House Demolition
We take down houses and barns up to about 5,300 square feet, plus sheds and old concrete. The debris gets loaded out, and the ground can be cut level after.
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The rain stops, but the water stays. It sits at the side gate or in a low spot of the lawn for days. French drain installation gives that water a path out of the yard. Downspout drain lines do the same for roof water.
Florida's Contracting and Land Services does French drain installation across Katy, Texas and the west side of Houston. We work in neighborhood yards and on farm ground, and we also handle land clearing in Katy. We look at the yard and put the quote in writing. Call or text (979) 824-2296.
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.
NOAA's 30-year climate averages put Katy's rain at about 49 inches a year. May is the wettest month on that record. Much of that rain lands on ground with almost no fall.
The USDA soil survey maps the Katy soil series over large areas between the Brazos and San Jacinto Rivers. It has a sandy loam top layer, and a subsoil with more clay starts 18 to 30 inches down. For short spells in the cool months and after heavy rain, water perches above that subsoil. Most of this ground slopes less than 1 percent.
Texas law makes the International Residential Code the building code for houses in its cities. That code asks for the ground to fall at least 6 inches in the first 10 feet from a house. Houses about 15 feet apart leave little room for that. Where lot lines block the fall, the code calls for drains or swales.
A French drain is a trench with a perforated pipe in a bed of gravel. Water in the soil seeps into the gravel, then into the pipe. The pipe falls toward a lower spot and carries the water there.
A French drain is only as good as the spot it drains to. That spot has to sit lower than the wet area, like a ditch or a swale. In a narrow side yard, the French drain runs through the low, packed ground where water stands.
Roof water adds to the load. Downspouts that dump at the corner of a house cut ruts and wash out beds. We run gutter downspout drain lines underground to stop that erosion. The line carries roof water out to where the yard can take it.
A washout starts small, then each hard rain takes more of the yard. We backfill washouts with crushed granite for drainage to keep the yard from washing away. That fits a washout behind a bulkhead or along a bank that keeps losing soil.
On farm ground, the job is slope and ditch drainage. Runoff can cut gullies across a field and leave low spots under water. We build slope drainage that carries it off, and larger reshaping is dirt work for the finishing dozer. Where a ditch crosses a drive, a driveway culvert carries the water under it.
Our yard drainage work covers Katy and the west side of Houston. Fulshear, Brookshire, Sealy and Rosenberg are part of that service area, and so is East Bernard.
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 French drains around Katy and the west side of Houston. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We take down houses and barns up to about 5,300 square feet, plus sheds and old concrete. The debris gets loaded out, and the ground can be cut level after.
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Driveway culverts and entrances for new lots and farm gates, set to the county's or TxDOT's size and grade. We also grade the washboard out of gravel drives.
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We dig new stock ponds and expand old ones on acreage around Katy. The clay and sand that come out can build a pad nearby.
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.
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.
