Water goes
where you put it.
Culverts, catch basins, French drains and riprap — the difference between a property that sheds water and one that stores it against your foundation.
On mountain ground, drainage is not a finishing trade. It decides whether the driveway holds, whether the bank stays up and whether water ends up in the crawlspace.
We handle the surface water and the subsurface water: ditch lines and culverts for what runs across the ground, French drains for what moves through it, and riprap where the flow is fast enough to cut.
What you get
- Culverts and catch basins sized to the actual flow
- French drains for subsurface water
- Ditch lines cut and shaped to carry
- Riprap armouring slopes, banks and outlets
- Foundation and crawlspace water moved away from the structure
How It Runs
What actually happens on site.
- Trace the waterUphill of the problem, not at it. Where it collects, how fast it moves and what it is doing to the ground it crosses.
- Surface firstDitch lines, crown and culverts to carry what runs on top away from the drive and the structure.
- Subsurface where neededFrench drains and perforated pipe where water is moving through the ground rather than over it.
- Armour the fast waterRiprap and stone where the flow is quick enough to cut a channel.
- Discharge somewhere sensibleWater has to end up somewhere that is not your neighbour's problem or back on the drive.
On the ground
Questions
Asked about this job.
What is a French drain and do I need one?
A perforated pipe in a gravel trench that collects water moving through the ground and carries it somewhere else. You need one when the water problem is not on the surface — a wet yard that never dries, or water appearing at a foundation with no visible source.
Do you fix water in a crawlspace?
We handle the outside of the problem — grading away from the structure, footing drains, and getting surface water off the ground next to the house. That is usually where it starts.
Free Estimate
Get a price for drainage.
Where it is, how long the drive is, how steep it gets and what it is doing now. We come out, walk it, and give you a real number.
Call McKinley direct (828) 540-6856- Free on-site estimates across WNC and the Upstate
- One crew from clearing through to the last load of stone
- Drainage designed in, not sold to you afterwards