Where is the
water going?

The lot is collecting water faster than it can leave. That can be a bowl in the grade, a downspout feeding the low spot, compacted fill, clay that will not percolate, or a missing discharge. Standing water is a path problem — not automatic proof you need a French drain.

Often. The corridor between the house and the fence is a trap: roof water, no daylight, and shade. Sometimes the first move is burying the downspouts. Sometimes it is a collection line and solid pipe through the corridor. We measure both structures before we pick.

Water on the wall is a property-risk problem, not a backyard puddle. Stop feeding the foundation first — downspouts, beds piled against brick, grade that pitches to the slab. Perimeter collection comes after the sources are named. We do not promise to protect a foundation permanently.

A channel drain at the right elevation, then a conveyance line that leaves the property. The drive is pitching toward the door. Towels and a longer downspout will not change the slab.

Yes. Wet when the irrigation runs, dry after rain, or a single zone that never dries is often a pressurized line — not poor drainage. We screen for that on the analysis. Installing pipe to “fix” a leak leaves the leak in the ground.

Sometimes a single low area is a yard drain. Often the whole rear lot is a bowl — fill, fences, and neighbor discharge with nowhere to go. That can be grade, collection, a pump, or a whole-property path. The analysis is how we tell which.

If the soil is moving, the water already has a path — just not one you chose. Planting on top of concentrated flow is how the bed disappears a second time. We slow it, collect it, or give it a designed swale and an outlet.

Wet only after rain belongs here. Wet when the sprinklers operate is irrigation. Sewage odor or fixtures backing up is a drain line. If you cannot tell, book the analysis before anyone digs.