Why "Good Enough" Grading Isn’t Enough. 🏠💧
- Cid Herlein
- Jan 2
- 1 min read
Why "Good Enough" Grading Isn’t Enough. 🏠💧
​In this video, you’re looking at a recipe for an oversaturated foundation. When new construction homes are built this close together, the grading between them is everything.
​As you can see, the water from the upper house—including all that gutter runoff—is being directed straight toward the foundation of the lower home.
Without a proper swale or drainage system to divert that water to the street or a back basin, the lower homeowner is looking at:
​Foundation settlement
​Hydrostatic pressure cracks
​Costly moisture issues
​The Lesson: Always check your site drainage before the landscaping goes in.
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