“Dry wells don’t perk.” “There is an underground river or spring under your home causing (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘french drains’
French drains: Best stupid home drainage contractor remarks
Friday, September 24th, 2010Beat the home inspector, lender, sump pump guy trap.
Monday, September 20th, 2010Beat the home inspector, lender, sump pump guy trap.
You have never heard of this “trap”? You will hear more about it in the future, I can assure you of that fact right now, unless this (more…)
French drains prevent rain saturation that causes leaking.
Friday, September 17th, 2010Your personal residence is likely your largest cash investment.
Install professionally designed hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems to prevent… (more…)
Green drainage capital improvements: French drains
Saturday, August 21st, 2010I have the toughest and most educated drainage market in the world right here in Oregon.
As they say in New York; “If you can make it here, you can make it (more…)
Home drainage tip: Compacted foundation grade.
Monday, July 5th, 2010Gravity, compacted soil grade at the foundation, and again, more gravity is what works over and over again, century after century around the world.
Hand excavated french drains are (more…)
Seattle homeowner has owned french drains for over 20 years
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Hi Mr. Lundeen — I just read your article “Brain Dead”. Thank you very much for writing this.
I live in Seattle, in a home built in 1919.
As far as I can tell no (more…)
Oregon new home, builder provided, drainage required notice.
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010This is an actual e-mail from 2008. Real life conversations with customers. e-mail Message from Lee Ann:
We are in the process of selling our 2.5 year old home, and (more…)
Neighbors with groundwater problems together
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Plumbing french drain groundwater removal systems, or venting rain drains onto a contiguous homeowners home site is against the law in Oregon.
This can be a costly lesson for (more…)
Crawl space groundwater can cause hardwood floors to buckle
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Groundwater in your crawlspace and sinking spot foundation footings in your crawlspace can cause your (more…)
Gable roof ends are drainage challenged areas by design
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010The gable ends of your home, that are pitched, and not flat, are very often groundwater problem areas, from a home drainage perspective.
Gable roof areas are built to fail you on (more…)
