Comments on: Installing a French Drain http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html Renovating an 1855 home in Upstate NY Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mikey777 http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1628 mikey777 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:14:56 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=757#comment-1628 Newer houses sometimes have water problems too. My mom's house is only about 10 years old and was built on a concrete slab, with water pipes running through it. She's had to have that slab dug up 3 times due to pipes breaking inside the concrete. They re-routed them through the attic, but somehow I don't think that would give me much comfort either...LoL The rest of the houses in the subdivision have the exact same problem, only the contractor who built them has gone out of business, so they're stuck with it. Ugh! Newer houses sometimes have water problems too. My mom’s house is only about 10 years old and was built on a concrete slab, with water pipes running through it. She’s had to have that slab dug up 3 times due to pipes breaking inside the concrete. They re-routed them through the attic, but somehow I don’t think that would give me much comfort either…LoL

The rest of the houses in the subdivision have the exact same problem, only the contractor who built them has gone out of business, so they’re stuck with it. Ugh!

]]> By: Claire http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1562 Claire Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:15 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=757#comment-1562 Great minds think alike eh? Yeah trees close to the house are worrying. We have some protected oak trees about 8m from the corner of our house. They are more than 1.5m in diameter so I hope they are really solid! It's annoying when something you grow gets destroyed by animals but i'm such a sucker I can never get angry at them, especially something so cute as deers :) Hope you can save the last remaining tree, good luck! Claire Great minds think alike eh?

Yeah trees close to the house are worrying. We have some protected oak trees about 8m from the corner of our house. They are more than 1.5m in diameter so I hope they are really solid!

It’s annoying when something you grow gets destroyed by animals but i’m such a sucker I can never get angry at them, especially something so cute as deers :) Hope you can save the last remaining tree, good luck!
Claire

]]> By: Mrs. Mecomber http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1532 Mrs. Mecomber Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:01:52 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=757#comment-1532 Claire, thank you for your excellent advice. I have been trying willow trees, but I do have some unique problems. We have a severe deer problem. Four years ago I planted willows, and the deer ate them allll. I was SO mad!!! Secondly, my property is very long and narrow. There is not much space on either side of the house, and none in the back (which is all old parking lot from when the house served as a parsonage). I would have to place the willows very close to the house, which is not wise because we get severe windstorms on occasion. The only acceptable area for willows in in the far backyard, where the deer eat my trees. I do have one willow tree in my secret garden, believe it or not-- I am nurturing it there, and when it is old enough to fend for itself against the deer, I will plant it in the back. I really appreciate your advice. I didn't know that about Belgium-- how amazing! I will certainly see about planting more willows, definitely! Thanks! Claire, thank you for your excellent advice. I have been trying willow trees, but I do have some unique problems.

We have a severe deer problem. Four years ago I planted willows, and the deer ate them allll. I was SO mad!!!

Secondly, my property is very long and narrow. There is not much space on either side of the house, and none in the back (which is all old parking lot from when the house served as a parsonage). I would have to place the willows very close to the house, which is not wise because we get severe windstorms on occasion.

The only acceptable area for willows in in the far backyard, where the deer eat my trees. I do have one willow tree in my secret garden, believe it or not– I am nurturing it there, and when it is old enough to fend for itself against the deer, I will plant it in the back.

I really appreciate your advice. I didn’t know that about Belgium– how amazing! I will certainly see about planting more willows, definitely!

Thanks!

]]> By: CharmaineZoe http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1524 CharmaineZoe Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:13:22 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=757#comment-1524 I think that's a great idea from Claire! You should try it, in the meantime looks like a lot of hard work is on the schedule for you :-) I think that’s a great idea from Claire! You should try it, in the meantime looks like a lot of hard work is on the schedule for you :-)

]]> By: Claire http://newyorkrenovator.com/2008/08/installing-a-french-drain.html/comment-page-1#comment-1523 Claire Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:57:03 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=757#comment-1523 Hi There! This is just a suggestion, don't know if it's really what your into or not...in the area that I live in in Belgium a lot of houses have problems with water seeping into the basements due to the ground level dropping around the time of the height of coal mining at the turn of the century. More a case of the streets sinking down into the water table. One particular problem was helped significantly by planting a weeping willow in the garden. They drink huge amounts of water and look great too! Hope you figure something out! Claire Hi There!
This is just a suggestion, don’t know if it’s really what your into or not…in the area that I live in in Belgium a lot of houses have problems with water seeping into the basements due to the ground level dropping around the time of the height of coal mining at the turn of the century. More a case of the streets sinking down into the water table. One particular problem was helped significantly by planting a weeping willow in the garden. They drink huge amounts of water and look great too!
Hope you figure something out!
Claire

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