WALNUT CREEK — Host, Sarah Rutan: To avoid a drainage disaster, you’ll need to inspect some key areas of your home before the rainy season sets in. Today we’re in Walnut Creek with Diamond Certified Expert Vic Cvijanovic of Pacific Landscaping to learn more.
Diamond Certified Expert, Vic Cvijanovic: I would like to take this opportunity to give a few tips about drainage problems during the winter time to my customers and my potential customers. First of all, you need to clean up your gutters on your roof and make sure the downspouts are working. Then, walk around the house and clean up all drainage basins if there are any, and make sure water reaches the final destination wherever it is, the street or somewhere else. Put some water hose in a few different places, downspouts or drainage basins and make sure it comes out. If it doesn’t, it means pipes are clogged up somewhere. And make sure to clear that up before a rainy season.
Then, during the winter time, take at least three times a closer look in your crawl space and usually, it is located – the entrance is located in a bedroom closet. Take a flashlight. You don’t have to crawl underneath. Take a flashlight and look at all around. If you see any water or any puddles, it is a red flag. If you don’t see water, however you smell dampness and moisture, it is a red flag again. Remember, there is not much you can do about this at this time. It is wet outside, raining. However, since you know that you have a problem, then in the Springtime, go and take care of it. Call somebody and make sure you are ready for the next winter. Having water under the house or around the house is a bad – very bad for your home structure and even worse, much worse, for your health. So, please stay dry and healthy. Thank you for your time.
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