Pleasant Grove, Utah
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When a Pleasant Grove yard has sinking patios, leaning walls and water running at the house, we take it back to dirt, fix the grade and drainage, and rebuild it right.
“They leveled our yard and placed a pickleball court, patio, fire pit, and artificial grass. It looks great.”
“they will definitely be my go to landscaper for many years!”
Backyard Rebuild in Pleasant Grove
Some Pleasant Grove yards cannot be patched. The patio has sunk into the clay, the wall along the back is leaning, the lawn is patchy and soft in the low corner, and the window wells fill up every spring. Fixing one thing at a time just moves the problem around. A rebuild takes the whole yard back to dirt so we can fix what caused it.
Most of what fails here fails for one of two reasons. On the valley floor, the base under the hardscape was too thin for fine Lake Bonneville clay, and the grade sends water toward the house. On the bench below Grove Creek and Battle Creek, walls went up without drains, and runoff from the hill has nowhere to go. Both problems start below the surface.
So we strip it. Old sod, failing pavers, dead shrubs, leaning block and broken sprinkler pipe all come out. Then we regrade, add drainage, rebuild walls with proper backfill, and lay a new base sized for your soil. Only after that do the new patio, sprinklers, lawn and beds go in, and you end up with a yard that behaves like a new one.
Pleasant Grove's bench lots sit on the alluvial fans below Grove Creek and Battle Creek, the exact ground built by debris coming out of the canyons, so how a yard grades and drains is the whole game.
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The Pleasant Grove challenges
A yard graded wrong sends rain and snowmelt toward the foundation. On Pleasant Grove clay that water sits against the wall instead of soaking away. We reset the grade so the ground falls away from the house, and add drains where the lot cannot shed water by itself.
A lot of older block and timber walls on bench lots were stacked with clay behind them and no drain. Water builds up, freezes and pushes. Once a wall leans, it does not lean back. We pull it, dig out the wet fill, and rebuild with drain rock, fabric and pipe.
Patched systems in older yards are a mess of mixed heads and tired pipe. When the yard is stripped, that is the cheapest moment to replace them. We lay out new zones that fit your watering days and the city's 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. rule.
Tearing out a yard makes a lot of debris: sod, concrete, block, roots and rock. On a tight Pleasant Grove lot, all of it may have to leave through one gate. We plan the haul-off, protect the driveway and the neighbors, and keep the street clean.
The J&H approach
We walk the yard, watch where water goes, check the walls and dig a few holes. You get a short list of what failed and why, so the rebuild fixes the cause and not only what you can see.
Everything that failed comes out down to clean dirt. Then we set a new grade, install drains and swales, and rebuild any walls with real backfill. This is the step most failing yards skipped the first time around.
Base and hardscape go in first, with lighting wire and gas lines laid alongside. Then the new sprinkler system, then topsoil, sod and planting. Each step sits on a finished step below it, so nothing gets undone later.
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What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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