Today a customer said something that hit the nail on the head so well. Her comment was that “The gold standard for home drainage is to collect the groundwater within the top 18″ of the soil around the foundation, and create a compacted graded clay and dirt splash block against the foundation for the best rain run off”. Well said, and very true words of home drainage wisdom. (more…)
Archive for January, 2009
The gold standard of home drainage is hand excavated french drains
Wednesday, January 21st, 20092008-2009 Flooding in Oregon and Washington at historic levels
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Homeowners in Washington and Oregon are currently running for safety, shoveling snow and sloshing around, treading water, bailing flooded areas, pumping crawl spaces and basements, hand excavating french drains, and just about every other creative groundwater removal or groundwater mitigation measure they can think of. There are lots of calories being expended by flooded homeowners. Lots of anxiety. (more…)
