Increasing drainage issues within this rear garden in Haslemere, Surrey, GU27.
Rear side of retaining walls were excavated out down to and below the adjacent side of paved levels, connecting drainage runs installed with connection to a rear garden chamber. Drainage detail placed behind the retaining walls with the rear of walls covered and protected with heavy duty polythene.
Garden drainage was part of this project in Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47. Proposed new drainage was to help with existing issues, enable a new lawn and the installation of a new paved terrace area requiring surface water management.
A sump with pump solution was installed with dispersal of the water within a ditch located road side. Runoff from the new paved terrace was collected via linear surface drainage channels with dispersal into the sump. Other works included clearance, fencing, a lawn and paving.
Runoff from the higher road causing flooding of the driveway within a property in Fleet, Hampshire, GU52. Both the initial ingress point needed to be managed as well as lower areas of the driveway.
Wide 200mm ductile iron grated linear drainage channels were installed along the driveway entrance to divert any initial ingress, dispersing through 160mm pipe, adjoined onto a drainage detail protecting the house, with final dispersal into an inspection chamber.
A garden in Esher, Surrey, KT10 with a failed drainage installation which should have preventing flooding of lower lawn areas. A higher specified drainage solution required to assist with the prevailing issues. A sump and pump solution installed.
Additional requirements were to enable establishment of a replacement laurel hedge over a drainage detail, connecting up of house stormwater to the garden drainage and a new lawn. Access for this project was resricted, having to span over decking.
A drainage solution for a garden in Liss, Hampshire, GU33 to help manage ingress, prior to future landscaping works.
A boundary drainage detail around the garden and adjacent to the main ingress point was installed. With the main ingress points diverted and managed additonal lateral drainage runs were not proposed this time but could be installed at a later date with future landscaping in mind.
A confined urban town garden in Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 left with lawn drainage issues after landscaping had been completed. The clients remit here also included a new lawn with a higher grade turf.
A sump with pump was installed, followed by lawn drainage and the import of a quality rootzone soil medium to help establish the new lawn. Turf laid Arena Gold.
A confined garden with flooding issues causing access problems to a work outbuilding in London, W5.
Stormwater runoff from the outbuilding was also contributing to the issues along with a typical london clay soil type. A boundary perimeter drainage detail in front of the outbuilding was installed connecting via a silt trap prior to entering a sump with pump. Stormwater from the outlbuilding connected into the drainage detail.
A garden building installed within a low point of a garden in Forest Hill, London, SE23. Ingress from neighbouring land and the clients own garden, threatening the structure and restricting access to the building.
A perimeter drainage detail to protect the building structure was installed leading to a sump with pump. Pumped back up to an existing stormwater pipe near to the house.
Continuing issues with flooding at the bottom of this garden in Oxted, Surrey, RH8, leaving it unusable for any further development.
To enable a new garden shed and improved surrounding ground the only suitable solution was the use of a sump with pump. Area was cleared to enable a simple drainage layout leading to a sump with pump, with a final dispersal point within an inspection chamber close the house.
A drainage solution was requested by this client in Highgate, London, N6 prior to substantial landscaping works. The lawn areas were heavy clay with an issue of overground flow from neighbouring properties and commercial hard standings. The proposed scheme was installed leading to a storm water chamber outlet.
Access here was not straight forward as we needed to use the neighboring property due to the ongoing building works restricting access.
After extensive redevelopment of this property in Hersham, Surrey the building works had compromised an area of the garden lawn. Poor soil was striped from the area drainage installed, new soil medium imported back over the site and areas re-seeded.
We were contacted here by the client in Crondall, Hampshire to help resolve an ongoing issue with inground and over ground flow of water from higher ground preventing them from enjoying thier lawn. The drainage proposed and installed covering the majority of lawn areas with the outlet being lower ground into a wooded area.
A property in Ottershaw, Surrey constantly threatened by flooding due to excessive run off of rain from the road and a large driveway. New 200mm wide surface water cast iron grated drainage channels were proposed and installed along the driveway entrance and near to the house.
Large 160mm diameter pipe was used to assist and accomodate more efficent dispersal of water leading to a large diamater land drain within a protective drainage run in front of the house. Final dispersal of collected water was the lowest part of the garden and adjacent scrub land.
After completion of the clearance phase on this project in Little Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey a substantial drainage scheme was installed to remedy a very wet clay based lawn area prior to further landscaping. An existing storm water chamber was used as an outlet.
An ongoing issue with excessive water finding its way into the cellar of this clients property in Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey meant the introduction of a second permanent pump. The clients remit was to radically reduce the water ingress to stop the requirement of the second pump and reduce overall usage of the original pump.
The boundary drainage implemented caught and diverted the constant in ground water flow from higher ground and reduced to a minimal amount the requirement of the original pump.
After purchasing a new house in Sandhurst, Berkshire the client here approached us to provide a drainage solution to enable the laying of a new lawn. Drainage was installed leading to a sump and pump with it’s final dispersal into adjacent scrub land.
A poorly maintained running brook and surrounding lawn areas in Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey. To help improve the conditions left by the previous owners of this property the overgrown and silted brook was cleared out, banks re-contoured and the surrounding grass areas re-graded, prepared and re-turfed.
