AT A GLANCE
Drainage & Water Management
COMMON JOB TYPES
Standing water, wet lawns, downspout runoff, washed-out slopes, water near foundations, driveway runoff, and crawlspace moisture
MATERIALS & SERVICES
Perforated and solid pipe, washed stone, catch basins, pop-up emitters, swales, dry creek beds, and regrading
Standing water, soggy turf, washouts, and water against the foundation all have a source. We find it, then fix it with the right combination of regrading, swales, French drains, catch basins, piped downspouts, and dry creek beds.
Fix the source, not the puddle
Water problems almost never start where they show up. A wet spot in the lawn may be runoff from a neighbor's slope, a downspout dumping onto clay, a compacted builder pad, or a yard graded toward the house twenty years ago. We walk the property, look at how water moves and where it can legally go, and design the fix around the source.
What we install
French drains: perforated pipe in washed stone that collects water below the surface
Swales: shallow shaped channels that move surface water without looking like a ditch
Dry creek beds: stone channels that carry hard rain and read as part of the landscape
Catch basins and area drains: collection points for low spots and hardscape edges
Downspout lines and pop-up emitters: roof water piped away from the foundation
Regrading: reshaping the ground so it falls away from the structure
Erosion repair: stone, matting, seeding, and slope work where water has already cut in
Signs you need drainage work
Water standing a day or more after rain
Mulch, soil, or gravel washing out of beds and drives
Moss, algae, bare spots, or turf that never dries
Water pooling at the foundation, under a deck, or in the crawlspace
Channels cutting across a slope, or a drive that ruts every storm
Why Midlands soil changes the fix
Columbia sits on the Fall Line, where the sandy soils of the Sandhills meet heavier Piedmont clay. Sand drains fast but undermines and washes; clay holds water and sheds it across the surface. A French drain that solves a problem on one street can fail two miles away, so we read the soil before choosing the solution. On sand, the question is usually where the water is coming from. On clay, it is usually where it can go.
Related work
Drainage ties into grading, driveway rebuilds, patios and retaining walls, ponds, and planting.
Where we do this work
We solve drainage problems in Columbia, Forest Acres, Shandon and Rosewood, King’s Grant, Northeast Columbia, and the rest of our Richland, Lexington, and Kershaw county service area.
Call (803) 343-9655 or request an estimate. Every project starts with a walk-through and a written scope.