French Drain and Yard Drainage in Parchment, MI
Kalamazoo Drainage Pros serves Parchment, Michigan, the old paper-mill city just north of Kalamazoo on the river. We are a licensed and insured drainage contractor installing french drains, exterior footing drains, sump discharge lines, and buried downspouts for the older homes packed across the city.
Parchment grew up around the paper mill, on low ground close to the Kalamazoo River, with small lots and houses set near each other. That leaves little room and a high water table, so foundation water is the common call. We handle it with a perimeter footing drain of perforated pipe in washed #57 stone, wrapped in filter fabric, and where there is no fall to daylight, tied to a sump. A line left flat on this low ground freezes and backs up in a Kalamazoo winter, so we slope and protect every run.
A tight old mill town brings both of the valley's water problems onto one lot. The homes are among the oldest around Kalamazoo, so their original drainage has long since aged out, and the low river ground keeps groundwater sitting high against the foundations. Close-set houses also leave few places to send the water, which makes the outlet the real work here, not the digging.
Our work in Parchment runs from exterior footing drains and sump discharge lines to french drains and buried downspout lines. Every job starts with a free written estimate.
Call (269) 555-0177 for a free estimate in Parchment. On a small low lot by the river, finding the water a way out is half the fix.