๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ! With the recent storms, spring melt and more rain coming this month, learning the basics of water management can help avoid costly repairs to the basement caused by moisture issues, water seepage and water infiltration.
Water management in the simplest form is diverting water away from the house foundation.
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ:
1. Grading around the house - All homeowners have to regrade around their house at some point. This will require a permit to ensure minimum slopes and heights of certain elements are addressed. These requirements are in place so that people donโt divert water to adjacent properties or regrade improperly that doesnโt achieve the objective of water management.
2. Clean Eavestroughs - This is the easiest and simplest water management job outside the house and one that is overlooked the most often. Majority of the water issues in the house are caused by plugged eavestroughs that are not doing their job of channelling the water to downspouts. Clean your eavestrough at least twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.
3. Extend Downspouts - Ensure your downspouts are extended at least 3ft. away from the house. Un-extended downspouts spill a large amount of water near the basement walls. This leads to highly saturated soil and some of the water saturating the soil will migrate towards the foundation walls and eventually find its way through the walls resulting in moisture issues in the basement.
Be sure to have a walk around your property today and see if these three steps are being taken care of!
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐!
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