The old under ground pipe was to small in diameter so a new larger diameter twinwall pipe was installed with both ends made good back to the pipe. Another requirement here for the new house owner was replacement of an old dilapidated timber bridge. A new one was installed using new oak sleepers.
After alterations, building works and poor water management behind this clients property in Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey flooding of the garden and lawn beacame an issue. A perimeter drainage scheme was proposed and installed to help catch and divert the flow through large diameter land drain pipe, passing through a silt trap and finally dispersing into a storm water drain.
To assist in a faster sale of this clients property in Bramley, Surrey we were asked to provide a suitable drainage scheme to eradicate the issue of constantly boggy grass areas within the top and bottom of the garden. A gravity fed drainage system was installed with a perforated land drain pipe connecting the upper to the lower areas, with a final outlet point being the brook running through the lower garden area.
Drainage issues within this rear garden in Wokingham, Berkshire created unusable flooded planting areas, a flooded glass house and a very wet lawn. After discussion it was agreed to incorporate all areas of the garden within a single drainage solution with almost instant effect on completion.
After heavy rain fall this garden in New Malden, Surrey was prone to flooding. The perimeter drainage installed captured the in ground and over ground flow from the higher neighbouring properties, diverting it to a sump and pump. The only available storm water outlet was to high to use a gravity fed system directly, so the use of a sump and pump was the only option. Access here was also restricted.
Driveway drainage issues here in Ewell, Epson, Surrey with a constantly flooded garage. A previous attempt by a builder to resolve the issue had made things worse with an installation of a soakaway directly outside of the garage.
The problem here was where to disperse the water once collected. The solution proposed and installed was to install a new gully leading to a sump and pump. The collected water was then pumped up and over the garage dispersing down into a rear garden chamber. The pipe from the pump was hidden in newly installed down pipe.
The new sump chamber was also designed to collect any in ground water build up within the aqua cells used to form the original soakaway.
After several severe weather events the client contacted us in relation to garage flooding from excessive run off of water from an adjacent higher road in Farnham, Surrey. The existing surface water drainage infront of the garage was inadequte to cope with the high volumes of rainfall and run off.
New 200mm wide surface water cast iron grated drainage channels were proposed and installed replacing the old narrow channels and connection into a near by chamber via new large diameter 160mm pipe.
The clients remit here in Guildford, Surrey was to provide a high quality lawn. To assist this major drainage works were implemented incorporating both drainage runs and a drainage layer via the use of a sump and pump. The new lawn was raised with a surround of new oak sleepers with the new lawn laid upon a high quality rootzone soil medium.
As part of both rear and front garden drainage works within this property in Esher, Surrey driveway drainage was requested to help prevent flash flooding of the front driveway areas. Strong cast iron grated drainage channels were proposed and installed along the driveway entrance within a sawn granite sett cross over edged with Marshall’s Conservation silver grey kerbing.
A rear lawn in Esher, surrey struggling with water logging problems due to the clay soil. A drainage scheme was proposed and implemented using a sump and pump to move the drained water from the rear garden to the road side storm water drains. Drainage runs were finally re-turfed.
Additional works here also included raised hardwood sleeper planting borders and additional driveway drainage works.
A remit here was given by the client in Cranleigh, Surrey to aid the reinstatement of a mature hedge line after it had perished whilst constantly having its roots in water. The lie of land along the hedge line captured run off from both the clients garden and mostly from the neighbouring property.
The hedge line was reduced in levels to allow for a drainage layer leading to a sump and pump. Final dispersal was into a perimeter ditch.
A day nursery in Farnham, Surrey struggling with water logged play areas due to its low lying level and surrounding higher hard surfaces. Drainage was installed leading to an existing storm water drain.
Other contractors were also later brought in to install artificial grass over the areas drained. Access here was also an issue.
With a clay soil type and low lying levels through out this large garden in Winchester, Hampshire a more comprehensive drainage scheme was required to improve the poor drainage.
Levels were reduced to allow for a drainage layer covering a large percentage of the garden including drainage trenches below. New imported top soil was used to raise the lawn levels and finally all areas were re-turfed.
A water retentive soil type and locality of this garden in Fleet, Hampshire caused water logging and flooding during persistent rain fall. A stream also run below and through the garden.
Our proposal was for an extensive drainage system through out the garden lawn areas using the existing stream as an outlet point.
On completion all trenches were made good and re-seeded.
A sloped garden in Farnham, Surrey with a small brook running along the top of the garden creating issues with a constant run off of water falling down towards the terrace and house.
A series of drainage trenches were proposed to divert the water run off and directing it through an existing retaining wall and dispersal into an existing outlet, via a new drainage channel at terrace level.
After heavy rainfall this lawn in Woking, Surrey remained waterlogged due to the lie of the land, soil type and locality.
Simple but effective land drainage was proposed to catch the flow of ground water build up and to quickly disperse the water through drainage connected to an adequate outlet point.
On completion trenches were made good and re-turfed.
A small drainage scheme in Farnham, Surrey to help deal with a constant in ground and over ground flow from the neighbouring properties. A small area of lawn also required a drainage layer to remedy a constantly wet and boggy area of lawn.
A drainage issue arose here within a garden of a property in Lovedean, Hampshire after the client had a small area retained and paved over. Drainage was installed behind the new walling leading to a sump and pump. The original old fencing required removal to allow for the works and was replaced with new featheredge fencing.
