Site Conditions Matter
We schedule drainage work around weather. Soggy, frozen, or saturated ground may delay work for quality reasons.
Hoosier Dirt & Gravel provides drainage services for property owners across central Indiana. Most drainage problems trace back to grade issues, undersized culverts, or compacted clay soil that water can't move through. Our work addresses the underlying cause, with solutions sized to the property and the problem at hand.
Driveway and farm lane culvert installation, replacement, and resizing. Proper sizing and pitch prevent the washouts that cost rural property owners thousands every spring.
See More ›Water diversion, erosion control, and surface grading for properties dealing with standing water, washouts, or saturated low spots that won't dry out.
See More ›Field tile diagnosis, replacement, and repair for farm properties where existing drainage tile has broken down. Small-scope repair work the big tile contractors don't want to touch.
See More ›Drainage work is detective work. The visible problem (standing water, erosion, a washed-out culvert) is rarely where the actual issue starts. Our process is built around finding the cause before we move dirt.
Walk the property and observe water flow during or after rainfall
Diagnose root cause: grade, culvert sizing, soil condition, or blocked tile
Design and execute a solution sized to the actual problem
Drainage problems get worse over time. What looks like a wet spot in March becomes a foundation problem in October.
We schedule drainage work around weather. Soggy, frozen, or saturated ground may delay work for quality reasons.
Real drainage problems need to be observed during or after rainfall to be fully understood. Quick fixes often miss the root cause.
Simple drainage corrections run 1-3 days. Larger systems with multiple culverts or full tile repair work may take 1-2 weeks.
Quick answers to the questions we hear most often from property owners planning a project.
We walk the property, ideally during or right after a rain, and track where the water is actually coming from and where it's going. The wet spot you see is usually downhill from the real problem. We find the cause before we move any dirt.
A simple correction runs one to three days. Larger systems with multiple culverts or full tile repair can take one to two weeks depending on what we find.
Yes. Standing water usually traces back to grade. We regrade and shape the surface to move water to a proper drainage point so the same wet spots stop coming back every year.
Yes. We handle the small to medium-scope field tile repair work, including locating breaks, replacing failed sections, and fixing outlets where tile meets a ditch or creek. It's the kind of repair the big tile contractors usually don't want to take on.
We work drainage year-round. Soggy or frozen ground can push scheduling for quality reasons, but culvert and drainage corrections don't wait for spring, and neither do we.
Get a free on-site drainage estimate across central Indiana. We'll walk the property, diagnose the cause of the water issue, and quote a fix that holds.