“The back corner of the yard used to hold water for days. They found the downspout was dumping there, tied it in, and added a short French drain below the patio.”
Wanda H.Homeowner, Nixa
Yard drainage and storm lines, Springfield, Missouri
Find where the water goes, then dig only that.
We tie downspouts into buried pipe, lay French drains and run storm lines to the street. A walk-through on a rain day shows which of the three your yard needs.
- Licensed and insured, number in the footer
- Written plan and price before we dig
- We call 811 to mark utilities before any dig
Where does the water go?
Roof, yard, street: three places water goes wrong
Every wet yard is a story with three steps. Find the step that fails and the fix is usually small.
- Step 1
Off the roof
A quarter inch of rain on a 1,500-square-foot roof is about 230 gallons, and all of it leaves through the downspouts. If it lands at the wall, it goes under the house.
Downspouts that end at the foundation
Mulch washed out below the gutter
Fix: a tie-in to buried pipe that carries it away
- Step 2
Across the yard
Clay soaks slowly. Water that can't sink in runs downhill to the lowest spot, which is where the lawn stays soft and the wall stays damp.
Ground that squishes days after rain
Water standing against a wall
Fix: a French drain, a gravel trench with pipe, sloped to an outlet
- Step 3
Out to the street
What you collect has to go where it's allowed to go. A storm line carries it to a curb inlet, a ditch or a dry well, depending on the lot and what the city permits.
Pipe that ends in a low corner with no outlet
Water crossing a neighbor's yard
Fix: a storm line to daylight, an inlet or a dry well, where permitted
We check which discharge points your city or county allows before we quote.
Which fix fits
What you see tells us where to look
The same wet spot can come from different places. This is what we usually find first.
| The fix that fits | Where the water comes from | |
|---|---|---|
| A puddle at the corner of the house | The fix that fitsA downspout tie-in to buried pipe | Where the water comes fromRoof water landing next to the wall |
| Lawn soft a day or two after rain | The fix that fitsA French drain with an outlet | Where the water comes fromYard water that can't sink into the clay |
| A damp wall on the low side of the house | The fix that fitsRegrading a strip, a French drain, or both | Where the water comes fromYard water running toward the foundation |
| Water crossing the driveway or sidewalk | The fix that fitsA catch basin tied to a storm line | Where the water comes fromMore collected than the yard can release |
| A pipe that fills and never empties | The fix that fitsRe-sloping the line, or a new outlet | Where the water comes fromAn outlet set too high or blocked |
The walk-through
We look at the water before we dig
A visit on a rain day shows what a dry day hides. On a dry day we bring a hose and make our own rain.
We walk the roofline and the yard while it's wet
A hose test on the gutters shows where roof water lands
We mark where we'd dig and call 811 for what's underground
You get the plan and a price in writing before the machine comes
For landscapers and builders
Drainage goes in before the beds
Pipe laid after planting means digging up plants. We take subcontract jobs: you give us the grade stakes and the planting plan, we mark our line on it, dig it, and hand the site back.
We work from your plan and mark our line on it
We call 811 and tell you the day we dig
Santino, our crew lead, is your contact on site
After the work
What customers wrote
“I send drainage to them before I plant. Odessa marks the pipe on my sketch so my crew knows where not to dig.”
Richard B.Landscape designer, Republic
“They ran a hose on the gutters first, so we saw it was roof water and not the ground. The price was on paper before the excavator came.”
Jazmin O.Homeowner, Springfield
Sample reviews.
Where we dig
Greene, Christian and Webster counties
Springfield and the towns around it. If your town isn't listed, call and ask before you assume.
Greene County
- Springfield
- Battlefield
- Republic
- Willard
- Strafford
- Fair Grove
Christian County
- Nixa
- Ozark
- Highlandville
Webster County
- Rogersville
- Marshfield
We don't work in Joplin, Branson or Lebanon. Past Marshfield, call first.
ZIP codes: 65802, 65803, 65804, 65806, 65807, 65809, 65810, 65714, 65721, 65738, 65781, 65619
Quick answers
Before you call
Do I need a French drain or just a downspout tie-in?
Often the tie-in is enough. If the wet spot is still there after the roof water is carried away, the ground is the source, and that is when a French drain makes sense.
How do you find where the water comes from?
We walk the roof and yard on a rain day. On a dry day we run a hose on the gutters and watch where it goes.
Will you tear up my yard?
A mini-excavator digs a trench about as wide as its bucket. Sod we lift goes back where it can, and new seed or sod is in the plan only if you ask for it.
Do you know where my sprinkler lines run?
No, and 811 doesn't mark them. We call 811 for public lines. Show us where your sprinkler lines and any buried wires run.
Book a walk-through
Tell us where you see the water
Say what's wet and where. We call back the same working day, or the next one on a heavy-rain day.