Manor sits on the eastern edge of Travis County along US-290, and we've pulled water out of everything from the older frame houses near downtown Manor's Cottonwood Street to the newer builds in Shadowglen and ShadowGlen-adjacent subdivisions. This part of the county has grown fast, which means a mix of decades-old slab foundations and brand-new construction, each with different failure points when a pipe bursts or a roof gives way in a storm.
Manor's clay-heavy soil and flat-to-gently-rolling terrain don't drain quickly, so when heavy rain backs up along Gregg Lane or pools near Manor High School and the ISD campuses off FM 973, water finds its way into garages, low-lying additions, and older slab homes before homeowners even realize there's a problem. We run extraction crews out here regularly because standing water in this soil type sits longer than it would on sandier ground closer to the Colorado River.
Because Manor is far enough from central Austin that response time matters, we treat calls from this area as a priority dispatch, not an afterthought. Whether it's a slow leak that's been soaking a wall near Bird's Nest Park or a flooded interior after a hard summer thunderstorm rolled through, we get equipment on site fast enough to keep the drywall and subfloor from becoming a bigger, moldier problem.
Around Manor
We regularly work near:
- 📍Manor High School
- 📍Bird's Nest Park
- 📍US-290 corridor through downtown Manor
- 📍Shadowglen neighborhood
- 📍Gregg Lane
- 📍FM 973
Water Damage Repair in Manor — Local Notes
- •Many homes in older Manor, near the historic downtown strip on US-290, are on pier-and-beam or aging slab foundations where sub-floor moisture can sit unnoticed for days after a leak
- •Newer subdivisions like Shadowglen have engineered lots, but heavy clay soil in the area still causes slow drainage and yard-to-foundation water intrusion during Austin's intense summer downpours
- •Flat lots off Gregg Lane and FM 973 are prone to sheet flooding during fast-moving storms, which pushes water toward garages and ground-level rooms before it's noticed
- •Humidity during Manor's hot summer months speeds up mold growth once materials get wet, so same-day drying equipment placement matters more here than in drier months