Standing water against a foundation, a soggy side yard, a slope that sheets mud onto the patio every February — drainage problems are grading problems, and grading is what we do. French drains, area drains, tightlines, and regrading for positive fall, installed before the rain proves the point again.
Water ponding at the stem wall — regrade, area drains, and a tightline out. The cheapest foundation repair is the one you never need.
French drains and swales that catch slope water before it reaches the flat — critical in the region's hill neighborhoods.
New pool or ADU changed how the yard drains? We restore fall and route the water legally.
French drain install: open trench, gravel, perforated pipe, fabric — step photos
Timing: drainage work books solid once the first storm hits. The smart season to fix it is late summer and fall — dry ground, open schedule, done before the rain. Related: trenching · hillside grading.
Usually not for typical residential drains, but discharging onto a neighbor or into some public systems is regulated, and hillside work can trigger review. We route water to legal discharge points and flag anything that needs the city's blessing.
Only if subsurface water is the problem. Half the yards we look at actually have a surface-grading problem — negative fall toward the house — which regrading fixes for less. We diagnose before we prescribe.
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