There is no universal fix for a wet property, which is why the first job of a drainage contractor in Chadds Ford, PA is diagnosis rather than installation. 

A swale, a French drain, a dry well and a downspout tie-in each solve a different problem, and installing the wrong one at the right location produces exactly the same result as doing nothing.

Mark Wagner founded Brandywine Designs, and the crew he runs carries more than 100 years of combined field experience across the Main Line and Brandywine Valley.

The Brandywine Valley is beautiful precisely because of the land it sits on: rolling terrain, mature tree canopy, and soil that has supported estates and gardens for centuries. That same soil, heavy in clay and slow to drain, is also the reason drainage problems on this property type rarely stay small. 

Water that has nowhere to go finds the path of least resistance, and on clay-heavy ground, that path is often straight toward a foundation, a patio base, or a planting bed that was never designed to hold standing water.