Basement French Drains for Milledgeville homeowners
Historic cellars in Milledgeville were built without drainage, and many have earth or later-poured floors sitting over ground that has never been drained. Water has been arriving and leaving on its own terms for two centuries.
The constraint on retrofitting is the original footing. Brick and stone foundations from this era sit on shallow pads that cannot be undermined, so the trench depth and routing have to be planned around them and hand dug wherever we are close.
Everything else is standard practice. Perforated pipe, washed stone, filter fabric, continuous fall, and gravity discharge where the slope above the Oconee allows it. On the low side of a lot nearer the river the drain feeds a sump, since the water table there stays high.
The scope is fixed before we start on a Milledgeville home, so nothing gets added once the crew is underneath.
- Industry-standard installation
- High-quality, long-lasting materials
- Custom-designed for your basement
- Channels water safely to a sump pump
