What are Soakaway Drains?

Soakaways are an efficient solution to discharge your surface water away from your property. The solution practically involves digging a substantial excavated hole (dependent on the amount of water needed to discharge) in the ground and replacing the soil with storm crates, that enable's the storage of surface water and therefore allows time for this to seep into the existing surrounding grounds.

 

Storm crates are the modernized solution of soakaways and allow 93% of stored water, enabling the storm water to seep into existing grounds. A soakaway must be installed at least 5m away from your property and preferably installed in chalky or gravely/sandy soil which are a permeable material for the discharge of storm water. Surrounding the storm crates in a fabric membrane reduces the risk of tree roots from growing into the soakaway. Lastly Aquatech find covering the surrounding soakaway in 20mm shingle provides greater effectiveness of discharging the storm water into the surrounding sub-soil.

 

 

What is Aco drainage?

Aco channels are also a solution to discharge surface water and reduce the risk of flooding around your property. The solution involves the aco channel being installed at the lowest point, where the surface water is most likely to gather. The aco channels as a result collects the surface water and discharges into either a soakaway or existing surface water drainage system.

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Aquatech have the knowledge and Experience to resolve and prevent these problems happening around your properties. 

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