The newest housing stock in Hendricks County, on ground that has been cut, filled and built over so thoroughly the soil map no longer describes it.
Avon is the extreme end of the suburban curve in this county. Something like 89% of its housing was built in 1990 or later, and the 1990s alone account for a third of it. There is almost nothing here old enough to have failed of old age, which means the calls we get from Avon are almost never about a broken system. They are about a system that was never quite right, or a yard that has been changed since it was graded.
The soil data tells the story better than anything. Close to half of Avon's mapped soil is classified as Urban land complex, the highest share of the nine Hendricks towns. That is the survey saying, in effect, that the natural profile has been cut, filled and built over and the map no longer describes the site. On a lot like that, you cannot predict how water will behave from a chart. You have to look at it, and you have to look at it when it is wet if you can.
The practical version: Avon lots tend to be tight, graded to a swale between houses, and dependent on that swale staying exactly as built. A landscape bed, a fence with a berm, a trampoline pad or a neighbor's new patio can take a functioning swale out of service. About 114 feet of relief across town means there is usually somewhere for water to go, but only if the route is still open.
Upper White basin, through the White Lick Creek system.
About 114 feet of relief. Roughly 48% of mapped soil is Urban land complex, the highest of the nine Hendricks towns, so the natural profile has been reworked.
89.2% built 1990 or later, the 1990s the biggest decade. Failure of age is rare here.
Avon is an MS4 with its own certified construction program. Its stormwater utility came out of a 2016 study and uses a 3,942 square foot ERU.
We do all nine services everywhere we work. These are the ones the ground in Avon asks for first.
Our specialty. We find where the water is actually coming from, then build the system that moves it away for good.
See the work →We take the old concrete out and pour the new. Driveways, sidewalks, patios, aprons, steps, garage floors and pads.
See the work →Walls built on a proper base with drainage behind them, plus rip rap and slope stabilization.
See the work →Start with a call or a text to (317) 503-6782. Tell us what is going on in your own words. Water pools by the back door. The old driveway has to go. The yard slopes toward the house. You do not need the technical terms and you do not need a plan drawn up. If it is something we handle we will set a time to come look. If it is not, we will tell you that and point you somewhere better if we can.
Casey comes out and looks at the actual site with you. This part matters more in dirt work than in almost any other trade. Two back yards that sound identical on the phone can be completely different once you see the slope, the access, the soil and where the water wants to go. Walking it together means you can point at the problem and we can talk through options on the spot, including options that cost you less than what you had in mind.
After the walkthrough we put the estimate together and email it to you, with the scope of work written out so you can see what is and is not included. It is free and there is no pressure attached. Take your time with it and compare it if you want to. Honest pricing only works if you have room to check it.
Free, in writing, with no obligation to move forward. A deposit reserves your spot on the schedule once you approve it.
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Because new does not mean the water was solved, it means the water was routed. Builder grading gets a lot to drain on the day it is inspected. Everything added afterward, and everything the neighbors added, competes with that route. In Avon specifically the soil has been so heavily reworked that a lot two doors down can behave nothing like yours.
Usually something is now sitting in it, or the grade has settled. Swales in Avon subdivisions are shallow by design and carry more water than they look like they should. Landscape beds, mulch rings, fence posts with backfill mounded around them, and simple settling over 20 years are the four things we find most.
Sometimes, and it does not usually help you. What matters is where the water is coming from now. We would rather find the actual source, tell you what it costs to fix, and let you decide, than get into an argument about a grading plan from 2003.
Yes. Avon is in Hendricks County, one of the four counties we work. We are based in Brownsburg, and Avon is regular territory.
There is no honest way to answer that without seeing the property, because the price is driven by where the water is coming from, how far it has to be carried and what it has to cross. The estimate is free, Casey walks it with you, and you get the scope in writing by email.
Tell us what is going on in your own words. You do not need the technical terms, and you do not need a plan drawn up.
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