Mt. Juliet, Tennessee — Wilson County
Red clay doesn't drain — it has to be graded, piped, and channeled. We design and install French drains, regrade problem yards, and stop erosion before it reaches your foundation.
FREE SITE WALK · FIXED WRITTEN QUOTES · WATER-TESTED BEFORE WE LEAVE
Tell us what the water is doing. We'll walk the property and give you a fixed quote — no pressure, no surprises.
The warning signs
Wilson County's clay-heavy soil can take days to absorb runoff. Ponding kills grass, breeds mosquitoes, and signals the grade is working against you.
Moisture under the house leads to mold, rot, and sagging floors. It usually starts with surface water that was never routed away from the foundation.
Every storm carries topsoil off your property. Left alone, erosion undermines driveways, retaining walls, and slabs.
Staining or dampness at the base of your home means runoff is collecting against it. This is the one you fix first.
What we do
01 — Most requested
Gravel-and-pipe systems that intercept groundwater and surface runoff and carry it away from your home. Designed for clay soil, water-tested on completion.
TYPICAL RANGE: $2,500–$12,000 DEPENDING ON LENGTH & DEPTH
French drains in Lebanon, TN →02
Reshaping the slope of your lot so water moves where it should. Includes swales, catch basins, downspout burial, and pop-up emitters.
TYPICAL RANGE: $1,500–$15,000 DEPENDING ON SCOPE
Yard drainage & grading →03
Stopping washouts with regrading, rip-rap, check structures, and drainage that removes the water causing the damage — not just the symptom.
TYPICAL RANGE: $1,200–$10,000 DEPENDING ON SEVERITY
Erosion control →04
Exterior solutions that keep water from ever reaching the crawl space: foundation drains, downspout routing, and grade correction at the house.
TYPICAL RANGE: $2,000–$9,000 DEPENDING ON ACCESS
Crawl space drainage →How it works
FIG. 01 — Water follows the path of least resistance. A French drain gives it one, before it finds your crawl space.
The process
We walk the property — ideally right after rain — and map where water enters, pools, and exits.
You get a written scope and a fixed price. No allowances, no "we'll see when we dig."
Most residential systems are installed in 1–3 days. We protect landscaping and utilities are located before any digging.
We run water through the system before we leave and walk the finished grade with you.
Service area
We serve the neighborhoods and back roads we actually know — Providence and Del Webb in Mt. Juliet, the clay flats off Highway 70, the new construction along the Highway 109 corridor in Lebanon, and the acreage out toward Watertown.
Questions we hear on every site walk
Most residential French drain systems in Wilson County run $2,500–$12,000 depending on length, depth, discharge location, and access for equipment. Short downspout-relief runs can be less; whole-yard systems with catch basins can be more. You'll get a fixed number after a free site walk — never a per-foot guess over the phone.
Two reasons: clay and construction. Our red clay subsoil is nearly impermeable, so rain moves sideways across it instead of soaking in — here's the full explanation. And rapid development changes how water flows across neighboring lots — many drainage problems appear only after nearby land is built out.
Usually, if the water is coming from surface runoff or shallow groundwater — which is the most common cause here. The fix is intercepting water before it reaches the foundation. If the source is a plumbing leak or rising groundwater under the footing, you may need a different approach, and we'll tell you that at the evaluation instead of selling you the wrong system.
Small residential yard drainage typically doesn't require a permit, but work that changes grading near property lines, affects stormwater flow, or ties into public infrastructure can. We handle verification with the city or county as part of the quote.
Most residential systems take 1–3 working days. Larger regrading or erosion projects can run a week. Weather matters — we won't fine-grade in a downpour and hand you a mud pit.
The evaluation is free, the quote is fixed, and if what you actually need is a $40 downspout extension instead of a $4,000 drain, we'll say so.
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