Garden Drainage in Chiswick designed to stop pooling water and protect your home’s foundations. We install French drains, soakaways, channel drains and pump systems with tidy, low-disruption workmanship.
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If your lawn squelches after rain or water gathers by the patio, drainage is usually the missing link. Our team delivers practical solutions across W4, including near Chiswick House and along Chiswick High Road. We tackle standing water, muddy patches and overflowing gullies with proven systems that move water away safely. The result is a garden you can use year-round, not just in summer.
Chiswick’s Georgian houses, Victorian villas and Edwardian family homes often have mature gardens, older hard landscaping and limited fall away from the property. That combination can leave rainwater trapped against paving, steps and basements. We regularly work on side returns, narrow access routes and long rear gardens that need careful levels and discreet drainage runs. For clients in the garden drainage Chiswick area, we design solutions that suit period features and modern outdoor living spaces.
We start with a site assessment and, where needed, CCTV surveys to confirm where water is backing up. Then we specify the right mix of grading, land drains, channel drains, catch pits, soakaways or pump systems to match your garden and budget. Installations are completed neatly, with clear handover advice on maintenance and leaf management. Homeowners choose us for transparent options, reliable scheduling and a workmanship-backed 10-year warranty.
In the London Borough of Hounslow, many Chiswick gardens sit behind older homes with mixed ground and compacted sub-bases from past landscaping. Parking and access can be tight around W4 streets, so we plan deliveries, spoil removal and working hours carefully. We also factor in nearby trees and root zones when routing French drains or positioning soakaways. Where falls are limited, we use grading and, if required, pump systems to achieve reliable discharge.
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Costs vary with access, depth, and how much digging is required. As a guide, small fixes such as local channel drains or a catch pit might start from £750–£1,500. A French drain run for a typical rear garden is often £1,800–£4,500. Larger schemes combining grading, land drains and a soakaway can be £4,500–£9,000+, especially if spoil removal and reinstatement are extensive.
Most installations take 1–3 days, depending on the length of drain runs and how much reinstatement is needed. A straightforward channel drain or catch pit can be completed in a day. French drains and soakaways commonly take 2–4 days, particularly with narrow side access in Chiswick. Timescales are affected by ground conditions, existing services, tree roots, weather, and whether we’re relaying paving or turf afterwards.
In most cases, garden drainage works such as French drains, soakaways and channel drains are permitted and don’t need planning permission. The key requirement is managing water responsibly on your property and avoiding discharge that could affect neighbours or public drains. If your home is listed, in a conservation area, or the works alter levels significantly, extra checks may apply. We advise on compliance and confirm requirements before starting.
We provide a 10-year warranty on our workmanship for installed drainage systems, covering issues arising from installation faults under normal use. This includes correctly fitted pipework, connections, falls and bedding. It doesn’t cover damage from third-party works, severe ground movement, or blockages caused by neglect (such as heavy silt or leaf build-up). We also explain simple maintenance steps to keep channels, gullies and catch pits flowing.
We offer several options depending on the problem and finish you want: French drains with gravel and geotextile, perforated land drains, channel drains with galvanised or composite grates, catch pits for silt control, and soakaways using crates or traditional rubble. Where gravity isn’t possible, we can specify pump systems with alarms. We’ll recommend the best layout after assessing levels, soil type, and how you use the garden.
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