AAA Home Drainage

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…)

Exterior 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…)

I received an e-mail from a reader in the midwest of the United States. This homeowner has groundwater leaking along the basement footing and under his basement floor. He asked for my opinion with respect to his perceived need for a sump pump installed to pump out the groundwater. (more…)

The 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…)

If you are forced to use a sump pump, and have determined that hand excavated french drains cannot be installed, make sure you think the installation through well. Where will the sump pump vent?

If you have a contractor install the sump pump, make sure the sump pump is plumbed in abs pipe and not pvc pipe as seems to be the habit of many installers. (more…)

The 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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