#draining systems

[eightlaneslandscaping]

DIY vs. Professional Drainage Systems: When to Call the Experts

We’ve all been there: a heavy rain rolls in, and suddenly your yard turns into a swamp. Maybe you notice water pooling near your foundation or puddles that just won’t go away. These are more than just annoying—they’re signs your property may need help. That’s where smart Draining Systems come into play. While some fixes are great DIY projects, others call for expert support. Let’s look at when you can roll up your sleeves and when it’s better to bring in the pros.

1. Tackling Simple Drainage Problems Yourself

If you enjoy hands-on projects and your drainage issue seems minor, a DIY fix might be just the thing. Here are a few simple approaches many homeowners try:

Attaching downspout extensions to direct water away

Digging shallow swales to redirect runoff

Installing gravel or simple French drains

Using rain barrels or splash blocks for roof runoff

These basic Draining Systems can help manage surface-level water issues and give you some quick relief. Just keep in mind—they’re usually best for smaller, isolated problems.

2. Knowing the Limits of DIY

Sometimes, even your best DIY efforts aren’t enough. If water keeps coming back, or you notice other warning signs, it may be time to step back and reassess. Here’s what to look for:

Water pooling near your foundation

Damp spots in basements or crawl spaces

Erosion around your yard or patio

Persistent standing water days after a storm

In these situations, patchwork fixes can actually cause more harm than good. Poorly installed Draining Systems might shift water to the wrong place or just delay the inevitable.

3. The Advantage of Hiring a Pro

A drainage professional brings more than a shovel to the job. They’ll assess your property from every angle—checking soil conditions, elevation, and how water naturally moves through your yard. Then they’ll design a solution that works for the long haul.

With professionally installed Draining Systems, you’ll benefit from:

A custom plan that matches your property’s unique needs

Proper grading and soil preparation

High-quality materials that are built to last

Seamless integration with existing landscaping or irrigation

Yes, it’s more of an investment—but you’re paying for peace of mind and a fix that sticks.

4. When to Pick Up the Phone

So when should you call in the experts? If you’re dealing with any of these, it’s probably time:

Your home is at risk of water damage inside

You’ve already tried a few fixes and nothing’s working

You want a solution that enhances both function and aesthetics

You’re planning a larger landscaping project and want to get drainage right from the start

When pros who specialize in Draining Systems step in, you’re not just getting better drainage—you’re getting a smarter, more attractive outdoor space too.

Conclusion

DIY fixes are great for small issues, but bigger drainage problems often need a trained eye and a professional touch. The right Draining System can protect your home, save your landscaping, and give you peace of mind next time the skies open up.

Ready to take the next step? Call us or reach out online to schedule your drainage consultation. We’ll help you turn that soggy yard into a space that stays dry, usable, and ready for anything Mother Nature throws your way.

[skipblebee]

An animatic I've been working on for a while now!! This is the first time I've ever tried making something like this n I hope u guys like it!! >_<

[sunderwight]

disciple luo binghe, running errands for his shizun one day, somehow manages to be in the exact wrong (right) place at the exact wrong (right) time and catches shang qinghua meeting with mobei jun

in order to keep luo binghe from tattling right away, shang qinghua dissembles in a panic and claims that his clandestine meetings with mobei jun are happening because they're lovers and definitely not because shang qinghua is betraying the sect and handing their secrets over to demons in order to save his own hide. when that almost doesn't work, he also tells luo binghe that he knows he's part demon, and that if luo binghe rats him out then shang qinghua will take him down with him. mutually assured destruction

it works, and even though luo binghe threatens him quite a bit (jeez kid calm down, you might be the almighty protagonist but also you're like sixteen) he agrees to keep shang qinghua's fraternizing a secret. but if ANYTHING BAD should happen to the sect or especially to luo binghe's shizun because of this, luo binghe will take shang qinghua down even if it does ruin his life too

shang qinghua, now sweating even more bullets about the impending immortal alliance conference: cool! cool cool cool sounds great cool yeah

so shang qinghua can add "being blackmailed by the punk ass brat I sort of created" to his list of stress-inducing woes. which gets even worse when luo binghe keeps somehow sensing if mobei jun is around for more than a couple hours and showing up, and picking fights with him?? kind of??

