Considering the unpredictable weather conditions in Sydney, there’s no such thing as too much drainage.

Agricultural drains, also known as AG drains, are one of the best ways to avoid your back or front yard becoming a sloppy mess of mud. Sydney receives huge amounts of rain, which, without proper drainage, can destroy a lawn.

There are plenty of reasons that your yard can become covered in mud and flooded by water. In most cases it is because your property is downhill from another. The slope will mean that any water falling on the higher property will run onto yours. If this is combined with heavy rains your yard will quickly reach saturation point.

AG drains are designed to remove excess surface water and pit water from your soil, preventing saturation and the inevitable mud pit. The concept behind AG drains is to dig trenches with slotted back water drains. These drains are connected to the main storm water drain to take all the excess water away from your property.

To avoid the AG drains becoming clogged with dirt, we fill the trenches around them with drainage rock. The drainage rock works as a filter, catching chunks of dirt and particles, while allowing the excess water to flow into the AG drain and to the storm water drain.