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[quote=Anonymous]If you think about it, grading only helps with water on the surface. Obviously not all houses can be on top of a hill, except maybe in Kansas or something. I think what matters is that you’re not at the BOTTOM of a hill. As long as the slope continues, you just need to route the surface water around and away from the house. You can’t really make your house a boat. Basements have drainage systems to take water away from the foundations. Those systems don’t last forever, and a lot of houses around here are older. There’s more complicated dynamics than just ground slope that accounts for which basements have more water to deal with than others, but if the system (including the basement drains and the gutters) is working as intended that should just be a matter of the sump pump running more often so maybe needing more frequent replacement. [/quote]
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