Wet yards, flooded basements, icy driveways — it’s all the same problem: water with nowhere to go. We give Tilton water a better path with grading, drains, and culverts that actually work.
Commercial dirt work along the Exit 20 corridor plays by different rules than a camp driveway, and we treat it that way. Building pads go in with engineered fill placed in lifts and compaction-tested; parking areas get real stormwater design because impervious surface at this scale needs somewhere lawful to send its water; and everything starts with Dig Safe 811 plus a careful read of the utility plans, since the corridor’s underground is busy. The Winnipesaukee River defines the low side of town — sites near it can involve floodplain considerations and soils that have been filled and refilled since the mill era, so we test-pit before trusting any of it. Residential work continues alongside: foundation digs and drainage in the village and toward the Sanbornton line. Access is Tilton’s quiet advantage — highway proximity keeps material trucking cheaper than nearly anywhere else in the region.
Planning commercial work in Tilton’s corridor? Involve your excavation contractor while the civil plans are still in draft. Small changes to pad elevation or stormwater routing at the drawing stage — things an operator spots quickly — regularly save five figures in imported fill and rework once the design is stamped and the numbers are locked.
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.
