Broken, crushed, and collapsed drain tile located, dug up, spliced or replaced, and tied back to the main. Blown-out outlets and failed risers rebuilt, plus targeted new lines run to pull a wet spot dry. Mattoon, IL — 60-mile radius. Repair and targeted lines — no pattern tile.
📞 Call (217) 809-0779 Free EstimateWe locate and repair blown, crushed, collapsed, or root-clogged drain tile and tile outlets — dig down, splice or replace the bad run, and get water moving again so fields and yards drain. We also run targeted new drain tile lines to pull a specific wet spot dry. What we don't do is fresh pattern tile across a whole field. Central Illinois, Mattoon — 60-mile radius. Free on-site estimate: (217) 809-0779.
When drain tile fails you get a new wet spot, a backed-up outlet, or a sinkhole over the line. We locate the break, dig it up, splice or replace it, and tie it back to the main — or run a targeted new line if there was never tile there to begin with.
A field that's gone wet in a spot it never used to. Water backing up at the outlet. A sinkhole opening over an old tile line. When tile quits, the ground tells on it — and the fix is to find the failure and put the water back in the pipe.
Repair-first — and we move fast. We're not a pattern-tile install crew chasing the big new-install jobs; we find the failure, fix it, and get your water moving again — and we're not booked out for the season like the install outfits. And you deal with the owner, not a call center: your job is run by Levi Brohez, the man on the machine — call or text direct at (217) 809-0779.
Brohez Trucking LLC repairs field and drainage tile across central Illinois. Old clay tile that's collapsed with age. Modern HDPE crushed by deep tillage or heavy equipment. Outlets buried during a fence row push-out. Risers and inlets that have failed. We locate the break, dig down to it, splice or replace the bad run, and tie it back to the main at the right grade.
Repair and targeted lines — not pattern tile. We don't run fresh pattern tile across a whole field; that's a different trade and a different machine. What we do is fix an existing system that's failing, and run a targeted drain tile line to a wet spot with a real outlet — one line, shot to grade, doing one job.
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We repair broken, crushed, and collapsed drain tile, blown-out outlets, failed risers, and tile that's lost grade — and we run targeted new lines: one drain tile main to a wet spot, shot to grade, tied to a real outlet. What we do not do is fresh pattern tile across acreage. That needs a tile plow and it's a different trade — we'll point you to a tiling outfit, and we're glad to handle the repairs after.
One contractor for the locate, the dig, the pipe, the gravel, and the backfill — and the outlet rebuild if the failure is down there too. When we re-set a run that lost grade, we run laser grade control so the repair drains at consistent fall the way the original was meant to. Call and we'll come look. The estimate is free.
Plenty of outfits around here have been at it a long time. We counter on what age alone doesn't buy: modern iron — a Komatsu PC150LC-6 excavator and a Cat D6N dozer — run with laser grade control so the repair drains at the right fall the first time. Add 18 five-star reviews and a same-week, free on-site estimate, and you've got a crew that finds the break, fixes it right, and leaves it draining.
Your tile repair is designed and run by Levi Brohez, owner-operator — the man on the machine is the man you talk to. Direct line: (217) 809-0779.
Most tile repairs follow the same shape — find it, fix it, tie it back, leave it draining.
A new wet spot, a surface blowout, a sinkhole over the line, or water backing up at the outlet each point somewhere different. We start from what the ground is telling us. Free estimate.
We trace the run, probe, and dig test holes to put eyes on the break. Locates get called before any digging starts.
We open the trench to the tile at the right depth, careful not to disturb the sound pipe on either side of the failure.
The failed section comes out. New HDPE pipe goes in, coupled to the sound tile on both ends, set at the original grade so it drains like it was meant to.
If the failure is at the outlet — blown-out pipe, eroded rock, crushed riser — we rebuild and protect it so the whole system keeps draining.
Trench backfilled in lifts, surface restored, and graded smooth. Field ground gets disced back ready for the next pass; yard ground gets seeded.
From a single blowout to a collapsed main under a fence line — if the tile's failing, we fix it.
HDPE tile crushed by deep tillage, heavy equipment, or settling — located, dug up, and spliced back to sound pipe at the right grade.
Old clay tile that's failed with age. We cut out the collapsed run and splice in new HDPE tied back to the sound clay on both ends.
Outlet pipes that have washed out, eroded outlet rock, and lost main connections rebuilt and protected so the system keeps draining.
Crushed risers and surface inlets that have quit working, repaired or replaced and tied back to the line.
A section that settled into a flat spot or reverse grade silts in and quits draining. We re-dig and re-set the run so water flows downhill the whole way.
Outlets and tile buried or broken during a fence row push-out, located and rebuilt as part of land-clearing cleanup.
A hole opening over a tile run usually means a joint has failed and soil is washing in. We find it, fix it, and stop the loss before it gets bigger.
Can't find where the old tile runs? We trace, probe, and locate existing lines so a repair or a new yard drain can tie into the right main.
Real excavation work from across central Illinois — same equipment, same crew, same standards on tile repair as on every job.
The ground usually tells on it — a new wet spot where the field always drained, water backing up at the outlet, a soft sinkhole over the line, or a surface blowout. If a spot you used to farm or mow now ponds after every rain and never used to, the tile underneath is the first thing to check. We trace the run and dig test holes to confirm the break.
Targeted lines, yes — pattern tile, no. If you've got one wet spot and somewhere for the water to go, we'll run a single drain tile line to it, shot to grade and tied to a real outlet. What we don't do is fresh pattern tile across a whole field; that takes a tile plow and it's a different trade. Repairs to an existing system are squarely our work.
Nothing, mostly — they're two names for the same thing, and which one you hear depends on who's talking. "Field tile" is what farmers around here call it; "drain tile" is the term you'll see everywhere else, and it also covers the shorter runs people put in around a yard or a building. Same perforated pipe, same job: give the water a path out. We repair both and run targeted new lines of either.
We follow the symptoms — a new wet spot, a surface blowout, a sinkhole over the line, or water backing up at the outlet. From there we trace the run, probe, and dig test holes to find the failure.
Old clay tile collapses with age. Modern HDPE gets crushed by deep tillage, heavy equipment, or settling. Outlets get buried during a fence row push-out or eroded away. Roots clog lines. And tile set with a flat spot silts in and quits draining.
Yes. When a section collapses we dig down, cut out the failed run, and splice in new HDPE tied back to the sound clay on both ends — at the right grade so it drains like the original was meant to.
Depends on how deep the tile is, how much we have to dig to reach the failure, and whether the outlet needs rebuilt too. A single shallow blowout is one number; a deep main repair is another. Free estimate — call (217) 809-0779.
Yes — blown-out outlet pipes, eroded outlet rock, crushed risers, and failed surface inlets. A tile is only as good as its outlet, so we rebuild and protect them.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, Effingham, Charleston, Tuscola, Sullivan, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.
Brohez Trucking LLC repairs field and drainage tile across a 60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — into Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. Pick your town below for local details, or call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in the radius.
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