Foundation Drainage Improvements

• DOWNSPOUT EXTENSIONS – Downspouts are re-routed away from the basement and foundation below grade with PVC solid pipe to a grated clean-out.
• SUMP-PUMP OUTLETS – Outlets are re-routed away from the basement with sch. 40 pipe to a grated clean-out.
• FOUNDATION GRADING – Soil is placed, compacted and contoured for positive drainage.
• WINDOW WELLS – The top of window well lip is extended to allow for a higher soil grade.
• CATCH BASINS – These are often used in conjunction with other drainage improvements to collect water at the surface and discharge with PVC pipe below grade to a suitable location.
• SWALES – These are commonly used to collect nuisance water so it can flow to a better location. The excavation is contoured for ease of mowing, then re-sodded. The “S” shaped pathway has a natural appearance and blends with the lawn (as opposed to a ditch).
• BERMS – Soil is placed, contoured and compacted to block nuisance water. A berm can be sodded or planted and mulched.
• TRENCH DRAINS (also known as French Drains) – There are many applications for this type of surface and subsurface water collection system. Perforated PVC pipe is placed along a fabric lined trench. The trench is then backfilled with clean gravel. At the end of the system, solid PVC pipe discharges the water to a suitable location. These systems are often used with landscaping; For example, a stone-lined creek bed or sodded swale.
• FOOTING DRAINS and SUMP PUMPS – Water is collected in a gravel and pipe system at the basement footing and discharged with an interior sump-pump. We install an engineered footing drainage system along the exterior basement wall.
  

Drainage Improvements Designed For Your Landscape

• EROSION CONTROL
• STREAM BANK STABILIZATION
• DRY CREEKBEDS WITH NATURAL STONE
• STORM WATER DETENTION BASINS / RAIN GARDENS

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Erosion Damage

Erosion Remediation