A lot of landscape problems here start as water problems. Standing water, a soggy yard, a wet foundation, a slope washing out. We regrade, drain and fix the cause, and I like running the machines that do it.
“Marcus and his team did a great job replacing a walkway in our backyard along with installing a patio for a fire pit.… Additionally, he installed plants through our front and back beds as well as installed river rock to help with water management. I have worked with Marcus before and always found him a good communicator. He and his team are here when they say they are going to be and don’t leave a mess when they are done. Marcus is a high integrity business owner. I would recommend him to anyone looking for landscape design and installation.”
Sometimes it is regrading so water finally runs away from the house. Sometimes it is buried drain lines and a dry creek bed of river rock that carries storm water and looks like a landscape feature. One client came to us with a backyard neglected for thirty years and water pooling against the house. We fixed the drainage first, then designed the landscape on top of it.
Machine work is part of nearly every build we do, and we take on excavation and grading as its own job too: cutting grades for walls, site prep, culvert work, leveling and seeding. One project ran culvert piping with a land bridge over a creek, then graded and seeded the entire backyard behind it.
Water against the foundation usually means the grade is tipped the wrong way, and the fix is regrading so the first stretch of yard falls away from the house. A lawn that stays soggy for days after rain is a clay problem, so buried drain lines or a dry creek bed give the water somewhere to go. A slope that washes out every spring wants structure, a wall or outcropping stone with plantings to knit it together. The site visit sorts out which one you are looking at, because treating the wrong one does not move the water.
We fix water problems in this order:
Most of this work lands in Garrettsville drainage, Mantua, Aurora, Streetsboro and the rest of the towns on the service area page, all inside the circle we keep around our Mantua yard.
Usually, yes. The fix depends on the cause: regrading, buried drains, a dry creek, or all three. We diagnose it on a site visit and fix the water before we plant or build anything on top of it.
It is a graded channel of river rock and boulders that carries storm water when it rains and reads as a landscape feature when it does not. Built with the right grade and fabric under it, it works, and it looks better than a plastic pipe you mow around.
Yes. Final grades, drainage, and lawn establishment on new builds is work we take on, and we have handled full backyard grade-and-seed jobs behind bigger projects.
Northeast Ohio clay, usually, plus grading that sends water somewhere it should not go. Clay drains slowly, so the fix is moving the water: regrade the surface, bury drains, or carry it in a dry creek. The site visit tells us which your yard needs.
It depends on where the water comes from and how far it has to travel. A downspout extension is trivial; regrading a back yard with buried lines is a project. We price the fix after seeing where the water goes.
The same circle as everything we build: Hudson, Streetsboro, Aurora, Mantua, Stow and the rest of the list on our service area page. We stay close to the Mantua yard so Marcus can be on every site.
Usually. Most projects that include drainage and grading work also touch 24/7 snow & ice management, and designing the two together is cheaper and cleaner than bolting one on later.
“Marcus made an overwhelming project stress-free with his great design ideas, communication, timeliness and hard work. Marcus and his team members are enjoyable people and take pride in the work they do -- and it shows! We will be contacting Marcus to design and install the next phases of our project.”
“I have never met a more caring landscaper than Marcus. His number one priority is making his customers happy at a fair price. It's such a relief to know you can trust the people working for you to do the job like it was their own home. So excited to see what he has in mind for my yard this spring!”
“I highly recommend Marcus and Lasting Impressions Landscape & Design. Professional, meticulous, fairly priced and timely. Our lawn always looks great.”
Ready to talk drainage and grading work? Marcus answers the phone himself, Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm.
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