Are you experiencing any of the following?

• Erosion problems
• Areas of you yard that are persistently soggy
• Areas of your yard where the grass, trees and shrubs are yellowed, or showing signs of being waterlogged
• Or pools of standing water anywhere on your property?

If so, then it’s a clear sign that you’ve got a drainage issue. It’s a bigger problem than you might think, especially if you’ve got pools of water collecting somewhere that linger for days after it rains.

The issue there is that if the water is pooling close to your house, then you can bet that some portion of it is seeping into, your foundation. Few things are more damaging to home and property than water, and it won’t be long before you’re looking at serious damage that could cost thousands of dollars to fix.

Things get even worse if you have a basement, and many homes in the area do. The problem there is that the water is pooling because the soil has already absorbed as much as it can. All that water in the soil adds immensely to its weight, which means it’s exerting vast amounts of pressure on the walls of your basement.

Over time, that’s going to lead to cracking and leaking, and if you don’t take immediate action, it will ultimately cause your basement walls to start caving in. At that point, you may be facing staggering repair bills!

Even if the water is collecting and lingering a safe distance from your home though, it’s still a major problem because it:

• Reduces the amount of useable lawn space you have for landscaping and entertaining
• Is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other pests
• And is a breeding ground for a variety of microbes, most of which are harmful to human health

Not good. Fortunately, all of the problems described above can be fixed with the installation of a properly designed landscaping drainage system on your Potomac, MD property.

Note that unless you had your home custom built, it’s possible that some former owner did some landscaping work, and/or had a landscaping drainage installed on the Potomac, MD property you now own, but over time, that system has become clogged or damaged, leading to the problems you’re seeing now.

If that’s the case, the solution is a simple one. We locate the drainage system, find the point of failure and fix it. Problem solved. If you’re not sure whether or not you have a landscaping drainage system on your Potomac, MD property, we can send one of our experienced engineers out to your home to survey and assess the situation.

If it turns out you don’t have one, we can design a landscaping drainage system for your Potomac, MD property and install it for you. Before any work begins though, we’ll give you a free, no obligation estimate so you’ll have a firm understanding of exactly what it will take to put the problem behind you once and for all.

Here’s another thing related to the above. If you plan to eventually do quite a bit of landscaping, you definitely want to install a landscaping drainage system on your Potomac, MD early on, probably as your first order of business. That way, you won’t have to worry about having to rip out additions that come later to attend to it.

This brings us to the topic of the master landscaping design document, and its importance.

If you’re only planning a smaller landscaping project, then a master design document won’t be of much benefit, but if you’ve got a long list of improvements you’d like to make on and around your property, then it becomes incredibly valuable for a number of reasons.

First and foremost, by putting all of your landscaping goals and ambitions in one centralized place, it allows you to spot dependencies like the one we described above.

Second, it gives you the opportunity to compare your various landscaping components with everything else on your list so you can make sure that none of the additions you have planned will clash with each other, creating an aesthetic that’s not pleasing to the eye.

Finding that out before the work begins will save you both time and money, and greatly simplify the process.

Finally, it allows you to better prioritize your list of landscaping projects, and break them down into smaller, bite-sized sub-components that are more budget friendly. This will enable you to make steady progress on your landscaping goals and approach the problem in a logical, systematic manner.

We can help you put the document together and offer our expert opinion and advice about the initiatives you’d like to undertake. It may well be the case that there’s a more cost-effective means of doing some of the work you have in mind. We can help identify those opportunities, which will save you money.

If you know you want to turn your property into the showplace you’ve always imagined it could be, but you’re struggling to express your vision, not to worry. Our website is filled with photographs showcasing the work we’ve done for your friends and neighbors. Spend some time checking it out and you’ll not only get tons of great ideas for your own project, but it will give you the opportunity to see the quality of our work for yourself.

When you’re ready to begin, we’re just a phone call away!