AAA Home Drainage

Groundwater in your crawlspace and sinking spot foundation footings in your crawlspace can cause your lovely hardwood floors to buckle and crack. There are other aspects concerning the condition and dryness of the wood that is used in the floor that can contribute as well, but it is not uncommon for wetness and standing water in the crawlspace to cause major damage to hardwood floors.

Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems are a line of defense that you must have if your hardwoods are important as an investment to you.

Let’s talk about hand excavated french drains on view properties perched on a hill with a fantastic view. Lots of views, lot of slopes, lots of rock, lots of problems. I am working on my 4th building in such a development right now. It is a wonderful condominium project high in the west hills of Portland. Every building gets water in the crawlspace due to the rainwater running to the high side of the property sloping to the foundation wall, and saturating the wall creating hydrostatic pressure and leaking into the crawlspaces. (more…)

Every year the same scenario unfolds. Winter somes sooner than you think. The drainage market is brisk all year round, but when it starts raining in Portland, Oregon, it gets nuts.

The phone has gone off 21 times a day during hard rains, with customers angry, confused, and “stuck” with drainage issues that they knew existed prior, but did not handle. Don’t expect to find a quality drainage contractor who is not booked up.
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Well folks, today is a new day. Our real estate market is under seige due to many concepts all at work at the same time. Position yourself in the market as a seller that does not have a groundwater drainage problem. Lots of homes out there, few buyers.

A large portion of the former booming real estate market was enhanced by buyers who had never known a softer market for resale prior to the one we are experiencing now. (more…)

If the yard area that you wish to use for the placement of a hand excavated drywell does not perk well, do not worry. A sump well is your answer. If the area that was chosen for the hand excavated drywell does not perk satisfactorily, this is your solution. In most cases drywells do perk. However, when they are newly constructed they can take a few hours to a few days for the water to soak below grade. (more…)

If the topography slopes groundwater to the areas surrounding your home you must act by constructing hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems. I completed two systems as described above this week where the homeowner had a sump pump in the crawlspace, and always had a lake under the home when it rained hard even with the sump pump installed. (more…)

The value of your personal residence is likely your largest cash investment. You are well advised to protect that investment by doing the groundwater drainage work that is required prior to damage being created from the lack of properly engineered and installed hand excavated french drains. (more…)

We are living through an epic saga of survival on this planet, predicated on groundwater drainage systems protecting us. We live on a water planet spinning in space. We live upon a massive sphere of rock and dirt, suspended in space, spinning in the middle of a solar system, dotted insignificantly among a galaxy with many other planets, moons, and stars and solar systems. When it rains, it pours, as they say. Often this water saga can dampen your spirits, ruin your possessions, damage your future, cost you money, and wash you away or worse.It is obvious that we are not talking about french drains stopping a wall of wall coming off the ocean. We are talking about seasonal rains that unless collected can place our possessions and ourselves and family in harms way, or send us packing in search of a new place to live.

This is home groundwater drainage: the blog. Now that sounds like a science fiction movie doesn’t it? (more…)