Port St. John

Port St. John is ten minutes up US-1 from our yard, and it is one of the areas where we do the most drainage work. Flat lots and sandy soil sound like a good combination until a hard rain proves otherwise and the water sits beside the slab for two days.

A properly fallen French drain, tied to the downspouts and run to a real outlet, ends that. We install it under sod or under the new paver field so nothing about the finished yard gives it away.

The rest of our work here is straightforward and satisfying: replacing a tired concrete drive with pavers, adding a back patio, and running a walkway from the drive to the front door so nobody cuts across the grass.