Gravel Drivewaysin East Texas

Drainage is the whole game

A gravel driveway does not fail because it runs out of gravel. It fails because of water. Water that sits on the surface or runs down the middle instead of off the sides will pull a drive apart, dig ruts, and wash your rock into the ditch. Every drive we build or fix gets crowned, meaning the center sits a little higher than the edges so rain sheds to both sides.

What we do

• New gravel drives, shaped and crowned from the start
• Regrading tired drives that have gone flat or washboarded
• Washout and pothole repair
• Reshaping the crown so water sheds instead of sitting

New install versus regrade versus repair

A new drive starts with the dirt under it. We shape the base so it drains, then bring the surface up and crown it. A regrade takes a drive that has flattened out or washboarded and pulls it back into shape, redistributing what is there and crowning it again. A washout repair is targeted: we find why that spot keeps blowing out, fix the drainage that caused it, and rebuild the section so it holds.

Why washouts keep coming back

A washout that returns every hard rain is almost always a water problem, not a gravel problem. The water is concentrating at that spot instead of spreading out and leaving. Dumping more rock on it just gives the next storm more to carry off. We look at where the water is coming from and where it wants to go, fix the shape and the fall, and then rebuild. That is the difference between a repair and a patch.

Base and gravel

Different jobs want different material. A drive over soft ground may need a base course before the top gravel, and the surface rock you want for a ranch two-track is different from what you want for a drive to the house. If you already know your material and source, tell us. If you do not, describe how the drive gets used and we will point you the right way.