“Let me get my finger” made me laugh

Thank you! This made it very clear what I need to do to fix my water leak problem! Good job and editing on the video.

Thoughts: the window well is open at the bottom, rain can enter inside the well, rain water on the outside of the well can still penetrate the soil until below the well, wont this be an issue? we don't have such window wells in our country, also we don't have basements.

Question, should you put rocks down before you backfill to channel the water away from the house?

Wouldn’t water accumulate in the window shield thing

This is quick fix. I would not want those ugly covers on my windows, I would like you to fix the slope by leveling off the other side of the lawn, scrape off some soil and grass seed it.

it looks like the water will run into the neighbor's house.

Great video!

Best explanation, logical and straight to the point. No time wasted and simple explanation of ground water vs surface water. Thank you.

Nice

4:56 good to know that’s your level! Haha that was my favorite part. Thank you for a nice clear informative video.

I'm trying to learn about how to regrade and stumbled upon this video. From all the articles I read, shouldn't the top of the soil be no higher than 6" from the bottom of the siding? To deter pests and to allow the siding to dry faster after a rain storm?

Can the ground get so saturated with subsurface rain water that it spread on top the ground throughout your backyard and begin to look like surface water, and if that be the case, how do you know if you have a surface water problem or a subsurface water problem. THX

it must have been compacted afterward, otherwise it is a waste of money and time.

Is it still possible to have the windows replaced without digging an access hole and remove those wells?

Thanks for the video. What if you don't have an ideal yard and don't have that distance. Can you do 2 incher per foot for 3 feet? I am very limited as to what I can do. There is definitely a negative slope. Landlord is too cheap and I have a basement suite. CAn't really raise the ground that much and was thinking digging down a bit to create a V type slope and a dig a channel for the water to try and flow away from the house. The V slope is a positive slope from the and unfortunately a positive slow towards the yard hence the V slope and then guide the water away from the house with a channel.

What part of Kansas are you guys in? I’m in Kansas City MO👋🏼

You can easily drill these holes and mountain these with a cheapo dewalt drill in a pinch fyi! (We did)

How do you create that on a pier and piem foundation. Don't want any dirt up against the structure

5:14 The most logical statement i hear so far about the water issue around the house ! Thanks

This is the type of guys I want in my neighborhood. Fun, professional, knowledgeable and good people.

What a great video. The people in your work area are lucky to have you!

What size screw did you use to attach the window well ?

we're usin a hemmer drill, and 10000% silicon. Butifal job

Very good explanations. Thank you very much Uncle Larry

Thanks for the video. This information was very helpful!

time = 4:44 = hilarious graphics...great video, thanks!

What if you do not have a basement just a bad negative slope

Learned a lot in this. Thank you!!

Did you use topsoil or fill dirt when you recreated the slope?

Slab on grade, except the neighboring property has asphalt that's probably 3 inches higher. Heavy rains and ready to begin reckoning how and who to look to to get this fixed because damp floors are gross (and generally really not good news). So, is it a GC or some other titled professional to look for?

Okay, I’m new at all of this but is it contractors that do this kind of work? I’m looking for someone to help us do this to our home.

Don't you need a drain taking the water pooling in the window well out to a lower spot some where in the yard or to the street?

So what about ground water and top water from taper? Have sump pump/ French drainage,

How do you get out of house if there's fire

Fellow Kansan here preparing to fix this common Kansas issue lol

If I needed this done to my house, what kind of contractor do I want to hire? Is this a landscaping job or do I hire a basement waterproofer…or someone else all together?

Loved this and I was about to ask about groundwater and you answered that question. Fantastic!

✍️dry ✍️basement ✍️no ✍️spiders

We are actually doing something similar diy that is.... We have a crawl space with vents on the side of the house and it's going under making the soil wet and it made my foundation under my closet fall

I dug up my landscape years ago and am finally trying to put in new items… glad I came across your video on accident bc I would not have sloped!! I am wondering how do I slope when it’s landscape next to my driveway? Do I use my driveway as the “bottom” where water rains drain down and then build up inch by inch from the driveway?? And does water sloping down toward the driveway ruin it from water underneath it? Or do I still do your rule of them for sloping and the driveway might be up higher from the landscape - I worry about this if I drive off of it and land in my landscape aka a ditch lol

so what did you do with the space after? did you fill it with rocks or grass?

Underground flashing is getting my interest love to hear your take

What’s the difference between ground water and surface water? I always have a pool of water sitting along the side of my house if it rains 90 - 100% or if it rains 60 and 70% 2 or 3 straight days 😢

How does this change if a house has no basement, and you're simply trying to protect the footing?

I have a dumb question, if you have to change the slope, why do you need the window wells?

Great video. We were having the same problem. Very clearly put. 😊

All that did was add more pressure to a wall that clearly got push and rotation. Hopefully the wall was stabilized inside before this repair.

I'm just so glad it's his level 😂 @4:55

How do you raise the air conditioner?