It’s no mistake that we chose to make our home base in South Texas! We love living and working in the beauty of sprawling hills, trees, wildlife, brush, and streams.
But making a home here comes along with some challenges. The terrain in the South Texas Hill Country has many challenges from endless trees, large rocks, and uneven land. It’s these obstacles that also give it a raw beauty that rightfully attracts many to make their homes here.
If you aren’t familiar with how to handle the characteristics of the landscape, you may make one of these common mistakes when tackling a building project in South Texas.
Disturbing the Natural Environment
When starting your South Texas building project, it’s important to consider how every action will affect the natural layout and environment of the landscape.
- Water Drainage Issues. Rocks are all over the South Texas Hill Country but what you might not realize is a byproduct of those barriers is water drainage issues. The presence of rocks can disrupt natural water drainage patterns. While this may be fine for undeveloped land, this can cause waterlogging or erosion issues with a building project.
- Noise Issues. Traditional methods used on building projects, such as the constant pounding of hammering away at rocks and other barriers, can cause vibrations that disrupt the environment. State-of-the-art milling equipment tends to produce less noise, making it a more suitable option to reduce noise where noise reduction is important and avoid disrupting the naturally-occurring environment as much as possible.
- Soil Erosion. Rock removal, when done improperly, can cause the soil to erode more easily. This can not only make any future build unstable but also lead to environmental issues and reduced soil fertility.
Hiring the Wrong Contractors
When hiring contractors to complete your building project, you need to make sure you are hiring the right person with the specialty and necessary equipment to complete the job well. As an added bonus, a single contractor versus multiple contractors will avoid having to coordinate schedules, timing, and progress, ensuring the full scope of the work is completed.
- Milling Practices. Here at Texas Rock Milling, we specialize in repurposing the raw material that already exists rather than hauling them away and importing new material. This process isn’t common because it requires a fleet of state-of-the-art milling equipment and expertise. Our process goes beyond the “industry standard.” We want to capture the best of both worlds by minimizing the cost of your project AND reusing the existing materials at your disposal.
- Hiring Too Many Contractors. Rather than hiring multiple contractors to complete the mulching, milling, and access to your land individually, our state-of-the-art equipment allows us to complete with one machine what may take other contractors 3-4 machines or even 3-4 different contractors to do. Our team is equipped with years of experience and the best equipment to streamline your project process, avoid delays, and reduce costs.
- Infrastructure Damage. Rocks and other barriers in the soil can cause damage to agricultural equipment and hinder construction projects. When these are handled incorrectly or with inappropriate equipment, it can lead to delays and increased costs.
Inefficient Hammering Practices
Hammering is a process that involves breaking down rock into smaller pieces by repeated hammering. By comparison, milling machines are designed for efficient material removal and can complete the process more effectively.
- Settling for Less Efficiency. Milling machines are designed for efficient material removal, making the process quicker and more effective compared to the energy-intensive nature of repeated hammering.
- Settling for Less Precision and Control. When choosing between hammering or milling for your building project, milling provides better precision and control over the size and shape of the resulting material. This is especially important when repurposing the raw material. Milling ensures a more uniform output compared to the often unpredictable results of hammering.
- Settling for Less Versatility. When deciding whether to use someone with state-of-the-art milling machines versus more traditional hammering methods, remember that milling machines are able to handle a wider range of rock types and sizes. This gives you greater flexibility to handle geological conditions as they show up, which is especially helpful when you uncover something you weren’t expecting.
- Causing More Vibrations. Hammering produces more vibrations than milling. Milling minimizes any potential damage to nearby structures, and makes operating the equipment smoother and more controlled.
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When considering a building project in South Texas, it’s important to have the right equipment and experience to avoid making these common mistakes. Whether we are working with individual home buyers, developers, or landowners, Texas Rock Milling can solve the challenges the South Texas landscape presents while avoiding these common mistakes and more!
Do you have a project in South Texas? Consider using Texas Rock Milling for all your building needs. Give us a call or text at 210.854.1362.
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