How dry creek beds and gravel drainage runs move roof and slope runoff away from Reno foundations while looking intentional.
By Ramiro Perez · · 4 min read
A dry creek bed is a shaped channel lined with cobble that carries roof and slope runoff away from your foundation. Most of the year it is dry and reads as landscaping. When it storms, it does its job.
Rock over an unresolved drainage problem hides it for a season and makes it worse in the next. The channel has to have real fall and somewhere for the water to go.
Yes. Dry creek beds, gravel drainage runs, swales and slope erosion control.
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One contractor for the whole year. Landscape installation and maintenance through the warm months, irrigation that gets fixed the week you report it, and snow removal that keeps your lot open when the storms come. Licensed, insured, and used to working around tenants and business hours.