The straight version
A Florida lot that holds water isn't broken — it's flat. Much of Northeast Florida sits on flat, sandy ground with a high water table, and when a summer storm drops a lot of rain fast, that water has to go somewhere. If your yard is the low spot, it stays until it soaks in or evaporates, and everything in between suffers: the grass, the soil against the house, and your patience.
Yard drainage is really three tools — regrading so water sheds instead of sits, collection drains where regrading isn't enough, and a discharge route that gives the water somewhere real to go. Most standing-water problems need some mix of the three, and the right mix depends on reading your specific lot.
How we do the work
- We walk the lot during the estimate and read the signs — where the grass fails, where the soil is compacted, where water stands longest.
- Where grading is the fix, we regrade. Piping a problem that a slope would solve is selling you pipe you don't need.
- Where drains are the fix, catch basins and channel drains collect the surface water and buried pipe carries it out.
- Every collection point ends at a real discharge — the most common yard-drainage failure is a drain that goes nowhere.
This service is for you if…
- Standing water that lingers after storms
- Soggy zones where grass won't hold
- Water tracking toward the house or pooling at the patio
- Downspout water making a wet yard worse
This isn't the right fit if…
- You are looking for the cheapest quote on the market. We prioritize high-grade materials and long-term performance over bargain-bin pricing.
- You want a quick temporary patch. We specialize in comprehensive, lasting solutions rather than short-term fixes that lead to recurring water damage.
- You prefer a DIY approach and just need parts. We operate as a full-service design and installation team rather than a retail supply store.
- You expect installation without a site evaluation. Water management requires a tailored approach, so we never skip inspecting your home's unique slope, roofline, and soil conditions first.
What's included
- Lot walk and water-path reading
- Grading, catch basins, and channel drains as the lot requires
- Buried discharge lines with proper fall
- Surface restoration
- A plain-English explanation of why the fix works
Honest cost factors
No figures here — pricing that's printed without seeing your house is a guess. These are the levers that move the number, up or down:
Pushes it up:
- • Area to be drained
- • Amount of regrading
- • Run length to discharge
- • Root and utility obstacles
Keeps it down:
- • Small problem zones
- • Good existing fall
- • Short discharge runs
How the job runs
Free estimate
We walk the house and the yard, look at where the water actually goes, and tell you straight if your gutters don't need replacing.
Written scope
Everything in writing before work starts — footage, materials, downspout locations, and the drainage plan. No surprises.
Pre-construction meeting
Before anyone touches the house, we meet and go over exactly what happens, when, and where.
The install
To the manufacturer's published instructions, not to whatever is fastest. The crew is on site every full workday until it's done.
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