Excavation Services - Wichita's Trusted Wood and Vinyl Fencing

Yes, Wichita soil—especially in older neighborhoods—can shift with heavy rain. If your posts aren't set below the frost line or on a stable base, they'll lean over time. A solution we often recommend is trench digging around the post base to remove loose soil and replace it with compacted gravel. For new fence installations, we excavate down to stable soil first, so the posts stay plumb year after year.

We run into rocky or uneven ground pretty often in Wichita. For those jobs, we use a mini-excavator to trench the entire fence line, breaking up rock and removing any debris. Once the trench is clean, we grade the soil so it slopes away from the fence base—preventing water pooling. This prep work means your fence panels hang straight and your posts stay dry.

Absolutely. We can excavate a French drain or a simple graded trench along the fence line to direct water away from your posts and neighbor’s property. By reshaping the earth before you install the new fence, you stop the standing water problem at the source. We’ve done exactly this in several Riverside-area homes, and the fences have held up great—no leaning or wood rot.