Garage/Shed Soakaway Design 
Small Home Soakaway Design
£295.00
Great, you’ve landed here because you are building a new small home (typically semi-detached, terraced or small 2-3 bedroom detached house) and need help with a soakaway design to manage your surface water runoff. Maybe you have a planning condition or your building control officer has asked to see details of your drainage proposals, don’t worry, you’re in safe hands.
This particular design service is for a soakaway design for a building measuring no more than 150m2. If your project is bigger than this, we can still help, just contact us for a bespoke quotation.
This service includes a design to upgrade or install a new soakaway system for an existing small residential property. For commercial or industrial buildings please contact us to see if we can assist you.
Description
Our Soakaway Design Service provides homeowners and builders with fully compliant, site-specific drainage solutions for managing surface water runoff from your project. Designed in accordance with Building Regulations Part H and Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) best practices, this service ensures your project meets planning and environmental requirements while preventing flooding and wider drainage issues.
Our experienced drainage engineers assess your property layout, soil infiltration rates*, and rainfall data to design an efficient soakaway system tailored to your site. We deliver a complete design package ready for submission to Building Control, including detailed calculations, layout drawings, and material specifications.
Service Includes:
- Site assessment and data review
- Permeable area and runoff calculations
- Soakaway sizing using BRE 365 methodology
- Detailed drainage layout plan and construction details
- Design report for Building Control approval
Benefits:
- Compliance with Building Regulations & SuDS guidelines
- Cost-effective, low-maintenance drainage solution
- Reduces risk of surface water flooding
- Fast turnaround and expert technical support
*We use soil mapping data or typical infiltration rates to size your soakaway. This approach is generally not recommended for clay soils. We recommend discussing your project with Building Control prior to us undertaking any design work on your behalf. You may need to undertake a site specific percolation test.
