LF ballas or chinese stone for soakaway

[dreadman]

ok ppl i looking for the smooth stones for a soakaway pit....known as ballas...if daz how it is spelt. it has 2-4inches in size but i want big size like 8inch and ting....anybody knows plz let me kno...thanks

[Mta]

What area are u from

[MG Man]

I have for free if you want.....just have to show up with transport and take as much as you want.....there's some silt mixed in though..easiest way to get what you want would be to pull down from the heap with a hoe and pick up the good lose stones with a shovel..it's left over from when I did my rubble drain

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

ok ppl i looking for the smooth stones for a soakaway pit....known as ballas...if daz how it is spelt. it has 2-4inches in size but i want big size like 8inch and ting....anybody knows plz let me kno...thanks

I think it is spelled as "ballast"

[cinco]

Last time I went by mgman I left with smooth stones too

[Rory Phoulorie]

The Trinidad and Tobago Small Building Code recommends the following for soakaway construction:

Top of soakaway should have a 100mm thick concrete slab at least 1700mm in dimension
Underside of concrete slab to 900mm deep - 50mm flat stone
Underside of 50mm flat stone layer to 800mm deep - 25mm stone
Underside of 25mm stone layer to 800mm deep (bottom of soakaway) - natural sand

The soakaway should be at least 1400mm wide at the top and 1100mm wide at the bottom and should be a minimum of 2500mm deep. The entire soakaway should be wrapped in geotextile filter fabric to prevent contamination of the stone and natural sand by clay and silt particles.

So, given the above recommendations, do you still want to use stone as big as 200mm in the soakaway?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

national quarries does sell...they refer to it as waratal

[Mta]

Truck load of ballast 2 to 4 inch 3500.. delivered 10 yrds

[pugboy]

i hear some ppl does use glass bottles

[nervewrecker]

i hear some ppl does use glass bottles

yup, heard correct

[De Dragon]

Last time I went by mgman I left with smooth stones too

[dreadman]

MG man where u located

[MG Man]

Chase Village
Once u start pulling down the heap, it's mostly stones. It only looks like dirt because it's been sitting there so long

[Mark!]

OP i think there are ballasts inside those florescent light fixtures. i have some old ones if you want...