Standing water, soggy lawns, foundation runoff: how to diagnose and fix yard drainage in western Washington's clay soil. Swales, French drains, dry wells, and regrading.
An honest comparison for Pacific Northwest properties: cost per square foot, drainage in 50-inch-rain country, maintenance, and which driveway wins for your site.
The base under your pavers decides whether the patio lasts 20 years or 3. The right crushed rock by layer, depths, and the compaction steps that make it permanent.
The complete gravel driveway guide: best gravel by layer, real cost breakdown, types comparison, installation steps, and what works on Pacific Northwest clay. Written by a Gig Harbor gravel yard.
Pea gravel, 3/4 minus, river rock, drain rock, decomposed granite: every major landscape gravel type compared, with what each is actually for and what it costs.
Pea gravel pillar guide: real Harbor Soils pricing ($30.99/yard), 10 best uses (patios, fire pits, paths, dog runs, drainage, playgrounds), step-by-step install, the 3 mistakes that ruin a job, and full delivery info for Gig Harbor and Kitsap County.
Step-by-step French drain install: trench depth, slope math, which drainage rock to use (and which not to), pipe choice, and how to keep it from clogging.
Cubic yards = Length × Width × Depth(in) ÷ 324. Free instant calculator, weight-per-yard tables, and worked project examples for topsoil, gravel, bark, mulch, sand and compost. Real Harbor Soils pricing for Gig Harbor and Kitsap County.
