Pleased to announce the release of several new entries to my Home Drainage eBooks series.
These eBooks are designed to help you avoid and diagnose drainage problems. It’s my objective to share my experience and help you preserve equity in your properties. You can download the eBook PDFs below.
eBooks currently available for download:
17 Ways to Determine If You Have a Drainage Problem
A useful guide for printing out and conducting your own walk around inventory of your home. -> Download here
Brain Damage: Home Drainage Botched Big Time
Horror stories not for the faint of heart. Bad advice gone wrong. You’ve been warned! -> Download here
15 Smoking Guns: Groundwater Home Inspections
For those who’ve always wondered what are the key groundwater problems a licensed home inspector will look for. A must read for realtors and anyone buying or selling a home. -> Download here
Hope you enjoy the books and thanks to all who have continued in supporting this site.
In this article on home groundwater drainage, I will teach you a list of questions to ask yourself, to determine the likely source of your home drainage problem. Perhaps hand excavated french drains would be a healthy capital improvement to the most expensive thing you own, your home. Read the rest of this entry »
Can you inspect a home for signs of groundwater problems? What should it tell you if you are looking at a home to buy, and the home has a home groundwater problem in the crawlspace or basement, and there is already a sump pump installed? It should tell you that the sump pump isn’t a solution to the problem.
If the groundwater is still entering the crawlspace or basement, would a reasonable mind assume that the sump pump is a solution to the problem, or a bandaid? Read the rest of this entry »
Sump pumps will not solve your home drainage problem. Sump pumps do not prevent groundwater from saturating and running below grade into crawl spaces. While many installers of sump pumps pitch a, “guarantee”, Read the rest of this entry »
It seems obvious to me that the group of home buyers that were most singled out, and blamed for the sub-prime mortgage crisis is the very group of home buyers that will lead this home market out of the depressed cycle of fear and loathing that it previously suffered from. The phone has been ringing with folks needing to solve home drainage problems prior to closing escrow on a new home. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently was asked to be a guest on The Epodogy Podcast for a special show spotlighting Home Drainage. The Epodogy Podcast is produced by Media1250.
The show covers many of the basic topics I’m most often asked about such as what causes drainage problems, etc.
Please send me an email if you’d like to hear more audio programs. My mission is to help you resolve those drainage issues (ideally, before they cause chaos with your home) and I’m always looking to find ways to get the word out on the benefits of professional home drainage solutions.
Anyway, here is the show for your listening pleasure - hope you enjoy - and thanks!
When moving to a new area, or just stuck for a referral, I recommend using a national contractor referral service. Angies List, is the best, largest, and most used site for this purpose. Join Angies List and look up contractors for any purpose, as well as other service professionals in your area.
Subscribers log experiences with contractors, and rate them in categories for performance and evaluation of their talents, if any. Read the rest of this entry »
Are you in love with old turn of the 20th century craftsman style brickers? Yeh, me too. I love those old victorian craftsman brickers. Many were built from 1900-1940, with later models being less brick and some wood.
Many are brick all the way down the foundation to the footing. The term bricker, can refer to a brick apartment complex, as well, but to a home buyer, bricker usually means a home made of brick, probably some version of craftsman style, totally made of, or partially covered with brick. Some of these Read the rest of this entry »
How confident are you when it comes to assessing the abilities of a home drainage contractor? Do you know any professional home drainage contractors? Probably not. Most homeowners do not understand home drainage well enough to protect their home atmosphere, finances, and the structural integrity of their home.
Given that a home is likely the most expensive item they will ever purchase, it probably would be a good idea for them to learn about home drainage with hand excavated french drains. Read the rest of this entry »
Classic home buyers enjoy saving old structures. Yes, that would be me too. Home drainage issues can, and do, regularly pop up at the worst of times, when the home closing is in process. Most often groundwater in the crawl space or basement. Everyone is blind sided. Not good news for anyone.
