Nashville Drainage Correction
Solutions for Nashville Drainage Problems
Water Drainage
A fundamental problem many of our landscaping clients deal with is water drainage. Improper drainage away from a house can lead to water damage to foundations and plants. As part of the landscaping proposal, Nashville Landscapes will also make recommendations to correct lawn and landscaping drainage problems. Typical drainage correction projects include basins for low areas that collect water and/or the installation of drainage pipes to channel water from downspouts thru and away from planting beds.
Landscaping maintenance is important for the beauty of homes as most home owners spend great amounts of time and money on their landscaping. But proper drainage around the house is of greater importance than just beauty, especially in areas where homes are built over large stratas of clay soil. Clay soil is an expansive soil that shrinks or swells throughout the seasonal changes, thus causing foundation damage.
The key ingredient which triggers the shrink/swell action is water. As clay soil loses water it shrinks and when it absorbs water it expands. While it is important to keep clay soil wet around your foundation during periods of little rainfall, it is just as important to keep excess water from ponding around your foundation during rainy seasons. If excess of water ponds around a foundation, clay soil will absorb it and expand. The more water, the more the soil can expand. It is not uncommon for the soil to lift the area above normal grade. Thus, when a dry period sets in, the soil will shrink and allow the foundation to drop more than normal.
solutions to water drainage problems.
There are many things a home owner can do to correct surface drainage problems. The yard around your home should be graded to slope away from your foundation. So water will drain away from the house. Once away from the house, the yard should be sloped to allow the water to drain toward the street or alley. Builders, landscapers and home owners often make changes to the landscape that prevent the runoff of excess water.
Homeowners should inspect the landscape around the home for areas that trap water. The best time to do this is immediately following rainfall. Look for flower and shrub beds which hold water and make the changes needed to allow the water to drain away.
Make sure your gutter downspouts discharge/drainage water away from the foundation rather than dumping it into a plant bed or next to the house. Sometimes all the owner needs to do is extend the downspouts so they discharge at a safe place, and some houses would be better off without gutters.
Many drainage problems are not simple to solve, and that's where Nashville Landscapes comes in.
Some homes are built in a 'hole' where all of the landscaping slopes toward the foundation. Other homes are built over old creeks, springs, or other underground drainage areas that are not visible, yet they cause damage to the foundation.
Nashville Landscapes has been fighting drainage problems for a long time, so if you can't engineer your own solution, please give us a call. We will perform a free on-site inspection and if we think you can correct the problem yourself, we will tell you. If you need one of our drainage correction solutions we will create a proposal.
The last thing you need is rain water or melting snow pooling on your property or entering your building. Once water enters your building, it can cause thousands of dollars damage and numerous hours of anguish. Our staff understands drainage and has served the Brentwood / Nashville area for decades with innovative solutions to solve drainage problems.