Journal
We will not promise to prevent all flooding or protect a foundation permanently. Those sentences belong to sales, not to engineering. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
If it cannot be shown, it was not finished. Elevations, pipe type, discharge, cleanouts, photographs, flow test. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
A correct drain under a wrecked lawn is half a job. The property should look finished. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Two frontages, more roof, more hardscape, more places for sheet flow to aim at a door. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
The last lot on the bulb often inherits everyone else’s grade. The bowl is not an accident. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Perimeter water finds the vent and the dirt. Indoor dehumidifiers do not fix an outdoor path. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Walls fail when water sits behind them. Weep and collection belong in the design, not as a regret. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Traffic plus shade plus roof water equals permanent mud. Collection and conveyance beat more gravel forever. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Kids and tomatoes do not thrive in a bowl. Localized capture is often enough if the rest of the lot drains. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Utility locates are required even in a backyard. The ticket number belongs in the job file before installation status. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Move water. Protect property.
A Drainage Pro Property Water Analysis finds where water comes from, where it collects, and the right way to send it away from the house.