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Part I: When it comes to certain issues........IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE!
 
Part I: When it comes to certain issues.......
 IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE!
Identifying & Dealing With Drainage Issues.
This post is directed to any and all stakeholders involved with a real estate transaction be you a homebuyer, home seller, real estate professional, contractor, home inspector, lender, title or escrow company.

 
 
Above left: A very futile attempt at installing an effective French Drain system. No matter how many times we've all heard it....Water doesn't flow uphill. This might have worked had the installer kept the drain line flowing with gravity towards a storm drain or into a sump well and pump system that would divert it to a storm drain system. 
Middle: Drains don't function well whence damaged or clogged.
Right: This catch basin will have to have a major 3 inch flood on this property in order  for it to function. Always place catch basins below ground level and at the lowest spots on the property allowing water to gravity flow towards them.

Over he years we've been involved with many unhappy and disgruntled folks over drainage related problems and things can really get extremely costly, time consuming, frustrating and very ugly literally and figuratively. 
 



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