Red clay gonna silt it in in 5 or ten years. Try to do it with gutters and ditches if you have the room. Look at the natural water flows in a storm and ditch as much of the water away before it gets close to the cabin
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Red clay gonna silt it in in 5 or ten years. Try to do it with gutters and ditches if you have the room. Look at the natural water flows in a storm and ditch as much of the water away before it gets close to the cabin
If it is not too late, why not raise the cabin 2-3 ft above the existing grade (with block) and allow natural drainage?
this is what i do for a living.
I rarely travel outside of Suwanee, Johns Creek, Buford and Duluth......
but have no problem giving you advice and showing you what I use.
Thanks I got it done.
Working on my new gutters soon which was a real big reason for
a lot of the moisture.....no gutters.
Ok cool....!
and YES, you are correct. No gutters or more often I see "CLOGGED gutters". They almost always are causing basement leaks. Those big comm'l firms like to quote $20,000 to waterproof a basement. Their idea of waterproofing is a jackhammer in your basement slab and install inside french drains with a sump pump. Allowing water to ENTER your basement walls. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. 9/10 times I can fix the issue from the OUTSIDE by channeling water away and save the homeowner 400-500% of the other guys cost.
AFter your gutters are done, I suggest you bury the downspouts with 4" black corrugated pipe AWAY from the house. Try to dig about 10" deep or so. Make sure to use a grated cap at the end so critters don't get into the pipes.
I use disbursement basins, but that gets a little more involved for a homeowner to do it on their own.
True that!!!
Seems like you have it under control. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific Qs.