When you are looking for home drainage solutions to protect your home from groundwater damage to your foundation walls, to prevent water in your crawlspace or basement, prevention of mold and moisture in your home, stability of your spot footings that hold up your post and beam infrastructure, stability of your sloped home site and the foundation sitting on it, fixing soggy yards, and other common home drainage problems, you can rest assured that hand excavated french drains are your best source of value added insurance against these home drainage problems, when sited properly and installed correctly. (more…)
Archive for April, 2008
Hand excavated french drains provide value added benefits
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Study this home drainage course for big benefits with groundwater problems
Monday, April 21st, 2008Within this website, you will find important information on how to assess your home drainage problems.
You will learn how to design the correct placement of your home drainage system, estimate the labor required for installation, find the correct materials, filter out bad advice, hand excavate french drains in the proper manner, make a cosmetic appearance after work is completed, install materials correctly, and plumb hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems that last for decades, as well as how to understand options for other home drainage solutions to groundwater problems.
Invest your time into knowledge of home drainage systems, and you will save thousands on the solutions for your own home drainage problems.
Holes on the ground around the foundation can cause groundwater entry
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Many times I have inspected homes with groundwater entry into the crawlspace or basement that contained holes on the outside of the home. Sometimes the grade is bad as well. This would seem to be something that would not require a professional to ascertain, but many times it does. The homeowner at times just takes it for granted that the good natured household pet, usually a hole digging dog, is just having fun, and it is not a problem. (more…)
Membranes and tar on the outside of foundation walls
Saturday, April 19th, 2008When studying home drainage and groundwater solutions, the subject of placing waterproof membranes on the outside, or inside of foundation walls, comes up at times. The science sounds good, and if pitched with vigor, may result in the homeowner believing that this method will prevent groundwater from entering below grade. Let’s examine the facts however, and you decide for yourself how the logic shakes out. (more…)
Help recover pacific salmon runs that enhance real estate values in the nw
Saturday, April 19th, 2008The cream is rising to the top. Homes in the pacific northwest, specifically Portland and Seattle, are holding their values, while other areas suffer. Portland, Oregon is one of the top 3 metropolitan real estate markets in the country. In fact, Portland is #2 in the country currently, for holding property values up. (more…)
Groundwater drainage blues
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Do you like Texas blues? Well this is guitar at its’ coolest. As they say, “out of the mouth of babes”, comes the strangest things. Imagine a drainage contractor recommending something other than drainage. Well here it is. I offer you a solution to the home groundwater blues.
Now stick with me here folks.
Just when you think that every “blues” song on the planet has been done “umpteen” times, and the same old melodies have been re-worked into new lyrics, here is a solid cd from an artist that has nailed it. The cd is original music, available on “I Tunes”, “Amazon” and almost everywhere. The artist is MARK ORION from Austin, Texas. The cd is entitled: The Cokato Kid. Produced as, “music from the motion picture”, this is a fantastic original blues guitar experience. The music is so cool. You can find original music in places, but music that you play over and over is hard to find. Produced by Epodogy.com Podcasting Services, Austin, Texas. All songs published by harry dog songs bmi. Download it now from I-Tunes, or order it from Amazon.com. or CD-baby. You will be happy to have this music in your collection. Serious blues music for curing the “home groundwater blues”.
Well folks, we have been working hard understanding the in’s and out’s of drainage over the past weeks. It takes alot of energy huh? I’m sure you are all a bit burnt out on it by now. So, I am going to give it a rest. Sit down, grab a cool one of your choice, and prepare to be stimulated.
Bodda boon bodda bing hand excavated french drains are the thing
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Looking for a home drainage silver bullet. The closest thing you are going to find to instant gratification with groundwater removal projects, is having a hand excavated french drain installed to solve your home drainage problem. (more…)
Neighbors share their hand excavated french drain success with neighbors
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Growing neighborhood awareness of home drainage solutions benefits everyone. When neighbors solve their groundwater problems, the entire surrounding area benefits in many ways, both directly and indirectly. Home drainage with hand excavated french drains has become a hot topic in the Portland, Oregon metro area. (more…)
Groundwater disclosure addendum needed on sales of existing residences
Sunday, April 6th, 2008A new Oregon groundwater disclosure and information law concerning groundwater problems on new homes was passed in 2007. I applaud the wisdom of the Oregon state legislature in mandating a new law that requires home builder contractors to provide a disclosure and maintenance document dealing with groundwater problems, with respect to new home construction, that is to be given by the contractor/builder to the first purchaser or owner of the home only.
Wrestle that home drainage problem down now before it gets you
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Some folks seem to act as though their home drainage problem is something that, if left alone long enough, will just disappear. The fact of the matter is that, groundwater problems not dealt with this year, become more expensive and worse next year, along with the damage created by the home drainage problem. (more…)
