Drainage and excavation contractors install them, landscapers install the yard versions, and foundation or waterproofing contractors install the ones at a footing. Which you want depends on where the drain is going. A yard run and a foundation run are different work with different risks attached.

What any of them should know about this ground

The middle home in Ogden was built in 1965, on ground mapped mainly as Urban land. That age is the reason the third trade on the list matters here more than in newer parts of the county: an interior perimeter drain is often the only route on a block or stone wall, and the firms that do it are waterproofing contractors rather than excavators. Ask which of the three a firm actually is before asking for a price.

The reasoning behind that

For a yard drain, a drainage contractor or a landscaping firm with real excavation capability is the right call. The work is trenching, stone, pipe, fabric and an outfall, and the risks are mostly about fall and destination.

For a drain at a foundation, the work is excavation beside a structure. That belongs with a contractor who does foundation or waterproofing work, because the wall gets cleaned and membraned while it is open and the backfill has to be reinstated properly.

For an interior perimeter drain, it is a waterproofing contractor. The slab is cut, the pipe is set at the footing from inside, and a sump handles the discharge.

In every case the question worth leading with is what they would do if the diagnosis came back as a downspout. A firm that has an answer to that is a firm that diagnoses.

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