The side-gate mud strip on a Houston house
Everyone walks it. Everyone hates it. It is usually roof water plus no conveyance. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
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Field notes.
When a Houston yard has more than one water source
Roof plus neighbor plus grade is the usual stack. One trench that pretends they are the same source will leak one of them back. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Documentation that should come with a Houston drainage job
811 ticket, elevations, photos, flow test, as-built, scope conditions. That is the file. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
How to read a Houston drainage proposal
Look for sources, pipe type by zone, slope, discharge, restoration, and what the system is designed to manage. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
How to read a Houston drainage proposal
Look for sources, pipe type by zone, slope, discharge, restoration, and what the system is designed to manage. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Phone triage before a Houston site visit
A short video of the water moving is worth more than a paragraph. We still will not quote a system from a selfie. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
What a Houston homeowner can check before booking an analysis
After a storm: where it sits, when it leaves, whether the irrigation was on, whether downspouts dump at the wall. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
What a guessing contractor gets wrong on a Houston wet yard
They sell the trench they know. They skip elevations. They leave the outlet as it should soak in over there. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Shoulder-season drainage in Houston — not just the hurricane poster
Slow fronts and three-day drizzle fill clay as surely as a named storm. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Low spots that collect every hose and every storm in Houston
The same bowl that holds rain holds irrigation overspray. Two sources, one elevation problem. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
When Houston water moves too fast and strips the yard
Not every failure is a pond. Some lots shed so hard the soil leaves with the storm. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.
Leaves, mulch, and clogged Houston yard drains
A grate is an invitation to the oak. Maintenance is part of capture. Local notes for Houston: Gulf Coast prairie clay that accepts water slowly and holds it.