French Drain and Yard Drainage in Highland, Waterloo, IA
Waterloo Drainage Pros is a licensed and insured drainage contractor serving the Highland neighborhood on Waterloo's east side. We install french drains, bury downspout lines, run exterior footing drains, and set catch basins for the older homes across this historic district.
Highland is Waterloo's oldest neighborhood, built on higher ground set back from the Cedar River. The homes are grand and long-standing, and their drainage has decades on it. We handle foundation water from outside with a footing drain of perforated pipe in washed #57 stone, wrapped in geotextile fabric and sloped to daylight or a sump. A bare stone trench with no fabric silts closed on this old ground; the fabric is what keeps the drain working.
Sitting up off the river, Highland is spared the worst of the valley flooding, but time has worked on its drainage all the same. A grade that shed water when these houses were built has settled the wrong way, old downspouts still let go at the wall, and a buried line laid generations back may have broken underground. The elevation helps; the age of the system is the real problem.
Our work in Highland runs from exterior footing drains and french drains to grading and buried downspout lines. Call (319) 555-0196 for a free estimate on your home.