Why are home drainage health values important to you?
1. Preserving your homes value.
Home values can be adversely affected by heavy rains, which cause most groundwater problems.
Too many structural home problems occur within the home, caused by decades of faulty home drainage.
The healthy home is… environmentally clean of mold, mildew, and other nasty substances.
The health home does not have recurring standing groundwater under it.
Homes that do have periodic, or continuously standing groundwater in the basement or crawl space have a home drainage problem.
2. Neighbors are affected by the good or bad drainage on your site.
Why should you care? It should be obvious, if you care.
Caring can also keep you out of court with your neighbors, and also keep your kids playing together with their kids too perhaps.
3. The health of your family depends on a clean environment, free of mold and moisture. The implications are well known and covered in many articles on this web site.
4. The cosmetic appearance of the home you live in reflects your personal image, and the degree to which you are informed about the home as a homeowner.
This in turn affects the homes value from another perspective, as home buyers know that knowledge and success go hand in hand when it comes to a healthy home without home drainage problems.
5. Structural problems can be avoided with minor maintenance. Removal of groundwater caused by heavy rains every time it rains can be easily accomplished with hand excavated french drains, prior to groundwater trashing your equity, and the homes physical structure as well.