This past weekend was spent working outside. The cooler temps and lessened precipitation beckoned us to get a few days of outdoor labor in before the dog days set in. We took advantage of the reasonable weather and finished digging in and setting the perimeter drains.
Now we have the entire perimeter of the structure set with 4" perforated drainage and river rock. It is all sloped to run to the 2 buried 4" lines that run out toward the pond (they pop out and drain into the yard about 20' downhill from the structure). All the gutters run into these same drains. Sometime in the near future, we plan to trim it all out with landscape edging. This will include re-grading the immediate perimeter to drain away from the gar/apt and planting grass. Until then, tho, we are hoping that these first steps will not only help to keep the perimeter of the foundation dry, but it will ease maintenance and, most importantly, will keep the mud from splashing up and all over the bottom rows of our new siding job. We will see...
