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Drainage & Erosion Control

If your Charlotte yard squishes for three days after every storm, you don't have a grass problem — you have a water problem, and no amount of seed fixes it. Carolina clay barely absorbs; rain either moves across your lot to somewhere safe, or it sits, drowns roots, breeds mosquitoes and creeps toward your crawlspace.

We diagnose before we dig: where water enters, where it stalls, where it can legally and safely exit. Then we build the fix that matches the problem — French drains to intercept subsurface water, channel drains for hard surfaces, solid-pipe downspout extensions that move roof water (the #1 culprit) far from the foundation, regrading to restore positive slope, and dry creek beds that turn a drainage path into a landscape feature instead of a scar.

Done once, documented

Every drainage job ends with water moving where we said it would — we'll hose-test it with you watching. You get photos of the buried work, pipe routes mapped, and cleanouts where they belong, so future-you (or a future buyer) knows exactly what's underground.

Common fixes

Questions

Good questions, straight answers

How much does yard drainage cost?
Downspout burials start around $800–$1,500; full French drain systems typically run $2,500–$8,000 depending on length and depth. Diagnosis is part of the free quote.
Will a French drain fix my soggy yard?
If the water is subsurface, yes. If it's roof water or grading, a French drain alone won't — which is why we diagnose first instead of selling one product.
Where does the water go?
To a legal exit: daylight at a lower grade, a pop-up emitter, or a dry well. Never onto your neighbor — that's both bad manners and against code.
Can drainage work be invisible?
Mostly, yes. Pipes bury, sod heals, and dry creek beds are designed to look intentional. Most yards look better after drainage work, not worse.
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Ready when you are

Walk us through it once — we handle the rest, in writing.

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