As spring approaches, water buildup is prevalent due to thawing ice, melting snow, and spring showers. This buildup of water around your home can damage to your foundation, land, and other parts of your property. However, landscape drainage can protect your home this spring. Read on to learn more about your landscape drainage options.

Prevent Seasonal Damage to Your Property

The first step to preventing seasonal damage to your property is understanding why that damage occurs. Melting snow saturates the ground, and often it freezes over many times before winter transitions into spring. When the ground does fully thaw, it us usually accompanied by seasonal rain that, along with the melted snow, soaks into the soil.

This level of water buildup has many consequences for your property. Excess water can cause the land to erode, stripping your landscaping or causing unsightly paths in your yard. Water accumulation underneath your foundation leads to hydrostatic pressure, which can shift your foundation and lead to cracks, basement flooding, and damage to your driveway.

How Can Landscape Drainage Protect Your Home?

With landscape drainage, you can protect your home from seasonal damage caused by water buildup in the spring. Landscape drainage reduces excess water on your property, ensuring that the soil does not become saturated. By pushing water away from your home, proper drainage will keep your foundation protected from erosion and residential water infiltration.

Surface Drainage Solutions

Surface drainage solutions allow you to direct water away from your home by changing the land on your property.

• Diversion Ditches: Ditches can be created on your property to divert water away from your home and into a trench.
• Open Channels: Open channels can be connected to your drain pipes or your sewer to ensure that water is properly removed from the area.
• Grassed Waterways: Grassed waterways consist of downhill, grassy channels that naturally drain water and deter soil erosion on your property.
• Sloped Banks: Another surface drainage solution involves creating sloped banks on your property that flow away from your home, taking water with them.

Subsurface Drainage Solutions

In contrast to surface drainage solutions, subsurface drainage solutions work underground to remove water from areas with excessively saturated soil.

• French Drain Systems: French drain systems are a commonly used subsurface drainage solution. They involve installing a sloped trench on your property for water to run into. The trench contains round gravel and leads to a pipe, which then empties the water away from your home. The drain may lead to a drainage ditch, the street, a dry well, or a lower part of your property.
• Hydraway Drainage System: The Hydraway Drainage System is a subsurface drainage solution that is superior to traditional French drain systems because along with being more economical, it has a 70% higher water capacity, allowing water to flow through at a much faster rate. This solution contains three components that work together to capture water before it reaches the foundation, directing water away from your home.

Learn How Intech Anchoring Can Help

Are you interested in learning more about how landscape drainage can protect your home this spring? Call Intech Anchoring today at 800-223-7015 to schedule a consultation and receive a free quote.