Artificial turf maintenance in the Lake Houston watershed is hurricane-season management as much as it is turf care. We have been maintaining turf installations across the Humble, Atascocita, Kingwood, and Spring corridor since before Harvey, and what the 2017 storm showed us — and what every major tropical event since has confirmed — is that the maintenance tasks that matter most are the ones that happen in the first 48 hours after a significant storm.
A pool surround in Atascocita Forest or Forest Cove that was submerged during a flooding event needs a specific sequence of post-storm work: drainage outlet check and debris clearing, edge and seam inspection while the soil is still moist (which is when any installation problems become visible), infill assessment for displacement from water movement, and a surface brushing once the base has dried to reset pile orientation. Skipping that sequence and waiting for the next routine maintenance visit means allowing any storm-related issues to go unaddressed through the following rain events, compounding minor problems into larger ones.
The repair category of this service is where our pool construction background is most directly relevant. I understand the mechanical connections between pool deck movement, clay heave cycles, and edge separation at turf-to-coping transitions better than a standard turf maintenance company because I spent years managing the construction of the surfaces that turf transitions to. An edge that has lifted at the pool coping is not just a cosmetic problem — it is a drainage path change that can direct surface water toward the pool skimmer rather than away from it.
We offer both one-time repair calls and annual maintenance agreements. For properties in the Bear Branch corridor, Atascocita Forest, and Forest Cove — the areas most affected by Harvey and subsequent flood events — we recommend annual maintenance agreements that include a pre-hurricane-season inspection in May and a post-season inspection in November. That schedule catches the issues that develop during the storm season before they compound through the following year.
