Landscaping in Buffalo Township

Buffalo Township runs down toward the Allegheny River around Sarver, and the valley is the dominant fact about working here. Ground falls, water moves, and both have to be designed for rather than discovered.

Gradient means that usable flat space is almost always built. A retaining wall, or a series of them, comes before the patio, and the wall is where the engineering and most of the cost sit.

Water arriving from uphill is the other constant. On a valley side the problem frequently starts on somebody else’s ground, which makes interception above the house a more reliable fix than managing runoff once it has reached the foundation.

Long stone driveways are common and need the same thinking: crown restored, drainage crossings sized properly, so the surface stops washing down the hill every spring.