Drainage and excavation contractors install them, landscapers install the yard versions, and foundation or waterproofing contractors install the ones at a footing. Which you want depends on where the drain is going. A yard run and a foundation run are different work with different risks attached.

What any of them should know about this ground

The middle home in Syracuse was built in 2005 and the shallowest mapped seasonal water table sits 3.1 inches down. Newer housing usually came with a footing drain, so the first question for any of the three trades is not what they would install but what is already there and whether it still works. A firm that quotes a new system without looking for the existing one is quoting a job you may not need.

The reasoning behind that

For a yard drain, a drainage contractor or a landscaping firm with real excavation capability is the right call. The work is trenching, stone, pipe, fabric and an outfall, and the risks are mostly about fall and destination.

For a drain at a foundation, the work is excavation beside a structure. That belongs with a contractor who does foundation or waterproofing work, because the wall gets cleaned and membraned while it is open and the backfill has to be reinstated properly.

For an interior perimeter drain, it is a waterproofing contractor. The slab is cut, the pipe is set at the footing from inside, and a sump handles the discharge.

In every case the question worth leading with is what they would do if the diagnosis came back as a downspout. A firm that has an answer to that is a firm that diagnoses.

More on this: Drainage Services in Syracuse, UT.

Every question, in one place: Syracuse Utah French Drain drainage questions.

Check the Syracuse Utah French Drain service area to see whether your street is covered.

Back to Syracuse Utah French Drain.