Core Service
A large portion of the foundation, basement, and crawl space problems we fix every year come back to one thing: water that isn't moving away from the home the way it should. Fix the drainage, and you eliminate the root cause — not just the symptom.
What We Do
Perforated pipe buried in gravel-filled trenches, installed to intercept groundwater and redirect it away from the foundation. The most effective solution for chronic groundwater saturation near the house. We size and route the system based on actual site conditions, not a cookie-cutter layout.
Free estimate →Soil that slopes toward the house is one of the most common and correctable drainage problems we see. Regrading the area adjacent to the foundation to establish proper positive grade redirects surface water away from the home — often one of the most cost-effective interventions available.
Free estimate →Gutters and downspouts that dump water near the foundation — or discharge onto slopes that run toward the house — are a direct cause of basement flooding and foundation damage. We extend downspouts, redirect flow, and install drainage that carries concentrated roof runoff safely away.
Free estimate →Hard surface areas — driveways, patios, sidewalks — shed large volumes of water quickly. Channel drains and catch basins intercept this runoff before it reaches the foundation or floods low-lying areas. We install and tie these into proper outlet locations.
Free estimate →Window wells without proper drainage fill and overflow into the basement. We install drainage at the base of window wells, size them correctly for the opening, and add covers where appropriate — eliminating a chronic water entry point.
Free estimate →Not sure where your water is coming from or where it's going? We walk the property — inside and out — and map out where water is entering, where it's accumulating, and what the most effective interventions would be. This is included with our standard free estimate visit.
Schedule assessment →Southern Indiana's topography creates natural drainage challenges that many lots haven't been built to handle well. Clay soils with low permeability mean water moves slowly through the ground — it saturates easily and stays saturated. Flat or gently rolling lots near the Ohio River corridor have limited natural slope to drain away from structures.
Older neighborhoods in Jeffersonville, New Albany, and Clarksville were platted and built before modern drainage standards. Original grading has often been altered by landscaping, additions, and settling over decades, creating situations where water that once flowed away from the home now flows toward it.
Indiana gets meaningful precipitation distributed throughout the year — spring tends to be the most concentrated. A home that drains adequately in a normal week may flood during a wet spring because the drainage system was sized for average conditions, not seasonal extremes. We design drainage systems with actual rain events in mind, not just average days.
“They came out to look at our drainage issue and gave us options at different price points. They never pushed the expensive option — they actually recommended we start with grading correction to see if that solved the problem before doing anything more involved. It did.”
Often Connected
Interior waterproofing without exterior drainage often treats symptoms, not causes.
Poor drainage is often the root cause of the wall pressure that cracks foundations.
Standing water in crawl spaces is usually a drainage problem first.
Driveways and patios that slope wrong make drainage worse — we address both together.
Free site assessment — we walk the property, identify where the water is going, and give you a practical plan to redirect it before it causes more expensive problems.
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