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2. This Drain Mistake Could Be Costly - AOL

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   French drain installation can solve water problems in your yard or basement. Landscaping pros explain how French drains work and what it takes to install them.

3. 5 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Leaves Without Raking - AOL

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   Lastly, removing leaves prevents them from clogging drains and gutters, reducing the risk of water damage and drainage problems around your home. How to Get Rid of Lawns Without Raking

4. My neighbor’s sump pump drains onto my property — now my yard ...

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   Similarly, if your neighbor installs a sump pump to remove water from their basement and prevent indoor flooding, it's their responsibility to make sure that it's draining properly. Know your ...

5. Basement waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   The drainage system collects any water entering the basement and drains it to an internally placed sump pump system, which will then pump the water out of the basement. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends basement waterproofing with a water alarm and "battery-operated backup pump" as a preventive measure against the high ...

6. Drainage - Wikipedia

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   Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many soils need artificial drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies.

7. Landslide mitigation - Wikipedia

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   Placing drainage in order to reduce water pressure in the immediate vicinity of the hillside. The measures that can be achieved to reduce the effects of water can be shallow or deep. Shallow drainage work mainly intercepts surface runoff and keeps it away from potentially unstable areas. In reality, on rocky hillsides this type of measure alone ...

8. 9 Surprising Ways to Use Zip Ties Around the House - AOL

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   If you don’t want to drag outdoor cushions indoors each time the wind picks up a little speed, zip ties can help keep them from blowing around the yard. Use long ties and affix them however you ...

9. Sump pump - Wikipedia

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   Sump pumps are used where basement flooding may otherwise happen, and to solve dampness where the water table is near or above the foundation of a structure. Sump pumps send water away from a location to any place where it is no longer problematic, such as a municipal storm drain, a dry well, or simply an open-air site downhill from the building (sometimes called "pumping to daylight").