It is very important to think about home drainage concerns when you are designing landscape terraces, retaining walls, and flat grass areas, as well as slopes. The groundwater that builds up behind a retaining wall for instance is enough to force the wall (more…)
Archive for August, 2009
Landscape retaining walls, terraces, and slopes need drainage
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Fixing a hole where the rain gets in and stops my mind from wandering
Sunday, August 30th, 2009” Fixing a hole where the rain gets in and stops my mind from wandering, where it will go”. You remember those Lennon-McCartney lyrics.
Focus on solving home drainage problems before they become the stuff nightmares are (more…)
Write earnest money agreements with repair clauses to protect yourself
Sunday, August 16th, 2009When you are buying a home protect yourself from seller non disclosure of home drainage problems by adding an inspection and repair clause in the earnest money agreement that obligates the sellers to make repairs, to include home inspector found and professional home drainage contractor proposed home drainage repairs.
There is a repairs cap generally in every earnest money agreement. Don’t make the amount too low if you really want to (more…)
Hand excavated french drains prevent mold and dryrot in your home
Sunday, August 16th, 2009Properly engineered and installed rain drain discharges that vent your homes gutter systems, and properly installed and plumbed hand excavated french drains that remove groundwater caused by heavy rains or snow melt are two home drainage systems that bring big benefits to the health of both existing and new homes.
Home drainage is much overlooked world wide, and critical to (more…)
Will your home pass a pest dryrot and structural inspection
Saturday, August 15th, 2009The pest dry rot and structural inspection is probably the single biggest hang up for sellers and buyers in the home selling process. Lots of beautiful homes get written up during the sale process, while in escrow, by the inspector who say there is evidence of former groundwater problems, or actual groundwater in the basement or crawlspace. (more…)
Dry wells are “green” environmentally safe groundwater mitigation tools
Saturday, August 15th, 2009Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems and hand excavated dry wells duplicate a process called “perk” science that is naturally occuring everywhere on our planet.
It’s all about sending the rainwater runoff back to the underground storage caverns from which we pump our drinking and irrigation water. We need lots of groundwater to water our planets surface flora as well as to raise our kids and animals. Perking groundwater with dry wells is healthy for (more…)
Home sellers are still liable for non-disclosure of drainage problems after closing
Saturday, August 15th, 2009Hand Excavated French drains properly engineered and installed, are huge value added points for “green home drainage science.” They are not a badge of former home drainage failure that should dissuade home buyers from buying the home, especially in Oregon where heavy rains challenge the home drainage infrastructure of all homes eventually.” (more…)
