Waterlogged lawn? Drain it with land drain

If your lawn stays wet for days after rain, the water has nowhere to go. This is common on clay soil and on new-build plots. A land drain fixes it: perforated pipe laid in a gravel trench, falling gently to an outlet such as a soakaway, a ditch or a surface-water drain.

Most lawns use a main run with side branches joined by Y junctions, in a herringbone pattern. You'll need couplings to join lengths, branches for the side runs, a plug at the top of each run and a grid end or adapter at the outlet.

How much pipe and how many branches? See How much land drain does a garden lawn need?. For the dig itself, see How to install a garden land drain.

Check your pipe size before ordering.