Our Drainage Solutions
Standing water in the yard, moisture against the foundation after every rain, a slope losing soil with each storm, these look similar but they’re different problems with different fixes. Putting the wrong fix on the wrong one wastes money. Surface drainage from bad grade is a different problem from subsurface saturation pushing on a foundation. Cleveland clay creates both. We assess both before recommending anything.
Drainage & Erosion IN Cleveland TN
Professional Drainage Solutions for Your Cleveland Property
Cleveland has acknowledged it has long-standing flooding problems, the city’s own language when it created the Stormwater Utility and worked with the Army Corps of Engineers on the waterways. That public infrastructure work addresses the creek channels at a city scale. It doesn’t fix the drainage on your lot, and it never will. As North Cleveland and the outlying areas built out through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, runoff volume through established neighborhoods climbed well beyond what their original drainage was sized for. Properties that flooded rarely thirty years ago now flood on a schedule, not because anything failed, but because the watershed feeding them grew.
FRENCH DRAIN INSTALLATION
EROSION CONTROL
CULVERT INSTALLATION
SURFACE
DRAINAGE
WATER DIVERSION
CATCH BASIN INSTALLATION
Benefits of Working With Pullen's Land Work
SOURCE FIXED, NOT MANAGED DOWNSTREAM
We Diagnose Where the Water Enters Before Recommending Anything
Most drainage patches manage symptoms. We find where the water is actually entering the property and install the fix at that point. That’s why the fix holds instead of moving the problem somewhere else on the lot.
RIGHT FIX FOR THE ACTUAL PROBLEM
Surface Grade and Subsurface Saturation Need Different Solutions
A French drain on a surface-water problem wastes money. Regrading a subsurface-saturation problem leaves the crawl space wet. We diagnose which problem you have before recommending either.
SYSTEM SIZED FOR YOUR SITE
Trench, Pipe, and Outlet Designed Around Your Actual Water Volume
A drain too shallow, too narrow, or routed to a spot that doesn’t drain won’t solve anything. We design around your site’s actual drainage load and terrain, not a standard template from a flat-soil market.
Two different drainage problems, one or both on the same property
Surface drainage is water moving above ground that collects in low spots or runs toward the house because the grade is wrong. Signs: pooling in the yard, runoff aimed at the foundation, erosion channels across slopes. Fix: regrading to establish correct fall, sometimes with diversion channels or a swale.
Subsurface drainage is water saturating the soil below grade and building pressure against foundations. Signs: wet crawl space, moisture staining on foundation walls, ground that stays spongy for days after rain. Fix: a properly sized French drain carrying water to a daylight outlet well away from the problem area.
Bradley County clay creates both kinds on the same property. We assess both on every site visit. Solving one while ignoring the other just leaves you with half a wet yard and a bill.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does French drain installation cost in Cleveland TN?
It depends on trench length, depth, access, and whether regrading is needed alongside it. The only accurate price comes from seeing your property. Site visit is free.
What's causing water to pool against my foundation?
Usually one of two things, often both: the grade slopes toward the house, or subsurface water is building pressure against the foundation. Regrading addresses the first. A perimeter French drain addresses the second. We diagnose on-site before recommending either.
Can drainage fix my slope without a retaining wall?
Sometimes. If a slope is eroding because water channels across it, rerouting the flow can stop the loss. If the slope is actively moving, drainage alone won’t stabilize it and a wall is needed. We tell you which situation you’re actually in.
Does drainage work need a permit in Bradley County?
Private-property drainage generally doesn’t. Disturbing more than one acre triggers TDEC permit requirements, and work near designated waterways under Cleveland’s Floodplain Ordinance may need review.