How to fix house drainage problems around homes built on sloping land. #drainage #slopingland

If your house is built on a sloping site and you have drainage problems and water entering your basement garage or your basement storage area then this video is for you!
Join Matt Cornell, an experienced structural design engineer from #Australia, for a chat about:
- How to stop water from entering your #basement.
- How to improve the #drainage of your backyard.
- How to minimize water coming into your basement and causing mould.
- How to stop water from causing efflorescence on your walls and floor.
- How to drain water away from your house foundation effectively.
- Why French drains on the upslope side of your house could be causing your basement to flood.
Matt explains what he looks for when assessing drainage issues on sloping land and what you can do as a homeowner to address some of these issues yourself.
We'll talk about where the water is coming from on a sloping site and how you can cut it off and divert it before it becomes a problem.
Agg trenches and agi pipes, spoon drains, and field inlet pits (also check out this video: How to fix house drainage problems ar...) are some of the solutions but when done badly they are also part of the problem. Check out our video and learn the difference!
If your question is "how to drain water from under house" then the answer is that you should cut the water off before it gets under your house. Find the source of the water and cut it off upstream and uphill of your house.
If you need to know "how to get rid of groundwater under the house" then watch this video on how to protect your home from bad drainage.
Leave a comment or ask a question. Everyone's house is different so sometimes the best answer is an inspection by a qualified engineer.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:22 Where is the water coming from?
1:35 Does water come from upslope neighbour?
2:53 Does water come from upslope on own property?
3:14 Do your roof gutters and downpipes overflow?
4:12 Do you have sandy ground over clayey ground or underground springs?
5:24 Is there gravel backfill behind retaining walls?
6:36 Has the waterproofing on retaining wall failed?
8:02 Is there water sitting in trenches behind the retaining wall?
8:58 Are the roof downpipes connected to ag pipes and ag drains?
9:31 Summary of the drainage issues for houses on sloping sites
10:16 Introduction to solutions to solving drainage issues
10:46 How to fix water coming from an upslope neighbor
11:38 How to fix drainage problems for water landing on own property
12:25 Why field inlet pits are a bad idea
13:23 How to solve drainage problems from roof gutters
14:53 How to check downpipes discharge downstream of the house
15:48 How to use correctly use agi pipes to capture water from underground springs
18:08 How to fix gravel trenches located beside a house
19:47 Fixing retaining wall waterproofing
20:58 How to fix roof water being discharged to the agi pipe
22:24 Summary
24:35 Thank you

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Other questions we answer in this video:
How do you improve drainage in a sloped yard?
How do you drain a sloping block?
How do you divert water on a slope?
How do you handle water on a slope?

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