Category Drainage systems

Both intercept groundwater before it reaches your basement. One does it outside the wall, one inside. Here is the honest comparison on cost, disruption and result.

The difference is which side of the wall the water pressure is on, and it decides what can work. Here is the physics, the methods, and how to choose.

Weeping tile is the footing drain buried around your foundation. Here is how to tell if your house has one, whether it still works, and what to do if it doesn't.

A window well is a bucket set against your foundation. Here is why yours fills, how to check the drain, and the fixes from a $60 cover to a full rebuild.

A trench, some gravel, and a perforated pipe. Here is how a french drain actually moves water, how to size and slope one, and the mistakes that make them fail.

Six feet is the minimum, ten is better, and on clay soil further still. Here is the math behind it and every extension option ranked by cost and durability.

Code says 6 inches of fall in the first 10 feet. Here is how to measure yours, why it settles over time, and how to fix it without burying your siding.

An overflowing gutter dumps a curtain of water into the soil against your wall. Here are the eight gutter failures that flood basements and how to spot each.