How do I keep water away from my house foundation?
When it comes to keeping water away from your house, the best thing you can do is to redirect it away. The overall goal is to create a way for the water to continuously flow away from the house. This creates positive drainage where your home needs it most, close to the house.
Sometimes grading alone will not work, so our team of professionals at Tommy Pollina Landscape has extensive experience installing drainage systems. Drainage systems also factor in when grading alone will not solve the problems caused by water retention. You may have to consider installing drainage systems like:
- Surface Drains
- Underground Drain Tile
- French Drains
- Connections To Municipal Drainage Systems (where allowable)
- Sump Pump Discharge
How do I stop water drainage in my yard?
The short yet obvious answer is to reroute the water away from your house, but it may not be that simple. If the slope of your yard is wrong you may have yard drainage problems caused by improper grading. After a hard rain or even watering, you may notice pools of standing water that are not readily absorbed into the ground. It’s not uncommon to have basement seepage and flooding or foundation problems caused by poor grading that allows the water to flow toward your building’s foundation. In these cases, Tommy Pollina’s crews will alter your yard’s grade in such a way to alleviate these problems.