Abba's House LLC installs French drains in New York. The work covers wet yards, soggy lawns, and water pooling against the foundation. Each drain is laid out to grade, so water moves away from the house.
Many New York properties sit on clay soil or shallow bedrock. Water that cannot soak in runs along the surface or sits against the foundation. Spring snowmelt and heavy summer storms make it worse. The result is soggy lawns, wet basements, and heaving walkways.
A French drain gives that water a path. A trench is dug on a slight slope, lined with filter fabric, and filled with gravel around a perforated pipe. The pipe carries water to a safe discharge point, away from the house and the neighbors.
French drain installation in New York starts with finding where water collects and where it can go. The trench is sloped, lined with filter fabric, and backfilled with washed stone. Perforated pipe carries the water to a daylight outlet or dry well.
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Yard drainage in New York fixes lawns that stay soggy after rain. It also handles low spots that puddle and slopes that send runoff toward the house. Regrading, surface drains, and French drains are combined based on how the water actually moves.
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Foundation drainage in New York keeps water from sitting against the basement walls. An exterior drain along the footing collects groundwater before it builds up pressure against the wall. That pressure is what pushes water through cracks and joints into the basement.
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Downspout drainage in New York connects gutter downspouts to buried pipe instead of dumping roof water at the foundation. Each downspout carries the water from its section of roof. Buried lines move that water to a safe outlet away from the house.
Get an estimateWet areas, downspouts, slopes, and the discharge point are marked out before the trench layout is written up.
Underground utilities are marked through Dig Safely New York before excavation, as state law requires for any digging.
The trench is dug to slope, lined with fabric, then stone and perforated pipe run to the outlet.
The trench is backfilled, the surface is restored, and the drain is flushed to confirm it flows freely.
Before any digging, the property is walked to see where water collects, so the drain follows the real water problem.
A drain without steady fall just holds water. Slope is checked along the full trench before the pipe is covered.
Abba's House LLC also installs gutters, so downspouts and buried drains are planned as one system, not two separate jobs.
A selection of drainage projects completed by our crew. Click the featured image to enlarge.
Look for standing water after rain, a lawn that stays soggy for days, or a damp basement. If water keeps returning to the same spot, a drain usually helps.
It goes to a daylight outlet on lower ground, a dry well, or another approved discharge point. It can't be dumped on a neighbor's property. We'll pick the outlet during the site walk.
It helps when groundwater builds up against the walls. It won't fix every leak, though. Cracks, gutters, and grading all matter, so we look at the whole picture first.
Yes. We'll walk the property and see where the water collects and where it can go. Then you'll get a written estimate. There's no charge and no obligation.
French drain installation, yard drainage, and foundation drainage are available in these New York towns. Find your town below or ask about one nearby.
Hudson, Catskill, Oneonta, Woodstock, Saugerties, Lake Katrine, Red Hook, Tivoli, Rhinebeck, Millbrook, Pine Plains, Millerton
Rensselaer County, Scotia
Arlington, Port Ewen, Highland, Marlboro, Milan, LaGrangeville, Wappingers Falls, Hopewell Junction, Fishkill, Cold Spring
Cornwall, Warwick, Goshen, Port Jervis, Peekskill, Nyack
