Drain My Yard

Reviews

• BR

  barbara ramm

  6 days ago
  5.0
  Bob and his team did a wonderful job with our drainage problem in the back yard. Everything was done professionally and in a timely manner. Bob communicated with us throughout the process and we would definitely recommend Drain My Yard.
• GG

  Greg

  May 11, 2026
  5.0
  Bob and his crew did a phenomenal job on fixing our downspout and installing a new pipe throughout our front yard for appropriate drainage. Bob was upfront with timing for the project and was very helpful throughout the whole process - answering all my questions and giving great recommendations.
• SG

  Susan Greenwood

  Apr 22, 2026
  1.0
  I approved and paid for a proposal for drainage work last December 2025; work was not completed. He did not return my calls and eventually canceled his phone service. He has a new phone number but does not returned my calls to date.
• CS

  Chip Scholl

  Apr 20, 2026
  1.0
  Heed the multiple poor reviews and warnings about Bob and Drain my Yard on Google, Yelp and BBB. Same experience here. My August 2025 backyard job was to put a Y shaped invisible french drain to go on either side of a mulched island bed, and then out 75' to the culvert. The drain has not been that effective. But the disaster was the lawn restoration. The Y is a big bulge in the yard-he decided to overbuild it figuring it would settle. Seeding seemed OK, but used way too much straw and it was laid carelessly. In some places - it was 5-6" deep. Way to heavy to grow grass underneath especially when wet with required watering. Couldnt mow properly over the hump since it was so high - the mower would bottom out. After multiple calls/emails/texts over about 10 weeks, he finally sent a couple of his guys out in November. His plan - to run over the hump with his trencher, hoping the weight and the crawler tracks would knock it down. Had to abort, as it was chewing up the yard too much. I told him that was not a good plan. We agreed, since it was now mid November and we were getting snow, we would wait and figure it out in Spring. Come late March -sent him three texts with no reply. Finally, early on a Monday morning in April, he shows up un-announced, didnt check in, and did the same thing - ran over the hump with his trencher, leaving big muddy track marks on the hump, but did not reduce it. I had specifically told him not to do this again. They threw a bunch more straw, over the long hump, and no apparent seed I can see. Just "covering tracks" literally with straw. Now, still have the hump, a chewed up 75 foot section of yard a bunch of straw, and no grass on that long area 8 months after the job. This will take a major, time consuming fix, likely requiring a tiller, soil, and re-seed. Just doesn't know what he is doing, and wont properly fix the problem they created. And I still get big puddles in the yard, including new ones from the high/low he created.
• JK

  Jay Kruse

  Apr 14, 2026
  1.0
  Hired Bob last fall to put a French drain in our yard. This spring I have significant areas that are still holding water and not draining properly. I have simply tried to reach out to Bob via email, phone, text, multiple times asking if he would come out just to take a look. He has completely ignored me and won’t even give a courtesy call back. Starting to see more and more reviews with similar stories. I would highly recommend hiring a different company as we spent over $10,000 and our issue isn’t even resolved properly.

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