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That $900 drainage fix that only lasted one winter in Boise
I paid a crew to install a french drain around my rental foundation last fall, and by March the pipe was clogged with silt. The contractor never put in a filter sock, which is a $40 part that would have saved me the whole redo. I ended up renting a mini excavator myself for $280 and fixed it in a weekend. Anyone else skip the cheap accessories on a big job and pay double later?
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emery29024d ago
Been there with a sump pump discharge line. The cheap corrugated stuff crushed under the weight of backfill in like two months, so I had to dig the whole trench out again and drop in solid PVC. That "save money now" move cost me a full weekend and about two hundred extra bucks. Feels good to just do it right yourself the second time.
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