Grading and Drainage

GRADING AND DRAINAGE

The final grades around your home have been designed, built and field-inspected for proper drainage of your lot. City inspectors as well as the Everton Homes Project Managers have inspected the site.

Drainage

The grade around your home should generally slope away from your foundation. Note that drainage swales do not always parallel property boundaries. Maintain the slopes around your home to permit the water to drain away from the home as rapidly as possible. This is essential to protect your foundation. Failure to do so can result in major structural damage.

Rototilling

Rototilling can significantly change drainage swales. You can minimize this by rototilling parallel to the swales, rather than across them.



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