A question often asked of me is: why are hand excavated french drains important? In this article I will touch on some of the most important reasons why french drain installation should be a top priority for the health of your home, as well as some specifics, with respect to the engineering and materials used in professional french drain installation. (more…)
Archive for September, 2009
7 reasons to specify hand excavated french drains
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Install hand excavated french drains prior to finishing basement as living area
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Healthy homes are protected by hand excavated french drains. The fact that a lovely home looks like it should be on the cover of Architectural Digest does not exclude it from investigation and the possibility of it containing home drainage problems never dealt with.
When it comes to real value in housing nothing (more…)
Neighbors probably know if that home has a drainage problem, so ask them
Saturday, September 5th, 2009When you are contemplating buying a home, talk to the neighbors. That sounds like a funny way to approach the subject of groundwater drainage doesn’t it? Yet many times I am installing hand excavated french drains around a home and the neighbors come around asking what is going on.
When I tell them the story about the owners buying the home with a disclosure saying (more…)
