Tools and equipment needed for DIY Garden drainage
Fed up with the mud?
Use the tools and materials on this page and you really can Do It Yourself
All the equipment, products, materials, D.I.Y guide and tools to install garden and lawn drainage.
Sump pumps, Drainage Gravel, Grit Sand, Trenching tools, Discharge hose, Heavy duty digging tools and
Pre fabricated soakaway baskets.
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Drawing on years of experience my easy to follow guide shows how to Install French drains.
- Marking out and digging trenches
- Finding lowest spot for positioning the Soak away.
- Materials and Quantities (how much gravel) to form the drains.
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- Simple easy to follow steps
- Terms
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Sump pumps for garden drainage
Heavy Duty Sump pump
A submersible dirty water pump with float switch.
Designed for heavy-duty applications such as, pumping out sump pits over a long distance.
- Manufactured with a thermal overload protection device
- Fitted with approximately 10M of cable for extra flexibility of use
Sump pump under £150
Draper 25360 Submersible Dirty Water Pump with Float Switch
- The water pump filters out suspended solids from the dirty water making it ideal for draining out Drainage Sumps, inspection pits, ditches and footings
- Manufactured with a thermal overload protection device
- Fitted with approximately 10M of cable for extra flexibility of use
The tools you will need to dig drainage trenches.
Digging drainage trenches is a lot easier if you use the correct tools.
Heavy duty Rake 1500 mm
Over the years I have broken more ordinary garden rakes raking clay than I care to remember. I have used this Heavy duty all steel rake for years and it is still being used by my team.
Forged Trench Shovel, 970 mm
Heavy duty forged steel head For digging and bottoming trenches
Forged Drain Spade, 1150 mm
Heavy duty forged steel head with extended shoulders for safer foot-grip
For digging drain and pipe channels, trenches and fence post holes
Wheelbarrow
follow these links Strong rake, Drain spade, Trenching shovel, Digging Hoe.
Materials you will need for DIY garden drainage. |
20mm flint gravel and geotextile fabric.
Woven Polypropylene fabric with 40 securing pegs useful for holding the fabric in place when shovelling in the gravel. Lets rainwater through and is essential in keeping the soil out of the gravel.
20mm Gravel/Shingle (Bulk Bag) with free delivery in UK
This is the type and size of gravel you will need to fill the drainage channels.
As an alternative to using gravel consider the prefabricated crates.
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