Jim Katen Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 thank you very much for that. was very clear, a lot of good information and got the point across to not take on the french drains myself. All I was looking for. Have a good night. That's ok. You'll screw it up. A few years from now, some home inspector from Chelmsford will log on and say, "Hey guys, you'll never believe the screwed up drainage system that I saw around this house today. . . " (Imagine I put a smiley thing here so that I can get away with being rude.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Lots of foundations have a little negative slope immediately next to the foundation. It's where the backfill was tossed back into the foundation hole without being compacted and after the soil settled nobody ever bothered to add some more soil. If you don't currently have any issues caused by negative drainage next to the foundation, and it's just nagging at you because the inspector said to fix it, Just remove the sod from the surface next to the foundation and add soil to build up the grade next to the house so that it slopes continuously away. You don't need to try and put in curtain drains, or French drains or anything else. As long as the ground slopes away for that first six feet or so, everything will be hunky dory. Psst: If there weren't any issues caused by that negative slope, the inspector probably didn't tell you that commenting about twelve inches of soil draining toward the foundation was just him covering his tush. He probably didn't realistically expect anything to happen if you left things the way they are. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'm staying out of this Yankee feud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom2tone Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 How is the roof drainage at that location? How much rainwater comes of the roof. Is there an effective gutter system? All the landscaping in the world will not work if the roof drains there. Otherwise, how well does the soil drain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighton Jantz Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Tom, Just a suggestion, have a look above people's comments in the grey area this thread ended almost 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Regurgitated threads are sometimes ok. Just don't regurgitate anything else. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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