DIY garden drainage systems

Question

We live at the bottom of a hill and our garden is often very soggy. I was wondering if there are any simple drainage systems suitable for DIY installation that could help improve it? We've checked for leaks and tried improving the soil already.

Dave · Answer

Hi there if its just lawn thats wet as water finds lowest point  possible Gravel strip to act as a filtering system might work

Jack · Answer

Hi there the best thing to do is to dig out a couple of channels in different directions in the garden and put a corrugated drainage pipe in then fill with 10mm shingle and plumb into a soakways if possible or speak to waterboard about knocking into the main drainage…. Or install a pump system and pump it into the nearest soakways or same again into the main drainage

Jason · Answer

If you live at the bottom of a hill find the area where the water gathers and install ACO channel and divert the water to main drain

Jason · Answer

Soak away or land drains should do the job you can do it yourself but advise professional to

Sean · Answer

Hi there. My advice to you is to Google what a French drain is..its very simple but requires a bit if work. It's a a trench dug about half a meter then fill with railway stone and line the sides with weed membrane , then soil back on top.. water will enter and soak away

Steven · Answer

Good morning,

I've had this problem before on new builds where the oversite is just so poor it has no filtration, 
We overcome this problem buy digging a 2ft wide by 3ft deep trench, removing all of the sodden spoil, lining the trench with a permeable membrain and then filling the trench within 300mm of the finished surface with 10mm P shingle, then back filling with light weight filtered top soil and then finish with appropriate turf.

I hope this helps you with your issues. 

If you would like us to carry out the works we would be happy to visit site to take measurements for a free no obligation quotation. 

Kind regards 

Steve.

Pete · Answer

French drainage into a soak away would help , but soak away might have to be quite big if you have a big garden ! I expect there YouTube videos on this

Peter · Answer

U will need to dig a channel and put some drainage pipe in it and put holes in top and put some pea gravel on the top, then the water will run away

Craig · Answer

Depends on what and how much water to take away from the problem you may have

DIY garden drainage systems

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