Drainage Projects

Mandatory NJ One Call Flags

Without exception before all Drainage Projects Trenching, Earth Drilling or ANY digging work can commence Miniskid4hire.com customers are REQUIRED to contact NJ One Call (811) to have the following town owned utility lines Pre-flagged for damage avoidance.

Main Gas Line (Yellow) Main Water Line (Blue) Underground Electric (Red) and Telecommunications (Orange) must be marked. We advise customers to pre-call NJ One Call leaving a 2 week lead time. This free service and is 100% REQUIRED. When calling or online ordering with NJ One Call we suggest not mentioning the contractor name or even the desired use of a contractor. This contractor omission is needed if you (the homeowner) want to control the ordering process and the setting of dates. Indicate that you the homeowner are doing the digging work. If you don't do omit they will question you and avoid accepting an order from a homeowner. They ask for the contractor to order the markout only if you tell them one is involved. Please keep all flags in place once they are planted and maintain all their confirmation emails. No machine trench or digging work is possible within 2 feet in either direction of any flagged utilities. Close in adjacent areas require hand digging w/shovels to avoid any line danger. https://www.nj1-call.org

What Are Drainage Projects?

There are 4 types of drainage jobs we assist with:

Surface Drainage - removes excess water from lands surface through channels and ditches. (also called Drainage Swale)

Subsurface Drainage - are corrugated and straight pipes connected to dry wells installed beneath the surface after trenching and drilling- (french drain systems)

Slope Drainage - changing the grade of the area or property to allow for the water run off

Typically we are asked to create 10-12" trenches to channel the water expelled from downspout and gutter systems. We are also commonly asked to mitigate continuous wet lawn spot that continues to pool.

We have seen many different scenarios and can help you determine what is likely to work. It is important to understand the water capacity youare trying to manage.

Drainage Services

Miniskid4hire.com safely opens the ground, helps with install. drops gravel, cuts through tough roots, backfills trenches and completes ground repair. We can help you with the installation of most NDS drainage systems however we do not warranty the pipe work or do system design without customer leading or participation. We are 1st and foremost a Man & Machine landscape contracting business we are not trying to become a Full Service Drainage Business.

We are not an excavation business either. 3 ft. dig max.

We save DIY customers time and money by helping them with their project using our equipment. Please research on what you want to do and buy the correct products we will advise.

Drainage is not brain surgery and is much easier when you have access to the right tools.

Things we often do:

Trenching 10" 12" deep for NDS 4" white pipe installations.

30" Bit Earth Drilling for 24" Diameter 50 Gallon

NDS Flow Well Dry Well systems

Backhoe swale channel creation.

Fill Dirt & Topsoil drop and spread creating steeper grade for run off

This is link an excellent resource for diagnosing many drainage issues

https://www.ndspro.com/home-drainage

50 Gal. Flow-Well Dry Wells

Watch the following video to understand the process of installing a new Flow Well Dry Well. Please know that we can bring 1 or 3 laborers to help with any manual digging that will be need. These laborers work for cash and get paid directly by our customers.