Drainage solutions and
grading in Scott County.

A french drain is a perforated pipe set in a gravel trench wrapped in filter fabric. Surface and subsurface water collects in the trench, enters the pipe, and gets carried to a daylight outlet, dry well, or storm connection well away from the house.

Sized correctly and pitched correctly, a french drain handles years of seasonal rain and snowmelt without maintenance. We map the wettest spots, plan the discharge route, and finish the surface so the lawn or bed looks the way it did before the work.

Some properties need more than a single drain line. Drainage correction projects combine surface grading, downspout extensions, catch basins, swales, and dry creek beds to manage water across an entire yard.

Each plan starts with a walk in the rain when possible, or a careful read of low spots, watermarks, and existing wet patterns. The goal is a property that sheds water cleanly with no surprises after a heavy storm.

Grading work shapes the land so water moves the right way and the lawn lays the way it should. New construction grading, regrading after additions, and repairing settled areas around foundations all fall in this category.

Crews bring laser levels and the right machines to set finish grades cleanly. Topsoil is replaced and the surface is finished ready for sod or seed.

Slopes, lake banks, and ditches that lose soil need erosion control that fits the site. Solutions range from seed blankets and coir logs on gentle slopes to riprap stone, terraced retaining walls, and engineered solutions on steeper banks.

Native plantings stitch into the work to lock soil long term. The result holds the line and looks like part of the landscape, not a patch.