Wet yards, flooded basements, icy driveways — it’s all the same problem: water with nowhere to go. We give Moultonborough water a better path with grading, drains, and culverts that actually work.
Distances are what set Moultonborough apart. Estate lots off Moultonborough Neck Road and the roads toward Castle in the Clouds routinely need driveways measured in hundreds of yards — effectively small private roads, with the ditching, culvert crossings, and gravel depth that implies. We build them in lifts of compacted bank-run with a crushed top course, and we size culverts for mountain runoff, because water coming off the Ossipees moves fast when it moves. On the Neck and along the big lake, shallow ledge and Shoreland Permit rules shape nearly every waterfront project; the 50-foot waterfront buffer’s tree-removal point system decides what clearing is even on the table. One more local reality: several of these long drives cross wet pockets that need NHDES wetlands sign-off before a bucket touches them. We walk the full alignment before quoting — every time.
Planning a long Moultonborough driveway? Have it built to handle a loaded concrete truck — roughly 70,000 pounds — even if you drive a pickup. A drive that only carries cars will rut and fail the week your foundation pours, and rebuilding a base under construction traffic costs far more than building it right once.
Most wet-basement and swampy-yard problems are solved outside, with dirt. We regrade so the ground pitches away from the foundation, install French and curtain drains that intercept groundwater before it reaches the house, day-light downspouts and footing drains so roof water leaves, and set culverts and swales that carry storm flow through the property instead of across your lawn.
On lake lots this doubles as shoreline stewardship — controlled infiltration instead of erosion channels cutting to the water. Perforated pipe in clean stone, wrapped, pitched, and day-lighted: boring details, dry basement.
French/curtain drain installs typically run $2,000–$8,000 depending on length and depth; regrading and downspout day-lighting often less. We find where the water comes from before quoting, and the quote is flat.
Often, yes — if the water is coming from surface or shallow groundwater on the uphill side, a curtain drain that intercepts it plus regrading at the foundation solves it outside. If the water table itself is high, interior systems may be part of the answer; we'll tell you which problem you actually have.
Snowmelt plus flat or bowl-shaped grading plus our hardpan soils equals standing water. The cure is a path: swales or drains that give melt somewhere to go. Most wet yards are fixed with a day or two of grading and pipe.
Work within the protected shoreland (250 feet of a lake) or touching wetlands can require NHDES permits. We flag it on the site walk and plan the job so it's done right and documented.
Free site walks, test pits before quotes, flat pricing, and a crew that knows Lakes Region ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you’re trying to do. We’ll walk the site, talk it through, and give you a straight, flat quote.
