Captain Winky said:
I need to get a drainage company out ASAP because our new house has terrible drainage.
Any recommendations for a company?
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I Am A Critic said:I'm tired of all the "experts" and their models and forecasts. Two weeks out doesn't mean ***** Get back to us when it's a week or less away.Cromagnum said:
Where the big rains will happen is subject to change, but the Euro model is showing two tropical rainmakers over the next 2 weeks.
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Captain Winky said:
I need to get a drainage company out ASAP because our new house has terrible drainage.
Any recommendations for a company?
I'm in the process of starting a company with a primary focus on drainage in Houston. Currently work for a top company in Fort Worth doing it and do side jobs on weekends. From competition research I've done in Houston, the only company I would even begin to recommend is Longhorn Drain Company, but even some of their stuff looks suspect. If you go with a random landscaper like most people do and recommend to do, then you will be going through the same process next year guaranteed.
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If you go with a random landscaper like most people do and recommend to do, then you will be going through the same process next year guaranteed.
Kind of a bold broad sweeping statement.
is anyone really going to complain about big rain maker storms?
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If you go with a random landscaper like most people do and recommend to do, then you will be going through the same process next year guaranteed.
Kind of a bold broad sweeping statement.
Sorry I've seen way too many people waste money putting **** that's either not gonna work or is gonna be compromised in a year in the ground. There's absolutely higher end landscapers that know what they're doing, so not ALL landscapers.
They're called Landscape Architects, have a professional degree from a university that generally involves a minor in horticulture, and licensing through a board just like Architects and PEs.
AgLA06 said:
They're called Landscape Architects, have a professional degree from a university that generally involves a minor in horticulture, and licensing through a board just like Architects and PEs.
Trust me I know plenty of landscape architects. They normally only do drainage if involved in their bigger landscape design plan and installation, so unless that is in the cards here, it seems like this person is looking for someone who specializes in just drainage. Clearly I'm talking about chuck in a truck that cuts your yard and says he can put in a "French drain" and then it does not work. Just a warning for people looking into installing drainage.
That's because to do drainage correctly, those things also have to be done correctly and designed to allow for proper drainage. So no, most won't be involved with patchworking something.mAgnoliAg said:AgLA06 said:
They're called Landscape Architects, have a professional degree from a university that generally involves a minor in horticulture, and licensing through a board just like Architects and PEs.
They normally only do drainage if involved in their bigger landscape design plan and installation,
username fitsmAgnoliAg said:Captain Winky said:
I need to get a drainage company out ASAP because our new house has terrible drainage.
Any recommendations for a company?
I'm in the process of starting a company with a primary focus on drainage in Houston. Currently work for a top company in Fort Worth doing it and do side jobs on weekends. From competition research I've done in Houston, the only company I would even begin to recommend is Longhorn Drain Company, but even some of their stuff looks suspect. If you go with a random landscaper like most people do and recommend to do, then you will be going through the same process next year guaranteed.
Fairly certain he used to live on my parents street or one over in magnolia.
I didn't mean to start such a contentious topic. Can we go back to arguing about whether or not power lines should be buried?
Captain Winky said:
I didn't mean to start such a contentious topic. Can we go back to arguing about whether or not power lines should be buried?
If new build have your contractor fix it.
In not hire a professional so they can calculate drainage areas, and size drains for those areas.
Andy's Sprinkler and Drainage did great work for me and the few people I have referred them to.Captain Winky said:
I need to get a drainage company out ASAP because our new house has terrible drainage.
Any recommendations for a company?
https://sprinklerdrainage.com/
Back to the weather, barely made it back to Houston before the airport entered into full ground stop. Half the streets in/out of the airport were flooded.
It's going to be really interesting to see what the beginning of next week looks like as far as all the rain goes.
Would y'all rather have:
1.) Rainy AF summer where we're under flood watch constantly.
or
2.) Oven like conditions all summer (think 2011).
1.) Rainy AF summer where we're under flood watch constantly.
or
2.) Oven like conditions all summer (think 2011).
1. All day every day.
Last summer was awful. Hot, AC issues, increased electric bills, dead grass and trees, pool and foundation cracks due to dry shifting soil.
Last summer was awful. Hot, AC issues, increased electric bills, dead grass and trees, pool and foundation cracks due to dry shifting soil.
Both suck but probably 1.
1 all day
well I think that would depend on whether you actually flood or not.
any sane person would choose 2 over 1 in that case.
any sane person would choose 2 over 1 in that case.
1. easily without a second thought
And that's why I picked 1Diggity said:
well I think that would depend on whether you actually flood or not.
any sane person would choose 2 over 1 in that case.
Haha exactly. 1 unless it actually impacts me.
But generally speaking, 1. Lots of bad things come from no rain too.
But generally speaking, 1. Lots of bad things come from no rain too.
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1. For whatever reason, I am more ok with staying inside when it is raining than I am when it is hot AF. Seeing the sun out and not really being able to go outside is mental torture for me.
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Growing up in Houston it was just assumed there was a good chance thunderstorms would build in the heat of the afternoon in Houston. It was a given just like death, taxes, and government stupidity. The years it didn't happen were the anomalies. It seems like we've had more dry / hot summers in the last 10 years or so than the first 30 growing up and I imagine it has more to do with all the development and concrete and the heat island effect.
1.jbanda said:
Would y'all rather have:
1.) Rainy AF summer where we're under flood watch constantly.
or
2.) Oven like conditions all summer (think 2011).
This is what I remember growing up in Friendswood. Afternoon thunderstorms were just part of summer and it was rare to go more than about a week without getting at least one downpour.AgLA06 said:
Growing up in Houston it was just assumed there was a good chance thunderstorms would build in the heat of the afternoon in Houston. It was a given just like death, taxes, and government stupidity. The years it didn't happen were the anomalies. It seems like we've had more dry / hot summers in the last 10 years or so than the first 30 growing up and I imagine it has more to do with all the development and concrete and the heat island effect.
Is this going to be a "lower the water in the pool for collection to prevent the back yard from flooding" type of event next week?
I've been in this city for nearly 25 years now. It really does seem like everything changed after the 2011-12 drought. Rarely have sea breeze storms now.txags92 said:This is what I remember growing up in Friendswood. Afternoon thunderstorms were just part of summer and it was rare to go more than about a week without getting at least one downpour.AgLA06 said:
Growing up in Houston it was just assumed there was a good chance thunderstorms would build in the heat of the afternoon in Houston. It was a given just like death, taxes, and government stupidity. The years it didn't happen were the anomalies. It seems like we've had more dry / hot summers in the last 10 years or so than the first 30 growing up and I imagine it has more to do with all the development and concrete and the heat island effect.
You dont have a drain?HtownAg92 said:
Is this going to be a "lower the water in the pool for collection to prevent the back yard from flooding" type of event next week?
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AgLA06 said:
Growing up in Houston it was just assumed there was a good chance thunderstorms would build in the heat of the afternoon in Houston. It was a given just like death, taxes, and government stupidity. The years it didn't happen were the anomalies. It seems like we've had more dry / hot summers in the last 10 years or so than the first 30 growing up and I imagine it has more to do with all the development and concrete and the heat island effect.
This. When I was a kid we had a good thunderstorm day every 7-10 days and had way more frequent pop up thunderstorms. In the last 10 years it's been a desert.
I remember having to explain to every new family that relocated to Houston what heat lightning was in the summer evenings. I really miss watching it in the evenings.