The Water Line

Twelve ways to put water in its place.

Every project below is fixed-scope - a defined package, not a mystery invoice. Built for Midwest soils and sized for Midwest frost, installed by pros. Utility locates are handled on every dig, and electrical work, where needed, is always by a licensed electrician.

Before & After

The same ground, done right.

Every one of these started as a problem someone had lived with for years. Standing water, a foundation taking on runoff, a yard nobody wanted to walk across. Here's what the other side looks like.

BeforeBackyard with poor drainage before work
AfterSame backyard with dry creek bed and healthy lawn

A backyard that pooled after every stormDry creek bed and regraded lawn - water gone, yard usable again

BeforeDownspout dumping at foundation before work
AfterSame corner with river-stone catch basin and rain chain

Runoff pounding a foundation cornerRiver-stone catch basin and rain chain - the water has somewhere to go

BeforeCommercial property with standing water before work
AfterSame commercial entrance with signature rain garden

A commercial entrance that flooded at the curbSignature rain garden and inlet - stormwater managed, and a front door worth walking up to

BeforeCommercial frontage overgrown and ponding before work
AfterSame frontage with native beds and drainage

A tired commercial frontage that shed water onto the lotNative beds, edged stone, and drains - curb appeal and stormwater in one pass

Tier 1 - Entry

One visit. Real fix.

Downspout beautification with copper rain chain and stone basin
RS-101

Downspout Beautification

Turn an eyesore into a feature. Copper rain chain, stone catch basin, and native plantings that make the downspout look like it was always meant to be there. This one's about looks, not drainage - it dresses up the discharge without relocating the water. Installed in one day.

Starting at$848
Buried downspout diversion with river-stone inlet surround
RS-102

Buried Downspout Diversion

Water dumping at your foundation? We trench a proper buried line in solid PVC - not the corrugated pipe that clogs and crushes - and daylight it where it belongs. Both ends finished with a river-stone surround, so the inlet and outlet look designed, not patched. Utility-located, backfilled, turf restored. One visit, built to outlast the house.

Starting at$1,068
Rain barrel install on a level base with native plantings
RS-103

Rain Barrel Install

Free water for your garden. Barrel, diverter, level base, overflow handled. One visit.

Starting at$683
Tier 2 - Diversion

Move the water. Keep the yard.

Dry creek bed of hand-set river rock winding through a lawn
RS-201

Dry Creek Bed - 30 ft

A creek bed that moves real water and looks like it was always there - graded stone over a solid-PVC core, hand-set river rock, not a shovel-line of gravel. Solves the soggy strip and photographs beautifully.

Starting at$3,854
French drain outlet finished with river stone in a rear yard
RS-202

French Drain - 50 ft

Standing water in the yard? A properly built French drain - solid-PVC collection line, clean stone, filter fabric done right - moves it underground and away. Not the corrugated pipe that silts up in three seasons. Fixed price, no surprises.

Starting at$2,621
Starter rain garden of native blooms fed by a downspout
RS-203

Starter Rain Garden - 100 sq ft

One downspout, one hundred square feet of native blooms that drink your roof water. Pollinators included.

Starting at$2,849
Linked multi-barrel rain capture bank along a fence
RS-204

Multi-Barrel Bank

Serious rain capture without the tank. A linked bank of barrels, plumbed as one system, finished clean.

Starting at$1,660
Tier 3 - Systems

Landscape-grade solutions.

Signature native rain garden in full summer bloom
RS-301

Signature Rain Garden - 250 sq ft

A full-scale rain garden designed for Indiana clay - engineered drawdown, curated native plant palette, built to be the best-looking thing on the street.

Starting at$7,163
Rain garden and dry creek combination across a property
RS-302

Garden + Creek Combo

The complete picture: dry creek bed feeding a signature rain garden. Moves the water, then puts it to work.

Starting at$9,780
Above-ground cistern with a cedar screen surround
RS-303

Above-Ground Cistern

Slimline cistern with a cedar screen surround - rain storage that looks like landscape architecture, not a plastic tank.

Starting at$4,995
Tier 4 - Underground

The whole-property answer.

Buried cistern cutaway with lawn restored above
RS-401

Buried Cistern - 1,700 gal

Serious storage, completely out of sight. A buried 1,700-gallon cistern capturing your roof water for irrigation reuse.

Starting at$14,472
Whole-property stormwater system - dry creek, rain garden, and buried components working together
RS-402

Whole-Property Package

Every downspout, every drainage issue, one integrated system - diversion, garden, and buried storage working together. Quoted after an on-site walk.

Starting at$25,280
How pricing works: the prices above are real installed starting points, not teasers - benchmarked on Midwest labor and materials. Your exact number confirms after we see the site, since soil, slope, access, and local costs all move it, and we tell you before anything is scheduled. The Whole-Property Package (RS-402) always begins with an on-site walk.

Know which one your yard needs? Not sure?

Either way, it starts with a photo and a conversation.

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