French drains are an incredibly popular drainage solution, but they are far from the only option. In some yards, you're much better off with a soakaway. Soakaways have lots of different applications.

A soakaway is not a solution when you need a drainage field. One deals with waste and the other with surface water only. Here ...

Residents of a new estate in a Norfolk market town have branded a massive 'soakaway' pit which they say was dug in front of their homes without notice a dangerous death trap. At Windmill Loke, North ...