The basement you stopped going into. The yard that floods every spring. The lot that has to be clear before the trucks roll in. We have spent decades making it disappear, for good.
We come out, walk the property, and tell you straight what it takes to end it.
It does not have to be managed. It can be over. A basement dry enough to finish. A yard that drinks a storm and stays solid. A foundation you stop thinking about entirely.
We do not mow lawns or chase a dozen trades. We do the water work, and we do it so it holds.
The low corner that swallows every rain. The path that turns to mud. We read where the water wants to go and give it somewhere better to be, so the ground holds and the yard goes back to being yours.
Reclaim Your Yard
The smell. The boxes up on blocks. The wet line that shows after every heavy rain. We find where the water gets in and stop it at the source, so downstairs becomes square footage you use instead of square footage you avoid.
Dry It For Good
When the storm rolls in, your lot cannot be the reason the trucks stop. We run through the night so your gates, lanes, and loading areas are clear and safe before your people arrive. Operations like Rand Whitney Containerboard and Westerly Airport count on it.
Lock In Your WinterNo stock photos. No staged shots. These are raw, unedited pictures straight off our own job sites across New London County. This is what the work actually looks like. Hover to pause, tap any photo to enlarge.
Water is patient. Our fixes are permanent.
A small water problem does not stay small. It quietly turns into the expensive one. We have watched it happen again and again, which is exactly why we tell you straight what it takes today, before it becomes a foundation bill tomorrow.
You reach out, we come to see where the water is going wrong, and the crew makes it right. Straight answers the whole way.
Call or send a few details about what you are dealing with. We set a time to come see it, usually within the week.
Our crew walks the property and finds where the water actually goes wrong, not where it looks like the problem is. You get a straight written assessment, no pressure and no pitch.
The crew shows up when we said we would and does the work the way it should be done. When we leave, the only thing left behind is the fix.
It is not complicated. We do what we said, when we said, and we use the kind of materials that outlast the invoice.
We have read this region's water for forty years. The fix we recommend is the one that holds, because we have seen what does not.
Excavators, pumps, and plows on hand. Real machines for real water and real snow, not a shovel and a maybe.
Run out of Ledyard, working a tight radius. Not a franchise borrowing a local phone number.
Storms do not keep hours. When one runs all night, so do we, for the accounts counting on us.
I started Sparkle Lake in 1986, and forty years later I am still the one who picks up the phone and walks your property. I have always thought that was the way it should be done.
Most of this trade is figuring out where the water actually wants to go and giving it a better path. The fancy word is drainage. The real version is paying attention, doing the math right, and using materials that will still be in the ground long after you have forgotten the bill.
I do not take every job in the county. I take the ones where the homeowner wants it actually solved, not papered over. If that is you, let's talk.
Bill Spicer · Owner, Sparkle Lake ServicesDrag any photo across to see what we left behind.
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Based in Ledyard, working a tight radius across the towns below. Tap your town to see how we handle drainage, waterproofing, and snow right where you are. Outside the area? Reach out and ask. We travel for the right job.
Yes. We answer, and if the crew is out on a job, you get a call back the same day. A real person who knows the work, every time.
We walk the whole property, find where the water actually goes wrong, and give you a straight written assessment of what it takes to fix it. No pressure and no sales pitch.
Yes. We carry the insurance any homeowner should require before letting a crew work on their property. We will provide proof on request.
No. We focus on drainage, basement waterproofing, and snow removal. That focus is why the work holds.
No. We plow large commercial and industrial properties only, lots, access roads, and loading areas for operations like Rand Whitney Containerboard and Westerly Airport. If you manage a property that needs reliable plowing, reach out before the season and we will set up a contract.
Usually within the week. If it is an active leak or a flooded basement, call right away and we will move faster.
Check, ACH, credit card, and cash. Whatever is easiest for you.
Tell us what you are dealing with. We will come see it ourselves and tell you exactly what it takes to end it, for good.