Thayne Muthler, Owner

Thayne Muthler owns and runs Muthler Landscaping & Construction LLC in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He writes and reviews the articles, guides and tools on this site.

Who he is

Thayne started the business in 2017 as a lawn care company, while he was still a student at Jersey Shore Area High School. The work got heavier from there. Today the company is a hardscape, concrete, excavation and drainage contractor with a crew of about 14 and a shop at 913 Bellefonte Ave in Lock Haven.

He handles the sales, estimates, contracts and scheduling himself, and he sets the company’s standards for how jobs are scoped, built and checked.

What the company builds

• Hardscaping: segmental retaining walls, paver patios, walkways, steps, fire pits and seat walls.
• Concrete: patios, walks, driveways, slabs and stamped concrete.
• Excavation and site work: grading, site prep, French drains and other drainage correction, footings and lot clearing.
• Landscaping that finishes a hardscape job, selective general construction, and snow plowing and salting in winter.

The company’s own crews do the core work, on equipment the company owns.

Registration and service area

Muthler Landscaping & Construction LLC is registered with the Pennsylvania Attorney General as a home improvement contractor, PA HIC #PA212584, and carries insurance. Pennsylvania registers home improvement contractors rather than licensing them, so the HIC number is the thing to check on any contractor’s paperwork.

The crews work across Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Union counties, including Lock Haven, Williamsport, Montoursville, State College, Bellefonte and Lewisburg, and take jobs in nearby towns when the project fits. See areas we serve.

How the articles are written and checked

The articles, state guides and calculators on this site are written from a builder’s point of view: what a crew actually has to dig, compact, pour or set to get the job right.

1. Primary sources first. Code sections, manufacturer installation guides, state agencies and industry standards are the sources. Each article ends with a Sources line linking them.
2. A separate fact-check. Before anything is published, a separate review pass that did not write the draft checks every number and claim against its cited source. Anything that can’t be backed up is fixed or cut.
3. Nothing made up. No invented customers, jobs, reviews, quotes or statistics. Job photos are real and described as what they show.
4. Kept current. Older articles get refreshed when a code, product or price changes, and the state guide data is re-verified on a schedule.

Articles are general information, not engineering or legal advice. A tall wall, a structural slab or a contract dispute still needs a licensed engineer or an attorney who has seen your site or your paperwork.

See a mistake? Call or text (570) 397-9800 or use the contact form, and it will be checked and corrected. Our editorial policy sets out how articles, guides and calculators are sourced, checked and corrected.

Hire the company

For a patio, wall, drainage or site work job in central Pennsylvania, start with a free estimate: call or text (570) 397-9800 or send the estimate form. More about the crew and the machines is on the About page.