In construction most of my life and as a certified home inspector since 2014, I've been screaming this from the roof tops and have seen people get robbed for years. This video should be sent to every realtor and home buyer from here on out.
Thanks Reuben. Negative grading with improper gutter extensions especially on concrete not slopped approximately (2%) away from the structure is a recipe for a wet basement.
Could not agree more. The first step is always correcting the exterior drainage first and then drain tile if needed after that. I have never seen a retrofit draintile system with proper exteriror drainage ever.
Thanks, Reuben. We're more fortunate here - we have drainage / landscape contractors who do all the exterior stuff - and actually do a good job. Lots of wet basements in this area! Most of our houses have gutters - but, unfortunately, the gutters are usually too small - and the downspouts usually are not extended.
We had water coming through our poured concrete foundation. After getting a quote fora French drain we did some outside work and then found a guy that injects epoxy into the cement. The epoxy injection was about $175 and it worked VERY well.
@@pitaeata8493 It was pressure injection into the concrete. Starts at.a crack, injects until it seeps out another spot, moves to that spot and keeps going and it doesn't go in any more. Took them about 90 minutes to seal up a 6-8 foot section. Either way, it worked very well and was under $200 instead of 10k for a French drain.
This guy said all foundation companies don’t do this???? So full of it and find it funny and scammy he said this video is not supposed to be a plug for this so called “great company he recommends” yet he plugs them anyway. Yes, a lot of companies don’t try to find the problem and just sell a tile system, but not all!!! So sick of these inspectors grouping all companies then putting kick back money in their pocket from ones he likes. I’m sure he’ll say oh nooooo I take no money… bs….anytime you want to really discuss with an expert would be happy to debate you on live RU-vid and see just how much you can get past myself, some great companies I know and our engineers. Oh and yes, I’ve been doing this 50 years.
