Cheapest fix first
If an extension solves your problem we will tell you that and install it. Buried drainage is real excavation, and it should be reserved for lots where surface discharge genuinely does not work.
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Virginia / Drainage
Downspout Extensions and Buried Drainage in Northern Virginia
A downspout dumping at the corner of the house puts thousands of gallons a year into the soil against your foundation. Buried drainage moves that water underground to a place where it does no damage.
Buried PVC
Pop up emitters
Drywells
Surface extensions
2
Offices, Springfield and Fredericksburg
Free
Inspections, no pressure
270 lb
CertainTeed Landmark Pro standard
Overview
Roof water is the single largest volume of water that hits your lot, and on most homes it gets released within a foot of the wall that is holding the house up.
Surface extensions fix a lot of that for very little money, and we install them first when they will do the job. When the grade runs the wrong way, when the extension crosses a walk or a mowing path, or when the discharge just moves the puddle six feet, the answer is a buried line to daylight, an emitter, or a drywell.
Solid pipe, not flex
We run rigid PVC with glued fittings on a consistent fall. Corrugated flex pipe sags between the high points, holds water and silt, and freezes solid in the section you cannot reach.
A real discharge point
The line has to end somewhere that accepts water. Daylight on a downhill grade, a pop up emitter in the lawn, or a drywell sized to the roof area, chosen by what your lot actually allows.
Detail
What we actually do
Every drainage job starts with the lot, not the downspout. Where the water is going to end up decides everything upstream of it, including whether you need a buried line at all.
- Volume firstWe calculate what each downspout actually delivers from its drainage area at the 6.5 inch per hour design rate Virginia uses. That number sets the pipe size and the drywell volume, and it is usually larger than people expect.
- Line and fallRigid PVC on continuous fall, glued joints, and cleanout access at the connection so the line can be cleared later. A buried line you cannot snake is a buried line you will eventually dig up.
- Discharge and gradeDaylight discharge on a sloping lot, a pop up emitter where the yard is flat, or a drywell where there is nowhere else to send it. We also flag grading that runs at the house, because no drain fixes a lot pitched inward.
- Photos of buried workEverything that goes underground gets photographed on CompanyCam before backfill, with the trench, the fittings, and the discharge documented. You get a link, and it stays available for the next owner or a future dig.
Diagnostic
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Four questions. You get a straight read on whether this is a repair, a replacement, a gutter job or an insurance claim, and where to go next.
Roof and gutter diagnostic
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Coverage
Where we work
We cover Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area out of two offices. Search for your town, or pick it off the list to see the map and the local page.
No match in our service area. Call (703) 347-6482 anyway, we travel for larger jobs.
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Why us
The part other crews skip
Inspected first
We get on the roof and photograph what we find before we quote. You see the same evidence we do.
Roofing and gutters together
One crew for the roof, the siding and the gutters, so nobody is blaming the other trade.
Licensed and insured
Virginia license 2705155080, CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified, fully insured on every job.
Every job documented
Photos and video through the whole install on CompanyCam, stored indefinitely, with a link that is yours to keep.
Reviews
What Virginia homeowners say
Questions
Downspout Extensions and Buried Drainage questions we get asked
Will buried drainage fix my wet basement?
Sometimes, and honestly not always. If the water is roof water pooling at the foundation, moving it away often solves it. If the cause is groundwater, hydrostatic pressure, or a failed interior system, drainage helps but will not be the whole answer. We tell you which one it looks like.
How far does the pipe have to run?
Far enough to reach a point where the water leaves and stays gone. On a sloped lot that can be twenty feet to daylight. On a flat lot it might be a much longer run to an emitter or a drywell in the low corner. The grade decides that, not a rule of thumb.
Do buried downspout lines clog?
They can, mostly with shingle grit and whatever gets past the gutter. That is why we use rigid pipe on real fall and put a cleanout at the connection. A properly built line can be snaked. A sagging corrugated line packed with silt usually cannot.
Will the pipe freeze in winter?
A line on continuous fall drains itself and has nothing left in it to freeze. Trouble comes from flat spots and sags where water stands, which is why we do not use flexible pipe and why the discharge end gets kept clear of ice buildup.
Can you tie into my existing underground pipe?
Often, once we know where it goes. Plenty of homes here have an old line that ends in the yard, feeds a dead drywell, or was cut during landscaping. We locate the end before we connect anything to it, because tying into a blocked line just backs the water up at the house.
By town
Gutter Installation Near You
Every town we cover has its own page with local detail. Pick yours.
By town
Downspout Drainage Near You
Local pages for the towns we cover.
Keep them working
New gutters only work if they stay clean.
A seamless run, a new downspout or a re-pitched trough still fills with leaves, seed pods and shingle grit. Cleaned on a schedule, gutters drain the way they were built to. Every visit we clear each trough by hand, flush every downspout and check the hangers and pitch. We don’t install gutter guards. See why.
Get water away from the house
Free inspection of your downspouts, grading, and discharge points. Call (703) 347-6482 and we will start with the cheapest fix that actually works on your lot.
- Free inspection, no pressure
- Photos of everything we find, yours to keep
- Licensed and insured, VA 2705155080
- CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified
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