Garden drainage specialists in Buckinghamshire


Effective garden drainage is essential for healthy garden plants and lawns. Very often however, contributing factors can come together to cause substantial garden drainage problems.

Excessive rainfall combined with nearby construction and development is often to blame. Old land drainage systems such as channels and soakaways can become silted and blocked.

Our garden drainage specialists can help diagnose exactly what your problem is and how it can be resolved. The most important element of solving a garden drainage problem is diagnosing the issue correctly. 
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Some typical reasons for garden drainage problems includes; changes in nearby levels, compaction, broken pipes, nearby development, and silting.

Our garden drainage specialists have extensive experience in recognising the tell tale signs of particular drainage scenarios. 
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 Our garden drainage services cover most of Buckinghamshire including:

Amersham, Aylesbury, Bovingdon, Chalfont, Chesham, Hyde Heath, Great Missenden, Princes Risborough, High Wycombe, Penn, Beaconsfield, Tring, Gerrard's Cross and Denham.

Lawn drainage company Buckinghamshire


Lawn drainage solutions are one of our most frequent drainage enquiries. Everybody wants the perfect lawn for both functional and aesthetic purposes.
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However, lawns are one of the first outdoor surfaces to suffer from a garden with poor drainage. Saturated lawns can soon become saturated and boggy which leads to mud patches and bogginess. Very often, the solution is to incorporate a multipronged approach. 
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This typically combines a lawn drainage system with a free, draining, topsoil, layer.

The lawn drainage system usually comprises of drainage channels which feed into a landscape soakaway. Our lawn drainage company has lots of experience installing such lawn drainage systems.
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The drainage system is often finished with a new, free draining, topsoil, layer under a new level lawn. This consists of a sand drainage layer underneath a humus rich topsoil layer. A new lawn can then be laid perfectly level on top. 
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​If you require lawn drainage services in Buckinghamshire please do not hesitate to contact us. We have a keen track record of diagnosing and resolving boggy lawns. For more information on lawn drainage why not visit our in depth article on the subject here. 

Patio drainage Company in Buckinghamshire


Water runoff from hard surfaces is one of the main contributing factors of poor garden drainage. Therefore, before installing a new patio you must have an effective patio drainage strategy in place.

Such a strategy will work levels to ensure water runs away freely to a suitable location or storage vessel. 
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Many old drainage networks can no longer accommodate any extra storm water capacity. This means they regularly become over loaded in times of heavy rain and discharge pollutants into natural watercourses.

​Consequently, it is vital all new patios and driveways have their very own drainage system.
​ Patio drainage systems typically consist of grated drainage gulley’s channels and soakaways. Our patio drainage experts know exactly how to design and implement effective drainage systems. 

​For more information on patio drainage systems visit our article on the subject here. 

Drainage channel installation in Buckinghamshire


Garden drainage channels are an effective way to drain large areas of boggy ground. These consist of long, narrow, trenches around 500mm deep.

Large, perforated, drainage pipes around 100mm in diameter are then laid into the trenches and backfilled with free draining gravel. The gravels are then capped with silt, filtration membrane and then topped with soil. These drainage channels have two main functions:

  1. To collectively act as a large void where access water is to escape and be absorbed.
  2. Provide a route of travel for landscape and ground water to escape from an area. 
Our garden drainage company are experts in positioning and installing landscape drainage channels. These are primarily utilised to provide extra drainage for lawns and flower borders.

Our garden drainage channel services regularly service low lying areas of;

Beaconsfield, Chesham, Aylesbury,  Amersham, High Wycombe, Denham , Gerrards Cross and the Chalfonts.

For more information on garden drainage channel installation visit our article guide here. 

 Garden drainage system installation Buckinghamshire


​Most of our garden drainage solutions are never down to a single installation. Normally, we will recommend a multi pronged approach to solving a garden drainage problem.

This will typically involve the installation of a well designed drainage system. These will be a direct response to your gardens existing levels, water table, soil type and particular catchment zone.
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​Our garden drainage systems regularly integrate; re-levelling works, drainage channels, soakaways and free drainage layers. For more information about our garden drainage services across Buckinghamshire why not contact us below. 

Sustainable landscape drainage in Buckinghamshire


​Most local authorities require new developments and landscaping projects to opt for sustainable drainage solutions and installations.  This is because in the past many developments channelled urban storm water into the local drainage network.

This washed dangerous metals, chemicals and other pollutants into natural water courses. Consequently, sustainable drainage solutions typically reduce surface run off and allow storm water to drain back into the landscape. 

This can be achieved with installations such as permeable paving, soakaways, or seasonal flooding wetlands or retention ponds. Here at Buckinghamshire Landscape gardeners we understand the importance of a clean and safe environment for future generations.
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We are experts at both designing and installing sustainable garden drainage systems. 

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