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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…)

Homes built decades ago have many times been renovated over and over again. Many of these homes never had hand excavated french drains installed, and these homes may contain foundation damage on the exterior and interior of the home caused by groundwater. (more…)

Yes indeed folks, Portland, Oregon is a proving ground for hand excavated french drains. We get the blowing hard, long rockin rains that rock the house and saturate everything in site. This winter we had a period of days when we logged over 12 inches at my home. (more…)

Good question. Why do hand excavated french drains work better? There are many reasons. (more…)

Geology and groundwater saturation around and under homes on sloped building sites affects stability.

The most amazing thing with respect to hand excavated french drains is that cities and counties will issue a building permit for construction of a home on a building site that even goats should not occupy, from a safety stand point, and not mandate the installation of hand excavated french drains to protect the hillside building pad from saturation of groundwater due to hard periodic rains, which cause slumping. (more…)

French drains are not created equal in function, form or the ability to last a long time. That is the truth concerning french drain installation.

Not all installed french drains are built with the same engineering standards and with the same degree of expertise. (more…)

Time for a home drainage wake up call folks. The world has changed greatly, and home drainage is a part of an evolving new world. Real estate is changing in every way. Design, marketing, disclosure requirements, green technology, health standards and freedom from mold and airborne pollutants are all part of the new intelligent landscape of home groundwater removal system necessity. (more…)

One of the beautiful things about hand excavated french drains is that they can contain two pipes to serve two purposes at once. The solid 3″ abs and ads pipe is used for the creation of rain drain discharges which vent the roof water through the gutter system and downspouts.

The 3″ perforated pipe is laid next to the solid pipe on the bottom of the hand excavated french drain aquaduct for the collection of groundwater only, and acts as an overflow for the groundwater that is collected within the drainage system. (more…)

Just as you would build a home from the ground up for strength, so should you make sure that you protect your home from the ground up. Protect your footings which can sink and warp your homes framing, doors, and windows. It makes little sense to take a home with home drainage problems and start your renovation project with cosmetics. (more…)

Hello hand excavated french drain readers. It may interest you to know that according to the statistics section of site 5, my website host, the AAA Home Drainage contact list of countries logging in to this site reading my information on home drainage through the first 10 days in Feb.08 are as follows.

The interest in hand excavated french drains and home groundwater removal solutions around the world shows you the extent of the problem world wide.

The countries from top to bottom have the most logged hits. (more…)