Drainage
Poor drainage causes a vast array of problems: wet basements, soggy/muddy lawns, breeding pools for insects, yard erosion, yellowing or dead plants. We specialize in solving drainage problems in an effective and responsible way.
We will repair damaged areas due to poor drainage and we will anticipate how to prevent flooding and overflow situations in the future. It may be as simple as re-grading an area or the problem may require more substantial drainage systems.
- Infiltrator systems: design and install
- Apron drains
- Curtain drains
- Catch basins
- French drains
- Basement waterproofing
- Sump pumps
- Grading
- Erosion control
- Solutions for leader/gutter
- overflow/flooding
- We are experts in drainage issues.
Drainage of water from the wetlands into a newly developed area of this New Canaan yard necessitated a trench drain around the perimeter of the new lawn area.
To insure proper drainage of the new pool terrace and to avoid run-off into the pool, we installed a French drain around the perimeter of the terrace. The pool terrace always remains well-drained and dries quickly.
This driveway bridge in Old Greenwich, CT was constructed with low fieldstone side walls, capped by rockface bluestone. Weep holes at the base of the wall allow water to drain efficiently to the stream below.
In back country Greenwich, we installed this trench drain in a low area of the yard to allow the garden, installed along the fence to drain properly and the plants to thrive.
Another view of the trench drain in Greenwich, CT.
Run-off in this steeply sloped yard in North Stamford was a problem. Our solution was a decorative drainage swale, lined with boulders, river rock and plantings that tolerate moisture. This swale neatly contains the run-off and creates a beautiful landscape feature.
This grey stone terrace, in Redding, CT, is flanked by a fieldstone sitting wall with a rock face bluestone cap. The large weep hole at the base allows water to drain off with ease.
This is another view of the terrace in the previous slide.
This built-in grill in Chappaqua, NY was set in a fieldstone retaining wall with weep holes at the base of the wall to allow for proper drainage from the steep hillside above it, and a 4
To insure proper drainage of the expansive pool terrace at this home in New Canaan, CT, we added a drain along the perimeter of the terrace. Even in torrential rain storms the terrace dries quickly.
Another view of the New Canaan, CT pool drain.
