Wet yards and selling a Austin house
Disclosure and a documented repair beat a surprise inspection after a storm week. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
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Field notes.
Drainage that broke after new Austin landscaping
Beds, walls, and new sod change grade. Yesterday’s path can die under six inches of good intentions. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Drainage that broke after new Austin landscaping
Beds, walls, and new sod change grade. Yesterday’s path can die under six inches of good intentions. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
A hose test is not a Austin drainage analysis
A hose shows a low. It does not size a storm, find a neighbor source, or legalize a discharge. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
A hose test is not a Austin drainage analysis
A hose shows a low. It does not size a storm, find a neighbor source, or legalize a discharge. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Inflatable pools and accidental drainage tests in Austin
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 Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Why we look at the surface before we open a Austin trench
The cheapest water to move is the water that never needed a pipe. Grade first when grade will do it. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Five French-drain myths we hear on Austin lots
It always works. It never clogs. Deeper is better. Gravel alone is a French drain. Any trench counts. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Rain gardens versus engineered discharge in Austin
A rain garden is a designed soak. Clay and a high table often refuse to be a garden. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Planters built against a Austin house
A planter against brick is a reservoir you installed on purpose. Water sits on the wall. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Staining on brick from roof water in Austin
The stain is a record of the path. It tells you where the wall has been wet. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Walkway sheet flow into a Austin front door
A walk that pitches to the threshold is a small driveway with better landscaping. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.