Blocked or broken drainage systems: Malfunctioning perimeter drains or sump pumps can cause pooling water around the foundation. When seepage becomes severe, walls and floors must be properly ...
One of the most frequent culprits of basement seepage is poor drainage outside your home. When gutters and downspouts aren’t properly directing water away, it can pool around the foundation.
Proper drainage can increase its effectiveness. But with heavy rain, the ground level around your home may become saturated and foundation leaks can overwhelm your efforts. If in doubt ...
Once you’ve checked inside your home for signs of damage, take a walk around the exterior. You can protect your home’s foundation from water by looking at drainage, hard structure surfaces ...
Insufficient drainage in the foundation of material used to fill in a valley high above Atami may have helped trigger a massive landslide on July 3 that left at least four people dead and another ...