French drains make stable geology under hillside homes
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Geology and groundwater saturation around and under homes on sloped building sites affects stability.
The most amazing thing with respect to hand excavated french drains is that cities and counties will issue a building permit for construction of a home on a building site that even goats should not occupy, from a safety stand point, and not mandate the installation of hand excavated french drains to protect the hillside building pad from saturation of groundwater due to hard periodic rains, which cause slumping. (more…)