Installing an interior hand excavated french drain is (more…)
Archive for the ‘sump wells’ Category
Do you need to install home crawl space sump pump drainage?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Can you inspect a home for signs of groundwater problems
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Can you inspect a home for signs of groundwater problems? What should it tell you if you are looking at a home to buy, and the home has a home groundwater problem in the crawlspace or basement, and there is already a sump pump installed? It should tell you that the sump pump isn’t a solution to the problem.
If the groundwater is still entering the crawlspace or basement, would a reasonable mind assume that the sump pump is a solution to the problem, or a bandaid? (more…)
Weak reasons to cut up your basement floor and install a sump pump system
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009I was recently amused by an article on the internet by a contractor who advocates saw cutting your concrete basement floor and making a channel drain. These guys are really trouble. They are rip off guys most often with one thing in mind, every home gets a basement channel and a sump pump as well as a drilled foundation wall. (more…)
Protect yourself from the home drainage sump pump flim flam man
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Professional home drainage contractors will almost always give a prospective customer homeowner a free evaluation of their property to assess suspected home drainage problems. Protect yourself from the many types of home drainage flim flam man. (more…)
Crawlspace and basement french drains with sump pumps
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Crawlspace french drains and sump pumps are seldom required and are always a last resort and not a first home drainage solution plan. Groundwater that enters below grade into basements and crawlspaces must be collected and vented on the outside of the building with hand excavated french drains in order to stop the groundwater saturation and hydrostatic pressure that causes the leaking. (more…)
Exterior home sump pumps installed in sump wells
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Exterior sump pump installations can be the answer for homes that need to move lots of groundwater quickly. The premise of necessity in this case is to pump the groundwater because the amount of groundwater to deal with exceeds the ability of a conventional hand excavated drywell to perk the groundwater into the ground. (more…)
Some contractors say they are drainage contractors but they are not
Monday, March 10th, 2008The fact of the matter is that most homeowners are confused about what home drainage science really is. So many homeowners get taken financially and functionally with respect to home drainage.
Many contractors, have for years lead a campaign to convince homeowners that a ditch witch dug trench, with little to no grade, can become a home drainage solution, and that they are drainage contractors. (more…)
Hand excavated french drains work to vent groundwater
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008The use of a hand excavated drywell is one of the oldest forms of groundwater venting. Groundwater drainage. The same science that explains why a septic tank works, also applies to a drywell. The concept is called “perk” technology.
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