Drainage and Erosion Control

Drainage and Grading — Stop Basement and Yard Flooding for Good

Drainage is what facilitates the movement of water from one place to another using landscape design, techniques and materials. Erosion control is the method of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion, which occurs on many residential and commercial properties. At Varsity Landscaping & Grounds, LLC, we will use erosion control applications and outdoor drainage supplies to meet the specifications of your particular drainage issues.

You may need help from a drainage solutions for a number of reasons, mainly because drainage problems don't go unnoticed. You may notice:

• A constantly wet, saturated lawn
  
• Cracks, leaks and sinking foundation around your home
• Pooled water in your driveway
• Flooded garage
• More mosquitoes than usual

Once you have seen standing water in your yard, or notice more mosquitoes than normal you know you may have water drainage problems. We can customize a poly pipe drainage system to fit your needs, taking into account the slope of your yard, your home, and other factors to avoid residential drainage issues. If you have a driveway or yard that pitches towards the house, we can re-direct that water for grass drainage, direct downspouts away from the house to prevent rainwater drainage problems that run-off in planting beds, basement walkouts, install garage or basement window drains, or simply preventing heaving from freeze then thaw.

Varsity Landscaping can install French drains, poly-corrugated pipe directing, gutter drains, PVC, channel drains, and catch basins as a few drainage options. For solution ideas, give us a call today!

Signs of Foundation Drainage Problems

You may see cracks, leaks, and sinking foundation around your home. Foundations will be repaired swiftly to bolster structures. Soils retain water and expand and contract. During colder months, soil takes in water, freezes, and then expands. When the ground thaws, the soil loses water and contracts, and the foundation cracks.

Varsity Landscaping offers yard, driveway, foundation and field drainage solutions that significantly reduce the chance of water-related issues by directing water away from your home with drains, erosion control and re-grading.

Driveway and Garage Drainage Issues

Don’t wait for your garage or basement to flood. Improper or ineffective yard and driveway drainage can lead to extensive water damage inside your home. You need a reliable landscape drainage company to explore possibilities such as excavation and installation of French drains – gravel-filled trenches containing perforated pipes – to redirect surface water and groundwater away from your home. You may also want to install:

• Window Wells and Drains - redirects water away from your basement
  
• Driveway Drains – also known as channel drains (perimeter ground drains) that connect to an exterior sump pump or gravity fed to daylight to transport surface water and groundwater away from your driveway, garage and home
  
• Downspout Drainage Systems – installed below ground when possible to move water away from your home and prevent basement flooding. We suggest a dry stream bed, storm drain or stone drainage swale area and/or the use of vegetation as a barrier.
  
• Erosion Control - using retaining walls or terracing for effective erosion control that will preserve your lawn and eliminate water problems in your home
  
• Re-Grading - compact soil around the base of your foundation to redirect surface water away from your home and eliminate basement flooding
  
• Concrete Work - Installing proper drainage typically includes tight connection of all downspouts to drainage pipelines eliminates problems at the building foundation and prevents standing ground water. Landscape grading can be a valuable and effective tool in managing this run-off water. We can also incorporate drainage lines to redirect water to catch basins or draining the run-off away from foundations.

No matter what kind of property you own, Varsity Landscaping can help you find the drainage services you need. We install infiltration drainage systems, sump pump drainage systems, gutter and downspout systems, and driveway drainage systems.

Certified Technicians

Our certified technicians can also set up roof drainage systems, as well as lawn and landscape drainage systems. From repairs to system installations, we can take care of it all. Varsity Landscaping will recommend which erosion control method is best for you and the environment.

Call us today to find out more about our drainage services and the type of systems we install.