01
Diagnose
Where it ponds, where the HOA will let water go, and whether grade or pipe is the fix.
Drainage
Yard drainage and French drains in North Texas
French drains, catch basins, and regrade work for clay lots that hold water against the house.
How we run this work.
Dallas–Fort Worth clay does not percolate on a convenient schedule. After a slow front, water sits. We install French drains, surface inlets, and downspout tie-ins, and we regrade when a pipe alone will not fix a bowl. The point is to move water to a legal outfall — street, creek easement, or dry well — not into the neighbor’s patio.
- French drains along foundations and side yards
- Catch basins and pop-up emitters
- Downspout collection and buried leaders
- Swales and berms when pipe is the wrong tool
- Sump and low-spot correction on established lots
Sequence on the lot
02
Dig and bed
Fabric, rock, and pipe at a slope that actually runs in this clay.
03
Restore
Backfill, compact, and leave the yard ready for grass — not a trench souvenir.
Where we do drainage
City pages for this service
Same work, different ground. Open the city that matches the lot.
Related services
Excavation & Dirt Work — Cut, fill, haul-off, and structural digging for homes, barns, pads, and commercial sites across North Texas clay.
Land & Lot Clearing — Brush, mesquite, cedar, and scrap piles off the lot so survey, utilities, and pad work can start.
Site Preparation — From raw lot to a pad the builder can stake — stripping, grading, and compaction in the right order.
Grading & Finish Grade — Rough grade for drainage, finish grade for sod and slab — slopes that send water away from the house.