Catch Basins & Surface Drains in Columbia, TN

Grated inlets that take standing surface water off a low spot, a patio or a driveway and pipe it away.

Where water collects on the surface and there is nowhere for it to run, a catch basin is the direct answer. It is a grated box set at the low point with a solid pipe leading away, sized so that a heavy rain does not simply overtop it. A channel drain does the same job in a line rather than a point, which is what a driveway or a garage apron usually needs.

Basins have one requirement people forget, which is that they need cleaning. The sump below the outlet is there to catch grit and leaves before they reach the pipe, and it does that job until it fills. A basin nobody has opened in five years is not a drain, it is a planter. Ten minutes once or twice a year is the entire maintenance requirement.

Typical cost: $400 - $1,200 per basin installed, including the line to the discharge point

When catch basins and surface drains is the right call

• One low spot in the lawn holds water every single time it rains
• A patio, courtyard or garage apron cannot shed water anywhere
• Water runs down a drive and collects against the garage
• An existing basin overflows or drains slowly

Other services

• French Drain Installation
• Yard Drainage & Regrading
• Downspout & Gutter Drainage
• Footing Drain Repair
• Driveway Culverts & Ditch Work

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