Originally Posted by nath69uk

Hello,
... My mane concern is the drainage. When it rains the water just simply sits ontop of the grass doesnt move anywhere and is worse in places. After a few days of sun and the rain has gone. This is no good for me and I'm looking to solve this problem. The soil is very grey and feels really gritty than soily. If that makes sense?

Im thinking of digging a channel through the worse part of the problem and then going into the general direction of the standing water. Then ill layer the channel with sand followed by a pipe with holes in (Land Drain) i think they're called and peashingle ontop with a layer of topsoil ontop. Im thinking of tilting the pipe towards the house into the drain that the rain water falls into from my house.