AAA Home Drainage

If you are planning on building a new home in Oregon, enclosed recent 2008 information is important for you to know. ORS 701.320 mandates that a contractor who contracts to construct a new residential structure (but it excludes manufactured dwellings) must offer the owner or first purchaser, a warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for the structure.

This is not the same law that requires new home construction contractors to give first purchasers of a new home information on likely groundwater and solutions to protect the home from groundwater damage. (more…)

The 2007 Oregon State Legislature adopted new requirements for contractors who construct new residential structures to provide the first purchaser, or owner, a recommended maintenance schedule. Groundwater problems have become main stream for new housing in Oregon.

The maintenance schedule must include the following minimum information, as per House Bill 2654.

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6. If you have planted bamboo near your foundation, you are very likely going to have a case of the home drainage groundwater blues. Once bamboo is established, you are in for bad home drainage problems. Even neighbors can affect neighbors by planting bamboo. This is one of the worst things you can do to the health of your home and your foundation. The roots of the bamboo plant are extremely invasive. (more…)

Home irrigation systems are really cool. They allow hands off enjoyment of summer plants and keep everything looking so nice. While this is really cool stuff, and seems like the best part of the landscape at times, too much watering from pvc sprinkler lines can produce lots of excess groundwater and cause both you and your below grade neighbor lots of headaches in the long run. (more…)

Well folks, it is time to discuss something other than home drainage for a moment. Man cannot live on home drainage alone, a wise scholar once said. I forget who that was at the moment however.

We have heard so much about how the Federal Reserve is the friend of the economy, the citizens, and the banks, right? Well, guess what is happening. (more…)

When considering finishing the basement to living space, many homeowners get extra happy when thinking of what happens to the value of their home when ingress-egress windows are constructed in the foundation wall in conjunction with basement remodeling for living area. (more…)

The main purpose of this website is to present factual and conceptual information on home drainage, hand excavated french drains, groundwater removal, and other aspects of the geo-political and economic landscape that influence real estate property valuation, free market concepts, and real estate market trends. This information is not only specific to the pacific northwest of America, but many times, to the world in general. (more…)

If you live around the Portland, Oregon USA area, you are probably aware that our climate presents challenges with respect to home drainage and subsequently, groundwater problems caused by heavy rain fall. Count on AAA Home Drainage to help you solve your groundwater problems. (more…)

Do something nice for your environment today. When building a new home, or renovating an existing home, vent your rain drain discharges and hand excavated french drains into various hand excavated drywells located on the property, rather than storm sewers. Better yet, create stormwater retention ponds. (more…)

If you are buying a new home in Oregon, you should read this article, and make sure you get the information about home drainage and groundwater problems that the Oregon state legislature meant you to receive prior to purchasing a new home. See the article on this site concerning the 2007 legislative summary report. (more…)