Drainage Problems in Lafayette
Drainage Issues in Lafayette show up as water getting into your home or building, and can cause basement flooding, wet crawlspaces, mold, landslides, mud in the yard, and flooding or pooling of water in the yard. Driveway drainage problems in Lafayette may include water getting into the garage, into the home, and unwanted puddles on the concrete driveway. If you notice signs of drainage problems in your Lafayette property, we will be pleased to come take a look at it, with no obligation. Just give us a call at (510) 215-3636 to set up a professional estimate.
Drainage Contractors
Drainage construction in Lafayette often involves drainage design in order to protect basement from flooding, dry out wet crawlspaces, avoid mud slides, protect retaining wall, and stop the yard from flooding. Water under a house or home can be very damaging, causing mold, bad smells, mildew, and dry rot. Drain repair and drainage repair may involve installation of French drain or French drains, and sometimes it is necessary to install sub drains, and a catch basin and sump pump to divert water from low areas under a home. Rain water and storm water should run off the roof through gutters and downspouts, onto concrete tile or through grates then into the French drain, through piping and find its way to appropriate storm drains.
As competent drainage contractors we offer professional estimates in Lafayette, provide advice on drainage design, provide an estimate or bid for your drainage job, perform the work quickly and efficiently, with minimum intrusion on your lifestyle. Most drainage problems are too much for the do it yourself project. They often involve structural design, concrete pour into wood forms, underground drainage, and more.
Actual drainage job completed in Lafayette:
Here is one of many examples of a drainage construction project we completed on Happy Valley Ct, in Lafayette:
We will construct a drainage system around the entire perimeter of 950, with the exception of the garage.
The drainage system consists of two pipes in a rock filled trench. One is perforated, to collect sub-surface water and the other is non-perforated, to collect water from the roof downspouts. At the upper end or start of the perforated pipe, a clean-out will be provided so the pipe can be tested or cleaned as necessary.
The average depth for the perforated pipe will be 3 feet or below the grade of the soil under the house and both the perforated and non-perforated pipe will fall at least 1/8 inch per foot for the total length of the system to the point of discharge.
The perforated pipe will be installed on top of a bed of gravel, two inches deep, with the perforations pointed down. The trench will then be then backfilled with drain rock. The rock we recommend is Class I, Permeable Type A drain rock per the California State Specifications. The drain rock is clean gravel that varies in size from 1/4 to 1/2 inch.
The trench will be a minimum of 12 inches wide. This permits a four inch blanket of rock on each side of the four inch perforated pipe.
The system will discharge into a sump from where the water will be pumped into the existing drainage ditch that runs along the front of the property.
The pump we will use is a high quality 1/3 H.P. 115 volt submersible with a 1 1/4 inch discharge. The performance rating is 42 GPM at a head of 10 feet.
A check valve will be installed in the discharge line to keep water from running back into the sump when the pump turns off. The pump does not pump the sump dry and there will usually be water standing in the bottom.
The installation will be made so that it will be as easy as possible to service or replace the pump when this becomes necessary
We will remove and replace the existing rear deck boards as necessary. The storage sheds to be removed by others prior to the start of work.
This work could be done in phases with less of an initial cost.
We will construct a drainage system around the entire perimeter of 948 (rear house), with the exception of the garage. The specs will be similar to the above except we will excavate the trench large enough for others to construct the flash wall, then we will install the drainage. This system will discharge into its own sump, from where the water will be pumped through a pipe placed into the trench that surrounds 950 to daylight at the drainage ditch. We will remove and patch a strip of the asphalt driveway as necessary.
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In Lafayette we specialize in drainage.