Soggy yard & standing water
Parts of the lawn stay wet for days after rain, the mower ruts, and puddles sit where the grass has died.
Instant price
Price your drainage job online
Find your property and draw where the French drain, downspout line, swale or ditch should run, or add a culvert. Add catch basins and pop-up emitters, and see a price right away, travel included. Add as many as you need, then send it to us.
The price is an estimate from your drawing. We confirm it after a free site visit, in writing, before any work starts.
Look familiar?
Signs water isn't going where it should
Water always wins. The fix is giving it an easier way out than through your yard, your crawlspace or your driveway.
Water at the foundation
Downspouts dump right next to the house, the crawlspace or basement gets damp, and the sump pump runs all the time.
Erosion & washouts
Mulch and soil wash across the yard, gullies cut through beds, and the driveway loses stone every storm.
Ditches & culverts that fail
A ditch that has filled in, or a culvert that is crushed, rusted through or too small, sends water across the driveway or road.
Around the house
Residential drainage
For wet yards, wet crawlspaces and roof water. Built with professional-grade parts made for drainage contractors.
French drains
Perforated pipe in clean stone, wrapped in filter fabric, that collects water from a wet yard or along a foundation and carries it away.
Buried downspout & sump lines
Solid pipe from each downspout or your sump pump, buried and run out to daylight so roof water never sits against the house.
Catch basins & yard drains
Drain boxes with grates in the low spots of the yard, tied into a buried line so surface water has somewhere to go.
Pop-up emitters
Where a line comes out in the yard. The lid pops open when water flows and closes flush with the lawn when it stops.
Across the property
Larger drainage work
For acreage, long driveways and farm roads, where water needs to be moved across or under the property.
Swales
Wide, shallow grassy channels that steer water around the house and across the property without a pipe to clog.
Ditches
Roadside and driveway ditches dug out, reshaped to drain, and lined with rip rap where the water runs fast.
Culverts
New and replacement culverts under driveways, paths and farm roads, bedded and backfilled right, with rip rap at both ends.
Grading for drainage
Regrading so the ground falls away from the house and water heads where you want it to go.
How we do it
Drainage that keeps working
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Find the source
We walk the property with you, see where the water comes from and where it collects, and check where it can drain to.
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Plan the path
Every line needs fall all the way to daylight: a ditch, the street, or a lower part of the yard. Never onto a neighbor.
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Install it right
Filter fabric, clean stone, heavy-duty pipe, and cleanouts where they belong, so it keeps working for years.
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Test & restore
We run water through it before we close it up, then put the yard back together and leave it ready to seed.
Pricing
How we price drainage work
Get a ballpark from the instant price tool above, then we confirm it on site and you get a fixed number in writing before we start. Here is what goes into it.
Length
How many feet of drain, line, swale or ditch, and how far it is to a place the water can go.
Digging
Depth, roots, rock and how tight the access is around the house.
Parts
Catch basins, pop-up emitters and downspout hookups, each priced per piece.
Restoration
Seed and straw or sod where we dug, and stone or rip rap where the water comes out.
Questions
Drainage FAQ
Do I need a French drain or a downspout line?
If the water comes off the roof, a buried downspout line usually fixes it for less. If the ground itself stays wet, or water runs across the yard from uphill, a French drain collects it. Many yards need both, and we will tell you which on the site visit.
How deep does a French drain go?
Most yard French drains are 12 to 24 inches deep, enough to catch the water and keep a steady slope to the outlet. Along a foundation they can go deeper.
Where does the water go?
To daylight: a ditch, the street, a storm drain where allowed, or a lower part of your yard through a pop-up emitter. We never send it onto a neighbor's property.
Will you tear up my yard?
We dig a narrow trench and keep the machines on as small a path as we can. When we are done, we put the soil back, rake it smooth and leave it ready to seed, or we can seed and straw it for you.
How long does it take?
Most residential drainage jobs take one or two days. Long ditches, swales or several culverts can take longer.
Do I need a permit?
Most drainage on your own property does not. A culvert where your driveway meets a county road often does, and we will tell you what your county requires.
How far do you travel?
We are based in Cumming and work across Forsyth, Dawson, Cherokee, Hall, Lumpkin and Pickens counties, and further for larger jobs.
Get started
Get a free drainage estimate
Tell us where the water is causing trouble. We'll call you back and set up a time to walk the property with you. Rather talk now? Call 770.377.1961.
- Free on-site estimateWe find where the water comes from and where it can go, and explain the fix.
- Fixed price in writingPriced by the foot and by the part, not by the hour.
- Owner-operatedThe person who quotes the job is the person running the machine.
Tired of the puddles?
Call and tell us what happens when it rains. We'll come take a look and show you where the water should go.
770.377.1961