Florida storm season
Yard & exterior drains
Jacksonville rain arrives fast and hard. A line half full of silt simply cannot take the volume, and the water goes wherever it can instead.
Exterior drains fill from the top down with sand, mulch, oak leaves and pine straw. Unlike an interior line there is no trap to catch anything, so it all travels until the fall runs out and then settles. By the time water is standing over a grate, the run beyond it is often half packed.
The other failure mode is structural. Corrugated pipe settles, roots find and lift the joints, and buried sections get crushed. Cleaning restores a silted line completely and does nothing at all for a separated one, so we camera afterward to tell you which you have before you spend money on the wrong answer.
Signs the exterior line has failed
- Water standing in a grate long after rain stops
- Pooling against the foundation, garage slab or driveway
- A soft or sunken strip in the lawn along the run
- The discharge outlet no longer flows during a storm
- Grass noticeably greener along one line
What we do
- Jet the run end to end and flush silt out at the outlet
- Clear and check the discharge point itself
- Camera and locate any settled or separated section
- Mark position and depth so a repair stays a small dig
Please do not dig blind
Irrigation lines, low-voltage lighting and utility runs share the same few inches of Florida sand as your drain line. Locating costs a great deal less than repairing what you hit looking for it.
Straight answers
Questions about yard & exterior drains
Why does my yard drain still hold water after the rain stops?
Either the run has silted up, or it no longer falls to its outlet because a section has settled. Both look identical from the grate. A camera separates them in a few minutes and decides whether this is a cleaning or a repair.
Should I add more drains?
Not until the existing system is proven to discharge. Adding inlets to a system that cannot get water away simply moves the flooding somewhere new, and it is a surprisingly common and expensive mistake.
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.