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You can usually tell which part of a Wilmington yard is causing trouble before anyone points it out. The mower tracks bend around it, or there’s a strip beside the house where the ground still gives under your boots even though the driveway is dry. Homeowners know that spot because they’ve been avoiding it after every hard rain.<\/span><\/p>\n Installing French Drain Pipe is about changing what happens beneath that problem area. Crawl Space Ninja determines where the drain needs to collect water, lays out the route, prepares the drainage zone, installs the pipe and surrounding materials, and accounts for where the water will go. If part of your Wilmington property repeatedly stays soggy, contact us online<\/a> to schedule an inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n Before talking about pipe, we walk the wet area. A homeowner may take us behind the patio, through a gate, or down a narrow side yard that becomes difficult to cross after a Wilmington downpour. We look for soft soil, washed mulch, mower ruts, flattened grass, and sediment showing where water has moved.<\/span><\/p>\n Then we look beyond the puddle. Roof runoff, a driveway edge, or another section of lawn may be contributing water. French Drain Pipe needs to be positioned where the drainage zone can intercept unwanted water, not simply where digging would be easiest.<\/span><\/p>\n Wilmington’s watersheds eventually drain toward either the Cape Fear River or Intracoastal Waterway, but that doesn’t diagnose one backyard. We still have to put boots in the yard and determine where this French drain needs to work.<\/span><\/p>\n \nPut the French Drain Where It Can Work<\/span><\/h2>\n
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