Drainage Contractor in Bossier City, LA
Bossier City sits on the Red River alluvial plain, where the USDA describes the clay soils as poorly drained and very slowly permeable. In practice that means rain that falls on a Bossier City yard mostly has to be moved off it, because very little of it soaks in.
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Why Bossier City yards hold water
The clay here is smectitic, the kind that swells when wet and cracks when dry. A lawn can look parched in August and turn into a pond in May, and the same swelling and shrinking works on foundations, walkways and buried pipe.
Bayous set the rest of the pattern. In March 2016 rising water on Red Chute Bayou and Flat River led the parish to recommend voluntary evacuation of several subdivisions, and in 2009 airmen from Barksdale helped sandbag a north Bossier levee when Red Chute ran more than nine feet above normal. Yard drainage cannot fix a bayou flood, but it can make sure ordinary storms stop pooling against the house.
Work we do across Bossier City
- Downspout lines piped underground to the street or a pop-up outlet, so roof water stops landing at the foundation.
- French drains along the low side of a lot where water creeps across from higher yards.
- Catch basins and channel drains for driveways and patios that slope toward the garage.
- Regrading so the first few feet around the house fall away from it, which matters more on swelling clay than almost anywhere else.
- Sump pumps for crawl spaces that take on water after long rains.
Drainage services for Bossier City properties
Bossier City drainage questions
Can a French drain work in Bossier City clay?
It can, but it has to carry water to an outlet rather than rely on the soil to absorb it. We size the trench and pipe to move the water to the street, a ditch or a pop-up emitter.
My street floods in heavy storms. Can you fix that?
Street and bayou flooding are handled by the city and parish. What we can do is stop water from your own roof and yard collecting against the house, and keep the yard from holding water once the street drains.
Do you work near Barksdale and south Bossier?
Yes, we cover Bossier City north and south of the base, along with the subdivisions off Airline Drive and the newer neighborhoods to the east.
Talk to us about your Bossier City property
Call (318) 216-6513 with the address and a short description of where the water sits, or use the callback form and we will ring you back.