Notes from Chuck to Homeowners, Florida Homeowners

Note to Florida Homeowners.

UPDATED Dec 3rd, 2018
New – Out of State Travel

NOW is the Best time to install your Drainage System!!
I urge you to sign up on line and get into our schedule.

To date, every job we have installed continues to help keep your foundation dry! Even through the past 2 hurricanes, our systems have helped kept water from flooding the home. Proper drainage around the footer of you home is essential to keep water out. We excavate to the footer level, add footer drain and pipe, seal the foundation wall with liquid rubber, discharge the water collected at the footer to a sump pump and send it out to the street, helping to keep your home from flooding. Costs for this service are not cheap, but well worth the money when you have a water problem. Whether you just bought your home, have been living there for years or maybe you want to sell, Drainage is the key to maintaining your homes valve!

Again, even through the past 2 hurricanes, every job we have installed has helped keep those homes from flooding! How many other companies can make that claim? (Of course if your yard and street are underwater, that is different)

Notes on back yard sump systems (French Drain)
If you back yard floods during and after a rain, more than likely you need drainage. A sump pump is the key along with French drain and catch basins. Watch any of our videos and you will see how we do it!

Notes on Foundation Waterproofing and Sealing
When you have water intrusion, it is vital to install Footer Pipe. This is pipe that runs along the footer of you home. It is usually 4″ perforated pipe surrounded by gravel encased in a fabric. It will usually lead to a Sump Pump which lifts the water up and sends it out to the street or storm drain.

Sealing the wall alone will not solve the problem. There must be drainage. You must give the water a place to go!

It is costly work but will help solve the water problem. Please use our service sign up sheet. Even if you live out of the area, we can provide service. Sign up today as we are extremely busy.

Notes on Pool Channel Drain
Micro channel drain works great! However when it fill with dirt and debris, it becomes a real flood! Cleaning this channel drain is not always possible. Most of the time it will need to be cut out and replaced. Costly, but will keep the patio from flooding! The real key is the discharge of the channel drain. Most builders simply end the drain at he end of the pavement. Of course its just a matter of time until the channel drain fills with dirt and debris, then cracks the concrete and floods into your home. When you need a new channel drain, lets put in a 3″ drain instead of a 1.5 inch micro drain. It will move much more water and lets get a good discharge out to the street or lake!

SERVICE- We are busy. Please use our service sign up for Fastest Service!

Due to recent rainfall our schedule is extremely full. I apologize for delays in getting to your estimates.. We are working as fast as we can..

Also please note out of area estimates are charged at $277.50 And I do try to give priority to hurricane prone areas.

Again I urge you to sign up online and get into our schedule now. It may be several days before I reply as I pretty much work From Sun up to Sun down.

The Orlando Service area is by far the busiest service area of all our Service Areas. Even if you live outside the this service area, I urge to get on our schedule. The rainy season is coming very soon. Don’t wait for your problem to get worse! Use the Service Sign Up Sheet to get started.


If you have watched any of my videos, you would have seen the lighthearted and smiling face I present for the DIY Homeowner and yes that is me! But Drainage in around your home is so important to be done right the first time. Our Service Schedule is filling fast. Now is the Best Time to resolve your water problem before the rainy season.

After 30 plus years of fixing water problems, I feel I have a great understanding of drainage. Everything from a downspout drain, a back yard sump pump, French drain and Footer Pipe. To Date, all of the systems I have installed over the years are still working providing proper drainage. I have tried hard to make each job I do like its my own home.

My time is valuable and I do charge for estimates and inspection but if you have a water problem, I urge you to sign up online. The schedule is filling fast and I can only be in one place at a time. Please fill out the Service Sign Up Sheet. All Service Charges are applied to the purchase of a new drainage system we install.


Solve the water problem before added moisture barrier


Notes – Crawl Space Waterproofing

If your home has crawl space moisture problem, you have problem got estimates the may range from 8,000 to 17,500! They might include encapsulation and maybe you want to encapsulate. But in all the years I have been doing this type of work, I have seen no difference from a good 6 mil plastic vapor barrier over 20 mil plastic encapsulation. Remember, its most important to solve the water problem 1st!

This is done with Footer Pipe and a Sump Pump. Some people call it French Drain. Footer pipe is usually 4″ perforated pipe surrounded by gravel and installed around the inside perimeter of the crawl space. It is at Footer Depth. Then means at the top of the footer. What this does is creates an island for the center of the crawl space. As ground water rises it flow to the sides and into footer pipe and is carried away to Sump Pump where the pump Lifts the water up and send it out to the street or storm.

The Note here is, Yes, its costly work, but be sure to solve the water problem 1st!


Notes about Live Help (Video Consulting) and Coming to you if needed
I started consulting via SKYPE last year and am very pleased with the people that have used the service. Being able to help the DIY Homeowner understand and fix a problem is wonderful feeling. I urge you to use the service if you are going to do this yourself. So many people start into the project but become overwhelmed with amount of work needed to install a proper system. I promise you I can help! Or if you want us to come to your home, I am sure we can make it happen, no matter where you are! Yeah sure, there might be a travel fee, but I know we can still save you money and more importantly, you will know its done right!

Notes about Service
We stay extremely busy. If you are truly wanting us to correct your drainage problem. please use the SERVICE SIGN UP SHEET to get started. Even if you are outside of regular service area! The time travel fee is applied directly to your total so you don’t loose the cost. Please understand, we have plenty of work and it takes time, fuel and money to travel, but I know you will be very satisfied with the estimate, inspection and work.

Also if you live in a gated community, please add your gate code to the service sign up and or inform the gate house guard that we are coming to hour home! That way we don’t have to block traffic waiting to get the code.
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Please I urge you to get on our schedule as soon as possible.

It is important to use our service sign up as it is very difficult for me to return phone calls when we are so busy.
It is much faster and more accurate to use email and text..

Again we do offer emergency service during and after major hurricanes and Do give priority as best we can.

Thanks and best regards
Chuck
Apple Drains
Drainage Contractors