Can you say that you understand groundwater removal systems and home drainage science?
If you cannot answer this question with a resounding yes, then you have come to the right place. The damage that moisture and dryrot causes, as well as the structural damage caused by foundation settling, makes home drainage awareness vital to the health of your family and finances . (more…)
When you are considering marketing your new home, consider that advertising hand excavated french drains installed on your property will give you an edge over those homes that do not benefit from this type of value added construction.
Since the real estate market is tough at this time everywhere in America, it is a fact that home buyers are looking for everything in the way of value added improvements, not just the average upside home project to spend thousands of dollars on. There are many improved properties that are loaded with value added features and have been significantly reduced in price because of tough times and seller motivations bordering on necessity and outright panic. It is a buyers market, and prices are falling in most areas of the country.
One of the most common anxiety producing events in a homeowners experience with real estate occurs during the sale of the home, and is the pest dryrot and structural inspectors assessment of groundwater problems in the basement or crawlspace, and how to deal with them.
In my experience, I have found that many of these home inspectors know a few buzz words, but simply do not understand home drainage. (more…)
An old saying goes, “ignorance is bliss”.
When it comes to procrastinating home drainage repairs, ignorance is a time bomb likely to go off at the worst of times, in a detrimental physical and financial way.
Educating yourself on the subject of home drainage and hand excavated french drains, will protect you from buying into stupid drainage science by proposed by contractors less informed than you. Albert Einstein said, ” a problem cannot be solved by the same level of intelligence that created it.” (more…)
Damage to the post and beam structure of your home is very expensive to fix. Reconstructing the supporting infrastructure holding up your home is something you do not want to be facing as a homeowner/ seller.
Construct and plumb hand excavated french drains for best results with the removal of groundwater caused by faulty rain drain discharge systems and rainwater falling on the surface around your home. (more…)
There is a very large difference between being focused on stopping the entry of the groundwater below grade into crawlspaces or basements, and simply attempting to put a bandaid on the groundwater problem by pumping the groundwater out of your crawlspace or basement after it has entered below grade and done the damage. (more…)
The budget for construction of residential housing most often includes rain drain discharges and sometimes footing drains, but more important than footing drains are hand excavated french drains on the surface levels between 8″-18″, with a properly compacted splash block at the foundation. (more…)
When you have a home drainage problem and you need hand excavated french drains, I advise that you question those would be drainage contractors to determine if their definitions are the same as the ones in this world respected site on home drainage and groundwater removal. (more…)
The fact of the matter is that most homeowners are confused about what home drainage science really is. So many homeowners get taken financially and functionally with respect to home drainage.
Many contractors, have for years lead a campaign to convince homeowners that a ditch witch dug trench, with little to no grade, can become a home drainage solution, and that they are drainage contractors. (more…)
Crawlspaces should be equipped with foundation vents. This is code in most cities of the United States. They should be installed to provide cross ventilation in the crawlspace. (more…)