wtf has the protagonist been taking tips from liu qingge or something...?

shang qinghua feels like he's gonna have a heart attack when mobei jun just snorts and tosses luo binghe by the scruff like he's an annoying yappy dog

mobei jun actually knows what's up though. teenage half-demon who has never been around his own kind has become spoiled by the lack of competition on this front, and now his hackles are all up because he wants to claim the whole mountain range as his territory, and his instincts are screaming at him to challenge mobei jun about it so that they can decide who is actually top dog. since mobei jun could easily kill him, especially with his blood sealed, and has been clawing rocks and pissing on trees along the borders of an ding peak since before luo binghe was born, he's clearly got seniority here

and since qinghua doesn't want mobei jun to just kill the little shit (fair enough -- that sealed bloodline does look kind of interesting) that means it's up to mobei jun to teach him how to do things like interact with other demons without making a complete fool of himself. lesson one: what to do when you challenge someone out of your league and they win, assuming they don't just kill you

so luo binghe reluctantly gains another demon tutor

meng mo actually approves. he's been out of the loop on demon high society for a long time, and has lacked a body for long enough too that he's forgotten a lot of the particulars of socializing. it'll be good for luo binghe to pick up some manners that aren't just silly human tea ceremonies and things. maybe he'll start addressing meng mo more respectfully for a change!

(lol no)

luo binghe is partly like "I don't need to learn demon social skills since I'm spending the rest of my life as a disciple of qing jing peak" but partly like, well, if shizun knew about this and didn't freak out about it, he'd probably say that knowledge is power and learning how to handle politics and diplomacy of all kinds is important. and despite himself luo binghe is also interested, because this is a whole perspective on his own nature that he's never really gotten advice about

also, mobei jun is the lover of shang qinghua? mobei jun is a demon who successfully seduced a cang qiong peak lord? does he have any advice about that?

(he does -- all of it very bad)

anyway all of this sort of fucks up the immortal alliance conference developments really good, so the system kind of gives up and settles on some other big transformative achievements that luo binghe has to complete in order to be suitably heroic

but shen qingqiu has no idea and so the reprieve just seems to come out of nowhere until several years later, when he walks in on luo binghe with his claws out and huadian gleaming in the company the demon king of the northern desert, the two of them playing weiqi or something while they wait for shang qinghua to get back from some random logistics crisis he had to rush off to

shen qingqiu: ...?!?

luo binghe, panicking: wait shizun I can explain it's not what it looks like SHIZUN I SWEAR I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU PLEASE DON'T BE MAD--!

shen qingqiu: all this time I thought you were sneaking out to meet a girl, and this was what you were doing instead?!

luo binghe: WHAT?? shizun no I'd never do that I swear I don't even like girls!

shen qingqiu: that's not -- wait what do you mean you don't even like girls?!

mobei jun, unperturbed and still focused on the weiqi board: he's gay

[lost-fool-wandering]

...

-L.F.

[reality-detective]

[sir-fluffbutts]

i somehow feel like most public bathrooms probably use the floor toilets bc they're... probably cheaper....

i pondered about it for a bit so here are my offerings

[l7ndm7ne]

i wish someone actually loved me instead of using me as a toy

[wiillatree]

don't know how im supposed to believe in the american dream when my chronically ill friends are going into debt for halfhearted "medical care" and my brown friends are scared of being picked off the street by unlabeled ice officers for literally any minor reason and my trans friends fear losing their jobs or being hate crimed for daring to hint at the truth of who they are

[jangillman]

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[eightlaneslandscaping]

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[rosietrace]

How many aura points do I lose for immediately downloading Love and Deepspace as soon as I got a new phone with the storage to back it up

[phaltu]

a lesser man

Having fallen victim to one of his own wife plots, Shang Qinghua tries his best to hide it from the one man who'd have no interest in helping him (...right?!)

