Drainage that takes water away from the house and keeps it away
Channel drains, soakaways, land drains and new underground pipe runs for gardens, patios and drives.
The short answer
Standing water, a wet wall or a lawn that never dries usually means the water has nowhere to go. We find where it is coming from, then lay pipe to an even fall on a gravel bed to somewhere it can safely go: an existing drain, a soakaway or a land drain.
Channel drains
A slot drain along a patio or across the bottom of a drive. Essential where paving has to run up to the house wall or a drive falls towards the garage.
Soakaways
Where there is no drain to connect to, a soakaway lets water soak back into the ground. They need the right size and position, at least five metres from the house, and do not work in heavy clay without care.
Clay ground
Much of the Teign valley around Newton Abbot is heavy clay that holds water. Lawns and paving there often need land drains as well as surface drains.
How we do drainage
- 1
Find the problem
Where the water collects, where it comes from and where it can legally and practically go.
- 2
Dig the trench
Trenches dug to a steady fall, avoiding existing services.
- 3
Bed and lay
Pipe laid on a gravel bed with proper bends and junctions, checked for fall.
- 4
Connect and test
Connected to the drain, soakaway or channel and run with water before backfilling.
- 5
Make good
Trench backfilled and the surface reinstated, whether that is paving, gravel or lawn.
Drainage we’ve done
Drainage: your questions
Water pools on my patio. Can it be fixed without relaying?
Sometimes a channel drain can be cut in along the low edge. If the whole patio falls the wrong way it usually has to be lifted and relaid.
Can surface water go into the sewer?
Not usually into the foul sewer. Surface water should go to a surface water drain or a soakaway. We check what you have before we connect anything.
Do you clear blocked drains?
Our work is new drainage and repairs to drain runs we dig up. For a jetting or CCTV survey we can point you to a specialist.
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Get a drainage quote
Send a couple of photos and a rough idea of what you want. We’ll come out, look at the ground and the levels, and give you a written quote.