French drain installation
Perforated pipe and gravel trenches that intercept water before it reaches your foundation or yard.
Drainage Contractor in Lynchburg, VA
French drains, regrading, swales, and culverts — we fix the cause of standing water, not just the puddle sitting on top of it.
Diagnostic walk freeLicensed & insured30-mile radius from Lynchburg
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything under "drainage," done by one crew.
Standing water is a symptom. Here's how we find and fix the cause.
Swales & regrading
Shallow, graded channels that carry surface water away without a single pipe in the ground.
Culverts & storm pipe
Pipe crossings and storm tie-ins sized to actually handle the water your site sees.
Yard & residential drainage diagnostics
A free walk to find where the water is actually coming from — not just where it's pooling.
Downspout & surface water tie-ins
Gutters and hardscape runoff tied into a real drainage plan instead of dumping at the foundation.
Drainage tied to grading & VSMP
Drainage work coordinated with grading and Stormwater & VSMP compliance, not bolted on after the fact.
Not sure what's causing it? Let's find out for free.
30–45 minutes on the ground, an itemized quote within five business days.
Start with a free site walk →HOW IT WORKS
Four steps. No mystery.
Every drainage project goes through the same process — from first call to final walk.
Free site walk
We look, we listen, we measure the job in front of us. No charge.
A real quote
Itemized scope and timeline within five business days — not five rounds of phone tag.
Schedule & mobilize
Permits pulled, crew and equipment on-site.
Final walk & sign-off
Work verified against plan. Documentation provided. Final walk with you.
DRAINAGE, ANSWERED
Quick answers, real ones.
The questions we get most from owners and GCs before this kind of job starts.
French drain vs. swale — which one do I need?
A French drain is a buried, perforated pipe that intercepts water underground — the right call when water is coming from a slope above your house or pooling near a foundation. A swale is a shaped surface channel that moves water across a yard without digging a trench — the right call for broader lot drainage where the grade allows it. Many yards need both. We diagnose which on the free site walk before recommending either.
What are the signs my yard has a drainage problem?
Standing water more than 24 hours after rain, soggy or mossy patches in the same spot every time, water pooling against the foundation, erosion channels cut into slopes, and a musty basement or crawlspace smell are the most common signs. Any one of those is worth a diagnostic walk.
How much does French drain installation cost in Lynchburg?
It depends on trench length, depth, soil conditions, and where the water has to discharge to. We don't price it over the phone — the free diagnostic walk tells us exactly what the site needs, and you get an itemized number from that.
WHY IT MATTERS
Water finds the lowest point. We make sure it's not your foundation.
30 mi
Service radius from Lynchburg, VA
5 days
Typical turnaround for a written quote
1 crew
Self-perform — no subbed-out work
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What clients say
"Handoffs make or break a paving schedule, and Oxen Civil hands us a site that's actually ready — grade, drainage, and compaction dialed in before our crews ever show up. That kind of prep work upstream is the reason our paving schedules hold."— Taylor Tipton, Field Operations Manager, Mr. Pave
Ready to stop guessing where the water's coming from?
Send us your plans and we'll come walk the site with you — free, within five business days.
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