French Drain and Yard Drainage in Vicksburg, MI
Kalamazoo Drainage Pros serves Vicksburg, Michigan, the historic village south of Kalamazoo on Portage Creek. We are a licensed and insured drainage contractor installing french drains, yard drainage, grading, swales, and catch basins for homes and properties around the village.
Vicksburg grew up around a mill on the creek, so the older village homes sit on low ground near the water while newer houses spread onto the flat farmland outside it. Down near the creek we drain foundation and yard water with perforated pipe on washed #57 stone behind filter fabric, run to the lowest outlet the lot has. Out on the flat ground, where the land barely tilts, a swale mowed into the lawn can carry runoff to a ditch or a basin, doing a pipe's work without one.
The village mixes two drainage problems. The older homes by Portage Creek carry aged lines and a high water table, while the surrounding lots are flat, slow clay where water stands in the same low places after every rain and thaw. Without much fall to work with outside the creek corridor, the job is often less about digging deep and more about shaping the surface so water travels where you want it.
Our work in Vicksburg covers yard drainage, grading and swales, catch basins and dry wells, and french drains. Every job starts with a free written estimate.
Call (269) 555-0177 for a free estimate in Vicksburg. On flat ground outside the creek corridor, shaping the water's path is half the fix.