Q: A well-respected and competent contractor who has done excellent work for us in the past is giving us a bid to install a French drain and surface drain in our sloped backyard in San Mateo. For ...

Whether your yard has a slight slope, or a significant hill, it could be worth researching the safety of paver installations ...

Negative slope of the soil around the perimeter of new homes causes a majority of basement drainage problems. That’s when soil tilts toward a basement wall instead of away from it.

If you have a soggy yard, an eroding slope or a wet basement due to surface runoff, a French drain may be a viable solution. Install one as protection above an eroded area, to intercept runoff ...

The paver was equipped with dual averaging skis and six Trimble ST200 sonic tracers (three on each side) to match asphalt slope requirements to the drain grates, and the averaging system input ...

A lack of fairway slope, soils that drain slowly, and pond levels that are only 6 inches below the playing surface created significant drainage issues on the fourth fairway at Idle Hour Country Club.