Drainage & Excavation · Nashville, TN
Catch Basins & Surface Drains in Nashville
Collecting water where it pools and taking it somewhere it can actually go.
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Catch Basins & Surface Drains in Nashville, Tennessee
Collecting water where it pools and taking it somewhere it can actually go.
Nashville's Drainage and Excavation does catch basins & surface drains for homeowners across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drainage contractors who watch where the water goes before they dig, and give it somewhere to go.
Why homeowners call
Where the water usually gives itself away
- Standing water days after rain
- Water running toward the house
- Soggy patch that never dries out
- Crawl space or basement taking water
- Soil washing off a slope
- Downspouts dumping at the foundation
What is included
Pipe, stone and grade: what catch basins & surface drains involves
- Basin sited at the actual low point, not the convenient one
- Grate set flush so a mower passes over it
- Sump below the outlet so silt collects and can be cleared
- Solid pipe from basin to outlet
- Fall maintained along the whole run
- Multiple basins linked where one will not cope
- Outlet to daylight or a suitable discharge
- Cleaning access explained
Catch Basins & Surface Drains on the ground, from locates to backfill
A catch basin collects surface water where it already pools, and it only works if it is at the true low point. Water finds that spot exactly; a basin six feet away from it will sit dry while the puddle stays.
The sump matters. A basin with its outlet at the very bottom passes silt straight into the pipe. A sump below the outlet lets sediment settle where it can be scooped out.
Solid pipe from a basin, not perforated. The job here is moving collected water away, not gathering more along the route.
Basins need occasional clearing, and we show you how rather than leaving you to discover it when the yard floods again.
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More drainage and excavation work
French Drains
Perforated pipe in washed stone, wrapped and sloped properly, which is what separates a drain from a buried pipe.
Learn moreGrading & Regrading
Reshaping the ground so water leaves the house instead of collecting against it — usually the real fix.
Learn moreDownspout & Gutter Drainage
Piping roof water well clear of the foundation, which is the single cheapest drainage improvement most houses can make.
Learn moreExcavation & Site Work
Footings, utility trenches, pads and site prep, with locates called before anything breaks ground.
Learn moreRetaining Walls & Erosion Control
Holding a slope and draining behind it, because a retaining wall without drainage is a wall waiting to fail.
Learn moreService area
Yards drained and graded across Middle Tennessee
We dig in Nashville and 64 more towns across 12 counties, and our equipment goes anywhere in Middle Tennessee that sits about an hour or closer to Nashville.
FAQ
Common questions about catch basins & surface drains
What is a catch basin and where does it go?
A box with a grate on top, set at the low point where water pools, connected by pipe to an outlet — the surface version of a French drain, for water that collects on the surface rather than in the ground. A patio corner that floods, a low spot in the lawn, the bottom of a driveway. It has a sump to catch debris and it needs cleaning occasionally.
Can driveway water be collected before it reaches the garage?
Yes — a channel drain across the driveway in front of the garage door, connected to a pipe that carries the water away. It is the standard fix for a driveway that slopes toward the house and floods the garage in a hard rain, and it is set into the concrete so it is flush and driven over.
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Plan your catch basins & surface drains with us
Show Nashville's Drainage and Excavation where the water collects after rain; our written estimate traces it to a discharge point and prices the fix.