New lawns and drainage
New lawns on new grade, and the drainage that goes under them when a yard holds water: filter fabric, crushed stone and infiltration chambers.
How we build it
Water that sits on a lawn or runs toward the house has to go somewhere. On the job in these photos, the excavation was lined with filter fabric, bedded in crushed stone and fitted with infiltration chambers, which hold the runoff and let it soak back into the ground.
Along porches and foundations, a bed of drainage stone does the same job on a smaller scale.
Then the yard is graded and brought back as a new lawn, often together with the walls, walks and plantings around it.
What we build
- New lawns on new grade
- Drainage with filter fabric and crushed stone
- Infiltration chambers for runoff
- Drainage stone along porches and foundations
On our jobs
All our work
Open the photoFabric-lined excavation with a crushed stone bed 
Open the photoLining a large excavation with filter fabric 
Open the photoDrainage stone going in along a porch 
Open the photoA new lawn behind the house 
Open the photoNew lawn out to the shed 
Open the photoNew lawn along new evergreens 
Open the photoNew lawn beside the drive 
Open the photoFieldstone retaining wall above a new lawn 
Open the photoBoulder wall and new plantings along a stone path 
Open the photoCrushed stone driveway along a new lawn 
Open the photoLow fieldstone garden wall along a lawn
Questions
Where can a drywell go?
Under Title 5, at least 10 feet from the septic tank and 25 feet from the leaching field. A trench deeper than 3 feet also needs a trench permit from the town, even on private land.
Planning one?
Send a few photos of the yard and what you have in mind. The consultation is free.
Free estimate