Drainage Contractor in Lithia, FL

Lithia’s Drainage and Waterproofing Specialists

Choosing a drainage contractor in Lithia means choosing one who accepts that no two properties here sit at the same height. Lithia is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, roughly 18 miles east-southeast of Tampa, and the ground falls from 105 feet south of the post office down to under 8 feet at Lithia Springs. That is close to 100 feet of elevation change inside a single community. Andriy Garanin builds for the levels he measures on your lot, not for an average of the area.

The practical result is that two Lithia homes a few miles apart can have opposite problems. A property on the high ground sheds water quickly, and that water arrives somewhere below it, often against a wall or in the low corner of a neighboring lot. A property down in the Alafia River corridor, 2,963 acres of which is protected land, can sit close to 8 feet with almost no fall available to move standing water anywhere. The first question on every visit is where the water is going to go, which is why yard drainage work here starts with levels rather than with a product.

Build-out changed the balance as well. FishHawk Ranch covers 3,000 acres and was developed in the late 1990s, putting large roofed and paved areas onto ground that used to absorb its own rainfall. Roof, driveway and patio runoff that once soaked in now has to be collected and routed, and on sloping ground it has to be slowed down too. Andriy is the owner and lead installer, he is on every job from the first site walk to the final cleanup, and Lithia properties get the same foundation waterproofing and drainage work we build in Riverview, Brandon and Plant City.

Common Drainage Problems in Lithia

• Close to 100 feet of elevation change, from under 8 feet at Lithia Springs to 105 feet south of the post office
• Runoff shedding off the high ground and arriving against a wall or a low corner below
• Lots in the Alafia River corridor with very little fall available to move water
• Roof, driveway and patio runoff added by the late-1990s FishHawk Ranch build-out
• Paved and roofed surfaces sitting on ground that used to absorb its own rainfall
• Side yards and low corners that stay wet for days after a summer storm

Services Available in Lithia

Yard Drainage

On a Lithia lot the grade decides the design, so the high and low points of the whole yard get mapped before a single line is cut.

Yard Drainage →

French Drain Installation

A French drain needs an outlet below the water it collects, which makes it the straightforward answer on Lithia’s higher ground and the wrong one on the lowest river-corridor lots.

French Drain Installation →

Channel Drain Installation

Driveways on the FishHawk Ranch grades push a lot of water straight at the garage door, and a channel drain cut across the apron takes it at the top of the slope.

Channel Drain Installation →

Foundation Waterproofing

Where a Lithia house sits at the bottom of a long run, the wall takes water that fell a hundred feet higher up, so it is excavated and sealed instead of patched.

Foundation Waterproofing →

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