The money spent on the installation of hand excavated french drains is without a doubt the best money you can spend on your home to protect the homes value and create a healthy living environment for your family. Hand excavated french drains are largely ignored as a critical step to health with respect to your homes environment and land stability. (more…)
Archive for December, 2007
Hand excavated french drains are the best offense and defense
Monday, December 31st, 2007Drainage planning with professionals a must.
Friday, December 28th, 2007When you design your home and determine that a drainage professional is a value added necessity to the health of your home, also discuss your plans with your family, friends and business associates.
Most general contractors do not approach the drainage business with enough experience. Most contend that is the way everyone does it.
These people can help you to understand their experiences with drainage professionals, or with other contractors who said they were drainage professionals, and did not perform up to their expectations.
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Groundwater entry to the crawl space and basement
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007Why should you concern yourself with groundwater that enters your crawl space or basement? Good question, and one that I am asked often. The answer bears repeating again. French drains, specifically hand excavated french drains, prevent groundwater from entering your basement or crawl space. Look for their installation in all homes that you intend to purchase. (more…)
Home drainage is hand excavation for results
Monday, December 24th, 2007“Home groundwater drainage” and “hand excavated french drains” go hand in hand. It came to my attention today, with respect to AAA Home Drainage and my page ranking with google, that I have the #1 page ranking on the internet and the world when someone searches for information on these two concepts through google. (more…)
Inspect home groundwater drainage systems every 6 months
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007It is a great idea to make a habit of assessing the groundwater drainage health of your home at least every 6 months. Time passes quickly, and problems not discovered become greater groundwater drainage problems if unnoticed for a long time. Make a point to do a check list of due diligence with respect to your homes drainage systems. You can save yourself much money by doing this. A little bit of time inspecting with eyes that are trained to see problems may prevent future groundwater drainage problems. (more…)
The world seeks hand excavated french drain groundwater removal science
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Many people around the world go to this blog website on hand excavated french drains and groundwater drainage problems every day. Friends log in from all over the world seeking methods to prevent groundwater entry into their homes. French drains have been with us for thousands of years. Hand excavated french drains were the first type of drainage system used, and have always been the most popular type of french drains. Civilizations have used them for thousands of years literally, and people around the world continue to seek knowledge about french drains to keep them safe and dry in the face of mother natures raging rains. Old science taught to new people. (more…)
Hand excavated french drains are recognized by city and county
Thursday, December 20th, 2007The past summer I had the pleasure of hand excavating french drains for the Columbia County Fairgrounds in St. Helens, Oregon. The fair grounds had extensive downspout and groundwater runoff that caused a bad erosion problem because no french drains were installed previously along their major ingress-egress street and in front of the large access doors on three of the largest exposition barns. After the completion of the french drains, and many oversized hand excavated drywells, the fairgrounds management was extremely happy. No more sloppy areas in front of the barn doors and along the roads.
French drains can be used in agricultural and farm settings as well, as in this example, to create dry and safe areas for the containment of livestock and exposition areas as well as around farm houses and storage areas.
Hand excavated french drain students go to the head of the class
Monday, December 17th, 2007Well now, that sounds like a lofty title for a drainage blog opener doesn’t it? Read about hand excavated french drains and go to the head of the class. I am being very literal. You can save thousands of dollars by educating yourself about hand excavated french drains. Hand excavated french drains specifically. There must be 50 ways to waste your money on drainage scams. This blog is about concentrating the drainage information creating recognition of methods, knowledge and intuition with respect to your groundwater drainage problems.
If there is one thing that impresses me more each year I am in the drainage business, it is the tenacity and sheer power of the well read and better emotionally armed homeowner who has done the homework concerning french drains, and hand excavated french drains specifically.
Hand excavated french drains shine when a hard rain is falling
Monday, December 3rd, 2007When a hard rain is falling, you need hand excavated french drains. The Portland, Oregon area is presently getting pounded by heavy rains. French drain installation is going to be on lots of peoples minds this week. We are supposed to have a warmer winter than most, and that means lots of rain and lots of flooding.
The phone rings off the hook during these times and troubled homeowners without french drains installed have big problems with groundwater.
***Hand excavated french drains are a must for hillside home sites
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Hand excavated french drains are a must for hillside homes. Some of the most common building sites to experience groundwater problems are located in areas with significant slope. The high side of the home is most often the point of water entry due to the fact that the topography of the site slopes groundwater to the home when it is raining hard. French drains, specifically hand excavated french drains are the most effective method of groundwater removal available to homeowners with these problems. (more…)
