There have been several threads here on driveways over the years. Searching on the term "driveway" would likely get you a lot of reading.
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Your installer has the elevation and location of the tank. The sleeve should already be installed in the foundation. I now ask what's so hard? Neither of these items can be changed.
We're going to be building a new house starting (hopefully), this Spring. Plans are not finalized yet. The septic guy has a general idea where the new field is going to be, but that's about it.
Hope this explains the situation a little better.
If you are running along the length of the driveway with the trench then you will make an expensive mess.
If you are just crossing the driveway, then everyone who has posted here is right. I would just figure out where the crossing will be and leave the fabric out at that point until you are done.
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Better have this re-siteplanned.
My experience has been that water lines and such are NOT supposed to go under driveways. During the winter, the freeze goes deeper in areas where you remove snow. Thus causing such lines to have to be put deeper, or possibly have to repair them.
The water lines to the existing house go under the driveway. I hadn't heard of any potential problems with water lines. What I was concerned about was the septic line and the driveway. I asked the installer about this and he said if we needed to we could install a sleeve to help protect the pipe.
Never thought we'd have as much trouble figuring out where to put the utilities on 3.6 acres.