Groundwater in your basement or crawl space is simply your option. Not cruel. True.
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Groundwater in the crawlspace or basement is simply your option
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Snow country homes without french drains
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Snow melt damages home foundations, without french drains installed professionally.
Snow melt damages home foundations and can cause (more…)
New Jersey homeowner asks for help
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Hello Darrel:
I have visited your website and read many of your responses. I’m in N,J.
I hope it is all right if I give you some background.
My basement is concrete block. 11 course. House built 1968. I’ve have discoloration of the walls due to groundwater. To alleviate that I (more…)
Response to New Jersey homeowner
Friday, April 30th, 2010Hello Brian: Thanks for your questions.
First off, the drainage contractor responses, being all different, and the diverse nature of these contractor methods as well, is status quo.
It does not surprise me, as I know that where you live in the world makes little (more…)
French drains are tax advantaged capital improvements
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010If an old french drain has failed, and a new one is required, that is a capital improvement, from a tax standpoint, and not a maintenance home repair, since you are creating an entirely new home drainage system, with new and updated materials, engineering, and form.
Home drainage capital improvements could include (more…)
World wide home drainage consultation available
Saturday, March 27th, 2010Well now. They say, “it is a small world”.
And yes, they were right, all along. Indeed, a small world.
This web site is proud to welcome all our world wide audience of homeowner readers.
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Reader from New Jersey asks:
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Message: Sorry to bother you with this. WE are here in NJ and want to collect the water from our downspouts (which currently dump within a couple feet of the house) and the sump pump (which dumps out to the street) to dump into the woods on our property.
A friend of a friend gave us the name of someone that did good work for them. They gave us a price of (more…)
French drains are hand excavated
Monday, March 15th, 2010Professional french drain installation is always excavated and installed by hand.
Never with machines.
Safety comes first. Accuracy and engineering of grade counts big. Home drainage groundwater results follow.
Specify french drain groundwater removal systems. They are just old time “french drains”.
Make certain you understand the difference between (more…)
The forensic groundwater drainage contractor
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The forensic home drainage contractor. A true story.
Once upon a time: I was (more…)
Should I tear it down and build new?
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Home drainage problems have a way of giving themselves away, if your eyes are trained to look in their direction often enough.
Sometimes the same old events keep happening, and the homeowners say to themselves… (more…)