Persistent soft strip
A narrow area that stays saturated after surface water recedes can point to shallow subsurface movement.
Primary service · Exterior landscape drainage
French drains for persistent yard water
Intercept shallow subsurface water with a gravel-lined trench and perforated pipe—after the source, route, and private-property outlet are understood.
What a French drain does
It intercepts water moving through shallow soil. It does not erase a bad outlet.
A French drain uses a sloped, gravel-lined trench and perforated landscape-drainage pipe to collect water along a route. The route must lead to a lawful private-property destination and account for structures, utilities, trees, boundaries, access, and the landscape that will be restored afterward.
The wettest spot alone does not establish the trench. Photos during rain, the time water remains, soil conditions, the uphill source, and the next lower elevation help decide whether subsurface interception belongs in the plan.
Hillside seepage
Water emerging along a slope may be intercepted before it crosses a lawn or settles at a lower edge.
Known private outlet
The route needs a practical lower destination that remains on private property and does not create a new nuisance.
Grading or French drain?
Match the repair to how the water moves.
Choose grading or a swale first when water sheets visibly across the lawn, stalls behind an edge, or collects because the finished surface has settled. Those problems are read from visible contours.
Consider a French drain when water moves through shallow soil, seeps from a slope, or keeps a defined strip saturated even after visible runoff passes. Some yards need both: surface contours to manage sheet flow and a French drain to intercept shallow subsurface water.
The address review compares source, soil, route, depth, outlet, utility conflicts, restoration, and maintenance. It is not a remote construction specification or price promise.
From wet soil to finished landscape
Route first. Trench second.
The drain has to collect the right water, maintain fall, discharge responsibly, and leave the property usable after restoration.
Trace and mark
Document the source, saturation line, structures, utilities, trees, boundaries, access, and intended private-property outlet.
Excavate and assemble
Prepare the trench, gravel envelope, landscape fabric where appropriate, and perforated or solid conveyance segments for the property-specific route.
Test and restore
Confirm the route before closing the trench, then restore soil, turf, planting, and access areas included in the agreed scope.
The hard boundary
Private property only. No curb cutting.
We market exterior landscape drainage. We do not offer curb cuts or penetrations, public right-of-way work, public storm-drain work, or municipal storm or sanitary connections.
- French drains
- Landscape-drainage pipe
- Private-property outlets
- Grading & swales
- No curb penetration
- No public connection
Start with the address
Show us the wet line, not just the puddle.
Send the full address, storm timing, how long the soil stays soft, and where a private-property outlet might exist. We will use that context to compare a French drain with grading or a swale.
Nothing is booked until you agree.