SITE WORK · BRAZOS COUNTY
Drainage & Excavation in Brazos County, TX
French drains and drainage systems that carry water away from the foundation, plus grading and excavation for patios and site prep. We work across Brazos County — Smetana, Tabor, Reliance and the surrounding area.
SCOPE
What this service covers.
Only the work we actually do — no padded list. If you are not sure whether your job fits, send a photo and we will tell you straight.
French drains and drainage systems
Perforated pipe in a gravel trench, routed to daylight or a catch basin, to carry water away from the foundation and out of the yard.
Downspout and surface drains
Tying gutters into buried lines and setting catch basins where water ponds after a storm.
Grading
Reshaping ground so it falls away from the house and toward where you want the water to go.
Excavation and site prep
Removing old slabs, cutting for patios and walls, and preparing ground before anything gets built.
BASED IN BRYAN, TEXAS — 30.6519° N, 96.3856° W
Why people call about this.
Water against the foundation
Ponding at the slab after every rain is the most expensive problem in the yard to ignore.
A yard that stays soggy
Standing water for days after a storm usually means the grade is wrong, the soil is sealed, or both.
A project that needs the ground ready first
Patios, walls, and beds all last longer when the drainage is sorted before they go in.
BRAZOS COUNTY, TX
Drainage & Excavation in Brazos County: what’s different here.
Outside Bryan and College Station, Brazos County is 588 square miles of rolling prairie and post oak woodland between the Brazos and Navasota rivers. The unincorporated parts are small rural communities such as Smetana, Tabor, Reliance, Edge, and Peach Creek, plus a lot of acreage, hay meadow, and country homesites. In the unincorporated county, new construction in a mapped floodplain needs a Brazos County Floodplain Development Permit from the Road & Bridge Department, septic systems are permitted through the Brazos County Health District, and every dig starts with a Texas811 locate.
Site & Property Work in Brazos County
Rural lots bring driveways, culverts, pad sites, brush clearing, and long drainage runs, and any work near a septic field or in a mapped floodplain has to be planned around county rules.
The ground
Uplands are claypan soils with a sandy layer on top under post oak, with a strip of darker Blackland Prairie clay along the north edge of the county and heavy bottomland clays along the Brazos and Navasota rivers, so drainage and base work change a lot from one property to the next.
Homes and lots
Mostly single homes on acreage, older farmhouses, and rural subdivisions, many on septic, with lots far larger than anything in town.
Neighborhoods we work in
- Smetana
- Tabor
- Reliance
- Edge
- Harvey
- Peach Creek
- Millican
- Brazos River bottom
WHAT DOES IT COST?
How Much Does a French Drain Cost in Bryan–College Station? (2026)
Published College Station surveys put a yard French drain at about $20–$31 per linear foot, or roughly $2,000–$3,150 for 100 feet. Here is what moves that number, what the add-ons cost, and when regrading alone does the job.
RELATED WORK
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QUESTIONS
Drainage & Excavation — things people ask.
BRYAN, TEXAS — 30.6519° N, 96.3856° W
READY WHEN YOU ARE.
Call, text, or send a few photos. We will come look at the property and give you a written estimate — free.