Wet yards, flooded basements, icy driveways — it’s all the same problem: water with nowhere to go. We give New Hampton water a better path with grading, drains, and culverts that actually work.
Most New Hampton projects start with a wooded parcel and a vision, and the ground varies more than newcomers expect. Down near the Pemigewasset, river-terrace sands dig easily and drain beautifully — some of the friendliest excavation soil in the region. Climb into the hills east of the highway and it turns to hardpan till with boulders, slower digging and slower draining, where a perimeter drain around the foundation stops being optional. Full-lot development is our standard package here: cut the drive first so everything else has access, clear and grub the house site, dig the foundation, trench utilities, and rough-grade for drainage in one coordinated sequence — cheaper than piecemeal mobilizations. The I-93 interchange keeps trucking costs down, a real advantage when a job needs serious gravel. Mud season posts some town roads in March and April, so big material moves happen on firm ground, summer through freeze-up.
Developing a wooded New Hampton lot? Build the driveway to its full base depth first, before the foundation dig — not as a finishing touch. Every truck your project needs will use it for a year, and a properly built drive used as a construction road just needs a top course at the end.
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.
