Land Clearing
We clear brush and small trees from lots and small acreage around Katy, Texas. Where it fits, the brush is mulched in place.
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Dirt work is moving and shaping ground so it is ready for what comes next. Florida's Contracting and Land Services builds house pads and grades lots around Katy, Texas and the west side of Houston. We also put in gravel driveways and parking areas, and we level the ground after a demolition.
Site preparation for a new home starts with a pad at the right height. Other jobs start with a drive gone to washboard or a low spot that holds water. If the lot is still overgrown, clearing the build site comes first. Call or text (979) 824-2296, and we look at the ground and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the land, the fence or the drainage problem and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
A house pad is the raised, level bed of dirt that a slab is built on. It lifts the house so rain runs away from it. On rural lots, Fort Bend County's drainage rules set a new slab at least 2 feet above natural ground. A flood level or a nearby road can push that number higher.
Outside city limits, the county's new home permit asks for a survey or site plan and a simplified grading plan. Inside Katy city limits, a new home's floor must sit at least 18 inches above the top of the curb. Your surveyor or engineer sets the exact height, and we build the pad to it.
We put in gravel driveways and parking areas for better access to a property. The finishing dozer shapes the drive before any gravel goes down. Once the gravel is delivered, we spread it and grade the drive.
Washboard is the row of ripples that rattles a truck on a gravel drive. We grade the ripples out and give the drive a slight crown so rain sheds to the edges. Where the gravel has worn thin, more goes down before the last pass. We have graded the washboard out of a farm driveway.
Where a drive crosses a roadside ditch, a driveway culvert keeps the ditch flowing under the entrance. Outside city limits in Fort Bend County, a driveway connection to a county road needs a county permit. Inside Katy city limits, driveways are on the city's permit list.
Federal soil scientists describe the Katy soil series as nearly level coastal prairie, with most slopes under 1 percent. Its sandy loam top layer sits on a clay loam subsoil that drains slowly. In wet spells, water can sit in the upper soil for short periods.
On ground this flat, a few inches of grade decide where the water goes. The finishing dozer pushes high spots into low ones and slopes the ground toward a ditch or a swale. Texas law bars diverting surface water so that its overflow damages another person's property. So water has to leave your lot without landing on the neighbor's.
After a house demolition, the ground where the house stood still needs work. Once the debris is loaded out, we cut the lot level for a new pad or a yard.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 80 miles around Katy across Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Austin and Wharton Counties.
(979) 824-2296From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (979) 824-2296 and tell us what the land needs and where it is.
We come out to see the ground and how the machines get in. Point out any buried lines of your own, like the line to a water well or a barn.
You get the quote in writing. Once you say yes, we set a date for the work.
Brush gets mulched in place where that fits, and the digging follows the plan in the quote. Anything headed off the site gets loaded onto trucks we arrange.
We clean up when the machines are done. The ground is then ready for its next use, like a house pad or a new fence.
Common questions about dirt work around Katy and the west side of Houston. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We clear brush and small trees from lots and small acreage around Katy, Texas. Where it fits, the brush is mulched in place.
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The mulching head on our skid steer turns brush and small trees into chips where they stand. We use it to open trails and clean up overgrown land around Katy, Texas.
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We clear brush and trees off farm and ranch fence lines. A skid steer with a mulching head leaves an open lane for fence repair or a new fence.
Learn MoreOur land clearing jobs run about 10 acres or smaller. That size covers most house lots and small farm tracts around Katy.
A skid steer runs the mulching head through brush and saplings. A midsize excavator and a finishing dozer handle the digging and the grading.
Every job gets a look before it gets a price. You see the work and the price in writing before we start.
Who issues a driveway culvert permit in Fort Bend County: the county for county roads, TxDOT for FM roads. What each asks for and who sizes the pipe.
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What a French drain costs per foot in the Houston area, from national cost guides. Clay soil, depth, access and the outlet all move the price.
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Small acreage land clearing cost in Texas, by the acre. Houston-area ranges by growth, mulching or hauling off, what a build site needs, and permits.
Read more →Tell us about the land and the town it is in, and send photos by text if you have them. Call or text (979) 824-2296 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the land, the fence or the drainage problem and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.