When the winter winds blow and old man winter comes knocking at your door, visiting with groundwater running into your crawlspace or basement, you will wish you had installed hand excavated french drains last summer.
If you had been fortunate enough to have had them installed by a professional who is used to getting results with engineering and grade, you deserve to feel warm and cozy.
If you are a “do it yourself” type and are preparing to install hand excavated french drains around your home or through your property, observe a few cautions, preparations and (more…)
The old real estate 101 concept that advocates buying the worst home in the best area is still a sound method to use for the homebuyer looking for upside property value potential. Another very valid concept is to (more…)
How to plan, prepare for, and engineer hand excavated french drains should be on foremost on your mind if you are a homeowner planning to install french drains of any kind or description. Do yourself a favor and learn why hand excavated french drain installation work excels at groundwater removal, and how you can (more…)
In todays home market, lenders have many homes in their “reo departments.” That is bank jargon for real estate owned. In other words, foreclosure properties.
Home drainage problems prevent huge numbers of homeowners everywhere in America from refinancing their homes just (more…)
When buying or building a home in a subdivision, whether it is an existing home, one built on spec, or one you are contracting to have built, research the home drainage conditions of approval for the subdivision or minor partition that you intend to buy into.
You may find out some interesting things to consider, depending on where your prospective lot is located in the area, and the topography at the building site. Get a copy of the (more…)
The question of whether to purchase a home with a drainage problem needs serious evaluation. The answer can be yes or no depending on (more…)
Hand excavated french drains work to remove groundwater at the exterior foundation walls, prior to it saturating the foundation wall, producing groundwater leaking into (more…)
Groundwater solutions that came along before sump pumps. Imagine that.
Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems.
Ancient, modern, and still the top dog in the fight, world wide, against groundwater damage, caused by damaged roof rain drain discharges or sloping topography, in most cases. The saturation of pooling groundwater produces hydrostatic pressure, which can cause (more…)
The best way to solve your home groundwater drainage problem is to stick with a quality proven old method, that over and over produces proven results, when installed professionally.
That means, most likely, installing hand excavated french drains to collect the groundwater on the outside of the home before
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