And The Rains Came!

Two posts in one day!

It is mid afternoon and we have totalled around 130mls of rain (or over 5") since it first began overnight last night.  And we have just had one almighty heavy shower of rain.

Our backyard has been setup to cope with heavy rain and that recent shower was perfect to see how well our planning had worked. There is a 'drain' beneath these stones in the photo.  It connects to the house' storm water drainage system.  The pool overflow also connects to the same pipe.

The drain under the new 'pergola' connects into the drain underneath the stones.  Everything connects into the one storm water drain along the back of the house. So the water build up you see in the above photo is made worse by the new pergola drain emptying into it.

This photo shows the pergola drain.  If you look carefully at a larger view of it, you can see the build up of water under the pergola is almost but not quite overflowing back into the pool.

The area under the pergola is like a large spoon and is able to hold water until it has been able to drain away.

The shower of rain eased and within two minutes all excess water from around the pool had disappeared!  So no water flowed into the pool.

The designs to handle heavy rain have all worked very well indeed.