Smith & Baker Landscapes LLC

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If you have big drainage problems, you will want to read this.  I had a complex drainage problem.  Our house is the lowest house on the street.  We bought our house 18 months ago and believe we inherited compound drainage issues.  We had water under our pier and beam house, and the water was coming in from multiple areas around our house.  When I say water under the house, I mean a lot of water.  It was described by one person as ?a pond under our living room.?  I initially started to try to address the problem by paying for ?little? things - like foundation vents to let it dry up faster,  gutters to redirect rain water, rain barrels to collect rain water in one trouble spot.   I realized that if I kept going down that road - paying for little things - a thousand here, several hundred here, several hundred there, and so on - I would end up paying for lots of band-aids that fail to really address the problem - the water flow, and I?d be out thousands of dollars.  I needed some expert advice - someone trained in fixing drainage problems.  I am SO glad I found Smith & Baker.  They are honest, dependable, and - this is the kicker - they bring a scientific approach to their craft.  They objectively measured the grade around my house and identified high spots that would impede the water flow, allowing it to take the path of least resistance - under our house.  The proposed a plan for reshaping the ground to remove the high spots - they called this ?swale work.?  This created an ideal path of least resistance - through the yard (not under the house) to a large storm drain that already existed.  Then they came in and measured after to ensure the high spots were gone and the grade of the house was to the front yard to the storm drain.  The solution was elegant, efficient, much cheaper than piecing together band-aids, and most importantly effective.   Today I got my new sod installed.  I am dumping loads of water, and (a) I see no water where it used to collect and (b) I am happy to see water runoff going down our storm drain.  Their solution was aboslutely ideal.  If you have a real drainage problem, trust me - you will save money and headaches by going with experts.