Yard drainage in Riverside & Avondale, Jacksonville FL

Riverside and Avondale are Jacksonville's historic river neighborhoods: craftsman bungalows, four-squares and Mediterranean houses from the 1910s and 1920s, on narrow lots under live oaks that are older than the houses. That age shows in the drainage. Lots are often only a few feet apart at the side yard, so roof water from two houses lands in the same strip; brick and concrete walks have settled into puddles; and buried lines, where they exist at all, were laid long before anyone mapped them. The ground slopes gently toward the St. Johns and toward Willowbranch and Fishweir creeks, and close to the water the water table sits only a couple of feet down in the wet season, so a dry well is rarely an option. The usual fix is narrow and careful: downspout lines along the side yard to the street, a short French drain where two lots meet, and catch basins at porch steps — routed around the oak roots rather than through them.

Neighborhoods we cover in Riverside & Avondale

Five Points, Avondale, Murray Hill, Willowbranch Creek and Fishweir Creek — if you are between them, you are still in the zone.

What we do most in Riverside & Avondale

Riverside & Avondale prices follow our price guide: the inspection is $0, a French drain $20 – $45 / ft, downspout drainage $300 – $800 per point — written down before we dig. See typical French drain costs and rough out your yard with the calculator.