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The Portland, Oregon home groundwater drainage market has various contractors that profess to specialize in home groundwater drainage. Make sure you specify a desire for a drainage contractor that is licensed, bonded and insured. (more…)

Home groundwater drainage has really come of age. I have been honored to have many of you out there in cyber-land log in and learn about groundwater drainage systems and the importance of them to the integrity and value of your home and property.

I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank a few people specifically in this blog today.

First off, I owe a great deal of thanks to a brother, mentor and lifelong friend, Mark orion of Epodogy Media, in Austin, Texas. Mark has a long history of creating and producing for the internet. Marks’ mental river of knowledge runs deep with insight and experience concerning the internet and broadcast production.

Marks’ years of personal experience with web design production services, podcasting services, music promotional businesses and many other productive internet endeavors, has inspired me to communicate with the world, and share my thoughts on my passion and business. Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems, masonry work to fix problems caused by poor drainage, and other types of groundwater removal strategies that are the focus of my site.
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Are you selling or buying a home that has groundwater evidence or standing water in the crawlspace or basement? This is a common home drainage problem that prevents many sellers and buyers from closing escrow on the home they are buying or selling.

The reality of this subject is that it is too late to do prevention. (more…)

Hand excavated french drain maintenance is very important to the performance and duration of your home drainage system. When it comes to the maintenance of hand excavated french drains, the list of diligence required is short. (more…)

The best time to install home groundwater drainage is prior to the home experiencing a problem. What? What did he say? You heard me right. (more…)

So, you are feeling confident. You say to yourself. Hand excavated french drains? No problem, I can do this. Perhaps you can; with care, experience, and a good plan. When you are contemplating the hand excavation of your own french drains proceed with a confident knowledge of where all your utilities are located and what you plan to do in what order. Proceed with caution and a slow sensitive shovel excavation. You must feel for utility lines with your shovel and hand excavate around them. (more…)

1. Layout of the path of the hand excavated french drain, with placement approximately 2 feet from the foundation wall, if the issue is water in the crawlspace or basement. The raised and compacted area from the foundation wall to the inside of the hand excavated french drain, ie. your splash block, starves the area of groundwater absorbsion, and dries out the foundation wall down to the footing.

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The old saying that goes,”if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is sometimes good advice to this day.

However, when it comes to home drainage systems, it will likely be a benefit for the homeowner to repair or replace old home drainage technology before groundwater causes home groundwater problems that can cost thousands of dollars in repairs to basements and crawlspaces. (more…)

Home groundwater drainage is a challenge in most neighborhoods. Home drainage systems are taxed greatly in neighborhoods where there is no curb and gutter. Hand excavated french drains are always necessary, but especially in these neighborhoods. Home groundwater caused by heavy rains that run down the streets and onto properties, without opposition, is common where no curb and gutters exist. It is in these neighborhoods that homeowners have special home groundwater drainage problems.
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Rain barrels are a “green” way to collect roof water that would otherwise go into the drywell, daylight vent, storm or sanitary sewer or sump well. The roof water can be stored and used for watering the landscape or garden at a later time. The gravity flow nature of this product makes it easy to irrigate without having to pump out of an in ground tank. An overflow system is available to solve the problem I referenced in my former article on rain barrels.
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