Archive for January, 2010

Hand excavated french drain costs are recaptured.

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems, pay much more than they cost, especially in a tough real estate market like the one we are in right now.

This means that because… (more…)

Inspect home drainage prior to marketing your home

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Homeowners should call for a free groundwater drainage assessment, in their part of the world, prior to listing their home on the market for sale.

This can save everyone a lot of money and time, as well as… (more…)

Bring home drainage expertise to the table when building a new home

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Bring home drainage expertise to the planning table when you are designing and building a new home.

Get better results by having a home drainage professional install your rain drains and hand excavated french drains, rather than… (more…)

Pro mason tips for groundwater damaged foundations footings.

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Foundation footings holding up the post and beam structure of your home may sink and cause severe and costly home foundation support problems.

Groundwater is the major cause… (more…)

Getting ready for the snow melt

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

If you live in snow country, let’s hope you are ready for the spring snow melt around your foundation walls.

This likely includes the melting of large banks of snow right next to… (more…)

Why home drainage issues are important to you.

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Why are home drainage health values important to you?

1. Preserving your homes value.

Home values can be adversely affected by heavy rains, which cause most groundwater problems.

Too many structural home problems occur within the home, caused by decades of faulty home drainage.

The healthy home is… (more…)

Crawl space low point drains and sump pumps.

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

A low point drain that is not functioning, not flowing groundwater out of a flooded crawl space, is probably plugged to the degree that it is no longer functional, if it ever was, and likely cannot be… (more…)

Got crawl space water? Soggy yard? Basement leaking?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Got crawl space groundwater? Is your yard soggy? Is your basement leaking?

Welcome. You found us. We are all home drainage survivors, studying about home drainage engineering and groundwater removal methods.

Many of my readers tell me they feel like they were… (more…)

Homeowners rise to success on the home drainage knowledge curve.

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Homeowners are learning to speak the home drainage language, and as a result, these educated home drainage homeowners are… (more…)

Install hand excavated french drains to keep pests from your home

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Installing hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems has the effect of drying the soil around your foundation walls.

If hand excavated french drains are installed professionally, your… (more…)