Portland Oregon area professional home drainage services
If you live around the Portland, Oregon USA area, you are probably aware that our climate presents challenges with respect to home drainage and subsequently, groundwater problems caused by heavy rain fall. Count on AAA Home Drainage to help you solve your groundwater problems.
Groundwater in the crawlspace or basement, as well as soggy lawns and landscaped areas, are common evidence of home drainage problems.
Thousands of homeowners throughout the Portland, Oregon tri-county area are made aware of this each year during the pest dry rot and structural inspection stage of their home sale.
The process of completing a loan and closing escrow is held up because of these discovered groundwater problems until the homeowner gets a professional home drainage assessment conducted by a professional home drainage contractor, and most often, has the damaged repaired prior to closing of escrow and satisfying the lender requirements.
Given that lenders want a professional home drainage contractor to conduct an evaluation of the home drainage problem and offer a solution, why would you have a regular home builder install home drainage systems for you in the first place, instead of contacting a professional home drainage contractor?
Experience has taught me that home builders, and other non-home drainage professionals, do not understand how to properly design, place, construct, and plumb a hand excavated french drain.
The fact that home builders know little about professional home drainage is evidenced by the fact that in 2007 the Oregon state legislature finally mandated that home builders constructing new homes must give the first purchaser of the new home a home drainage disclosure admitting that the new home will likely be subject to further groundwater prevention work to prevent home drainage problems.
Read further articles on this subject within this site on home drainage solutions. Contact the Oregon Contractors Board, CCB, for up to date information on this subject.
Do yourself a favor and have your groundwater problems solved by a professional home drainage contractor, and not a home builder, landscaper, gardener, or some other home drainage wanna be.
Would you go to a dentist for hearth surgery? Would you hire a social worker to prescribe pain killers? Consult a home drainage professional or plan to pay again in the end to have the home drainage work installed correctly.
Allowing non-home drainage professionals to attempt home drainage can be a disaster. There may be additional costs associated with the foundation and interior damage done to the home as a result of the former botched home drainage attempt as well.
Many homeowners each year share their stories with me, which shows me that this is a common problem in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Thanks to the 2007 legislative mandate regarding home drainage, homeowners are now better advised and protected against poor home drainage work.