Irrigation · Nashville, TN
Drainage & French Drains in Nashville
Yard drains, French drains, downspout tie-ins and regrading for ground that holds water or sends it at the house.
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Drainage & French Drains in Nashville, Tennessee
Yard drains, French drains, downspout tie-ins and regrading for ground that holds water or sends it at the house.
Nashville's Irrigation does drainage & french drains for homeowners across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Irrigation contractors who design by zone, set the controller for Tennessee weather, and test the backflow the utility requires.
Why homeowners call
Signs a system needs this work
- Dry patches no matter how long it runs
- Heads watering the driveway
- Water bill jumped suddenly
- Zone stopped working entirely
- Yard holds water after rain
- Never been winterized
What is included
Parts and tests in drainage & french drains
- French drains, channel drains and catch basins
- Downspout tie-ins routed away from the foundation
- Regrading where the ground falls toward the house
- Pop-up emitters and daylight discharge points
- Existing buried drains scoped and cleared
- Discharge that does not move the problem to a neighbor
How drainage & french drains goes, zone by zone
Irrigation and drainage are the same trade because they are the same question asked in two directions. A yard that holds water does not need more water, and installing a sprinkler system on ground that already drains badly makes both problems worse.
Getting downspout water away from the foundation is frequently the highest-value work on the property. In Middle Tennessee clay that single change prevents crawl space water and the foundation movement that follows it.
Also available
More irrigation and drainage work
New Sprinkler Systems
Designed zone by zone for head-to-head coverage, your water pressure and the way your yard actually drains.
Learn moreSprinkler Repair
Broken heads, cut lines, stuck valves, wiring faults and the dry patches that are really coverage problems.
Learn moreControllers & Smart Watering
Weather-based controllers programmed for Tennessee seasons instead of the factory default that waters daily.
Learn moreBackflow Testing & Certification
Annual testing and certification, which most Middle Tennessee utilities require on any irrigation connection.
Learn moreWinterization & Spring Start-Up
Blow-outs before the first hard freeze and a full system check and adjustment when it comes back on.
Learn moreService area
Lawns we water across Middle Tennessee
Technicians cover Nashville along with 64 more towns in 12 counties; yards anywhere in Middle Tennessee no more than about an hour out of Nashville are on our map.
FAQ
People ask us about drainage & french drains
Can my irrigation contractor fix yard drainage too?
Yes — the two are the same trade underground. French drains, catch basins, downspout tie-ins and regrading move water away from where it pools and away from the house, and they are laid out alongside the irrigation so one does not cut through the other. A yard that holds water in winter and needs watering in summer is common here, and both are solved with pipe.
What is a French drain and where does it go?
A trench with a perforated pipe in washed gravel, wrapped in fabric, sloped to carry water from where it collects to where it can go — daylight on a slope, a dry well, or a storm drain. It goes along the uphill side of a wet area or the foundation, intercepting water before it arrives. A trench with a pipe and no gravel or slope is a buried pipe, not a drain.
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