A French drain only works when the trench, the stone, the fabric and the outlet are all right. We size the system to the water actually arriving on your lot and give it somewhere to go — not just a hole that fills up and stays full.
If any of these sound like your property, it's worth a free on-site look.
Excavated to a consistent fall so water moves by gravity, not by luck.
Wrapped, clean-stone bedded pipe that resists silting in over time.
The part most failed drains are missing — a real place for the water to exit.
Grates tied into the run so ponding areas drain instead of waiting to soak in.
Intercepting water before it reaches the footing or crawlspace.
Sod or seed and clean-up so the yard looks finished, not excavated.
When a French drain is the wrong answer: water sitting on the surface in a bowl usually needs a catch basin or regrading, and roof water needs buried downspout lines. More: how a French drain works, how deep it should be, maintenance. Back to all Lake Norman drainage services.
Tell us what's happening on the property. We'll set a time to come out.
We walk the property, check grade and soil, and identify the real cause — not just the symptom.
Clear scope and pricing in writing before anything starts. No trip fee, no pressure.
In-house crew, no subcontractors. We clean up and walk the finished job with you.
Most residential runs are 18 to 30 inches deep, but depth follows the water source and the available fall to the outlet.
Typical residential installations take one to three days.
There is a trench line, and we restore it. Within a season it blends back in.
Usually because silt got into the stone and pipe, the line has no real outlet, or it doesn't fall continuously. Fabric, washed stone, steady slope and a real discharge point address all three.
Completed projects with the problem, the build, and the result.
Straight answers from our crews on how this work is planned, built and maintained around Lake Norman.
Related work we handle across Denver, Mooresville, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville and Troutman, NC.
Free on-site estimate — no trip fee, no obligation. Mobile service throughout Lake Norman and surrounding communities; we come to your property.
