AAA Home Drainage

AAA Home Drainage currently offers 315 posts on groundwater removal filled with information on the what to do, and the what not to do, of home drainage and groundwater removal.

Hand excavated french drains are not only the past, but the present and the future of home drainage and groundwater removal science. (more…)

If you are planning on building a new home in Oregon, enclosed recent 2008 information is important for you to know. ORS 701.320 mandates that a contractor who contracts to construct a new residential structure (but it excludes manufactured dwellings) must offer the owner or first purchaser, a warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for the structure.

This is not the same law that requires new home construction contractors to give first purchasers of a new home information on likely groundwater and solutions to protect the home from groundwater damage. (more…)

Do something nice for your environment today. When building a new home, or renovating an existing home, vent your rain drain discharges and hand excavated french drains into various hand excavated drywells located on the property, rather than storm sewers. Better yet, create stormwater retention ponds. (more…)

If you are buying a new home in Oregon, you should read this article, and make sure you get the information about home drainage and groundwater problems that the Oregon state legislature meant you to receive prior to purchasing a new home. See the article on this site concerning the 2007 legislative summary report. (more…)

Does your home make the home drainage grade? I am not referring to your “smart home” technology. I am talking about how the soil grade at the foundation is engineered, and to what degree the proper slope is used to prevent groundwater entry into your below grade areas, such as crawlspaces, or basements. (more…)