Nav Khakh - Winnipeg Realtor - Winnipeg

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Water management in the simplest form is diverting water away from the house foundation.

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1. Grading around the house - All homeowners have to regrade around their house at some point. This will require a permit to ensure minimum slopes and heights of certain elements are addressed. These requirements are in place so that people don’t divert water to adjacent properties or regrade improperly that doesn’t achieve the objective of water management.

2. Clean Eavestroughs - This is the easiest and simplest water management job outside the house and one that is overlooked the most often. Majority of the water issues in the house are caused by plugged eavestroughs that are not doing their job of channelling the water to downspouts. Clean your eavestrough at least twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.

3. Extend Downspouts - Ensure your downspouts are extended at least 3ft. away from the house. Un-extended downspouts spill a large amount of water near the basement walls. This leads to highly saturated soil and some of the water saturating the soil will migrate towards the foundation walls and eventually find its way through the walls resulting in moisture issues in the basement.

Be sure to have a walk around your property today and see if these three steps are being taken care of!

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