We all know that when it comes to rain there can be serious consequences if the drainage is not up to speed, and they are never positive…….

Soakaways have been developed as an infiltration device in situations where it is not practical to make a connection into a sewer system for excess surface water. This used to be solved by simply excavating a large hole in the ground, filling it with rocks, rubble and all types of rubbish and then running a pipe into the middle of it all. What builders and the likes didn’t care about was when in a few years’ time, small particles of silt would be carried into the spaces between the rocks and fill them out, therefore completely decreasing the effectiveness of the soakaway. This could only be solved by one solution which is digging the whole thing up and starting again!