Parking lots and roofs
Storm drain cleaning
A parking lot that floods is a liability question before it is a drainage question. Storm lines are also the ones nobody thinks about until the water is rising.
Commercial storm systems collect an enormous amount of sediment: sand, tire grit, oil residue, landscaping mulch, palm debris and everything that blows across a parking lot between rains. It all settles in the horizontal runs and in the structures, and the system quietly loses capacity every season.
The trouble is that it keeps coping with ordinary afternoon rain right up until it does not. A tropical system arriving on a half-silted line is how a property ends up with standing water across a lot, water into ground-floor units, and a set of photographs nobody wants attached to a claim.
Priority for
- Retail and restaurant parking lots
- Properties with flat or low-slope roof drainage
- Anywhere water has pooled before
- Ground-floor tenancies at low points
- Sites with heavy palm or oak litter
What we do
- Jet the horizontal runs and flush sediment to the structures
- Clear inlets, grates and roof drain strainers
- Camera and locate any collapsed or separated section
- Verify discharge at the outfall
Do it in spring
The worst time to discover a storm system is half full is during a named storm, when nobody is available and the water is already rising. Cleaning in the dry season costs the same and removes the whole problem from your hurricane preparation.
Straight answers
Questions about storm drain cleaning
How often should commercial storm drains be cleaned?
Annually before storm season is a sensible baseline in Jacksonville, more often on sites with heavy tree litter or a lot of exposed sand. Sites that have flooded before should be on a fixed schedule rather than a judgment call.
Can you tell me why one area keeps flooding?
Usually, yes. It is normally a silted run, a collapsed section, a structure that has settled, or an outfall that has silted up. Camera and locate answers it, and the answer is often much smaller and cheaper than a redesign.
Flat rate, quoted before we start
Let's get it flowing
Call and talk to a person. You get a straight answer on what it is, what it costs, and when we can be there.