French Drain Installation in Humble, TX

What we help with in Humble.

Call first if water is moving toward the slab or sitting for days. We route one local crew, not a list of bidders.

French Drain Installation For soggy side yards and water working toward the slab Typical: $2,500–$10,000 · 1–3 days Yard Drainage Solutions Catch basins, regrading, and downspout tie-ins for lawns that pond Typical: $1,500–$6,000 · 1–2 days Drainage Repair Camera-diagnose and fix drains that silted, crushed, or quit Repairs often $800–$3,000

What happens after you call.

We keep the path narrow: one homeowner, one local crew, one clear estimate.

Describe the yard Tell us where water sits after rain and whether it is moving toward the slab.
We route one crew The request goes to one insured, vetted contractor who works the Lake Houston corridor.
They inspect on site The crew checks grading, soil, discharge, and gives you a free estimate before any work starts.

Need help in Humble now?

Call first for the fastest response, or send the details and a local drainage crew will follow up.

Call (346) 478-0205

Local drainage details for Humble Neighborhood context for research, kept lower so the page stays call-first.

Humble splits in two for drainage purposes. The older in-town blocks off Main Street and FM 1960 in 77338 carry decades-old infrastructure: original yard lines past their service life, mature trees, and grading that has settled since the houses were built. South of town in 77396, including Fall Creek, Park Lakes, and the sections along Beltway 8 and Wilson Road, the construction is newer, and the usual complaint is builder grading that funnels water into the narrow side-yard bottlenecks between close-set homes.

All of it sits low. The West Fork of the San Jacinto runs right past town, and elevations step down toward the river. Harvey's crest in 2017 and the May 2024 flood both reached the river-adjacent sections. Even in an ordinary storm, rain that would be a nuisance on higher ground stands for days in flat gumbo-clay yards here.

The fixes track the split. On the in-town 77338 blocks the job is often replacement: French drains and discharge lines as old as the houses, silted shut or root-bound under fifty-year-old trees. In Fall Creek and Park Lakes it is usually surface work: catch basins where builder grading ponds, regraded swales where runoff crosses lot lines between close-set homes. Either way, typical jobs run one to three days.

Call and describe what you're seeing after the next rain. We'll connect you with an insured, vetted drainage contractor who covers both sides of Humble, the old grid off Main Street and the newer sections along Beltway 8, with a free on-site estimate.