Crawl Space French Drain for Bolingbroke homeowners
Red clay around Bolingbroke drains slowly. Water that reaches it after a storm sits and builds, and on a sloped lot that perched water finds the easiest way out, which is often the gap between the footing and the crawl space floor. A French drain gives it a better path.
The drain works best where water enters along one or two walls, which is the usual picture on hillside homes. If you see wet stripes following the foundation, puddles that form at the same spots after each rain, or silt washed in from the edges, water is traveling along the footing.
We dig a trench inside the perimeter, bed perforated pipe in washed stone, wrap it in fabric to keep clay out, and slope it to a sump pit or to daylight where the grade drops off. Many Bolingbroke lots have enough fall to drain by gravity. The price comes in writing with photos, and inspection is free.
The scope is fixed before we start on a Bolingbroke home, so nothing gets added once the crew is underneath.
- Custom-designed perimeter drainage
- Channels water to a sump pump
- Eliminates standing water and dampness
- Protects your foundation and framing
