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07 Filling the excavation pit
EN
The working area next to the gravel trench or rainwater tank is to be filled with
non-cohesive, stone-free soil which can be compacted (sand or gravel, soil group G1
according to DWA work sheet A127) in 0.3 m thick layers.
Backfill must not be frozen or exceed 32 mm.
The filler base should be compacted in layers with a light to medium-weight vibration
plate with a maximum compaction force of 3 t.
Prior to spreading soil onto the boxes a 10 cm deep leveling layer of sand must be put
down. The ground is spread on top of the Boxes in layers by way of front filling with a
light digger or wheel loader of up to 15 t total weight.
These machines can only be driven over a sufficiently compacted layer of ground of
G1 material with a thickness of at least 50 cm.
Only the vibration plates (no vibro-tampers!) described above may be used for
compacting the ground of the filler layer.
Above a compacted covering height of 0.5 m the compaction may only be done with
heavy vibration plates (maximum compaction force 6 t).
It is to be ensured that the system is not driven over with heavy construction vehicles
with a maximum wheel load of 50 kN (SLW30) until the filing height reaches at least
0.80 m.
In the case of ditch-Box-gravel trenches with a percolation ditch and an underlying
Box-gravel trench the ditch surplus is spread across the Boxes once the geo-textile
filter has been pulled back. A 0.1 m thick layer of sand is then put on the gravel trench
and the 0.3 m thick layer of top soil on top of that. The ditch is then profiled with the
intended border incline and if necessary covered with ditch planting grid.