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Grading land around house to keep water from entering basement DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourme 07-06-2006
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on July 6, 2006, 5:57 pm
BEEN THERE DONE ALL THIS:(

The problem largely depends on WHERE that water is coming from. If your
in just a little bit of a valley or place where water flows underground
all that earth moving will perhaps look nice but accomplish nothing.

certinally downspouts must direct water well away from foundation, and
gutters clean so they dont overflow dumping water at foundation. futher
grade should be away from home.

I DID ALL THIS!!! and it didnt help much, just slowed the volume a
little.

finally got inside french drain with sump pump and that was the end of
the problem.

the outside work cost over 8 grand including new sidewalks near home,
but it didnt help the water table was just below the level of the
floor.

the interior drain at 4 grand might have saved me a ton of money, and
unreal amount of work putting in new lawn and all that went with it.

run some estimates for backhoe etc, fill dirt, recommend drain in area
with gravel to keep water away from foundation.

then price interior french drain and decide.....

theres the right way, regrading yard removing trees etc.

then theres the easy way, interior drain, which is standard equiptement
on most new homes today.

Honestly I enjoyed ther BIG DIG as that summer was named here. could of
cried when it didnt fix the problem:(


Posted by DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourme on July 6, 2006, 10:06 pm

hallerb@aol.com wrote:
> BEEN THERE DONE ALL THIS:(
>
> The problem largely depends on WHERE that water is coming from. If your
> in just a little bit of a valley or place where water flows underground
> all that earth moving will perhaps look nice but accomplish nothing.
>
> certinally downspouts must direct water well away from foundation, and
> gutters clean so they dont overflow dumping water at foundation. futher
> grade should be away from home.
>
> I DID ALL THIS!!! and it didnt help much, just slowed the volume a
> little.
>
> finally got inside french drain with sump pump and that was the end of
> the problem.
>
> the outside work cost over 8 grand including new sidewalks near home,
> but it didnt help the water table was just below the level of the
> floor.
>
> the interior drain at 4 grand might have saved me a ton of money, and
> unreal amount of work putting in new lawn and all that went with it.
>
> run some estimates for backhoe etc, fill dirt, recommend drain in area
> with gravel to keep water away from foundation.
>
> then price interior french drain and decide.....
>
> theres the right way, regrading yard removing trees etc.
>
> then theres the easy way, interior drain, which is standard equiptement
> on most new homes today.
>
> Honestly I enjoyed ther BIG DIG as that summer was named here. could of
> cried when it didnt fix the problem:

Haller,

The house is actually on top of a small knoll, but certain
specific areas near the house drain toward the house. I would doubt
that the water table would be a problem.

Thanks,

JD


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on July 7, 2006, 7:45 am
> Haller,
>
> The house is actually on top of a small knoll, but certain
> specific areas near the house drain toward the house. I would doubt
> that the water table would be a problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JD

you might be surprised, a friend worked for a water well driller and
claimed sometimes they hit a lot of water on top of hill very shallow.
apparently springs go uphill or something with the right conditions.

do price the interior french drain even just for the effected area of
basement. just for the heck of it estimates are FREE.

you might be surprised that for just the cost of one pro tree removal
you could fix the water problem from inside and avoid a ton of work
mess and save big bucks......

having been tru this you now know theres another solution, very
valuable just in case the outside work still leaves moisture issues...

Incidently a friend who happens to live at the top of a hill decided to
dig a dry well for his downspout drains. they were dumping water right
at his homes foundation..........

He began digging by hand, wanted the exercise, don is a long distance
runner,

at 6 feet he hit mud, by 8 feet running water and gave up. all some 30
feet from his home

his downspouts now go to the curb...


water is very specific to location, his next door neighbor had a
backhoe in for sewer work.

one area down 12 feet DRY, got 20 feet away water flooded entire
trench, they had to pump it out.

backhoe operator says that happens a lot./


Posted by Al Bundy on July 9, 2006, 12:58 am
"DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourmet.com"

> I have a small house where there is a substantial slope toward
> the basement in the rear of the house from the midpoint of the backyard
> (about 30 ft.) that causes the house's basement to leak. (The furthest
> part of the backyard away from the basement slopes away from the house
> and that is where I would direct the water to.) I have been told
> numerous times that keeping water away from a house is 90% of the
> solution to a leaky basement. I am wondering whether it is possible
> for me to obtain the dirt necessary to change the slope (At some
> points, I will need 2 ft. of dirt to raise the slope up the back wall)
> and to do this work myself. Also, I would appreciate tips on commonly
> made mistakes in this type of work so that I could avoid them if I
> decide to do this work myself.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JD
>


Lotsa French Drain talk here. I really didn't know what it was so I
Googled it. Turns out I did know what it was but not by name.

What I was surprised at though was possibly creating a termite problem!!!

See TERMITE PROBLEMS WITH FRENCH DRAINS topic at
        http://www.unexco.com/french.html

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