Standing water in your yard almost always comes down to one of six causes — and every one of them has a proven fix. In Central Texas, the usual suspects are flat or negative grading, our slow-draining clay soil, compacted ground, downspouts dumping roof water into the lawn, natural low spots with no exit, and blocked flow paths. Scott Lockhart Drainage Contractor has been matching the right solution to the right cause across Austin since 1984 — more than 10,000 projects — and

National 2026 cost guides put professionally installed French drains at roughly $10 to $100 per linear foot, with typical exterior yard systems landing between $1,500 and $6,500 and the national average project around $5,000. Deeper foundation-perimeter systems and projects that add sump pumps run higher. Those are published market figures, not a quote — every property drains differently, which is why Scott Lockhart Drainage Contractor prices every French drain after a free o