Yard drainage in Arlington, Jacksonville FL

Arlington is the part of Jacksonville across the river from downtown, and much of it was built in the 1950s and 60s: single-story concrete-block ranch houses with carports, on lots that were graded once and never again. Inside a city of roughly 253,000 detached houses with a median build year of 1986, Arlington holds a lot of the older end of that range. Seventy years of settling have flattened the yards, the live oaks have grown over the roofs, and the downspouts — where there are any — still end at the wall. The land falls toward the river and the creeks that feed it, so the back of many lots in Lake Lucina, Holiday Hill and toward Fort Caroline sits low and holds water after a summer storm. Typical Arlington work is downspout lines to the street, regrading a front yard that now slopes toward the house, a catch basin at the end of the carport, and replacing old buried lines the roots have closed.

Neighborhoods we cover in Arlington

Lake Lucina, Holiday Hill, Arlington Hills, Arlingwood and Fort Caroline — if you are between them, you are still in the zone.

What we do most in Arlington

Arlington prices follow our price guide: the inspection is $0, a French drain $20 – $45 / ft, downspout drainage $300 – $800 per point — written down before we dig. See typical French drain costs and rough out your yard with the calculator.