French Drain Installation
A gravel-and-pipe French drain intercepts the water table and reroutes it away from your foundation and low spots — the fix for a yard that stays soggy long after the rain stops.
French DrainsYard Drainage · Mobile County, Alabama
Yard Drainage & French Drain Installation in Mobile, AL
Mobile has two different wet-yard causes — a winter water table that sits within a foot of the surface on low, flat lots, and fast runoff on the sandy uplands. We figure out which one is soaking your yard and install the drainage that fixes it.
Free on-site assessment. No pressure, no sales visit — a diagnosis.
Serving Mobile County, ALFrench drains · catch basins · dry wellsFree on-site assessmentFixed written quote before we dig
The diagnosis comes first
Mobile County has two soil worlds. Your fix depends on which one you’re standing in.
Most drainage companies sell one system to everyone. We start by reading your soil — because a French drain that dries out a low, flat lot can quietly do nothing on a sandy upland.
Soil world № 1 · Wet flats
Low, flat lots where water has nowhere to go
On the low, flat ground, the winter water table can sit within a foot of the surface from December through April. Rain can’t soak down into ground that’s already full, so it pools and lingers — the fix is to intercept that water and route it, deliberately, to a lower outlet.
Common in
Prichard · Mobile’s low-lying flats · Saraland
Soil world № 2 · Sandy uplands
Sloped, sandy ground where water moves too fast
On the sandy ridges, the ground drains freely and the problem is velocity — runoff, grading, a downspout cutting a channel and dumping water against the foundation before the sand can take it. The fix here is on the surface, not underground.
Common in
West Mobile · Semmes · Tillmans Corner
Not sure which yard you have? That’s what the free assessment is for →
67″
of rain falls on Mobile in an average year
Source: NOAA / NCEI 1991–2020 climate normals, Mobile Regional Airport
12″
below the surface — where the winter water table sits on Mobile’s low, flat lots (Dec–Apr)
Source: USDA Web Soil Survey / NRCS, Mobile County
38
named tropical systems have affected the Mobile area since 1995
Source: NWS Mobile historical tropical events list
What we build
Three systems, sized to your soil.
Yard Drainage Systems
Catch basins, surface drains, and regrading move standing water off your lawn and hardscape. We size the system to how your lot actually drains, not a national script.
Yard DrainageDrainage Contractor
Downspout extensions, dry wells, and subsurface drainage, built around Mobile County’s actual soils, not a national script. One diagnosis, one plan, one fix.
What We DoHow it works
How We Fix a Wet Yard
No sales scripts and no scare tactics — you’ll know what your yard needs before anyone digs.
- Step 01On-Site Assessment
We walk the yard and find where the water sits and why — a high winter water table on a low, flat lot, or fast runoff off the uplands.
- Step 02Written Plan & Quote
You get a drainage design matched to your soil and grade, and a fixed written quote before any work starts.
- Step 03The Install
French drains, catch basins, dry wells, or regrading go in — a short job for most yards, not a multi-week project.
- Step 04Backfill & Test
We restore the surface, then run water through the system to confirm your yard actually drains.
Free Drainage Assessment
Find out why your yard floods — for free.
One call and one on-site look tells you which drainage your yard needs — or that it doesn’t need one.
(251) 620-5751