A playset or garden that never dries in Austin
Kids and tomatoes do not thrive in a bowl. Localized capture is often enough if the rest of the lot drains. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
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Field notes.
Downspouts flooding flower beds in Austin
A bed is not a discharge. It is a sponge that fails and then rots the plants you paid for. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Downspouts flooding flower beds in Austin
A bed is not a discharge. It is a sponge that fails and then rots the plants you paid for. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Water collecting between two Austin houses
Two roofs, one alley of dirt, zero daylight. This is the classic corridor failure. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Water collecting between two Austin houses
Two roofs, one alley of dirt, zero daylight. This is the classic corridor failure. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
HOA lots and common-area water in Austin
Common swales and rear drains often concentrate flow onto one pad. The covenant does not move the water. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
HOA lots and common-area water in Austin
Common swales and rear drains often concentrate flow onto one pad. The covenant does not move the water. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Filled lots and bowls in Austin subdivisions
Fill settles. Low spots appear where the plan showed fall. Fences then trap what the fill created. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Filled lots and bowls in Austin subdivisions
Fill settles. Low spots appear where the plan showed fall. Fences then trap what the fill created. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
New-construction drainage problems in Austin
Pads and fill often ignore the finished grade the house will live with. The builder’s swale may be a rumor. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Tropical and heavy rain on a Austin residential lot
Volume arrives faster than soil can take it. Capture and conveyance have to be sized for that pulse. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.
Tropical and heavy rain on a Austin residential lot
Volume arrives faster than soil can take it. Capture and conveyance have to be sized for that pulse. Local notes for Austin: thin soils over limestone on the Edwards Plateau edge.