Adam
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Drainage - block bin on concrete slab - 2006/05/01 06:49
I'm just trying to plan drainage for a block bin. Drainage has always been a problem in my plastic bin, I'm constantly losing castings in with the liquid and my worms always get stuck in the collector tray... adding a fair bit of time to maintenance, and I suspect decreasing their productivity.
For a block bin I'm thinking of having a plastic sheeting as a base followed by a few layers of polyester material. The blocks would then hold this in place and the bedding can be added above. The idea would be that the polyester would act like a wick. When the bottom gets wet it would soak into the polyester and and flow under the bricks and evaporate once exposed to air on the other side.
Would this be effective enough as a drainage method? Would the water even be able to soak into polyester enough to make it under the brick? Could it possibly dry the system too much? Any other suggestions on drainage?
The bin size will be around 4sq. metres.
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