Cleaning, mowing, grading, vegetation control, debris removal and erosion repair for drainage swales, channels, ditches and culverts.
Property managers and HOA boards in West Lake Hills usually call us after a heavy rain shows them something they did not know they had: water standing in a swale that should have drained hours ago, a culvert spitting out mulch and gravel instead of swallowing it, or a channel bank that slumped overnight. By the time the call comes in, the drainage path has usually been quietly failing for a season or two.
The terrain here does the damage. Steep canyon lots over Austin limestone mean thin soil and fast runoff, so a swale that looks fine in dry weather can be carrying real force in a downpour. We find silted forebays below wooded slopes in Rollingwood and Davenport Ranch, bare eroded banks where turf never established on a cut slope, culverts half blocked by cedar litter and gravel washed down from above, and volunteer trees rooting into channel banks where nobody has mowed or cleared in years.
Working with Corral Bros on this scope means a site walk to trace the actual flow path, a clear scope for cleaning, grading, and erosion repair, and crews who know how to work a wooded Hill Country slope without tearing it up further. If the system was built to an engineer's plan, we work alongside that plan rather than redesigning anything. You get the drainage path cleared and stabilized, and an estimate that reflects what the ground actually needs.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your West Lake Hills property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and swale, channel & culvert maintenance that holds up to Travis County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We walk the swale, channel or culvert run with whoever manages the property, often the association manager or a board member, and look at the whole drainage path from inlet to outlet. On a canyon lot that usually means climbing a slope or two to see where water actually cuts in during a storm. The estimate is free and we typically get on site within 48 hours of your call.
Most wooded West Lake Hills properties need a cleaning and inspection pass once or twice a year, more often if there is heavy oak and cedar canopy dropping leaf litter and limbs into the channel. A hard rain event on these limestone slopes can also move enough debris and gravel in one night to warrant an off-cycle visit, especially right before summer storm season.
We schedule the work and route equipment to keep drive aisles, guest parking and walking paths open, and we coordinate timing with the property manager or HOA office ahead of the visit. On gated or shared-access communities like Davenport Ranch, we work out gate codes and access windows in advance so there is no surprise for residents.
Thin soil over Austin limestone means channels here often run rocky and swales can be cut sharper than you would see on flatter ground, so erosion repair tends to involve resetting stone and regrading rather than just adding soil and sod. Steep canyon lots also grow volunteer cedar and hackberry along embankments fast, and roots in a culvert or channel bank are a routine find.
Length and slope of the swale or channel, how much silt or debris has built up, how overgrown the vegetation is, and whether erosion has undercut a bank or damaged a culvert all factor in. Site access matters too. A channel on a steep wooded lot with limited equipment access costs more to clear than an open run along a flat retail frontage.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
