Grading, and Culvert Pipe Last month our drainage team gave a customer a brand new backyard for their dogs to play in. There was a stormwater ditch that took up most of the back yard. Through expert grading and the installation of a culvert pipe [...]
Water Intrusion Solutions Last month we helped a customer and his family with a water intrusion solution. The issue we diagnosed was poor grading when the previous owner enclosed a carport to make it into a bonus room. Rainwater would flow through the blocks and [...]
A long lasting backyard makeover starts with proper grading. Last month we helped a customer with a large and tricky grading project. The family had purchased the steep lot behind their home in order to turn it into a place for the kids to play. To do this first we contracted the trees [...]
This week we finished another awesome custom retaining wall project. This homeowner called us because the house he moved into had a precariously leaning retaining wall in the front yard. Retaining walls lean and collapse due to water and heavy unconsolidated soil pressing on [...]
This spring a customer on Signal Mountain TN called us to help him with a giant swamp that formed in his backyard. This was not literally a swamp but instead a defunct neighborhood drainage system which was flooding his back yard. The grade appeared flat and the situation [...]
This week our drainage team expanded a swamp of back yard from 1950 into dry usable zero scape. Due to back yard drainage issues and poor concrete patio construction water was coming into the crawlspace. With Higher Ground's elegant french drain / dry creek bed solution we were able to dry out the yard [...]
A Channel Drain on the Second Floor A couple months ago an old customer of ours came to me with a very odd problem. Spoiler alert, we solved the problem with a channel drain. After this home owner had another company install a really nice decorative concrete patio above their garage water started pooling [...]
Gutter Cleaning Chattanooga Tennessee It is easy to forget about really important maintenance tasks around the house this year because of concerns about your family's safety regarding COVID 19. Also, the uncertainty of this election year makes it hard to focus on anything else. Because you may not have time to think [...]
French Drain Installation Chattanooga TN Drainage for the rear yard means no more muddy paws for Bruno. The french drain system along the rear uphill side of the yard catches water from the neighbor's adjacent lot. A berm below this prevents water from passing into the lower yard. [...]
Working Hard to Stop the Spread We wanted to take a moment to discuss any concerns you may have about the COVID 19 virus (also known as the coronavirus). Here at Higher Ground, we are committed to the safety and well-being of our community. We understand that our customers may [...]
