Costs of building a menage

I'm day 5 into having my arena done and am finding it really interesting to watch. I could have sworn my field was pretty level but it has at least a 2' drop on the long side. It will be above ground at one end but level at the other. I had assumed it would all be above ground but with the drop they had to dig in. It is also interesting to see natural water courses under ground which I had no idea were there. I can now see why we need the additional drain around the edge to divert water from the field from running under the school. I did resent how much it costs when you can't do any of it yourself but as I don't have anyone to do it for me I've resigned myself to the fact it's better to get the job done well and pay for it.
 
we are on low lying flood plain with clay soil - drainage guys put my drains in (below ground level) which run straight into a rean and we are lucky in that one field away is the river which they run into so always good run off. the rest of my arena - stone and topping is then built above ground due to the fact the land is soo wet.

As I said my arena has never even had a damp patch on it - horses sleep on it and it is excellent in terms of drainage - the stone I had was reclaimed aggregate - clean (as in no dust or small particles to block drains) but we even had to pull out all the metal that was still in it which shouldnt have been - didnt pay for last couple of loads as complained, as I say it has worked well but there is always the risk of it coming up through the membrane as it is not laying as flat. It is only my 2 horses which use it so it is manegable by keeping a good covering of surface and grading regularly. friend had similar with sand topping and it has massive puddles in it but it wasnt silica sand - possibly beach sand - not sure on the rest of the build of the arena but she certainly had good drainage done.
 
Sorry missed the 25 x 45, I was basing on 20 x 40..

Pm me and I will point you in his direction! Measles is one of our fans! ;-)
 
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