Bedrock Drainage Corrections, LLC
affiliated
with Bedrock Foundation Repair, LLC
Serving
all of Texas! Call Us Toll-Free
1-800-329-1311
Water control, french drains, waterproofing, ridding
your property of unwanted water around your house,
under your house, and getting in your house.
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"Our house was built in the middle of a
hill, so every time it rained, water would run
through our garage and basement. We could not
keep it dry, and everything downstairs had
that dank, moldy, mildew smell, basically making
all that space useless... not to mention the
potential, and inevitable damage to our
foundation. Bedrock came out to inspect and
implemented a creative, custom solution to our
water problem, saving us $$thousands over the
competition, which involved waterproofing and
french drains. They corrected our
problem immediately, and we couldn't be more pleased with their
professionalism, and courtesy. I would not
hesitate to recommend Bedrock for all your
foundation repair and drainage
correction needs!"
-Shelley & Alan Martin, Denison, TX |
For water standing around the house, water getting
under the house, and water getting in the house,
REMEMBER...
If you haven't fixed the drainage, you haven't fixed
the foundation.
Why?
Water is the source of foundation settlement,
foundation upheaval, the rotting of wood in the
house, mold problems, mildew, and creates a very
unhealthy condition in and around your home.
You must reach the source of the water and redirect,
capture, and relocate it. The source of the water,
really, is in the clouds, but since we cannot
control the weather, we must capture the water at
some point before it reaches your home.
There are 3 main sources of water penetration at the
home:
surface drainage, subsurface drainage, and poor
cross-ventilation.
Subsurface drainage problems involve:
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a high water table
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underground springs
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hydrostatic pressure
Almost all subsurface drainage correction involves
the installation of a FRENCH DRAIN.
Engineers refer to a french drain as "lowering the
water table".
Essentially, a french drain is no more than a ditch
full of rocks. The surrounding soil around the ditch
is full of moisture, and the moisture falls into the
ditch full of rocks. At the bottom of the ditch is
usually a pipe that will discharge the collected
water downhill, or to a pump if there IS nothing
downhill to discharge the moisture. As water
'percolates' into the ditch, it lowers the water
table.
A Bedrock drainage correction expert knows how to
locate the ditch, how deep the ditch should be, and
how large the ditch should be to effective and
successfully collect the moisture.
However, one must remember that even though drainage
corrections have been implemented to handle moisture
from most situations, even the best drainage
correction plan does not usually stop water from a
major flood or extreme conditions.
If extreme conditions are evident at the time of the
Bedrock inspection, then extreme measures can be
taken to eliminate the problems, but remember that
extreme measures also involve extreme costs.
To get to the source of the subsurface water, one
must also look at the adjacent SURFACE DRAINAGE. All
subsurface drainage corrections must correct any
surface drainage defects that might be evident.
SURFACE DRAINAGE CORRECTIONS may involve many
different solutions. Some of these are:
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installing surface drains and piping,
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waterproofing,
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grading,
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installing soil,
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installing a drainage canal,
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roof gutters,
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downspouts, and downspout extensions
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removing obstructions to drainage.
All of the above drainage corrections may involve
the same property, including subsurface drainage
corrections. One must remember that not all drainage
problems are solved with one drainage solution.
CROSS-VENTILATION
The underneath of a house should be properly
ventilated to prevent the buildup of moisture on the
wood members. Just as condensation can build up on a
car windshield, with changing temperatures and
changing humidity, condensation can build up on the
wood members under a house, and eventually destroy
it.
The moisture buildup can also create mold and mildew
under the house, eventually creating a musty smell
inside the home and an unhealthy living condition.
The solution is proper ventilation under the home,
that essentially 'blow dries' the structure under
the house.
Sometimes crossvents can be installed to insure a
good cross flow of air across the substructure. If
obstructions do not permit the installation of
crossvents, then a properly designed forced air
system can be installed. In most cases, a good
engineer familiar with these techniques can be
employed to design the system. (see
Bedrock Engineering, LLC here.)
Also remember, that good ventilation is needed in
the attic of a home, and also inside the home. If a
home is air tight, and receives little fresh air, it
is an environment that will nurture molds and
mildew. That 'musty smell' inside many homes is full
of bacteria and viruses that can be eliminated
greatly with just a little fresh air!!!
Also see:
COMMON ARCHITECTURAL DEFECTS IN WATER CONTROL AND
DRAINAGE
When it's your
foundation, we're the ones to call...
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