Grading: make the ground slope away
When the soil around your house slopes toward it, every storm sends water straight at your foundation. Grading reshapes the ground so rain runs away from the walls instead. It's one of the simplest and most effective drainage fixes, and it's often where a wet-basement solution should start.
Downspout connections
Your roof collects a lot of water and sends it to just a few downspouts. If those dump right next to the house, that water soaks the soil against your basement walls. Santarella connects downspouts to buried pipe that carries roof runoff well away from your home, out of sight and out of the way.
Yard drainage for soggy lawns
Low spots that stay wet for days, water running across a walkway, or a backyard you can't use after rain all have the same answer: give the water a path. Depending on the yard, that can be regrading, an exterior French drain, or a combination.
Signs you have a drainage problem
- Water pools against the foundation after rain
- Downspouts empty right beside the house
- Soil or mulch washes away near the walls
- The lawn stays soggy or muddy for days
- Water shows up in the basement after big storms
Customers have told us the same thing in their reviews: drainage work done alongside a patio or retaining wall solved backyard water problems for good. See our masonry and patio work.