Install home groundwater drainage before water enters below grade
I receive many calls throughout the year requesting site evaluations that pertain to water in the crawlspace, soggy yards, or water in the basement. When it rains in Oregon, the phones lines light up, and there is trouble for many homeowners who suddenly remember that they have a home drainage problem.
These problems could have been prevented if the homeowners were informed about how home groundwater affects their home prior to the problem coming to a head in the rains of the winter.
Install your home drainage before the rains come. Give yourself an hour reading this site, and the chances that you will recognize the common causes of groundwater problems will be greatly increased.
You will spot those stupid drainage concepts that people lay on you as well. You may be one of the lucky drainage informed homeowners that can say “a stitch in time saves nine” as you beat the rains back with knowledge. It is slower to undo the affects of groundwater damage.
Prevent that groundwater damage and increase your homes value as well.Once the groundwater is in your crawlspace or basement you will bounce all over the place with various contractors telling you that you need this and that.
The sump pump, the plastic on the walls, the tar on the walls, the ditch witch, the rock placed right on the foundation, basement channels, interior crawlspace french drains, and more, and more, and more. In a short time you are dizzy with all that information being thrown at you.
If you had studied the subject of drainage from this site, you would, at the very least, have a foundation of knowledge on which to discuss drainage concepts with those self professed drainage experts.Ask for referrals and supporting information from other contractors websites.
Read this web site for information that works. Knowledge is power. Due diligence for drainage may be your best defense against the flim-flam man and his quick fix drainage scams. Hand excavated french drains are labor intensive but the work and the results are worth the effort. Hand excavated french drains are the oldest method of drainage control on the planet.