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The Lowdown on Undergrounds

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 by Stephanie Blazek

Nothing is worse than gutters, am I right? Every time you mow you have to go pull them off, throw them to the side, mow, go back and attach them again. Or a nice strong wind will take your gutter right off, and into the neighbors yard with the scary dog. They also make a great ankle breaker when you run outside at night. Gutters are the worst. They are unattractive too.

Underground downspouts are an attractive and effective way to shed water away from your home. Sometimes your damp basement can be caused by just a crummy gutter problem. I know what you are thinking "I am not going to let some man come tear up my beautiful lawn." I think I can ease your fears with some pictures of work our crews have done.

Here it is in all it's glory. This tripping hazard we call a

When you have water seeping in your foundation, you have to push the water further away. This works, but there are much more attractive ways to go about it.