Drainage and excavation contractors install them, landscapers install the yard versions, and foundation or waterproofing contractors install the ones at a footing. Which you want depends on where the drain is going. A yard run and a foundation run are different work with different risks attached.

What any of them should know about this ground

The middle home in Layton was built in 1993, on soil the survey rates hydrologic group C. Poured walls of that era can be treated from either side, so all three trades are genuinely in play and the choice comes down to access and price rather than to what the wall will take. That is the good case, and it is also where a firm’s answer to “what would you do if this turns out to be a downspout” tells you the most.

The reasoning behind that

For a yard drain, a drainage contractor or a landscaping firm with real excavation capability is the right call. The work is trenching, stone, pipe, fabric and an outfall, and the risks are mostly about fall and destination.

For a drain at a foundation, the work is excavation beside a structure. That belongs with a contractor who does foundation or waterproofing work, because the wall gets cleaned and membraned while it is open and the backfill has to be reinstated properly.

For an interior perimeter drain, it is a waterproofing contractor. The slab is cut, the pipe is set at the footing from inside, and a sump handles the discharge.

In every case the question worth leading with is what they would do if the diagnosis came back as a downspout. A firm that has an answer to that is a firm that diagnoses.

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