How is this different from Basement & Foundation Waterproofing?

Drainage is exterior site work — grading, downspouts, leaders, catch basins, swales, French and curtain drains, and discharge routing that moves water away from the structure. Waterproofing treats the building envelope itself where water is still reaching it.

Are downspouts really enough to matter?

Often yes. A single roof plane can deliver a very large volume of water to one spot in one storm. Extending or burying a discharge is one of the highest-value, lowest-cost corrections on many properties.

Where does the water go?

Somewhere it can legally and practically be discharged, away from your foundation and without pushing the problem onto a neighbor. Identifying that outlet comes before designing the collection, not after.

Will a French drain fix my wet basement?

Sometimes. It depends on whether your water is arriving as site water or entering through the foundation itself. That is what the investigation determines, and it is why we keep drainage and waterproofing as complementary scopes.

Foundation, Waterproofing & Drainage

Drainage Solutions

Exterior surface and groundwater management, away from the structure.

Most basement and crawl-space water problems begin outside the building. Drainage work is exterior site work: intercepting surface and groundwater, collecting it, and discharging it somewhere away from the foundation. Before water can be kept out of a structure, it has to have somewhere else to go.

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Subsurface and groundwater interception

French drains to collect and redirect subsurface water
Curtain drains to intercept groundwater moving toward the structure from uphill
Catch basins and area drains at low points and hardscape collection areas
Solid conveyance piping and discharge routing to a suitable outlet

Surface, roof and landscape water management

Grading correction so soil falls away from the foundation
Swales to move surface runoff along a controlled path
Gutter leader, downspout extension, burial and discharge relocation
Erosion and runoff control at slopes, beds and hardscape edges
Window well and areaway drainage

How this differs from Basement & Foundation Waterproofing

Drainage keeps water away from the building. Waterproofing treats the building envelope where water is still arriving at it. On many properties the right sequence is drainage first, because reducing the volume of site water often reduces — and sometimes eliminates — the waterproofing scope. We scope the two together and tell you which one is doing the real work.

How we scope drainage

We look at where the water comes from, how much of it there is during a real rain event, where it can legally and practically be discharged, and what the site will allow. The recommendation follows those facts rather than a standard package.

Documentation

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Photographs from completed and in-progress Home Remedies projects are published in the Project Library.

Conditions this service addresses

Illustrative reference imagery of these conditions — not Home Remedies project work. Completed Home Remedies projects are published in the Project Library.