Can be done? The manhole covers r iron. 3 manholes in total. Will the cover rust n create a hole in future?

Yes, surely it will.

In my old house, it took around 15 years ~ 20 years to have enough rust on the cover until holes start to appear.

Back then I just made a cement based cover and cover it up.

Cover with Sand mean it will block the drainage, and will give you nightmare.

any other solutions? leaving the cover exposed looks ugly.

create flooring

Why you want to cover with sand. What is your surrounding look like?

will be raising the garden by 5 inches. will lay artificial grass then.

Change the cover to cement slab and done.

can diy?

yup. Get some ply wood to make the size shape of the cover. Steel net, cement, small stone and sand. And don't forget make 2 handle.

Or look for nearby who reno house. Give some money to those indo to make for you. Not expensive I guess.

Cover with bricks or decorative stones. Then put a potted plant on top of it. Like this you can still access the manhole when needed.

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Ha ha change S/S cover then solve

You can change it to tiles type with handle.

Plan to fill up the whole area with sand. Now only afraid this cover will karat n have a hole later on

Agree with u change into tile on top and the rest just TS do cover by sand

Put a geotextile before top up with sand.

Options that you have,
1) Concrete cover (Ready made of cast insitu)
2) Cover with stone
3) Cover with artificial grass
4) Relocate the manhole

Why need to raise 5 inches for artificial grass?
By the way, you can raise the manhole too, then just cut a separate piece artificial grass put on top of the manhole. Like a ceiling access panel concept.

where to get geotextile?

chcked out a nursery and they r selling i at rm28 per meter (width 4m)

1x 4m rm28 .. is that the price range?

i need about 12meter

very costly

You can try check with hardware shop.
Retail price i am not familiar.

For manhole there are 3 types of materials ; iron, Aluminim and Stainless steel. Which one better

The common would be iron.

What is your definition of 'better' ?

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Nov 7 2021, 11:40 AM

Planned to install 1 outdoor and 2 indoor.
Worried about rust and solidness. Scared step on it and fell into hole

If you worried about rust, check whether you can galvanished (similar to road lamp post ) or alternatively paint over it.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Nov 7 2021, 11:59 AM

Change it into cement with internal steel reinforced manhole cover, no need to worry about theft and rust too.