Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain is nothing more than a ditch in sloped ground, inset with a perforated drain pipe under a ...

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If the phrase “a river runs through it” doesn’t conjure up the beautiful sights and melodious sounds of a nearby river, you may have a water problem. If your image is a swampy, saturated swath of ...

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Q: I live on a low-lying lot. My crawl space is always wet, even though I have a dehumidifier and a sump pump down there. People have suggested I use French drains; one said exterior ones, another ...

MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma -- A fan constantly blows underneath Geneva Waller's home. It's the only thing keeping her crawl space dry. She first noticed water under her home a couple of years ago after it ...

Hi all, we’re new homeowners (yay) and we’ve got two completely clogged drains in our backyard, clogged with dirt and roots. I pulled a ton of dirt out yesterday but reading another previous post on a ...

Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain has a more utilitarian purpose—redirecting standing water away from vulnerable structures or ...