Your personal residence is likely your largest cash investment. Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems can both prevent… (more…)
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Solve your drainage problem before it starts. It’s called prevention.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Neighbors probably know if that home has a drainage problem, so ask them
Saturday, September 5th, 2009When you are contemplating buying a home, talk to the neighbors. That sounds like a funny way to approach the subject of groundwater drainage doesn’t it? Yet many times I am installing hand excavated french drains around a home and the neighbors come around asking what is going on.
When I tell them the story about the owners buying the home with a disclosure saying (more…)
New homes need hand excavated french drains installed for protection
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The budget for construction of residential housing most often includes rain drain discharges and sometimes footing drains, but more important than footing drains are hand excavated french drains on the surface levels between 8″-18″, with a properly compacted splash block at the foundation. (more…)