Drainage Systems

If you have soggy spots that stay wet 24+ hours after rain, water pooling against your foundation, a basement that smells musty after storms, or visible erosion channels in your yard — you need subsurface drainage. We do free on-site assessments to confirm before quoting.

A French drain is a buried perforated pipe in gravel that captures and redirects subsurface water — invisible, but highly effective. A dry riverbed is a surface feature lined with stone that handles heavy storm runoff and doubles as a landscape design element. Many Hall County yards need both.

A typical residential French drain in the Gainesville area runs $30–$70 per linear foot installed, depending on depth, pipe size, and discharge distance. Re-grading and dry riverbeds are priced separately. We always give a fixed-price quote so there are no surprises.

We trench cleanly with proper sod removal and reinstall the grass over the line. Within 4–6 weeks the trench line is invisible. For larger re-grading jobs we'll discuss sod replacement vs. seeding before we start.

Yes — and it usually pays for itself. Hydrostatic pressure from saturated red clay is the #1 cause of retaining wall failure and foundation cracks in North Georgia. Installing proper drainage upstream of these structures is dramatically cheaper than repairing them later.