Storm & Flood Damage Recovery in McKinney, TX

The goal is evenness rather than wetness, and that distinction matters on this soil. Clay damages foundations by moving, and it moves most when one part of the perimeter is much wetter than another. A soaker line run consistently around the whole perimeter in a drought keeps the moisture uniform; watering only the flower beds on one side creates exactly the differential you are trying to avoid. Consistency beats volume.

A pressure test to confirm a hot-side loss, then an acoustic locate before any concrete is opened. On a post-tensioned slab the locate is not optional: cutting without knowing where the tendons run creates a far bigger problem than the leak. Any contractor proposing to open the slab without locating both the leak and the tendons should be asked how they intend to avoid the cables.

Usually because it has been changed rather than because it was built wrong. Lots here are graded to a plan at handover, and fences, beds, patios, and added irrigation gradually interrupt it. The arrangement keeps working until a storm exceeds what is left, so the first failure arrives years later and feels sudden. Comparing the lot as it stands against the original grading plan is the quickest way to find what moved.