Homes around the oak-lined fairways off Dietz Elkhorn Road are predominantly 1980s through 2000s custom construction, and sewer laterals from that era were built from materials with a known service life. In Fair Oaks Ranch we see clay and cast iron regularly, and both fail in ways a camera makes obvious.
The ground here is rocky limestone soil typical of the Hill Country edge, and Fair Oaks Ranch homes are predominantly 1980s through 2000s custom construction. Those two facts together produce premature water heater failure and scaled-shut fixture valves — the reason a line that ran fine for thirty years starts backing up twice a season.
Where the line allows it, trenchless pipe bursting or lining avoids trenching the yard entirely. Given tree roots and rock that make sewer lateral work slow going in Fair Oaks Ranch, that is often the difference between a one-day job and a week of excavation and restoration.
What we handle in Fair Oaks Ranch
- Video camera inspection with footage you keep
- Trenchless pipe bursting and lining where the line allows
- Root intrusion removal and lateral repair
- Cast-iron and clay line replacement in older neighborhoods
- Belly and offset joint correction
- Line locating and depth marking before any excavation
Fair Oaks Ranch at a glance
- County
- Kendall County, Texas
- ZIP codes
- 78015
- Housing
- Homes predominantly 1980s through 2000s custom construction — sprawling custom homes on heavily treed lots
- Ground conditions
- Rocky limestone soil typical of the Hill Country edge
- Water
- Very hard water drawn largely from the Trinity Aquifer
- Most common issue
- Premature water heater failure and scaled-shut fixture valves