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Yard Drainage and Grading Solutions

Protect your home from an expensive flooding disaster!

With Over 40 Years of Expert Drainage Experience and Execution – we get the job done right the first time – Don’t Compromise Your Home’s Safety and Foundation with Unproven and Inexperienced Providers!

  • We are the best drainage solution provider in Chicago, backed by 42 years of experience and more than 10,000 successful installations.
  • A large part of our business involves repairing or replacing faulty drainage systems installed by less experienced contractors (often cheaper options from contractors with little to no experience).
  • Going with what appears to be more cost-effective option at the start can end up costing much more time and money later (possibly double or more), and can possibly put your property and your home’s foundation at risk.
  • Choosing our team from the outset ensures that your drainage is handled correctly the first time, and also makes sure you are not having to call out an expert like us later on to come and repair a faulty drainage system installed by a contractor who has little to no experience.
  • Here is the typical chronological order of the scenario we see and hear about from our customers that plays out over and over again, year after year from providers with little to no experience
  • These inexperienced providers:
    • quote cheap so they can get the business
    • install the job improperly or incorrectly
    • they get paid
    • you find out the problem isn’t solved
    • after you request they come out and repair it – they then stop responding to you and disappear
    • you’re out all the money you spent, and you have a faulty drainage system that is harder to rip out, re-engineer, and replace than if we were to have come in from the get-go and do the engineering and installation
    •  now you have to pay someone to get the job done right
    • You end up paying over double to get it done correctly when you factor in the first inexperienced provider who disappeared after you paid them

Client Testimonial:

“You guys did a great job on regrading and putting down sod last year. The new drain you put in is great because the back of the yard never floods anymore. I need you to look in the front of the yard because the previous contractor who put in the French drain under the pavers didn’t do it correctly. Then the other thing is I wanted to put a French drain beneath the sidewalk near the front stoop that currently has a gutter running across the sidewalk. “  – Laurie Hachmeister​

Your grading and yard drainage issues will be addressed by our capable staff and we will work with you to develop a plan for water remediation If the slope of your yard is wrong you may have yard drainage problems caused by improper grading. After a hard rain or even watering, you may notice pools of standing water that are not readily absorbed into the ground. It’s not uncommon to have basement seepage and flooding or foundation problems caused by poor grading that allows the water to flow toward your building’s foundation. In these cases, Tommy Pollina’s crews will alter your yard’s grade in such a way to alleviate these problems.

Sometimes grading alone will not work, so our team of professionals at Tommy Pollina Landscape has extensive experience installing drainage systems. Drainage systems also factor in when grading alone will not solve the problems caused by water retention. You may have to consider installing drainage systems like:

  • Surface drains
  • Underground drain tile
  • French drains
  • Even connections to municipal drainage systems (where allowable)

The solution for your yard drainage problem can easily be incorporated into your yard’s overall landscape design because Tommy Pollina is a one-stop shop for all your landscape wants and needs. With our years of experience, proper equipment, and well-trained workmen, Tommy Pollina Landscape is prepared to solve any landscape problem.

Please call 847.698.6868 or Contact Us to discuss Drainage.

Tommy Pollina Landscape Company – serving Chicagoland since 1982.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Drainage

How do I keep water away from my house foundation?

When it comes to keeping water away from your house, the best thing you can do is to redirect it away. The overall goal is to create a way for the water to continuously flow away from the house. This creates positive drainage where your home needs it most, close to the house.

Sometimes grading alone will not work, so our team of professionals at Tommy Pollina Landscape has extensive experience installing drainage systems. Drainage systems also factor in when grading alone will not solve the problems caused by water retention. You may have to consider installing drainage systems like:

  • Surface Drains
  • Underground Drain Tile
  • French Drains
  • Connections To Municipal Drainage Systems (where allowable)
  • Sump Pump Discharge

How do I stop water drainage in my yard?

The short yet obvious answer is to reroute the water away from your house, but it may not be that simple. If the slope of your yard is wrong you may have yard drainage problems caused by improper grading. After a hard rain or even watering, you may notice pools of standing water that are not readily absorbed into the ground. It’s not uncommon to have basement seepage and flooding or foundation problems caused by poor grading that allows the water to flow toward your building’s foundation. In these cases, Tommy Pollina’s crews will alter your yard’s grade in such a way to alleviate these problems.

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If you have a constant wet area (that is full of mud and breeds mosquitoes), due to sump pump discharge, we can reroute your sump pump discharge and remove standing water with our drainage systems making your yard usable and beautiful again.

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