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Rain Gutters Downspouts

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Rain Gutters Downspouts

What are Rain Gutters?

Rain Gutters are designed to protect the foundation of your home or a building. They channel rainwater away from your home to reduce the risk of erosion, leaks in the basement, protects the pain on your home and even your landscaping.

As you can see Rain Gutters are very beneficial and helps protect you greatest assess…your home!

Rain Gutters are great but all that water needs a place to go, it can’t just sit up there in ...

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How to Install French Drains

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How to Install French Drains

Installing French Drains

Step 1. From the lowest point of the area of the flooding area, you want to dig down to where the top of the catch basin is even with the top of the soil.

Step 2. The drainage ditch should be dug approximately 18” wide and slope downward at 1” per every 12 feet. This will give a gradual flow of water through the pipe without causing erosion from fast moving water. You ...

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