The wettest ground on this list. Roughly 78% of Pittsboro sits on Crosby, Treaty and Brookston soils at zero to two percent slope.
If you want to understand why drainage is a real trade rather than a shovel and an afternoon, Pittsboro is the place to look. About 78% of the ground here is Crosby, Treaty and Brookston at 0 to 2% slope, well above the county average on both dominant series. Those are somewhat poorly and poorly drained soils sitting nearly flat. Water does not soak away quickly and it does not run off quickly either. It sits.
The housing tells a second story. Almost 90% of Pittsboro's homes were built after 1990, and the town recorded essentially nothing built in the 1970s and 1980s. So this is not failing old infrastructure, it is new houses on ground that was never going to drain on its own. The lots tend to be larger than Avon or Brownsburg, which helps, because on flat ground the single hardest question is where the water is allowed to go.
That is what most Pittsboro work comes down to: finding a legitimate outlet, and building enough fall into the line to reach it. On ground this flat there is very little margin. An inch of fall in the wrong direction is the difference between a system that drains and a pipe full of standing water. It is also good augering and pad country, because the properties have room for pole barns, outbuildings and fence lines.
Upper White basin, via the White Lick system. On this little slope the outlet is the whole design problem.
Roughly 78% Crosby, Treaty and Brookston at 0-2% slope. Poorly and somewhat poorly drained soils on nearly flat ground.
89.3% built after 1990, with essentially nothing built in the 1970s or 1980s. New homes, difficult ground.
Pittsboro is an MS4 with its own certified construction program.
We do all nine services everywhere we work. These are the ones the ground in Pittsboro 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 →Site clearing, grading, building pads and trenching for residential, commercial and new construction.
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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Yes, but the design has to be earned rather than assumed. On Pittsboro's ground we verify elevations before pricing anything, because the whole job depends on whether there is enough fall to a legitimate outlet. Where there is not, the answer is usually a different kind of system, a dry well or a sized basin rather than a pipe to daylight. What does not work is a pipe with no fall, which is a storage tank.
Soil, usually. Brookston and Treaty hold water and drain slowly, and the boundary between map units can run right between two properties. It is one of the reasons we walk the site instead of quoting from a description.
Yes. Larger Pittsboro properties mean augering for pole barn footings, fence lines and deck piers is regular work, along with pad prep and the drainage that has to go around a new building on flat ground.
Yes. Pittsboro is in Hendricks County, one of the four counties we work. We are based in Brownsburg, and Pittsboro 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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