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Ditch & Drainage Work
Water always wins — the only question is whether it wins on your terms. Drainage work is grading ditches, setting culverts, and reshaping ground so water moves through your property instead of sitting on it, cutting through your drive, or heading for your foundation.
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When You Need This
- Water stands in your yard for days after a rain
- Your driveway or a low spot washes out in storms
- A ditch has silted in and quit carrying water
- Water is heading toward a foundation, barn, or septic area
How I Approach It
Drainage is a follow-the-water job, so ideally I walk it when the ground is wet — evenings and weekends make that easier to time. The proposal maps where the water comes from, where it needs to go, and prices each piece: ditch cutting or cleaning, culvert supply and set, and regrading. If part of the problem starts on ground I can't touch, I'll tell you that straight instead of selling you a fix that won't hold.
What the Written Proposal Covers
- Where the water starts, where it will go, and the path between
- Ditch cutting, cleaning, or reshaping by the run
- Culvert size, material, and setting, priced per pipe
- Regrading around structures so water falls away from them
Honest Notes on Conditions
Northland clay holds water through spring — sometimes the fix is grade, sometimes it's a ditch, and honestly sometimes ground just needs time to dry. Old terrace tile in the fields toward Kearney still moves water in ways no map shows, and cutting a ditch through an unmarked tile line changes the job. If that happens, the machine stops, I show you the tile, and you approve a written change order before we touch it.
If Something Turns Up Underground
The machines stop. Mason shows you exactly what he found — rock, old field tile, buried debris — and what the options cost. Work doesn't continue until you approve a written change order. Nothing gets added to your bill without your written sign-off. That's the standing rule on every job.
Questions People Ask About Ditch & Drainage Work
Read Up Before You Spend Anything
Standing Water in Your Yard? Start With the Ditch
Before you spend anything on the wet spot, walk downhill and look at where the water is supposed to leave. That's usually the problem.
Read the postHow Drainage Work Protects Your Driveway and Foundation
The two most expensive things water attacks on your property are the driveway and the foundation. Drainage is how you defend both.
Read the postCulverts, Ditches, and Grading — How They Work Together
No single drainage fix works alone. Grading, ditches, and culverts are three parts of one machine — here's how it runs.
Read the postGet Ditch & Drainage Work Priced in Writing
Mason walks your property with you — evenings and weekends — and every line of the price gets explained before you approve anything.