Thankfully, Mobei Jun cannot smell Shang Qinghua’s complication on him. He can, however, see the ruddy pink that stains Shang Qinghua’s cheeks. Shang Qinghua is made to pour through a bunch of scrolls, looking for some oblique information on territories while Mobei Jun watches and Shang Qinghua tries to act like he’s not thinking unwillingly about Mobei Jun putting him on the desk and giving this whole master-servant play another go. Mobei Jun raises an eyebrow as he looks down at Shang Qinghua like he’s grievance manifest. It’s unfortunately incredibly hot to Shang Qinghua, something that he will never admit attracted him even from before. “What is wrong with you?” Mobei Jun asks with a frown, and Shang Qinghua keeps his eyes focused on the papers in front of him because if he looks up at Mobei Jun right now, it’ll be with a look of sexual desperation so strong that he’ll be embarrassed into his next three lives.

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[paigemathews]

So I just finished rewatching Hocus Pocus (bc I'm planning on reading Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel and wanted to refresh my memory) and honestly, this movie works really well in the Charmed verse?

The strongest point is that the Sanderson sisters are totally evil witches. They betray the Wiccan Rede but don't steal powers, so they remain witches rather than warlocks. They each have a dominant magical power like most witches in the series do. (Winifred has electrokinesis, obviously. Mary has an enhanced sense of smell, which. proof that they're not warlocks bc what power is that to steal? I initially thought that Sarah's was suggestion, but it's actually enhanced allure or luring like the Siren and Darla the succubus.)

Their book, which would technically be a grimoire, has similar magical protections and abilities like the Halliwells' Book of Shadows. Whenever the sisters mention their mother, it's implied that she was also a witch who passed her magic and knowledge on. (You could even theorize that she was a good witch which is why the sisters keep calling their book Book bc of habit from when it was a Book of Shadows.)

Instead of being responsible for their powers or something, they could've made a deal to serve someone who went by the Devil moniker or the master for more power/immortality, especially since Winnie seems to be able to use necromancy like a demonic alchemist.

Additionally, Thackery, while not technically a familiar, may have been acting as one anyways because of his curse. If he interacted with other familiars (such as Kit/Katrina), that might help explain how he learned more about magic in the meantime.

I also have always loved the idea that Allison is actually a witch. There's the way that she's called a "good little white witch" at point in the film, which is admittedly loose evidence but great inspiration. Her mother apparently worked at the Sanderson sisters museum, but it's also been closed down for seemingly quite a while with the amount of dust and cobwebs, so why would she be so familiar with it? It could be a situation similar to Paige's storytime where her mother tells her about it to prepare her in case. Allison's family could be witches guarding the book and candle to keep it from falling into evil witches' hands.

Allison may have not been told that she was a witch bc of the possibility of it skipping generations in her family, but she was still taught that would be relevant. If she did develop a power, I'm actually partial to intuition because a) she sensed something was wrong before they knew that the witches were back which is why they grabbed the salt in the first place and b) she seemed to know that Max was going to do something reckless to his life before he did anything. (None of this is strong evidence lmao, but it's fun.)

Dani would totally become a witch practioner after finding out about it. I don't think Max would, but I think he'd learn a lot about it to prepare in case anything else happened and bc Dani and Allison are into it.

But I definitely think that the film could've happened in the Charmed universe!!

[asleepymonster]

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite insects, the humble drain fly.

Also known as the moth fly, we are specifically taking about Clogmia albipunctata. These adorable little cuties are true flies and their natural habitats are swampy wet areas.

"But Alex," you scream, frothing at the mouth, eyes bulging, "Why are they called drain flies?"

While the adults eat nectar or just water, the larvae are aquatic and eat decaying matter. Drain flies have discovered that our sewage system is a neverending supply of disgusting organic stuff just decaying away. Yummy! As such, they can often be found in drains. Maybe you've had drain flies? Rejoice, for you have been blessed.

The best thing about these guys?

They fly like drunk idiots.

They are special little guys, perfect in every way.

[rottkitt]

today is an absolutely horrible day to be a taco fictive.

[pinacoladamatata]

Target Solas may be saving my life actually