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Backyard Flooding Basement: French Drain, Don’t Raise Grade

Neighbor’s yard higher, yours lower, two wells work, but fireplace crawl space floods. Raising backyard pushes more water to foundation. Bad idea.

Install French drain near foundation, pipe to lower yard point. Needs proper grade. Or swale at property line. Pro required. Long-term seepage may need foundation waterproofing.

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