Yard drainage in Mandarin, Jacksonville FL

Mandarin is where our truck starts the day. It is part of the City of Jacksonville, whose roughly 253,000 detached houses have a median build year of 1986 and are 57 percent owner-occupied — and Mandarin holds a lot of that 1980s stock: long, flat lots under live oaks south of I-295 between San Jose Boulevard and the river. Two things make it drainage country. First, much of it was built on former wetland, so the hardpan is shallow and the water table near the St. Johns sits only a couple of feet down in summer. Second, the oaks: roots lift driveways, choke buried downspout lines and fill gutters, and the shade keeps the ground from drying between storms. Typical Mandarin jobs are downspout lines to the street, a French drain along the side yard between two houses, and lifting and relaying the paver driveway that the roots pushed up.

Neighborhoods we cover in Mandarin

Beauclerc, Loretto, Mandarin Station, Greenland and Pickwick Park — if you are between them, you are still in the zone.

What we do most in Mandarin

Mandarin 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.