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May 14, 2007
slope around the foundation
the all brick colonial style house is around 17 years. I just found out that some of the land slopes towards the foundation. The lot is not level. One day after the heavy rain, I discovered that the water is keep flowing down to near my basemdnt window for one or two days. ( about 2in. below the wood trim of my basement window.) The window is neart the northside corner and the water is running down from the west side corner near the foiundation. The west side land is under a deck and is sloping toward the foundation. Who can I call for correcting this problem ? My basement has sump pump and never flooded. How can I find out whether there is drainage around the foundation. We bought this house 10 years ago and the original owner is no where to be found.
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Our regular handyman hired some concrete guys to grade the back to slope away from the house, with some new concrete. The clay that Brooklyn sits on gets squashed down and compacted and the houses settle lower, which is why we get the slumping and sloping in the floors. Not unusual. But that means you probably need to re-grade the yard so the house isn't lower than the yard and all the runoff goes to your foundation.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 6:26 PM
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