I have some garden level apartments that have a cement slab at the bottom of the exterior stairs with a drain hole in them. The drains are not tied into a pipe system from what we can tell.  It appears to be one of th...

Hi All, EDIT: Just contacted roofers that do flat roofs to improve drainage. Thanks for the advice. Colin

Anyone with knowledge of basement waterproofing in baltimore city rowhomes who cares to opine on whether they think this is a major red flag or not? The rowhome property I have under contract has a finished basement -...

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I recently bought a home in the western suburbs of Chicago and realized during the last heavy rain I have some drainage issues. I'm having water pool next to the foundation wall of the home and noticed that the...

Drainage ditch too deep
The previous owners destroyed the natural drainage away from the house years ago when they added dirt and planted a large tree. The ground surrounding that tree slopes back toward the house on...

Hi, I own a house which is situated at the bottom of a large hill. The house itself is fine, but the garage sits back further than the house so that the back of the garage is only about 5 feet from the bottom of the h...

It is an old house built in 1939. Some of the drainage pipe has been replaced to PVC, and majority (including the Stack) is still caste iron. And the cost is about 10 thousand dollars to replace all through the hou...

Hello BP World! I just purchased a home that has a wood deck above ungraded dirt extending from the slab to the edge of the sidewalk around the pool. The issue I’m having is that the water pools beneath the wood deck ...