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So we've had a inground trampoline installed in our garden. I thought I had dealt with any issues with water pooling in the massive hole created to go under the trampoline but seems that all this proper rain we are having is meaning the clay soil is retaining more then I thought (I put sharp sand at the bottom as well and some rubber chipping we had spare to try and help drainage) . I need to work out a pump solution to get the water that's building up under there. It's probably only about 15cm deep most of the time and does drain eventually as doesn't get much more then that, just currently with the down pours it's getting a bit higher. Can I get a non submersible self priming pump and just have a hose under there that I connect up occasionally?
Due to the way its been built and fitted, its a bit of a nightmare to get under there. Not impossible but not the ideal first solution (which the, would be to install a submersible pump and just turn it on occasionally). Cheers for the ideas! (and yes, I now know I should have built a small soakaway dead centre even deeper then the hole but hey ho, it was draining perfectly before the trampoline went on!)
Due to the way its been built and fitted, its a bit of a nightmare to get under there. Not impossible but not the ideal first solution (which the, would be to install a submersible pump and just turn it on occasionally). Cheers for the ideas! (and yes, I now know I should have built a small soakaway dead centre even deeper then the hole but hey ho, it was draining perfectly before the trampoline went on!)