Journal
A pond in the grass the next afternoon is a path problem. The lot collected water faster than it could leave. Local notes for Dallas–Fort Worth: Blackland and expansive clays that swell wet and shrink dry.
Disclosure and a documented repair beat a surprise inspection after a storm week. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Beds, walls, and new sod change grade. Yesterday’s path can die under six inches of good intentions. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
A hose shows a low. It does not size a storm, find a neighbor source, or legalize a discharge. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Draining a pool into a bowl is a flow test you did not mean to run. The water tells you the truth. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
The cheapest water to move is the water that never needed a pipe. Grade first when grade will do it. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
It always works. It never clogs. Deeper is better. Gravel alone is a French drain. Any trench counts. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
A rain garden is a designed soak. Clay and a high table often refuse to be a garden. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
A planter against brick is a reservoir you installed on purpose. Water sits on the wall. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
The stain is a record of the path. It tells you where the wall has been wet. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
A walk that pitches to the threshold is a small driveway with better landscaping. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Equipment pads sit in the same bowls as the lawn. Standing water is hard on the unit and the soil. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
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.