Drainage & soakaway specialists — Toronto & the GTA
Soakaway Pits & Drainage Solutions
Water going where it shouldn't — a yard that floods every storm, puddles that never dry,
downspouts dumping beside your foundation? Whatever the drainage problem, we solve it. Just hire us:
we come out, look at your property, and give you a free on-site estimate — then we build
the system that moves the water away for good.
Flooding & pooling waterLow spots that turn into ponds after every rain — fixed with a soakaway pit sized to your roof and lot.
Soggy lawns that never dryClay soil and bad grading trap water at the surface. Infiltration trenches and regrading let the ground breathe again.
Downspouts at the foundationRoof water dumping beside the house is a wet-basement risk. We tie downspouts into catch basins and underground pipe runs.
Water on the drivewayRunoff pooling on interlock or asphalt lifts and heaves the surface. Channel drainage and proper slopes move it off.
Runoff flooding the neighboursNew builds and additions change how a lot drains. A soakaway keeps your stormwater on your own property, the way the plans require.
Engineered drainage on new buildsTriplexes, garden suites and custom homes: we build soakaway pits and infiltration trenches to the engineer's drawing.
How a soakaway pit works
A soakaway pit is an underground chamber that collects roof and surface water and lets it
soak slowly into the ground — instead of flooding your yard or running to the street. Here's the anatomy
of the system:
Soakaway system diagram: catch basin at the downspout, inlet pipe to a geotextile-wrapped
infiltration chamber bedded in clear stone, lawn restored on top. We build clear-stone soakaways and
modular crate systems — to your engineer's specification, or designed for your lot.
What we build
Soakaway pitsClear-stone infiltration pits wrapped in non-woven geotextile, with perforated distribution pipe, a test well and an overflow — the same system we're building to the engineer's drawing at the King High Project in Toronto.
Modular crate systemsHigh-void stormwater crates where the design calls for maximum storage in a tight footprint.
French drains & infiltration trenchesPerforated pipe in clear stone, wrapped and graded to carry water away from wet areas.
Catch basins & downspout tie-insGrated basins at low points and downspouts, piped underground to the soakaway or a safe outlet.
Swales & regradingSurface shaping so water flows where it should — away from the house, off the lawn, to the drain.
Full drainage packagesDrainage designed in with grading, interlock, driveways and landscaping — one crew, start to finish.
How it works
1Free site visit & estimateWe come out, walk the property, find where the water comes from and where it can go — and give you a written estimate. No charge.
2A system sized to your lotSoakaway size depends on your roof area, soil and grading. We size it properly — or build exactly to your engineer's plan.
3Build, test, restoreExcavation, geotextile, pipe and stone — then we restore the lawn and surfaces so the only sign we were there is dry ground.
On site now: the King High Project, Toronto
Soakaway pit excavation — front yard, King High Project
Engineered drainage, built by Pisces
At the King High Project we're building the front-yard soakaway pit and lot grading for a triplex and
garden suite — Terrafix 270R wrap, 38–50 mm clear stone, perforated distribution pipe, test well
and overflow, all to the engineered C1 plan.
