Who’s who in home drainage land
When you have a home drainage problem and you need hand excavated french drains, I advise that you question those would be drainage contractors to determine if their definitions are the same as the ones in this world respected site on home drainage and groundwater removal.
Where are their references that will confirm the customer satisfaction of their home drainage work? I see some pretty scary landscapers, sprinkler guys and gardeners bidding home drainage who know absolutely nothing about groundwater removal.
Don’t fall for these swift talkers. Make them step up and answer your questions. Arm yourself with knowledge and questions. Who ever is asking the question is in control of the process. Ask them for their website, where they explain home drainage in detail.
Talk is cheap, to very cheap. It’s your money, and if you want to blow it, that’s up to you, but I advise that you take advantage of the qualifying information on groundwater removal and home drainage within this website.
Find out the truth prior to jumping into a transaction with someone that simply says they can do it.
The bitter taste of failure with respect to home drainage lasts long after the sweet taste of the lowest price has faded.
I was told today by a townhouse landscape committee member that a sprinkler guy who wants to bid the job says that he can gravity flow 150 feet of collection drain to a shallow drywell about 18″ deep, and produce a gravity flow. Do the math folks. If you need a slope of at least 2″ per 10 lineal feet to make a hand excavated french drain work properly, how deep does that put you if the top end of the hand excavated french drain is 8″ deep?
Is this guy going to use a ditch witch and just make a sloppy ditch with no grade? A machine cannot excavate a grade on a flat surface, period. Think about it.
It should be as plain as the hand in front of your face when the b.s. starts flying if you have done your homework on home drainage. It’s all here in this website.