Removal of sediment, leaves, trash and debris from catch basins, storm drains, grates and connected structures to keep drainage moving.
When a storm drain backs up on a property in New Braunfels, the property manager or board is the one fielding the call, not the city. Catch basin and storm drain cleaning keeps that call from happening by keeping sediment, leaves and trash out of the structures that are supposed to move water off the site.
Comal County ground does not make this easy. Rocky Hill Country edge soils shed grit fast once a slope is disturbed, and that grit settles straight into the nearest sump. Riverfront lots near the Guadalupe and Comal pick up sand that behaves the same way, filling a basin from the bottom up until a grate that used to drain in minutes takes an hour. We see it most in older Gruene-area developments with narrower drain lines and in newer build-outs around Vintage Oaks and River Chase where fresh landscaping means loose soil is still finding its way into the system. A slow drawdown after a normal rain, a forebay that looks more like a sandbar, or a grate half buried in leaf litter are the early signs.
Working with Corral Bros on this means a site walk first, so you know what is actually sitting in your basins before anyone commits to a schedule. We clean the sump, clear the grates and connected drains, haul off what comes out, and check the lines tied into the structure while we are there. You get a property that drains the way it was designed to.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your New Braunfels property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and catch basin & storm drain cleaning that holds up to Comal County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We come out, open or inspect the accessible basins and grates, and look at how water is actually moving, or not moving, across the property. From that we give you a free, no-obligation estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours of your call. For an HOA or management company with multiple structures on site, we walk the whole system in one visit so you get one scope, not a string of separate quotes.
Most commercial sites and HOA-maintained systems here do well on an annual cleanout, but that shifts with the ground. A property backing up to a sandy stretch near the river or sitting on loose Hill Country edge soil can silt in faster and need a second pass after a heavy rain season. The real trigger is drawdown time, if water is standing longer after a storm than it used to, that is the system telling you it is time.
We schedule around your property's traffic, not the other way around. For apartment and retail centers that means working sections at a time so parking and access are never fully blocked, and for HOA common areas we coordinate timing with the board or management company ahead of the visit. Most basin and drain work is done without needing any unit or tenant to be present.
It means sediment load is the main issue more than tree debris alone. Rocky edge soils around developments like Vintage Oaks erode fast once disturbed, and riverfront sand near Gruene settles hard into sumps and forebays. Both fill a basin from the bottom, which is a different problem than a grate clogged with leaves, and it is why we check the full structure, not just the surface, on every visit.
The main factors are how much sediment and debris has built up, how many structures and connected lines are on the property, and how accessible each basin is. A single retail center grate is a different job than a full HOA system with multiple basins, forebays and buried connections across Vintage Oaks or River Chase. We price it after the site walk, not off a phone description.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
